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STARKVILLE, Miss., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Valley Authority met fiscal year 2011 performance goals for delivering affordable, cleaner and reliable energy to the region while responding to events tied to the Japanese tsunami and April tornadoes across the Southeast. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111117/DM09268) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO) "We are focused on making sure our nuclear plants operate safely and...

WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Capital Management (UCMT.PK), a publicly traded direct response management and marketing company, is pleased to report on the marketing agreement between William T. Wilkinson dba Innovation Industries, and TVA Media Group (TVA). The agreement, valued at 3 million dollars, entails a national product media campaign for Twist and Tone(TM) by GetaGrip®. UCMT is coordinating the marketing and administration on behalf...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many of the country's leading electric utilities participated in the second annual Environmental Forum, spearheaded by the Tennessee Valley Authority, on managing their environmental footprint and improving environmental operations. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO) The Utility Environmental Benchmarking Forum, held in Nashville on Sept. 27-29, drew participants from throughout the United States and Canada....

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Friday that on Oct. 15, 2011, it will redeem one issue of bonds from its electronotes(R) series. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO) TVA will redeem all of its 2008 5.00-percent electronotes(R) due Oct. 15, 2023. These securities are identified by the CUSIP number 88059TEH0. Approximately $14.5 million of the 88059TEH0 electronotes(R) are currently outstanding....

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Valley Authority and local power distributors are making sure one of the Southeast's most successful renewable energy initiatives will continue to be available for smaller renewable power producers in the future. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO) The Generation Partners pilot program, which fueled an unprecedented but unsustainable solar industry boom in the region in 2010, is shifting its...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Tennessee Valley Authority has been named for the sixth straight year among Site Selection magazine's top 10 North American utilities for achievement in economic development. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO) The publication recognizes TVA's fiscal year 2010 work with power distributors, and regional, state and local partners to help attract or retain more than 41,000 jobs and leverage $4.3 billion in...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Valley Authority is inspecting 15 of its dams and ash impoundments and all of its nuclear plants after an earthquake hit near Richmond, Va., on Tuesday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO ) "The seismograph at Tellico Dam was the only TVA site that recorded any shaking as a result of the earthquake," TVA Chief Operating Officer Bill McCollum said. "TVA is inspecting its nuclear plants and several...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors on Thursday began putting into action the Integrated Resource Plan that will meet the region's electricity needs today and into the future. The actions embrace TVA's vision for cleaner, reliable and competitively priced power. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO) "With today's actions, TVA will add more clean energy from nuclear and natural gas sources to its...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Refueling outages at nuclear plants and a devastating storm combined with lower electricity demand to impact third-quarter financial results, the Tennessee Valley Authority said Thursday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO ) TVA's third-quarter report to the Securities and Exchange Commission said expenses from a series of deadly tornadoes on April 27-28 and outages at three of TVA's six reactors contributed to lower...

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Releases Expert Engineer's Report Highlighting Major Roadblocks to Finishing Long-Abandoned Critically Compromised Reactor Project KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Efforts by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to resume construction at the long-shuttered, nearly forty-year-old Bellefonte nuclear reactor Unit 1 in Jackson County, Alabama, are unlikely to be successful due to seven major problems, including water damage to the...