Under the Microscope

Apr 25, 2025 TVA and Trout Unlimited Keep Tabs on Clinch River’s Tiny Aquatic Insects Out of the darkness, a 5-foot creature floated into the bright light. Its stubbled bald head gleamed above bulging black eyes. A set of piercing mandibles stood open in a silent...

A Pioneering Phoenix

May 6, 2025 Innovative Project Reimagines Land Use at Coal Site On a swath of land northwest of Paducah, Kentucky, Tennessee Valley Authority is building the world’s first large-scale solar field on a closed coal ash site. Once completed, Project Phoenix will feature...

REAL ID Deadline is May 7

Apr 21, 2025 Beginning May 7, 2025, the REAL ID Act goes into effect. At that time, all U.S. citizens 18 years of age or older will be required to have a REAL ID to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities, including nuclear power plants.  TVA will...

Johnsonville’s Jet Set

Apr 15, 2025 New Aeroderivative Turbines Add 500 Megawatts to Grid A fleet of jet engines is whirring to life in Humphreys County, Tennessee, as the Tennessee Valley Authority brings a major power generation project online. The elite aeroderivative gas turbines...