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|OrganizationName=Tennessee Valley Authority | |OrganizationName=Tennessee Valley Authority | ||
|OrganizationType=Government Corporations | |OrganizationType=Government Corporations | ||
|Mission=The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provides affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable electricity to the Tennessee Valley region, promoting economic development and stewardship of natural resources. It aims to support the community through energy solutions and environmental conservation. | |Mission=The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provides affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable electricity to the Tennessee Valley region, promoting economic development and stewardship of natural resources. It aims to support the community through energy solutions and environmental conservation. | ||
| | |CreationLegislation=Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 | ||
|Employees=10000 | |Employees=10000 | ||
|Budget=$11B (FY 2024, including revenue and capital investments) | |Budget=$11B (FY 2024, including revenue and capital investments) | ||
| | |OrganizationExecutive=Chief Executive Officer | ||
|Services=Electric power generation and distribution; Environmental stewardship; Navigation improvements; Flood control; Recreation; Economic development | |Services=Electric power generation and distribution; Environmental stewardship; Navigation improvements; Flood control; Recreation; Economic development | ||
|HeadquartersLocation=35.96632, -83.92062 | |||
|HeadquartersLocation=35. | |||
|HeadquartersAddress=400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA | |HeadquartersAddress=400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA | ||
|Website=https://www.tva.com/ | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{short description|American utility company}} | |||
The '''Tennessee Valley Authority''' ('''TVA''') is a [[State-owned enterprises of the United States#List of partially or wholly federally owned enterprises|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 (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], and [[Virginia]]. While owned by the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]], TVA receives no taxpayer funding and operates similarly to a private for-profit company. It is headquartered in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], and is the sixth-largest power supplier and largest public utility in the country.<ref name=reuters14/><ref name=sainz>{{cite news |last1=Sainz |first1=Adrian |title=Nation's largest utility in long-term deals to sell power |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nations-largest-utility-long-term-deals-sell-power-67021289 |access-date=July 4, 2021 |work=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |date=November 14, 2019 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182851/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nations-largest-utility-long-term-deals-sell-power-67021289 |url-status=live }}</ref> | The '''Tennessee Valley Authority''' ('''TVA''') is a [[State-owned enterprises of the United States#List of partially or wholly federally owned enterprises|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 (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], and [[Virginia]]. While owned by the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]], TVA receives no taxpayer funding and operates similarly to a private for-profit company. It is headquartered in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], and is the sixth-largest power supplier and largest public utility in the country.<ref name=reuters14/><ref name=sainz>{{cite news |last1=Sainz |first1=Adrian |title=Nation's largest utility in long-term deals to sell power |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nations-largest-utility-long-term-deals-sell-power-67021289 |access-date=July 4, 2021 |work=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |date=November 14, 2019 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182851/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nations-largest-utility-long-term-deals-sell-power-67021289 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||