Tennessee Valley Authority
Federally owned corporation, created in 1933, that supplies wholesale electric power in the Tennessee Valley region. 1
Deals and links 3
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Google offtakes from Tennessee Valley Authority Google receives clean energy attributes from Hermes 2 through the TVA system (part of the Aug 2025 Kairos-TVA-Google agreement).
“The agreement will see Google receive the clean energy attributes from the plant through the TVA system to further decarbonise its data centre operations in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and Jackson County, Alabama, and support future growth in the region.”
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Tennessee Valley Authority offtakes from Kairos Power Signed PPA: TVA buys up to 50 MW from Kairos Power's Hermes 2 reactor (first US utility PPA with a Gen IV reactor). Announced Aug 2025.
“The power purchase agreement between the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Kairos Power will deliver up to 50 MW of "reliable, 24/7 energy" to the TVA grid that powers Google data centres in Tennessee and Alabama, the companies said.”
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Sargent & Lundy supplies Tennessee Valley Authority Owner's engineer since 2021 for Clinch River; lists the construction permit application, PSAR development and environmental report for TVA's Clinch River BWRX-300 among its work. Completed deliverable (NRC issued the construction permit Sept 2026, per seed).
“Environmental report for Tennessee Valley Authority to support the construction permit application for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEHs) BWRX-300 SMR at Clinch River.”
Plants and sites 3
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Tennessee Valley Authority offtakes from Hermes 2 Power plant · Under construction · Oak Ridge, TN
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Tennessee Valley Authority owns Clinch River Nuclear Site Unit 1 Power plant · Planned · Oak Ridge, TN · NRC construction permit issued Sept 2026; status under_construction/planned.
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Tennessee Valley Authority owns Infinity Two fusion power plant Fusion plant · Planned · TN · TVA owns the site; the plant itself is only a non-binding LOI. Final decisions subject to TVA Board approval.
Sources 8
- 1 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVMAN-2002-06-01/html/GOVMAN-2002-06-01-Pg530.htm govinfo.gov
- 2 https://typeoneenergy.com/insights-announcements/tva-type-one-energy-accelerate-fusion-commercialization-tennessee/ typeoneenergy.com · published 2025-09-19
- 3 https://www.gevernova.com/news/press-releases/nrc-issues-first-us-construction-permit-bwrx-300-small-modular-reactor-tva-clinch-river gevernova.com · published 2026-09-29
- 4 https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/google-kairos-power-tva-announce-collaboration world-nuclear-news.org · published 2025-08-18
- 5 https://www.sargentlundy.com/services/nuclear-power/ sargentlundy.com
- 6 https://www.ans.org/news/2026-04-21/article-7964/kairos-power-breaks-ground-on-first-powerproducing-reactor-in-oak-ridge/ ans.org · published 2026-04-21
- 7 https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-construction-permit-issued-for-bwrx300-smr-in-us world-nuclear-news.org · published 2026-09-30
- 8 https://www.ans.org/news/2026-09-02/article-8360/ ans.org · published 2026-09-02