2. Purpose of the TVA
Improve navigation in
Tennessee River
Control destructive
Flood waters
Electricity generation
3. Accomplishments of the TVA
Includes three nuclear power plants,
11 coal-fired plants, 29 hydroelectric
dams, five combustion-turbine
plants and about 17000 miles of
transmission lines
Electricity produced now reaches
over 8 million residents of the
Tennessee Valley
Largest public power system in the
US
4. Leaders of the Tva
Chairman Bill Baxter
Director Skila
Harris
David Lilienthal
5. Legacy of the TVA
Succeeded
provide electricity
increase water supply
provide recreational lakes
create a series of lakes that
form one long navigation channel
from Knoxville, Tennessee, to
Paducah, Kentucky
stores excess water in flood season
and lowers flood levels