Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) operates public power system and supplies power in Tennessee, northern Alabama, north-eastern Mississippi, and south-western Kentucky and in portions of northern Georgia, western North Carolina, and south-western Virginia. TVA also manages the Tennessee River and certain shoreline to provide recreational opportunities, adequate water supply, and water quality. As of September 30, 2010, TVA provided electricity to 50 ndustrial customers, six federal customers, and 155 distributor customers that serve over nine million people in parts of seven south-eastern states. TVA is wholesaler of power. It sells power to distributor customers, consisting of municipalities and cooperatives that then resell the power to their customers at retail rates. At September 30, 2010, TVA had 11 coal-fired power sites consisting of 58 active units and one idled unit. These facilities accounted for 14,573 mega watts (MW) of summer net capability.