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coal unit: The TVA board will meet Thursday to consider whether to close the 49-year-old plant, which operated only intermittently last year because it was no longer needed to supply uninterrupted power known as baseload, according to The Independent. The board also is considering shutting down a 52-year-old coal unit at Bull Run near Oak Ridge, Tenn. Scott Olson/Getty Images By Steven Mufson Steven Mufson Reporter covering energy and other financial matters Email Bio Follow February 12President Trump set up a clash with an independent agency Monday evening with his call for the Tennessee Valley Authority to keep open an aging coal plant that buys much of its coal from a company chaired by Robert E. Murray, one of the president's major supporters. In a tweet Monday night, Trump said Coal is an important part of our electricity generation mix and TVAnews should give serious consideration to all factors before voting to close viable power plants, like Paradise 3 in Kentucky! But the TVA is leaning toward the closure of the Paradise and Bull Run plants precisely because they are not viable. The unit does not provide the level of flexibility needed to balance hourly, daily and seasonal changes in energy consumption, the agency said in a proposal. The agency has already said that closing the Paradise coal plant would have no significant effect. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.