Envtl. Policy Inst. v. TVA (E.D. Tenn.) -- ruling that: (1) in response to request concerning agency’s involvement with a law firm and three outside organization: (a) agency properly withheld certain records pursuant to Exemption 4 and met the foreseeable harm requirement because disclosure would give competitors access to confidential business information; noting that the government was not required to provide a “detailed forecast of every possible harm; rather, the . . . requirement separates information whose disclosure is of little consequence from information whose disclosure could reasonably cause harm”; (b) agency properly withheld names, direct telephone numbers, mobile phone numbers, and email addresses pursuant to Exemption 6; and (2) agency properly redacted agency’s insurance policies for coal-fired power plants pursuant to Exemption 4 and met the foreseeable harm requirement.
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