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The TVA established the stairway of nine dams and locks that turned the Tennessee River into a 652-mile-long river highway. Dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the river include the following (listed from the furthest upstream to the furthest downstream):
At Buffalo Mountain in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, TVA operates three wind turbines with a combined generation capacity of 2 MW and purchases the output of 15 additional wind turbines owned by Invenergy that have a combined capacity of 27 MW. As of 2013, the agency had purchased agreements from power generated from wind farms outside its service ...
Pages in category "Tennessee Valley Authority dams" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a government-owned corporation created by U.S. Code Title 16, Chapter 12A, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.It was initially founded as an agency to provide general economic development to the region through power generation, flood control, navigation assistance, fertilizer manufacturing, and agricultural development.
Walters Dam is owned and operated by Duke Energy. TVA dams control record rainfall from Hurricane Helene. Some parts of TVA's system, which covers East Tennessee and some parts of Western North ...
Since the 1930s, TVA's dams, the original New Deal mission of the utility, have prevented more than $9.7 billion of flood damage, including $8 billion in Chattanooga alone.
The literal floodgates are open all along the Tennessee River as it moves Helene's floodwater from the Smokies to the Ohio River.
This list may not reflect recent changes. -List of dam removals in Tennessee * List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River; B. Boone Dam; C. Calderwood Dam;