Mississippi Business Journal » reservoirs http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 TVA: Lack of rainfall negatively imacting hydroelectric generation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/17/tva-lack-of-rainfall-negatively-imacting-hydroelectric-generation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tva-lack-of-rainfall-negatively-imacting-hydroelectric-generation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/17/tva-lack-of-rainfall-negatively-imacting-hydroelectric-generation/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:26:57 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=57203 NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority says a lack of rainfall has hydroelectric generation running 12 percent below normal. Hydro is TVA’s cheapest source of electricity, but accounts for only about 8 percent of the power the federal utility produces. The lower water level in the reservoirs might have more effect on recreation, including [...]

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