Tennessee Valley Authority
| Tennessee Valley Authority
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|---|---|
 |
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| legal form | Independent government organization |
| founding | May 18, 1933 |
| Seat |
Knoxville , Tennessee 
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| management | William D. Johnson ( CEO ) |
| Branch | Electricity supplier |
| Website | www.tva.com |
The Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) is a US state-owned company that was founded on May 18, 1933, during the reign of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his New Deal program. According to Roosevelt, the basic idea was “a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of private enterprise” (“a corporation endowed with state power, but shaped by the flexibility and determination of a private company”).
Its main task is the administration of hydropower and flow regulation systems on the Tennessee River , and as the largest energy producer in the United States, it now operates numerous coal and nuclear power plants . The hydroelectric power plants also include the Raccoon Mountain pumped storage plant . The agency is based in Knoxville , Tennessee .
In the 1960s and 1970s, TVA began building 17 nuclear power plants, but only 7 of them were completed.
After around 43 years of construction (with a decade-long interruption), the Watts Bar 2 nuclear power plant became critical for the first time on May 23, 2016 at 2.16 a.m. EDT and was synchronized with the power grid on June 3. However, due to a transformer fire on August 31, 2016, it had to be shut down again.
Power plants
Coal power plants
| Surname | Gross power (MW) | start of building | Start of operations | Shutdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | 741 | 1956 | 1959 | |
| Bull Run | 881 | 1962 | 1967 | |
|
Colbert |
1204 | 1951 | 1955 | 2016 |
| Cumberland | 2470 | 1973 | ||
| Gallatin | 976 | 1953 | 1956-1959 | |
| Johnsonville | 428 | 1949 | 1951-1959 | |
| Kingston | 1398 | 1951 | 1955 | |
| Paradise | 2558 | 1963-1970 | ||
| Shawnee | 1206 | 1951 | 1957 | |
|
Widows Creek |
1600 | 1950 | 1952-1965 | 2015 |
Nuclear power plants
| Surname | Gross power (MW) | start of building | Start of operations | Shutdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefonte-1 | 1263 | 1974 | unfinished | |
| Bellefonte-2 | 1263 | 1974 | unfinished | |
| Bellefonte-3 | 1100 | Planning stopped | ||
| Bellefonte-4 | 1100 | Planning stopped | ||
| Browns Ferry-1 | 1152 | 1967 | 1974 | |
| Browns Ferry-2 | 1155 | 1967 | 1975 | |
| Browns Ferry-3 | 1190 | 1968 | 1977 | |
| Hartsville-1 | 1975 | unfinished | ||
| Hartsville-2 | 1975 | unfinished | ||
| Hartsville 3 | 1975 | unfinished | ||
| Hartsville 4 | 1975 | unfinished | ||
| Sequoyah-1 | 1221 | 1970 | 1981 | |
| Sequoyah-2 | 1221 | 1970 | 1982 | |
| Watts Bar-1 | 1202 | 1973 | 1996 | |
| Watts Bar-2 | 1218 | 1972 | 2016 | |
| Yellow Creek-1 | 1978 | unfinished | ||
| Yellow Creek-2 | 1978 | unfinished | ||
| Clinch River Project (fast breeder) | 1972 | unfinished |
map
literature
- Micah Cash: Dangerous Waters: A Photo Essay on the Tennessee Valley Authority. University of Tennessee Press, Chicago 2017, ISBN 978-1-62190-357-4 .
Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philip Selznick : TVA and the Grass Roots: A Study in the Sociology of Formal Organization , University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 1949, p. 5. (accessed May 18, 2013).
- ^ Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Message to Congress Suggesting the Tennessee Valley Authority," April 10, 1933 . Online at The American Presidency Project (accessed May 18, 2013).
- ↑ Dave Flessner: Transformer fire forces TVA to shut down Unit 2 reactor indefinitely. In: Times Free Press . August 31, 2016, accessed October 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Allen Fossil Plant
- ^ Bull Run Fossil Plant
- ^ Colbert Fossil Plant Ends 61 Years of Electrical Generation
- ^ Cumberland Fossil Plant
- ^ Gallatin Fossil Plant
- ^ Johnsonville Fossil Plant
- ↑ Kingston Fossil Plant
- ↑ Paradise Fossil Plant
- ↑ Shawnee Fossil Plant
- ↑ Widows Creek Fossil Plant ( Memento from July 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )