John Lytle Wins TVA Environmental Excellence of the Year Award
October 29, 2004
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – TVA fossil engineering system engineer and Chattanooga resident John Lytle has won the TVA Environmental Excellence of the Year Award for his leadership in helping TVA reduce air emissions from its coal-fired power plants.
Lytle, a 34-year employee, was recognized for his work in keeping TVA’s coal-fired power plant system operating smoothly as new and more stringent emission controls are being required for coal-fired power plants. Lytle’s knowledge of precipitators, equipment that removes fly ash from coal flue gas, has enabled TVA to continue to use this technology as TVA introduces new types of coal to its coal-fired power plants and adds more complex equipment to further reduce emissions.
Lytle’s work has helped TVA to continue to supply affordable, reliable power while reducing TVA’s environmental footprint. His work to ensure proper installation of electrical and mechanical controls for precipitators and integration of new nitrogen oxide controls and low-sulfur coal into the precipitator’s operation helped ensure the fossil system’s continued operational success.
“Without John’s leadership and commitment to excellence, TVA would have spent countless hours and thousands dollars more to achieve the level of emissions removal we are now able to accomplish,” said TVA Chairman Glenn McCullough Jr. “Employees such as John Lytle are helping TVA become a leader in emissions reductions across the utility industry and the country.”
As winner of the Environmental Excellence of the Year Award, Lytle will select a worthy environmental project or charity to receive a $1,000 donation from TVA. All environmental award winners will receive certificates and a framed print depicting the Tennessee Valley environment.
Environmental Excellence Awards are presented annually to a TVA individual, team, site, facility or organization that has demonstrated exemplary environmental performance in support of one of TVA’s six environmental principles. Those principles are management commitment, environmental protection and stewardship, environmental compliance, pollution prevention, partnerships/public involvement, and innovation and technology.
Other winners are: Earl Deskins, Kingston Fossil Plant manager, for Management Commitment; Major McCollough, a geographic analyst in TVA’s Geographic Information and Engineering organization, for Environmental Protection and Stewardship; Frank Fichera, TVA’s Knoxville mail center manager in Facilities Management, for Pollution Prevention and Control; Kenneth Kelley, Jack Paul, Richard Pflueger and Damien Simbeck, members of the Pickwick-Wheeler Watershed Team, for Partnerships and Public Involvement; and Terry Larkins, a technician at Johnsonville Fossil Plant, for Innovation and Technology Advancement. Lytle also won the award in the category of Environmental Compliance.
TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider and is completely self-financed. TVA provides power to large industries and 158 power distributors that serve approximately 8.5 million consumers in seven southeastern states. TVA also manages the Tennessee River and its tributaries to provide multiple benefits, including flood control, navigation, water quality and recreation.
Media Contact:
Michelle Chang Sherrard
TVA News Bureau, Knoxville, (865) 632-6000
