TVA Tests Green Energy

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has committed $6 million to construct a number of renewable energy
plants for the eight million residents it serves in seven states. By next summer, it will generate 6MW
of power from eight PV generating stations, two or more windfarms and an waste-to-energy plant – enough
to supply energy for 15,000 residents. If customers sign on in sufficient numbers with the estimated
$2-$10 premium, the program will be expanded from eight to 159 distributors by 2003.

This pilot represents less than one percent of TVA’s capacity of 28,000MW. TVA operates 29 hydroelectric dams,
11 coal and three nuclear plants.