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The <noautolinks>Tennessee</noautolinks> Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of | The <noautolinks>Tennessee</noautolinks> Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of <noautolinks>Tennessee</noautolinks>, portions of <noautolinks>Alabama</noautolinks>, <noautolinks>Mississippi</noautolinks>, and <noautolinks>Kentucky</noautolinks>, and small areas of <noautolinks>Georgia</noautolinks>, <noautolinks>North Carolina</noautolinks>, and <noautolinks>Virginia</noautolinks>. While owned by the federal government, TVA receives no taxpayer funding and operates similarly to a private for-profit company. With a generating capacity of approximately 35 gigawatts (GW), TVA has the sixth highest generation capacity of any utility company in the United States. TVA's power mix as of 2022 is five coal-fired power plants, 29 hydroelectric dams, three nuclear plants (with seven operating reactors), nine simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine plants, nine combined cycle gas plants, 1 pumped storage hydroelectric plant, 1 wind energy site, and 15 small solar energy sites. Learn more here: https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric/tva-dam-safety | ||
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. While owned by the federal government, TVA receives no taxpayer funding and operates similarly to a private for-profit company. With a generating capacity of approximately 35 gigawatts (GW), TVA has the sixth highest generation capacity of any utility company in the United States. TVA's power mix as of 2022 is five coal-fired power plants, 29 hydroelectric dams, three nuclear plants (with seven operating reactors), nine simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine plants, nine combined cycle gas plants, 1 pumped storage hydroelectric plant, 1 wind energy site, and 15 small solar energy sites. Learn more here: https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric/tva-dam-safety