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Electric Power

Twenty-nine of the dams operated by the TVA generate electricity. The TVA system also includes 11 large coal-burning steam plants, which generate most of the electricity produced by the TVA. The TVA currently operates nuclear-powered electric-generating plants at two sites in Alabama and Tennessee, and an additional plant is under construction in Tennessee. The TVA power system annually produces more than 125 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is almost 90 times as much electricity as was generated in the same region in 1933. Average annual home electricity use in the area has grown from 600 kilowatt-hours in 1933 to nearly 15,000 kilowatt-hours.