TVA in Georgia

Fiscal Year 2011 (October 2010 – September 2011)

In fiscal year 2011, TVA sold more than 3 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to three municipal and two cooperatively owned utilities that distribute TVA power in northern Georgia.
TVA power revenues from distributor purchases in Georgia totaled more than $270 million in 2011, or about 2 percent of all TVA operating revenues.
The distributors sold about 2.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to 130,160 households in 12 Georgia counties.
In 2011, distributors of TVA power served 24,085 commercial and industrial customers with sales of approximately 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours. In addition, distributors in Georgia sold nearly 33 million kilowatthours to outdoor lighting customers.

The Georgia counties served by TVA power are: Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Towns, Union, Walker and Whitfield.
The TVA service area in Georgia covers 2,657 square miles, about 3 percent of TVA’s territory. This includes an electricity service area of 2,372 square miles and a watershed management area of 1,499 square miles.

In Georgia, TVA owns and operates two hydroelectric dams with a combined generation capacity of 30 megawatts. The dams are Blue Ridge in Fannin County and Nottely in Union County.
TVA owns or maintains 21 substations and switchyards and 456 miles of transmission line in Georgia.

Blue Ridge and Nottely reservoirs, as well as a portion of Chatuge Reservoir, are located among the scenic mountains of Georgia and have a combined surface area of more than 11,000 acres and about 250 miles of shoreline.
Georgia residents enjoy camping, fishing, boating, swimming and other recreational opportunities provided by these reservoirs, as well as economic benefits resulting from recreation and tourism. Both Blue Ridge and Nottely have a day-use recreation area. TVA also maintains four stream access sites.
TVA manages recreational, natural and cultural resources on more than 1,700 acres of public land around these reservoirs and partners with local and regional stakeholders to improve water quality, shoreline conditions and biodiversity in these reservoirs and tributaries.

TVA maintains the structural, seismic and hydrologic integrity of two multipurpose dams in Georgia: Blue Ridge and Nottely. TVA dams and reservoirs in Georgia are operated in conjunction with others in the TVA system to store flood waters for controlled release.
Ten municipalities and two industries in Georgia draw water from the Tennessee River system. Water also is drawn for irrigation.

Georgia households had almost 2 million kilowatt-hours of electric energy efficient savings resulting from 440 In-Home Energy Evaluations by TVA-certified evaluators and nearly 920 do-it-yourself home energy evaluations taken online or by paper survey.

Georgia is home to 362 active employees and 876 TVA retirees and their families.

TVA paid almost $8.6 million in lieu of taxes in Georgia in 2011, based on power sales and power property values in the state.

TVA works with power distributors, directly served customers, and regional, state and community organizations to create economic development opportunities for the TVA region. Economic development focuses on attracting and retaining jobs, increasing capital investment, and helping communities prepare for growth. During fiscal year 2011, 660 jobs were created or retained in Georgia and $26 million invested.

In fiscal year 2011, TVA purchased about $49 million in nonfuel materials and services from Georgia vendors.

March 2012