What is TVA?
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federal corporation
and the nation’s largest public power company. TVA
operates fossil-fuel, nuclear, and hydropower plants,
and also produces energy from renewable sources. It manages
the nation’s fifth-largest river system to minimize
flood risk, maintain navigation, provide recreational
opportunities, and protect water quality in the 41,000-square-mile
watershed.
When was TVA established?
TVA was set up by the U.S. Congress in 1933, primarily
to provide flood control, navigation, and electric power
in the Tennessee Valley region.
• TVA
is America's largest public power company, with 31,658
megawatts of dependable  generating
capacity.
• TVA’s power facilities
include 11 fossil plants, 29 hydroelectric dams, three
nuclear plants,
six combustion turbine plants, a pumped-storage facility,
and 17,000 miles of transmission
lines.
• Through 158 locally owned distributors,
TVA provides power to nearly 8.5 million residents
in the Tennessee Valley.
Power Generation
and Transmission
• TVA operates one
hydroelectric dam and two coal-fired power plants in Kentucky,
witha
combined generating capacity of more than 4,500 megawatts.
•
Coal-fired Plants: Paradise and Shawnee.
•
Hydroelectric Plant: Kentucky.
• TVA operates a 36-kilowatt solar facility at
Lovers Lane soccer complex in Bowling Green.
• TVA owns and/or maintains 51 substations and
switching stations and 1,793 circuit miles of
transmission line in Kentucky. |
