TVA River Neighbors

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Date: 11/4/2011

Rainfall and Runoff Rainfall amounts for the part of the Valley above Chattanooga were 100% of normal for the month of October. And that’s a good thing, considering the fact that October is typically the driest month of the year in the Tennessee River watershed. It was a different story in the western part of the…

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Georgia Power to Develop Water Research Center

Alabama Power

Date: 4/20/2011

Georgia Power President and CEO Paul Bowers today announced the company will host an innovative research facility to develop and test water conservation technologies at Georgia Power's Plant Bowen, near Cartersville, Ga. The Water Research Center (WRC) will provide a venue for developing and testing technologies to improve…

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Southern Company CEO Tells Congress That Proposed Standard Will Impact Economy and Electric Reliability and Affordability

Alabama Power

Date: 4/16/2011

Thomas A Fanning, chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company, today told members of Congress that proposed regulations aimed at emissions from power plants could reduce reliability, raise electricity prices, slow economic development and eliminate American jobs."My message today is that the reliability and…

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Heavy rains have TVA dam system in overdrive

Daily Comet

Date: 3/27/2011 4:53:00 PM

The water level on Norris Lake, one of TVA's main recreation areas, has begun its seasonal adjustment. Completed in 1935, Norris was TVA's first dam and led…

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TVA dams working overtime after floods; Agency adjusting lakes ...

istockAnalyst.com

Date: 3/22/2011 10:09:00 AM

With 809 miles of shoreline and 33840 acres of water surface, Norris Lake is the largest TVA tributary reservoir. Bowling said while people focus on the…

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