Tennessee Valley Authority

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New Deal agency electric utility federally owned corporation

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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Label Occurrences
Tennessee Valley Authority canonical 111
Tennessee Valley Authority system 13
Tennessee Valley Authority power system 4

Statements (50)

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/ ⓘ

Referenced by (147)

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Kingston Fossil Plant → ownedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal government of the United States (via TVA)
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation → cooperatesWith → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Norris, Tennessee → founder → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Norris, Tennessee → developedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Norris, Tennessee → originalOwner → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Tennessee Valley region of the southern United States → governedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
subject surface form: Tennessee Valley region
Tennessee Valley region of the southern United States → developedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
subject surface form: Tennessee Valley region
South Holston Lake → operator → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
South Holston Lake → managedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Cherokee Reservoir → operator → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Cherokee Reservoir → managedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Cherokee Reservoir → hasManagingAgency → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
South Holston Dam → operator → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
South Holston Dam → ownedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
South Holston Dam → builder → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
South Holston Dam → managedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: TVA River Management
South Holston Dam → gridConnection → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority power system
Tellico Lake → operator → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Tellico Lake → createdBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Tellico Lake → managingAgency → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
TVA: Democracy on the March → subject → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
TVA: Democracy on the March → describes → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority as a model of public power
The Journals of David E. Lilienthal → mainSubject → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Watauga Lake → operator → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Watauga Lake → managedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Watauga Lake → hasAgencyJurisdiction → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Emory River → managedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Norris Lake → operator → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Norris Lake → managedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Norris Lake → createdFor → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
Ocoee River → managedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Chuck Glover → employer → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Chuck Glover → basedOnRealWorldEntity → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority dam projects
Jo Van Fleet as Ella Garth → associatedOrganization → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Lee Remick as Carol Garth Baldwin → associatedWithOrganization → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
TVA Sports → sisterChannel → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: TVA
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area → previousGoverningBody → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area → establishedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Watauga River → managedBy → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Mobius M. Mobius → homeOrganization → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: TVA Headquarters
Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 → created → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Wheeler Lock and Dam → operator → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Wheeler Lock and Dam → partOf → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
Wilson Reservoir → operator → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Wilson Reservoir → managingAgency → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Southeastern United States electric grid → hasMajorUtility → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
Southeastern United States electric grid → hasMajorHydroSystem → Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric system