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Electric power is distributed in
Paris by the Paris Board of Public
Utilities, which has a contract with
the Tennessee Valley Authority. The
system is served by a 150,000 kW
primary station and fourteen
distribution stations with a total
capacity of 165,000 KVA.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
the nation’s largest wholesale
electric power producer. Through 158
municipal and cooperative power
distributors, TVA serves nearly
eight million people in an 80,000
square mile region across seven
states, including most of Tennessee
and parts of Alabama, Mississippi,
Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina,
and Georgia. TVA also sells power
directly to some large industrial
and federal customers.
TVA’s current generating capacity is
31,517 megawatts. Electricity is
produced through a combination of
coal-fired, hydroelectric, nuclear,
and combustion turbine plants. In
fiscal year 2002, TVA sold 160.1
billion kilowatt-hours of
electricity — more than enough power
for three cities the size of New
York.
TVA is committed to maintaining
competitive electric rates for its
customers. Electric rates in the TVA
region are among the lowest in the
country. TVA is prepared to enter
the competitive marketplace as the
electric utility industry moves
toward deregulation. Costs have been
reduced, productivity and efficiency
have been improved, and the range of
services provided to customers has
been expanded.
The TVA power system is completely
self financing, imposing no direct
or indirect burden or liability on
the Nation’s taxpayers.
TVA is a wholesale supplier of
electric power to the Pickwick
Electric Cooperative. TVA has been a
leader in implementing innovative
pricing arrangements which have
lowered the price to eligible
customers. These innovative pricing
arrangements decrease rates for
commercial and industrial customers.
TVA’s economic development field
offices provide direct and
customized economic development
services with a goal of helping to
create high-value jobs and
increasing the production of goods
and services.
All of the West Tennessee Industrial
Association’s service area is served
from locally-owned systems of
distributors which purchase power at
wholesale from TVA.
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