Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc.
Connecting People with Purpose., Community., Resources., Service., Opportunities.
Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc. is the collective term for three related non-profit organizations – BVI, National Emergency Assistance (NEA) and Retiree Resources Corporation (RRC). We provide Tennessee Valley Authority retirees and former TVA employees with the opportunity to get involved in volunteer work, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) work and 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?
BVI and PSS employees support Sleep in Heavenly Peace
While sleep is a vital part of health, children all over the world go to sleep every night without a bed. The Muscle Shoals Chapter of the TVA Retirees Association and TVA employees of Power Service Shops recently worked together to build 62 beds for their local...
TVA partners with TTU students on innovative robotic solutions
The use of autonomous mobile equipment such as robots and drones for inspecting substations is a technical innovation potentially changing the way the power industry operates through increased accuracy, efficiency, and workforce safety. TVA recently investigated the...
FEMA, TVA partnership of 35 years celebrated
As a federal agency, TVA is legally obligated to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in its disaster recovery efforts when requested, but for the past 35 years, the non-profit TVA-initiated retiree organization, Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc., has...
BVI Is Hiring!
Title: IT Project Manager Start Date: ASAP End Date: 6 to 8 month assignment Pay Range: To be determined Work Location: Remote We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead and oversee a critical project involving the migration of our finance, payroll,...
In-house 3D printing technology
As our facilities age, some equipment has become obsolete, difficult to find and no longer manufactured by the OEM (original equipment manufacturer). TVA has faced these same challenges but thanks to the employees at the Power Service Shops (PSS), we are becoming less...
Public input key to transmission line siting
Decisions on where to site transmission lines must balance the needs of TVA’s system with other uses of land across our region. That’s why gathering public input is an integral part of the siting process. “Each new line requires a long-term commitment of land and...