Tennessee Valley Authority
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone, 615-632-2101
One Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20444-0001
Phone, 202-898-2999
Chairman Craven Crowell
Directors Johnny H. Hayes
William H. Kennoy
Senior Vice President, Communications Alan Carmichael
Chief Operating Officer J.W. Dickey
Chief Nuclear Officer Oswald J. (Ike) Zeringue
Chief Financial Officer David N. Smith
Chief Administrative Officer Norman A. Zigrossi
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The Tennessee Valley Authority conducts a unified program of resource development for the advancement of economic growth in the Tennessee Valley region. The Authority's program of activities includes flood control, navigation development,
electric power production, recreation improvement, and forestry and wildlife development.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a wholly owned Government corporation created by act of May 18, 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831-831dd). All functions of the Authority are vested in its three-member Board of Directors, the members of which are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The President designates one member as Chairman.
While TVA's electric power program is required to be financially self-supporting, other programs are financed primarily by appropriations.
A system of dams built by TVA on the Tennessee River and its larger tributaries provides flood regulation on the Tennessee and contributes to regulation of the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The system maintains a continuous 9-foot-draft channel for navigation for the length of the 650-mile Tennessee River main stream, from Paducah, KY, to Knoxville, TN. The dams harness the power of the rivers to produce electricity. They also provide other benefits, including a major asset for outdoor recreation.
The Authority operates the river control system and provides assistance to State and local governments in reducing local flood problems. It also works with cooperating agencies to encourage full and effective use of the navigable waterway by industry and commerce.
The Authority is the wholesale power supplier for many local municipal and cooperative electric systems serving customers in parts of seven States. It supplies power to several Federal installations and industries whose power requirements are large or unusual. Power to meet these demands is supplied from dams, coal-fired powerplants, nuclear...
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