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?
Special delivery closes Cumberland boat ramp
To continue to meet the growing demand for electricity across the valley region, teams at Cumberland Combined Cycle Plant are preparing for the delivery of new combustion turbines and other equipment arriving by barge in the coming weeks. To accommodate the delivery,...
Kingston slated for retirement; plans for new energy complex
Growing up in Roane County, Tennessee, Robbie Davis spent a lot of time riding around in the back seat of his family’s 1972 Monte Carlo. One local landmark always entranced him. The twin 1,000-foot chimneys towering over Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil...
Understanding EnergyRight: TVA’s gateway to consumer energy savings
You’ve heard about TVA’s plan to meet the growing energy needs of the Tennessee Valley region, but you may not know that our plan includes more than generating additional megawatts. Balancing affordability, reliability, resiliency and sustainability is the focus of...
Around the Region: February 2024
North Region On Feb. 8, TVA celebrated the official opening and ribbon cutting at the Nashville Collaboration Center. Jeff Lyash spoke and, as a part of our commitment to serve the people of the Valley region, presented Nashville Rescue Mission with a check for...
A new era for TVA drones
Innovation has been at the heart of TVA’s drone activities since the inception of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team in 2019, but only recent events have enabled the team to address one long-time question: Just how far away can you fly that thing? “People come...
Tree-planting projects take root in the region
Did you know it can be 25 degrees cooler in the shade of a tree? Forested areas of cities are about 3 degrees cooler than unshaded parts. For all these reasons, TVA’s Shannon O’Quinn, senior water resource specialist, and Jess Wykoff-Carpenter, watershed...