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Southeastern Power Administration was created in 1950 by the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the functions assigned to the Secretary by the Flood Control Act of 1944. In 1977, Southeastern was transferred to the newly created Department of Energy. Southeastern, headquartered in Elberton, Georgia, has the responsibility to market the electric power and energy generated at reservoirs operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the states of West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. Power is marketed to customers in all of these states. In addition, power is marketed to customers in southern Illinois.
The objectives of Southeastern are to market the electric power and energy generated by the Federal reservoir projects and to encourage widespread use of the power at the lowest possible cost to consumers. Power rates are formulated based on sound financial principles.
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