Utilities
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
TVA is the largest public power producer in the nation, serving more than 8.3 million people, and is among the most reliable. Its Sequoyah Nuclear Unit 1’s capacity factor ranked sixth best in the world. TVA has never dropped firm load to any industrial customer in its history and has a reliability rate of 99.999%, the highest in the nation.
TVA generates 152 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, or enough power to meet the needs of nearly 10 million homes. TVA also manages the Tennessee River, the nation's fifth-largest river system, operating 19 hydroelectric dams, seven coal-fired power plants, two nuclear-power plants, six combustion-turbine sites and one pumped-storage plant in Tennessee, with a combined generating capacity of more than 19,655 megawatts.
TVA has joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee, and others in the Volunteer State Solar Initiative a comprehensive solar-energy and economic-development program.
In addition to providing dependable power at a competitive rate, TVA and its power distributors offer a host of other programs.
- TVA Growth Credit Program: TVA rewards businesses locating or expanding in the Tennessee Valley with substantial credits on their power bills. Credits are provided by most distributors and can be explained when you submit your sample electric demand for a quote.
- VPI Pricing: Variable Price Interruptible Power offers several competitively priced power options to SIC qualified customers with loads of at least 5 megawatts.
- VPI prices are generally low because they follow TVA's hourly power supply cost of producing electricity and because VPI has an interruptible feature.
- TVA offers technical services, community development, and small/minority business support.
Electricity
Demand is forecasted to exceed generating capacity in many areas of the US by mid-decade. Kiplinger reports that the West Coast, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and some Midwestern cities will be vulnerable. The Southeast US is one area in the country that will have ample power supply. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and municipal and cooperative distributors provide the Knoxville-Oak Ridge region with superb reliability and competitive rates.
Region's power distributors
Natural Gas
Spectra Energy / East Tennessee Natural Gas supplies most of the gas distributed in the region:
- Lines are 12" and smaller
- 1030 BTU per cubic foot
- Firm gas available up to 60,000 therms per month
- Interruptible gas available
- Larger volume available with prior notification and approval
- Large gas users can purchase gas on the open market and pay a modest throughput fee to use the local utility district's delivery infrastructure
Ultra Pure Gases and Business Chemicals
Because of the presence of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, the region has a strong existing network of business chemicals and gases providers including ultra-pure gases.
Industrial and Specialty Chemicals, Industrial and Ultra-Pure Gases:
- Appalachian Electric Cooperative
- Alcoa Electric
- Appalachian Electric Cooperative
- Knoxville Utilities Board
- Jellico Electric & Water System
Water / Waste Water Excess capacity
Numerous water districts provide our region with available, treated, clean water.
- Water
- Total Capacity 185 MGD
- Total Usage 86 MGD
- Available 99 MGD
- Total Storage Capacity 97 MG
- Waste Water
- Total Capacity 155 MGD
- Total Usage 80 MGD
- Available 75 MGD
East Tennessee Power Distributors
Alcoa Electric
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| Appalachian Electric Cooperative
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| Clinton Utilities Board
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| Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative
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| Harriman Utility Board
Jellico Electric & Water System
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Knoxville Utilities Board
LaFollette Utilities
| Lenoir City Utility Board
| Loudon Utilities
Maryville Electric
| Newport Utilities
Oak Ridge Electric
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Plateau Electric Cooperative
Rockwood Electric Utility
| Sevier County Electric System
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| Sweetwater Utilities Board
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