Tennessee Valley Authority power annual report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1978

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6301041

TVA supplies power at wholesale to 160 municipal and cooperative distributors and one privately owned electric system which in turn distribute power to about 2.7 million customers in part of seven states. TVA also supplies power directly to 50 individual industrial customers with large or unusual power requirements and several Federal nuclear, aerospace, and military installations. Financially, the power program is separate from other TVA programs. It is required to be self-supporting and self-liquidating. This report deals with TVA's electric power activities. The TVA Act sets the objective of keeping electric rates as low as feasible, but specifies that rates are to be set at levels which will cover power system costs and financial obligations. Final operating results in the perspective on 1978 show TVA revenues did cover such costs, but the margin of revenues over revenue requirements was slightly less than the amount considered desirable in relation to the power system's fixed obligations and capital requirements. Summaries of sales, revenues, earnings, borrowings, rates, load management, solar energy, energy conservation, fuel and power supply, and energy research are included. A map of the power system is given. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 6301041
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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