That’s why TVA is not just another power company.

Combining private-sector efficiency with public-sector service, TVA generates the affordable, reliable power that helps drive a growing economy in the Tennessee Valley. The nation’s largest producer of electricity, this federal corporation serves some eight million people daily through 159 distributors, and does so in a way that protects the interests of everyone who uses TVA power. 

TVA’s bottom line is the long-term public good, rather than short-term profit, and that affects every part of our business. It means that electricity users in hard-to-reach rural areas are just as important as easily served city dwellers. It means that ensuring our capacity to power the economy in 2010 is just as important as meeting the power demand tomorrow. It means that our key goals must necessarily be service, consistency, and reliability.

It means, in short, that we do whatever it takes to deliver the goods—and everybody profits.
 
 
 

	TVA’s power system has a generating capacity of 28,498 megawatts.
	TVA operates 11 fossil plants, three nuclear plants, 29 hydroelectric plants, four combustion-turbine plants, and one pumped-storage plant.
	TVA’s power production costs in 1997 were third-lowest among the nation’s 25 largest electric utilities, according to Electric Light & Power magazine.
	There are 159 locally owned distributors that sell TVA electricity to consumers and 63 large industrial and federal customers that receive TVA power directly.
	TVA’s power-service region covers 80,000 square miles (200,000 square kilometers).

Power Services 
TVA has more than 60 years’ experience in servicing power plants and operates the nation’s largest centralized utility maintenance facility. TVA has what it takes to meet all your maintenance, materials testing, and repair needs.

Green Power
Ten distributors of TVA power are poised to launch a test of TVA’s new program for environmentally friendly power generation. Find out how green power will promote renewable sources of energy—and how you can get it.

energy right
The energy right
program—a cooperative effort between TVA and the distributors of TVA power—is designed to help residential customers make the most of their energy dollars.