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  1. What We Do. The Tennessee Valley Authority provides electricity for 153 local power companies serving 10 million people in Tennessee and parts of six surrounding states, as well as directly to 58 large industrial customers and federal installations. We don't get taxpayer funding; rather, our revenues come from sales of electricity.

  2. www.tva.com › About-TVA › Our-HistoryOur History - TVA.com

    The Tennessee Valley Authority was founded to help the hard-hit Tennessee Valley, where it was tasked with improving the quality of life in the region. The 1940s Against the backdrop of World War II, TVA launched one of the largest hydropower construction programs ever undertaken in the United States.

  3. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provides low-cost electricity in seven southeastern states, and provides flood control, navigation, and land management for the Tennessee River system. Website. Tennessee Valley Authority. Contact. Contact the Tennessee Valley Authority. Phone number.

  4. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve the living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.

  5. May 19, 2021 · Why the Tennessee Valley Authority was the New Deal’s Most Ambitious—and Controversial—Program. The TVA was a model for rural electrification in the South, but it displaced thousands and ...

  6. Oct 8, 2017 · 9 minutes to read. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is an independent public corporation founded by Congress in 1933 to control flooding, improve navigation, assist farmers, provide cheap electric power, and make “surveys of and general plans for [the Tennessee River] basin and adjoining territory . . . for the general purpose of ...

  7. Tennessee Valley Authority | 119,767 followers on LinkedIn. Serving the Tennessee Valley through Energy, Environment, and Economic Development. | For more than eight decades, the Tennessee Valley ...

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