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?

Around the regions: September 2024

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TVA upgrades existing hydro fleet

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TVA and 10 LPCs selected for $250 million DOE grant

TVA and ten of our Local Power Company partners were selected to receive a $250 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program. “I want to congratulate the FFPMO and TVA Transmission teams for their...

Managing debris from Helene

Hurricane Helene moved through the TVA service area bringing extreme wind and rainfall, despite being downgraded to a tropical storm. Helene’s devastating path of destruction left debris behind, that is now finding its way into the Tennessee River system. A large...

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...

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