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Energy Sales

Infiscalyear2008,TVAsold96billionkilowatt-hoursofelectricityto62municipaland22cooperativelyownedpowercompaniesinTennessee.

DistributorsofTVApowerprovidednearly41billionkilowatt-hoursofelec-tricitytomorethan2.6millionTennesseehouseholdsinfiscalyear2008.

Distributorsalestoover440,000commercialandindustrialcustomerstotaled5.05billionkilowatt-hours.Inaddition,distributorsinTennesseesoldover1.1billionkilowatt-hourstooutdoor-lightingcustomers.

TVAprovidedover8.6billionkilowatt-hoursofelectricitydirectlyto21largeindustriesandfederallyownedinstallationsinTennesseein2008.

TVApowerrevenuesinTennesseeinfiscalyear2008totalednearly

$5.4billionorabout69percentofallTVAoperatingrevenues.

Service Area

TVAservesvirtuallyallofthe95countiesinthestateofTennessee.

TheTVAserviceareainTennesseeisover42,000squaremiles.

Power Generation and Transmission

TVAoperates19hydroelectricdams,sevencoal-firedpowerplants,twonuclear-powerplants,sixcombustion-turbinesitesandonepumped-storage

plantinTennessee,withacombinedgeneratingcapacityofmorethan19,655megawatts.

Coal-firedplants:Allen,BullRun,Cumberland,Gallatin,JohnSevier,

Johnsonville,andKingston.

Combustionturbines:Allen,Brownsville,Gallatin,Gleason,Johnsonville,andLagoonCreek.

Nuclearplants:SequoyahandWattsBar.

Hydroelectricplants:Boone,Cherokee,Chickamauga,Douglas,Fort

Loudoun,FortPatrickHenry,GreatFalls,MeltonHill,Nickajack,Norris,Ocoee1,Ocoee2,Ocoee3,PickwickLanding,SouthHolston,TimsFord,Watauga,WattsBar,andWilbur.

Pumped-storageplant:RaccoonMountain.

TVAownsand/ormaintains255substationsandswitchyardsandnearly9,282circuitmilesoftransmissionlinesinTennessee.

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TVAoperatesthefollowing10solarfacilitiesinthestateofTennessee:a27-kilowattfacilityattheAdventureScienceCenterinNashville;two18-kilo-wattfacilitiesatDollywoodinPigeonForge;an18-kilowattfacilityatGibsonCountyHighSchoolinDyer;a15-kilowattfacilityatIjamsNatureCenterinKnoxville;a9-kilowattfacilityatCockeCountyHighSchoolinNewport;a15-kilowattfacilityattheAmericanMuseumofScienceandEnergy;a7-kilo-wattfacilityattheOakRidgeNationalLaboratoryinOakRidge;an85-kilo-

wattfacilityatFinleyStadiuminChattanooga;anda26-kilowattfacilityattheBridgesCenterinMemphis.

TVAoperatesthreewindturbinesonBuffaloMountaininOliverSprings,withagenerationcapacityof2megawatts.TVAalsopurchasestheoutputof15additionalwindturbinesonBuffaloMountain,ownedbyInvenergyLLC,withagenerationcapacityof27megawatts.

Methanegas,asourceofrenewableenergy,fromthecityofMemphiswaste-water-treatmentfacilityisprovidedtoTVAsAllenFossilPlantwhereitisburnedwithcoaladdingageneratingcapacityof4megawatts.

AspartofastrategytomeettheValleysfuturepowerdemand,TVAhasagoalofreducingthegrowthofpeakpowerby1,400megawattsbytheendof2012.TVAsEnergyEfficiencyandDemandResponsegrouphaspartneredwithdistributorsofTVApowertofindsustainableopportunitiestoreducepeakpowerdemand.

Land and Water Stewardship

TVAmanages32reservoirsinTennessee:Boone,Cherokee,Chickamauga,Douglas,FortLoudoun,FortPatrickHenry,GreatFalls,MeltonHill,Nickajack,Nolichucky,Normandy,Norris,Ocoee1,Ocoee3,RaccoonMountain,SouthHolston,Tellico,TimsFord,Watauga,WattsBar,andWilbur,pluseightsmallreservoirsintheBeechRiverwatershedinWestTennesseeandportionsofKentucky,Pickwick,andGuntersvillereservoirs.Thesereservoirshaveacom-binedsurfaceareaofabout300,000acresandabout7,000milesofshoreline.

TVAmanagesrecreation,natural,andculturalresourcesonmorethan170,000acresofpubliclandaroundthesereservoirsandpartnerswithlocalandregionalstakeholderstoimprovewaterquality,shorelineconditions,andbiodiversity.

Tennesseeresidentsenjoycamping,fishing,boating,swimming,andotherrecreationalopportunitiesprovidedbythesereservoirs,aswellaseconomicbenefitsresultingfromreservoir-basedtourism.

River Management

TVAmaintainsthestructural,seismic,andhydrologicintegrityof19hydro-electricdams,13non-powerdams,twosmalloverflowdetentiondamsatJohnSevierFossilPlantontheHolstonRiverandDoakesCreekonNorrisReservoir,andonepumped-storageplantnearChattanooga.

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TVAmanagessevenlocksinTennessee(sixmainlocksandoneauxiliarylock),serving112Tennesseeportsandterminals.Nearly22milliontonsofcargomovethroughthesefacilitiesannually.

TVAdamsandreservoirsinTennesseeareoperatedinconjunctionwithoth-ersintheTVAsystemtostorefloodwatersforcontrolledrelease.Operationofthissystemhelpsavertanaverageof$230millioninflooddamageper

year.AtChattanooga,whichispronetofloodingbecauseofitslocationjustabovewheretheTennesseeRiverflowsthroughthenarrowpassesoftheCumberlandMountains,operationofTVAsflood-controlsystemhashelpedtopreventabout$4.9billioninflooddamagesinceitsconstruction.

Some101municipalities,34industries,andfiveminingcompaniesinTennesseewithdrawwaterfromtheTennesseeRiversystem.Wateralsoiswithdrawnforpower-plantcoolingandforirrigation.

TVAschedulesreleasesfromApalachia,Norris,Ocoee1,Ocoee2,Ocoee3,TimsFord,andWatauga/WilburdamstosupportwhitewatersportsandtailwaterfishinginTennessee.

Personnel

Thereare7,465TVAemployeesbasedinTennessee.

Tennesseeishometonearly13,600TVAretireesandtheirfamilies.

Tax-Equivalent Payments

TVApaid$264,836,829inlieuoftaxestothestateofTennesseein2008basedonpowersalesandpower-propertyvaluesinthestate.

Economic Development

Since1995,TVAhasinvestednearly$129millionineconomic-developmentloansfornewandexpandingindustriesinTennessee.Theseloanshavehelpedcreateapproximately36,500newjobsandleveragedmorethan$1.7billioninadditionalinvestmentsfromprivateandpublicsources.

TVA Suppliers

TVApurchasedabout$1.232billionworthoffuel,materials,andservicesfromTennesseevendorsinfiscalyear2008$1.172billioninmaterialsandservices,$55.4millioninfossilfuel,and$5millioninnuclearfuel.