Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc.
Connecting People with Purpose., Community., Resources., Service., Opportunities.
Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc. (BVI) is a nonprofit organization that oversees two affiliated nonprofits: National Emergency Assistance (NEA) and Retiree Resources Corporation (RRC). Together, these organizations offer Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) retirees and former employees opportunities to engage in volunteer service, support FEMA disaster recovery efforts, and participate in TVA contract work.
Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc.
BVI offers an opportunity to volunteer at the Visitor Centers at Fontana Dam, Kentucky Dam, Norris Dam, and Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Facility along with a variety of other volunteer opportunities.
National Emergency Assistance, Inc.
FEMA relies on NEA employees to augment their disaster assistance endeavors all over the United States.
Retiree Resources Corporation
Many TVA retirees and former employees are working through RRC to provide temporary staff augmentation to TVA.
We seek to make an impact in our Tennessee Valley community through the following efforts each year
STEM grants given to Tennessee Valley teachers
Visitors to the TVA Visitor Centers
Tennessee Valley Robotics Teams entered into competitions
RRC employees supporting TVA through staff augmentation
NEA employees deployed to disaster areas
Retirees doing projects to help improve their communities
What’s New?
TVARS announces 2026 retirement benefit information
TVARS has announced the following 2026 information of interest to employees and retirees. Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 For 2026, the COLA for eligible retirees and beneficiaries will be 2.5%. The TVARS Rules and Regulations (TVARS Rules) provide that...
Senate confirms four TVA Board nominees
On Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed four TVA Board of Directors nominees. The Board nominees will be sworn in as TVA Board members in the coming weeks. We are excited to welcome Art Graham, Mitch Graves, Jeff Hagood and Randy Jones to the Tennessee...
NRC greenlights Browns Ferry license renewal
Last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved TVA’s subsequent license renewal (SLR) application for continued operation of all three Units at Browns Ferry. This approval allows each unit to continue operating for an additional 20 years from the current...
Serving those who served
Veteran and valued retiree honored with quilt for service Surrounded by symbols of patriotism, BVI President, Kathy Black was recently honored by TVA’s Veteran’s Association in a ceremony that celebrated her dedicated service to both her country and TVA. Kathy, a...
Core Curriculum
Chloe Grigsby and her colleagues look out across a vast, open field, just a stone’s throw from the banks of the Clinch River. This small peninsula of east Tennessee land, located in the historic footprint of nuclear projects from decades past, is hemmed in by the...
School in the Sky – TVA Lineworker Apprentice Program
It’s graduation day. A series of 80-foot power poles cast long, thin shadows across the training field at the Bellefonte site in Alabama. Ten lineworker apprentices stand shoulder to shoulder, gazing skyward at the structures that, to them, have become just another...