Our Year of Achievement

Take a look at just a few of TVA’s highlights over the last 12 months and you’ll see the fullest expression of our mission across our “three Es”: energy, environment and economic development.

TVA Goes to War

To help crank up aluminum production for the war effort—and to provide energy for the Manhattan Project—TVA put two dams on a crash construction schedule. Cherokee was one, and it was built in 16 months.

Creature Comforts

As a Navy vet, Heather Thompson brought specialized knowledge to her job in Substation Engineering. But the experience also caused some PTSD, which was healed by animal therapy. Now she advocates for pets for vets.

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Top News

Utilities Partner to Enhance Power Grid Preparedness
November 01, 2016
TVA River Management Deals with Drought
October 24, 2016
Colbert Ash Stack Closure Complete
October 21, 2016
TVA’s Watts Bar Unit 2 Achieves Commercial Operation
October 19, 2016
Bellefonte Notice of Public Auction
October 14, 2016
Join Us for Our Annual Aquatic Survey
October 10, 2016

The Unified Development of the Tennessee River plan stressed TVA was to provide flood control, navigation and electricity for the region. TVA’s dams are tangible evidence of its primary mission: improving life in the Tennessee Valley. We’re celebrating the 80th anniversary of the plan with a yearlong look at 25 dams it inspired.