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The Tennessee Valley Authority is a government-owned corporation created by U.S. Code Title 16, Chapter 12A, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.It was initially founded as an agency to provide general economic development to the region through power generation, flood control, navigation assistance, fertilizer manufacturing, and agricultural development.
Nuclear power plants of the Tennessee Valley Authority Name Units Capacity (MWe) Location Year of commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant: 3 3,775 Limestone County, Alabama: 1974 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant: 2 2,333 Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee: 1981 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant: 2 2,332 Rhea County, Tennessee: 1996
The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.The dam is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to improve navigation and bring flood control and economic development to the Tennessee Valley.
Pickwick Landing Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The dam is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the 1930s as part of a New Deal-era initiative to create a continuous navigation channel between the river's mouth and Knoxville, and bring economic development ...
Officials with the U.S. Department of Energy and Tennessee Valley Authority announced Thursday that they have signed an agreement to provide Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National ...
Norris Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control structure located on the Clinch River in Anderson County and Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.The dam was the first major project for the Tennessee Valley Authority, which had been created in 1933 to bring economic development to the region and control the rampant flooding that had long plagued the Tennessee Valley. [1]
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Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Jeff Lyash talks with editors and reporters Nov. 12, 2019, during a meeting with the editorial board at The Commercial Appeal office in Downtown Memphis.