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Former generation facilities of the Tennessee Valley Authority Name Type Capacity Location Years of operation Hales Bar Dam [28] Hydroelectric [28] 99.7 [28] Haletown, Tennessee [28] 1913–1967 [28] Wilson Steam Plant [29] Coal [29] 240 [29] Muscle Shoals, Alabama [29] 1919–1966 [29] Watts Bar Steam Plant [30] Coal [29] 267 [29] Rhea County ...
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Nebraska, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Nebraska had a total summer capacity of 10,800 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 40,692 GWh. [ 2 ]
Wilbur Dam was completed in 1912 making it the second oldest dam in the TVA system behind Ocoee Dam No. 1. Wilbur Dam was one of the first major hydroelectric projects in Tennessee, and remains one of the oldest dams in the TVA system. [3] Wilbur Dam is a concrete gravity overflow dam 77 feet (23 m) high and 375 feet (114 m) long, and has a ...
Tennessee Valley Authority 1942 1982 John Sevier Fossil Plant: Hawkins County, Tennessee: 880 Tennessee Valley Authority 1957 2012 Johnsonville Fossil Plant: New Johnsonville, Tennessee: 1500 Tennessee Valley Authority 1951 2017 Bull Run Fossil Plant [13] Claxton, Tennessee: 950 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1967 2023 [14]
The TVA established the stairway of nine dams and locks that turned the Tennessee River into a 652-mile-long river highway. Dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the river include the following (listed from the furthest upstream to the furthest downstream):
At full pool, Watauga's elevation is the highest of all TVA lakes at 1,959 feet (597 m) above sea level. Watauga Lake is regularly released by TVA schedule into Wilbur Reservoir (Wilbur Lake) and impounded by the TVA Wilbur Dam. Water levels in TVA Watauga Reservoir vary about 9 feet (2.7 m) in normal years to provide for seasonal flood storage ...
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.
Logo used to commemorate 75 years of the Southwestern Power Administration. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn of Texas and Representative Clyde T. Ellis of Arkansas spearheaded the effort to make all federal dams constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the region to stay owned and operated by the military while the hydroelectric power stations were to be managed and marketed by the ...