The new record comes after TVA spent $430 million in fiscal year 2024, which ended Sept. 30, enhancing the reliability of its hydroelectric dams, coal and gas plants. At the John Sevier Combined Cycle Plant in Rogersville, the winter readiness changes include heated cables and insulation to keep pipes from freezing.

Here are three ways you can reduce power use as frigid temperatures drop even further overnight in Knoxville and East Tennessee.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has canceled its request for voluntary energy conservation on Wednesday after it reports meeting the highest peak demand in its 91-year history. A news release from BrightRidge said the TVA canceled its conservation request on Wednesday afternoon,

As the coldest temperatures so far this winter settled into the region this week, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s reliable and resilient power generation system met the highest peak demand in the agency’s over 91-year history.

The Tennessee Valley Authority said power demand reached 35,319 megawatts while the system temperature dropped to around 11 degrees.

The Tennessee Valley Authority met record-breaking electricity demand during the coldest temperatures of the season.

Jackson, TN – TVA announced today that peak demand had been met, Step 20 has been lifted and electric consumers may resume normal use of electricity. TVA delivered 35,319 megawatts of electricity this morning, the highest demand in TVA’s 90-plus-year history. (Previous peak – 34,577 MW January 17, 2024)

Amid below-freezing temperatures, preliminary results show TVA has hit an all-time power demand record Wednesday morning of 35,319 megawatts — the highest in its 91-year history.

As the coldest temperatures of the winter season settled into the Southeast Region this week, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) says their power generation system met