[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1840]
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                       A TRIBUTE TO TVA EMPLOYEES

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 28, 1996

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the employees of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority [TVA] for accomplishing their goal of a 
decade of service without an increase in electric-power rates.
  TVA was established as a Federal agency by the U.S. Congress in 1933. 
TVA is one of the Nation's largest electric-power producers, a regional 
development agency, and a national environmental laboratory. It also 
manages the Tennessee River, the Nation's fifth-largest river system.
  TVA serves more than 7 million people in an 80,000 square mile region 
in the Southeastern United States. This area includes most of Tennessee 
and parts of six other States: Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, 
Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.
  TVA's power system pays its own way by selling electricity to its 
customers throughout the Valley. It uses no tax dollars.
  A three member Board of Directors manages TVA. As you may know, the 
directors of TCA are appointed by the President and confirmed by the 
Senate. Craven Crowell is the Chairman of TVA, and William H. Kennoy 
and Johnny H. Hayes are Directors.
  ``Electric Light & Power'' magazine ranked TVA as the largest power 
producer in the United States and the twelfth lowest in production 
costs. Although electricity prices have increased, TVA has cut costs 
and decreased operating expenses.
  I am proud of the thousands of TVA employees in the Second District 
of Tennessee, and I know that their dedicated service to the Tennessee 
Valley Region is a key part of TVA's continued success.
  I would like to call TVA's accomplishment to the attention of my 
colleagues and other readers of the Record.

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