Mike Skaggs tabbed as TVA interim President and CEO

The Tennessee Valley Authority officially has a new face at the helm, after the TVA Board of Directors has selected Mike Skaggs to serve as the interim President and CEO.

This comes following the recent announcement that Don Moul will be retiring effective July 1 of this year, and on Friday, the Board selected Skaggs to fill his role. According to a news release, Skaggs brings more than 40 years of experience to the position, including serving as the TVA’s Chief Operating Officer from 2018 to 2021.

TVA Board Chair Mitch Graves says, “Mike was a leader at TVA for more than two decades and has a strong understanding of TVA’s important role in powering our seven-state region. As COO, he was responsible for TVA’s gas, coal, and hydro generating assets, as well as TVA’s River Forecast Center. He also led the effort to enhance and modernize TVA’s transmission grid.”

Officials say Skaggs played key roles in some of the agency’s most significant milestones, including the completion and startup of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2, the recovery of Browns Ferry Unit 1 and the successful management of two major steam generator replacement projects.

Skaggs joined TVA in 1994 as a project manager at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant and held multiple executive leadership positions across nuclear operations and construction.