Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley Authority Links

• Tennessee Valley Authority TVA home page provides access to information on electric power production, regional economic development, public recreation areas (including Land Between The Lakes), water and shoreline management, green power, TVA finances, agency history, and other topics.
  
  
• TVA Power Information about TVA's electric power production programs and technologies. TVA operates three nuclear plants, 11 fossil plants, 29 hydroelectric plants, four combustion turbine plants, and one pumped-storage plant.
  
• Land Between The Lakes Extensive information about this 170,000-acre national recreation area in Western Kentucky and Tennessee.
  
• TVA Heritage Articles about the history of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  
• Shoreline Management Policy Describes TVA's policy that improves the protection of shoreline and aquatic resources while allowing reasonable access to the water.
  
• TVA River Information Up-to-date information on current and predicted reservoir water levels, reservoir discharges, and stream flows in the Tennessee River system.
  
• Camping and Recreation Areas Opening and closing dates and other information about the 100 or so public recreation areas that TVA operates throughout the Tennessee Valley, including campgrounds, day-use areas, and boat launching ramps.
  
• TVA Map Store Source for topographic maps, resource maps, aerial photos, navigation charts, and other geographic resources for the multi-state Tennessee Valley region.
  
• River System Management About TVA's integrated programs (and challenges) in river navigation, flood control, power supply, water quality, land use, and recreation throughout the Tennessee Valley.
  
• TVA Economic Development Describes the programs and services of TVA Economic Development and its partnerships with other entities. Includes an overview of the regional economy of the Tennessee Valley.
  
• Energy Right Program TVA program to improve customers' home energy efficiency.
  
• TVA Green Power Switch Describes TVA's renewable energy program.
  
• TVA: Electricity for All Historical accounts of the early years of TVA, one of the most ambitious projects of the New Deal. TVA encountered many setbacks and failures and was involved in many controversies, but it brought electricity to thousands of people at an affordable price, controlled the flood waters of the Tennessee River, improved navigation, and introduced modern agricultural techniques.
  
• Public Power Institute TVA technology research, development, demonstration, and deployment in pollution reduction, clean energy, industrial ecology, and energy use improvement.