by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
Imagine being asked to smell a pie and then identify every ingredient. Then, imagine that pie being in a sealed box on the other side of the room. Impossible right? Dogs, on the other hand, were built for this. Equipped with a staggering 125 million to 300 million...
by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
Inside a hilltop building overlooking Chickamauga Dam, a group of Reliability Coordinators sits quietly at desks facing a large, semicircular screen. On the screen is an image that resembles an arcade game from the ’80s – a vibrant maze of pathways representing the...
by sfoshee | | In Memoriam
Notifications received from Retirement Services BELLINGHAUSEN, EDWARD C KNOXVILLE, TN Date of Death 1/31/2026 Retired 12/31/1994 CONLEY, WILLIAM A FLORENCE, AL Date of Death 2/10/2026 Retired 10/17/1994 COOK, JERRY W SIGNAL MTN, TN Date of Death 2/3/2026 Retired...
by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
A reflection of the video screens at the System Operations Center glimmered in his eyes, glassy with tears. “I just – I’m overwhelmed,” TVA retiree Hugh Gardner, 93, said. “I may just break out in tears.” In the ’60s, Hugh was a Power Supply Manager – a position...
by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
Given its unique location on a mountaintop, Raccoon Mountain has always been seen as an engineering marvel. In operation since 1978, it can store and release water to generate up to 1,700 megawatts for periods of high demand. But to TVA and the people of the Valley...
