Providing Power in the Public Interest
TVA achieves excellence in public service for the good of the people of the Tennessee Valley by supporting sustainable economic development, supplying affordable, reliable power, and managing a thriving river system.
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TVA has developed a strategic plan to consider how a competitive electricity market might function and how TVA can prepare for it. |
Through its open meetings, TVA carries on a continuing dialogue with the public. To join in the discussion, check our monthly calendar of upcoming meetings. |
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TVA produced more than 150 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in FY 2003 while its generating plants continued to set production records. |
The TVA Police are a federally commissioned, nationally accredited law enforcement agency that provides protection for TVA employees and properties, as well as the 100 million annual users of TVA recreation facilities. |
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Designed to give TVA the ability to adapt quickly to a fluid business environment, TVA University is internationally recognized as a model for employee training. |
Check here for an alphabetical overview of key events and ideas in the history of the nation’s largest public utility. |
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The OIG is an independent office that promotes efficiency by preventing waste, fraud, and abuse at TVA. Learn more about the OIG here. (This link takes you off the TVA Web site.) |
Read about the goals that TVA has set for itself in the pursuit of excellence in performance and public service for the good of the people of the Tennessee Valley. |
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TVA tries to ensure that the information it presents to the public is accurate and useful to the intended audience. Find out here how to report an error in a TVA publication or on this Web site. |
Read about the people who founded TVA, shaped its purpose, and built its power plants, and others who defended or contested its right to exist. TVA Heritage offers fascinating glimpses of the agency’s 70-year history. |
Our interactive map is your guide to the network of reservoirs and power plants operated by TVA. Read details about each facility and its role in the integrated system. |
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.
Read more about TVA in this colorful brochure, which includes illustrations of how each type of power plant produces electricity (PDF file, 1.06 mb, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). To order a printed copy email us your name and address.
There are seven states in TVA's power service area. These fact sheets detail TVA’s operations in each state and the economic impact of those activities.