Our Home Page http://www.tva.gov Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:57:35 GMT The new feed URL is http://www.feed43.com/6828247086874158.xml. Please update your subscription as this feed will not be updated any longer. http://www.tva.com/news/ http://www.tva.com/news/ Thr, 28 Apr 2011 00:40:35 GMT Statement from Chief Operating Officer Bill McCollum on Today's Storms http://www.tva.com/news/releases/aprjun11/storm.htm http://www.tva.com/news/releases/aprjun11/storm.htm Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:40:35 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ― Severe weather in the area served by the Tennessee Valley Authority caused serious damage to the utility’s transmission system Wednesday, with power outages and high voltage lines down in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/aprjun11/weather.htm http://www.tva.com/news/releases/aprjun11/weather.htm Thr, 14 Apr 2011 19:57:35 GMT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority announced plans Thursday to retire 18 older coal-fired generation units at three power plants as part of the federal utility’s vision of being one of the nation’s leading providers of low-cost and cleaner energy by 2020. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/aprjun11/board_meeting_0414.htm http://www.tva.com/news/releases/aprjun11/board_meeting_0414.htm Mon, 4 Apr 2011 22:57:35 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Authority has drafted a Natural Resource Plan to help prioritize its stewardship efforts in categories as diverse as recreation facilities, water quality protection, wildlife and plant management, and historical and cultural site preservation. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/aprjun11/nrp.htm http://www.tva.com/news/releases/aprjun11/nrp.htm Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:57:35 GMT CENTERVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority has donated $1,000 to the Centerville Volunteer Fire Department. The funds will be used to buy equipment such as new hoses and pumps to serve the people of Centerville. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/cfvd.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/cfvd.html Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:56:48 GMT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A special transporter will briefly close Interstate 24 near Exit 174 in Hamilton County on Sunday, March 27, when a large power transformer is moved from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant to a railroad yard in Chattanooga. The closure is expected to last about 15 minutes. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/traffic_rm.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/traffic_rm.html Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:55:21 GMT Ashok S. Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President, TVA Nuclear Generation Development & Construction, issues the following statement regarding the results of an investigation conducted by TVA's Office of Inspector General http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/wattsbar-statement.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/wattsbar-statement.html Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:16:20 GMT OAK GROVE, Ky. — The Tennessee Valley Authority is seeking public comments on a transmission line project that will relieve overloaded equipment and help assure continued reliable power for a portion of western Kentucky. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/ky_trans.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/ky_trans.html Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:15:30 GMT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Raccoon Mountain Visitor Center near Chattanooga will be closing temporarily for exhibit upgrades beginning Monday, March 21. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/rc_vc.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/rc_vc.html Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:14:28 GMT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Two project managers with the Tennessee Valley Authority have been honored for research on a new way to identify potential problems in steam boiler units at fossil power plants. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/research.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/research.html Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:19:45 GMT OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Authority will temporarily lower the water level of Melton Hill Reservoir from Friday, March 25, through Sunday, April 3, to allow property owners to repair docks, stabilize shoreline and help pick up litter. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/melton_hill.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/melton_hill.html Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:20:53 GMT NORRIS, Tenn. — Nature will be on display during the Tennessee Valley Authority's annual spring wildflower walks at Norris Dam on Saturday, March 26, and Saturday, April 2. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/wildflower_walks.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/wildflower_walks.html Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:00:00 GMT All six of TVA’s nuclear reactors are located in areas that are not prone to frequent or extremely large earthquakes. They are designed, built and operated to withstand an earthquake of larger magnitude than any recorded in the geographic region. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/japan_statement.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/japan_statement.html Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:00:00 GMT Anglers, boaters and anyone interested in the health of sport fish are invited to observe the Tennessee Valley Authority’s annual survey of sport fish populations in the Tennessee River and its tributary reservoirs this spring. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/2011_fish_survey.htm http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/2011_fish_survey.htm Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:35:42 GMT The Tennessee Valley Authority’s 11 seasonal campgrounds on reservoirs throughout the Tennessee River watershed will open for the 2011 recreation season on Friday, March 18. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/campgrounds.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/campgrounds.html Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:21:23 GMT The Tennessee Valley Authority and Benton Electric System are asking the public for help solving a break-in and theft of thousands of dollars in materials. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/theft.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/theft.html Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:52:30 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority has filed its Integrated Resource Plan with the Environmental Protection Agency to outline the federal utility's strategic direction for providing reliable, low-cost and cleaner electricity over the next two decades, TVA announced Friday. The filing also includes an Environmental Impact Statement. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/irp.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/irp.html Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:25:50 GMT The Tennessee Valley Authority donated $5,000 to the Drakesboro Volunteer Fire Department to help fund a new water tank for a pumper truck. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/DVFD.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/DVFD.html Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:24:47 GMT The Tennessee Valley Authority donated $5,000 to Junior Achievement of Western Kentucky. The funds will support various programs across Muhlenberg County. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/ja_ky.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/ja_ky.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:00:10 GMT The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors on Friday voted to simplify fuel charges on power bills and granted the chief executive officer broader authority for energy efficiency projects and corporate purchasing. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/board_meeting_2-18-11.htm http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/board_meeting_2-18-11.htm Thr, 17 Feb 2011 17:48:10 GMT A Tennessee Valley Authority economic development initiative has identified a Nashville site as the latest of 14 prime locations for developing the region’s data center industry. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/data_center.htm http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/data_center.htm Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:09:10 GMT The Tennessee Valley Authority has named Dave Stinson, former recovery manager for TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 3, as vice president for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 construction project http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/stinson.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/stinson.html Fri, 4 Feb 2011 00:44:11 UTC KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority sold $1.5 billion of 10-year global power bonds Thursday that carry an interest rate of 3.875 percent, representing the lowest-ever rate for a TVA 10-year “bullet maturity” institutional bond offering. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/bond.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/bond.html Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:32:28 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Unseasonably cold temperatures in December led to increased demand for electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority, which drove up operating costs during the first quarter of the 2011 fiscal year, TVA reported Wednesday. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/cold_weather.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/cold_weather.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:02:28 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed an agreement with Waste Management Renewable Energy LLC as the first participant in TVA’s new Renewable Standard Offer initiative. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/renewable.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/renewable.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:42:19 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Authority and the Electric Power Research Institute on Tuesday unveiled an electric vehicle charging station that can also make electricity from sunlight, store electricity and put electricity back in the power grid when needed. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/SMART.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/SMART.html Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:04:31 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A super-sized transporter will briefly close Interstate 40 in Knox County on Saturday, Jan. 22, when it hauls a massive power generator from Knoxville to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s new John Sevier natural gas plant in Hawkins County, Tenn. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/super_sized.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/super_sized.html Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:09:14 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority will conduct a public meeting to receive comments on the potential environmental effects of a proposed power supply improvement project in Putnam, Cumberland and neighboring counties in central East Tennessee. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/putnam.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/putnam.html Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:18:55 GMT NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Roxann Fry, economic development specialist for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Kentucky, has earned the designation of Certified Economic Developer from the International Economic Development Council. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/ed_fry.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/ed_fry.html Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:20:43 GMT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Regional Resource Stewardship Council will discuss a draft Natural Resource Plan on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 19 and 20, in Chattanooga. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/regional_stewardship.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/regional_stewardship.html Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:56:24 GMT CROSSVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting on Thursday, Jan. 20, to receive comments on the impact to historic properties from the proposed widening of state Route 28 in Crossville. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/state_route_28.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/state_route_28.html Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:12:08 GMT MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. — A draft Environmental Impact Statement on the possible sale and redevelopment of about 1,400 acres on the Tennessee Valley Authority's Muscle Shoals Reservation in Colbert County, Ala., is available for public review and comment. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/muscle_shoals_reservation.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/muscle_shoals_reservation.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:02:48 GMT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A top Washington publication has named the Tennessee Valley Authority’s newly redesigned website, www.tva.com, one of the five best in the U.S. government. http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/best_website.html http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/best_website.html