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The Tennessee Valley Authority was established by
Congress in 1933, originally to provide flood control and improve
navigation on The Tennessee River. Of course, Hydro Electric Plants soon
followed...why waste all that water power? Today TVA is the largest
producer of electricity in the US, with a capacity of 29,469 Megawatts
from 11 Fossil, 29 Hydro, 3 Nuclear, 4 Gas-turbine, and 1 Pumped Storage
Plants, and 17,000 miles of transmission lines (from their
web page). See a brief history of TVA
here.
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