TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 23, 2025

Four nominees for the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) appeared before a U.S. Senate committee last week to answer questions ahead of their possible confirmation, WBIR reports. Arthur Graham, Mitch Graves, Jeff Hagood and Randall Jones went before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Tennessee’s U.S. senators, Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, introduced both Graves and Hagood. The nominees were asked about the challenges they might face in providing both reliable and affordable energy, as well as the impacts of data centers popping up around the state. President Donald Trump previously announced the nomination of Nashville car dealer Lee Beaman, but he was not part of the hearing.