Tennessee Valley Authority

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The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned U.S. corporation created during the New Deal to provide regional economic development, flood control, and electricity generation in the Tennessee Valley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency
electric utility
federally owned corporation
approvedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Tennessee Valley Authority self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933
customerType large industrial customers
local power companies
foundedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
foundedDuring New Deal
hasJurisdictionOver Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley
surface form: Tennessee River watershed
hasPart TVA power system
TVA river system
headquartersLocation Knoxville, Tennessee
inception 1933
industry electric power industry
public utilities
keyPerson chief executive officer of TVA
legalForm government-owned corporation
legislatedBy United States Congress
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
manages flood risk in the Tennessee Valley
namedAfter Tennessee Valley
operates coal-fired power plants
hydroelectric dams
natural gas power plants
nuclear power plants
renewable energy facilities
ownedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf New Deal
surface form: New Deal programs
provides wholesale electric power
purpose economic development
electricity generation
flood control
natural resource management
navigation improvement
rural electrification
regionServed Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Province of North Carolina
surface form: North Carolina

Tennessee
Virginia
regulates river navigation in the Tennessee Valley
serves Tennessee Valley
shortName Tennessee Valley Authority self-linksurface differs
surface form: TVA
website https://www.tva.com/

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Wilson Lock associatedWithOrganization Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority createdBy Tennessee Valley Authority self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933
Wild River depictsOrganization Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley developedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
David E. Lilienthal employer Tennessee Valley Authority
73rd United States Congress enacted Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Melton Hill Dam gridConnection Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority power system
Norris Dam gridConnection Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority power grid
Tennessee Valley hasAuthority Tennessee Valley Authority
Hundred Days hasKeyLegislation Tennessee Valley Authority
subject surface form: Hundred Days (FDR)
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Knoxville, Tennessee hasMajorCompany Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee River hasManagingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Lock hasOwner Tennessee Valley Authority
New Deal hasPart Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Lock isPartOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: TVA navigation locks network
Wheeler Lock locatedIn Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority service area
Clinch River managedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Melton Hill Dam managingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority
Melton Hill Lake managingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority
Nickajack Lock managingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority
Watts Bar Dam managingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority
David E. Lilienthal memberOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority board
Melton Hill Dam navigationLockOperator Tennessee Valley Authority
Watts Bar Dam navigationLockOperator Tennessee Valley Authority
President Franklin D. Roosevelt notablePolicy Tennessee Valley Authority
subject surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wheeler Lock operatedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Fort Loudoun Dam operator Tennessee Valley Authority
Kentucky Dam operator Tennessee Valley Authority
Melton Hill Dam operator Tennessee Valley Authority
Melton Hill Lake operator Tennessee Valley Authority
Nickajack Lock operator Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris Dam operator Tennessee Valley Authority
Watts Bar Dam operator Tennessee Valley Authority
Fort Loudoun Dam ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Kentucky Dam ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Melton Hill Dam ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Nickajack Lock ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris Dam ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Watts Bar Dam ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Fort Loudoun Dam partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
Melton Hill Dam partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
Nickajack Lock partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
Norris Dam partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
Watts Bar Dam partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority power system
Watts Bar Dam partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority navigation system
Wheeler Lock partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority waterway system
Wilson Lock partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
Executive Order 7037 relatedTo Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority shortName Tennessee Valley Authority self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: TVA