Solar Valley Coalition
TVA Power Demand
Reducing Peak
Demand
TVA
Peak and Load
TVA giving distributors incentives for selling more power.  Glasgow (KY) Daily Times.  2/27/08

Dry Year Could Push Electric bills Higher.  Nashville Tennessean:  July 17, 2007

New TVA campaign urges consumers to cut power use.  DUNCAN MANSFIELD.  Associated Press.  Saturday, July 7, 2007
(important factoids.)

TVA Plans to Reduce Air Emissions Further, but Could Do More to Reduce Power Demand (3/02)    
GAO-02-301
Tennessee Valley Authority power cheaper, more reliable, but operating costs still above average.  
Chattanooga Times Free Press.  November 18, 2008.

TVA plugging electric cars.  Batteries would need to be charged at night, with excess capacity.  Knoxville News
Sentinel  June 17, 2008

TVA compared to other power companies world wide. World Wildlife Fund.  Nov. 2004

Transforming America’s Power Industry:  The Investment Challenge.  Edison Institute.  April 2008.

VA's Enhanced Growth Credit Program.  TVA's credit options for new large users. Substantial credits on
power bills may be available to companies expanding in the Tennessee Valley. Eligibility is determined by SIC
code, type of power used, and kilowatt usage.  

Group urges government to invest in electric cars.  Business executives want to pave way for vehicles.  KEN
THOMAS Associated Press.  November 17, 2009

Electric cars face obstacles to consumer acceptance.  TVA and its partners work on solutions.  By Anne
Paine • THE TENNESSEAN • November 12, 2009

USEC Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results.  Reuters.  Nov. 1, 2009.  USEC consumes 5% of the total TVA load.

Nissan rushes to put electric car charging stations across Tennessee.  By G. Chambers Williams III • THE
TENNESSEAN • October 11, 2009

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY STAFF REPORT ON PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FOUR
PURPA STANDARDS UNDER SECTION 111(d) OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT
PURSUANT TO THE
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007 June, 2009

Strategies for Cutting Coal Use in the Next Five Years:  Sierra Club’s Smart Energy Solutions Energy Data
Project.  December 2008

Recession cuts demand by industries for power.  TVA says lower costs for oil, gas reduce losses.  By Dave
Flessner • CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS • May 7, 2009

Energy Data report done for the Clean Air Interstate Rule - data for TN electricity  

Energy Regulatory Chief Says New Coal, Nuclear Plants May Be Unnecessary.  By NOELLE STRAUB AND
PETER BEHR, New York Times.   4/22/09

Energy by the Numbers: Statistics, Trends, and Key Drivers in the Southeast United States.  World Resource
Inst.  April 2009.

Alexander says TVA region can ‘lead the country’ on electric vehicle use  By:
Andy Sher Chattanooga Times Free Press.  September 9, 2010.

TVA electric sales up 6%  Agency credits warmer-than-normal weather for surge  
By Knoxville News Sentinel staff  August 3, 2010

AC: It's not as cool as you think.  Artificial cooling has had a profound effect on
how, and where, we live and work.  Los Angeles Times July 18, 2010 By Stan Cox

TVA will meet WACKER power supply needs.  Cleveland Banner.  June 17, 2010.

Charging stations in works at West Knox.  Area institute working on electric
vehicle chargers  Hyun Chung  Knoxville News Sentinel  June 17, 2010

TVA renews Alcoa contract.  One-year extension gives time to work out long-term
deal.  Roger Harris  Knoxville News Sentinel   June 10, 2010

Nissan's gamble on electric cars revs up.  Battery plant breaks ground today in
Smyrna amid skepticism  G. Chambers Williams III • THE TENNESSEAN • May 26,
2010

The Future of Electrification of America's Freight Railroads.  Trains.  2009.

Tennessee is test area for new electric car.  Nissan's LEAF coming to three
cities in the state.  Ed Marcum  Knoxville News Sentinel.  January 16, 2010

Why Is a Utility Paying Customers?  By KATE GALBRAITH  New York Times
January 23, 2010

USEC Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results and Provides ACP Update  Market Watch
August 3, 2011.  (USEC uses 5% of TVA power.)


Heat raises TVA power demand  Knoxville News Sentinel.  June 9, 2011

TVA unveils charging station prototype for electric cars  Larisa Brass  Knoxville News
Sentinel  January 26, 2011

USEC Planning for Continued Operations of Paducah Plant.  Business Wire.  Jan. 11,
2011