Transmission System Projects

The following transmission line projects are currently being carried out by TVA.

Alabama

Bridgeport
TVA plans to build a new 161-kV transmission line to maintain reliable electric service, meet growing demand and avoid possible power supply disruptions to industrial areas of Bridgeport, Alabama.

Georgia

Gordon and Whitfield Counties
TVA is proposing construction of a new 15.5-mile transmission line in North Georgia to improve reliability and meet the growing power demand.

Kentucky

Glasgow
TVA is planning improvements to the transmission system around Glasgow.  Due to growth in the area, upgrades are needed to relieve overloaded facilities and ensure a reliable supply of power to the area.

Mississippi

Golden Triangle Area
TVA is considering building a new transmission line to provide backup power for several large industries. The new line would be about 13 miles long and begin at the new Catalpa Creek Substation.

Lowndes County
TVA is planning improvements to the transmission system in Lowndes County. The Golden Triangle area is experiencing significant industrial growth and transmission system upgrades are needed to ensure a reliable power supply to the area.

Mt. Pleasant
TVA has chosen a preferred route for the new transmission line in the Mt. Pleasant area to serve the Coldwater Substation that will be built by Holly Springs Electric Department.

Tennessee

Cookeville-Algood
TVA has identified a preferred site for the proposed transmission line to serve the Algood substation, which will be upgraded to meet the growing power needs of the area.

Fayetteville
TVA is considering building a new transmission line that would provide power to Fayetteville Public Utilities’ new substation.

Goose Creek
TVA has chosen a preferred route for a new transmission line in the Goose Creek area to serve Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation’s new substation.

Knox County
TVA is considering building two new transmission lines and a switching station that would relieve overloaded equipment and provide additional power to the East Knox County area.

Milligan College
TVA will build 1.5 miles of transmission line on existing right-of-way to power the Milligan College Substation, which is being upgraded by Elizabethton Electric Department.

Monroe
A new transmission line is needed to maintain reliable electric service and meet growing demand in the Livingston and Dale Hollow Lake areas

Obion
TVA has identified its preferred route for a transmission line to serve Gibson Electric Membership Corporations's new Polk Substation that is being built to meet growing power needs in the Obion-Troy area.

Rutherford-Williamson-Davidson Improvement Project
TVA is considering building a new 500-kilovolt (kV) substation and upgrading associated transmission lines. The substation would be located in Rutherford, Williamson, or Davidson County, with new and/or upgraded transmission lines also located in these and other counties in middle Tennessee.

Spring Hill
TVA has identified a preferred route for a new transmission line that would provide power to Middle Tennessee EMC’s new substation in the growing area of southern Williamson County.