TVA Sets "Energy Conservation" Goals

TVA, the nation's largest public utility is preparing to get back into energy conservation and efficiency in a big way. The session Tuesday, chaired by Bottorff, drew recommendations for a long-term program that's to be unveiled to the TVA board of directors in April.

Several speakers urged TVA to adopt an energy efficiency goal of at least 1 percent of power sales annually. Some states have set similar goals for investor-owned utilities they regulate.

TVA, which provides electricity to about 8.7 million consumers in Tennessee and parts of Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina, is largely self-regulated.

TVA's immediate target is achieving 1,200 megawatts in energy savings by 2013.