by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
If our plants are the heart of power production at TVA, then the System Operations Center (SOC) is the mind. The SOC acts as the grid’s nervous system, reacting and responding to events in real-time. The headquarters, encapsulated within 10-inch-thick concrete...
by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
TVA Visitor Centers: A place to visit, learn and enjoy Did you know in 2024, nearly 100,000 people visited TVA’s visitor centers? TVA helps make the region a great place to visit by protecting natural resources, preserving scenic areas and offering free,...
by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
Crews Refurbish TVA’s Iconic Mountaintop Hydroelectric Plant It’s about midafternoon on a Wednesday, deep inside the Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Plant. TVA outage manager Aaron Case grins subtly as he feels a familiar rumble beneath his steel-toed boots. Nearby,...
by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
May 29, 2025 Maintenance Experts Bring Generating Unit Up to Peak Form In a basement conference room at Tennessee Valley Authority’s Shawnee Fossil Plant near Paducah, Kentucky, about 20 people cluster around a rectangle of tables. Fuzzy is there. And Skinny. And...
by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
Jun 2, 2025 Outdoor Explorers Help Grow Species Database Canada geese, raucously honking, flew low over the Tennessee River in Knoxville. On the boardwalk nearby, a group of hikers searched for tiny plants clinging to the cliffside. Leaf cup plants soaked up the sun....
by sfoshee | | Articles of Interest
May 8, 2025 Visit Spectacular Birdwatching Spots During Spring Migration Throughout the spring, millions – on some nights, billions – of birds soar unseen under the stars on their annual migrations north. People can spot them during the day as birds rest and feast...
