TVA in North Carolina

Fiscal Year 2012 (October 2011 – September 2012)

In fiscal year 2012, TVA sold more than 925 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to one municipal utility and three cooperatively owned utilities that distribute TVA power in North Carolina--Murphy Power Board, Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corp., Tri-State Membership Corp. and Mountain Electric Cooperative.
The distributors served more than 33,000 households, with sales of more than 332 million kilowatt-hours in six North Carolina counties in 2012.
Distributors of TVA power served approximately 8,200 commercial and industrial customers, with sales of more than 212 million kilowatt-hours. In addition, distributors in North Carolina sold more than 7.7 million kilowatt-hours to outdoor lighting customers.
TVA revenues in North Carolina totaled more than $69 million in 2012.

TVA serves the North Carolina counties of Avery, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, McDowell, and Watauga.
The TVA service area in North Carolina covers a total of 5,535 square miles, about 6 percent of TVA's territory. This includes an electricity service area of 653 square miles and a watershed management area of 5,475 square miles.

TVA owns and operates four hydroelectric dams in North Carolina with a combined generation capacity of 523 megawatts. The dams are Apalachia and Hiwassee in Cherokee County; Chatuge in Clay County, and Fontana in Swain and Graham counties.
TVA coordinates operations at four projects in western North Carolina and east Tennessee owned by Brookfield Renewable Energy.
TVA owns or maintains 10 substations and switchyards and nearly 119 miles of transmission line in North Carolina.

TVA manages four reservoirs in western North Carolina--Apalachia, Fontana, Hiwassee and a portion of Chatuge. These reservoirs have a combined surface area of nearly 21,000 acres and about 530 miles of shoreline in North Carolina.
North Carolina residents enjoy camping, fishing, boating, swimming and other recreational opportunities provided by the reservoirs, as well as economic benefits of recreation and tourism. TVA maintains four day-use areas on the reservoirs and 13 stream access sites.
The TVA visitor center at Fontana Dam welcomes approximately 50,000 visitors every year.
TVA manages recreational and cultural resources on more than 1,500 acres of public land around reservoirs in North Carolina and partners with local and regional stakeholders to improve water quality, shoreline conditions and biodiversity in these reservoirs and their tributaries.

TVA maintains the structural, seismic and hydraulic integrity of four dams in North Carolina.
TVA operates the dams and reservoirs in North Carolina as part of an integrated multi-purpose reservoir system to provide numerous stakeholders a variety of benefits which can include: navigation, flood risk reduction, low-cost hydropower, water supply, and recreational opportunities.
Sixteen municipalities, 13 industries and 17 mining companies in North Carolina draw water from the Tennessee River system. Water also is drawn for power plant cooling and irrigation.

North Carolina households had approximately 114,399 kilowatt-hours of electric energy efficient savings resulting from nearly 70 In-Home Energy Evaluations by TVA-certified evaluators and about 30 do-it-yourself home energy evaluations taken online or by paper survey.

Twenty-six TVA employees live in North Carolina along with 201 TVA retirees and their families.

TVA paid $2.8 million in lieu of taxes to North Carolina in 2012, based on power sales and power property values in the state.

TVA works with local power companies, 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, capital investment, and helping communities prepare for growth.

In fiscal year 2012, TVA purchased $16 million in nonfuel materials and services from North Carolina vendors.

January 2013