TVA Considers Energy Conservation Plan

Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority reviewed a staff recommendation to cut electricity growth in the region by about 30 percent over the next five years.

As a result, the TVA board will vote next month on a draft plan to promote energy conservation during peak demand periods through education, time-of-date rates and other new incentives.

The goal of the proposed energy efficiency plan is to cut TVA’s peak electricity demand by 1,400 megawatts by the end of fiscal 2012.