{i} U.S. federal corporation constituted in 1933 to supply economical electric power and irrigation and flood control to the Tennessee Valley by developing the Tennessee River and making dams and reservoirs
The Tennessee Valley Authority provides flood control and power and promotes development in portions of the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi River valleys TVA currently issues discount notes and bonds
A contract between a carrier and shipper that usually specifies the movement of a certain number of containers over a period of time, usually 12 months
Tennessee Valley Authority was established on May 18, 1933 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act TVA was to improve navigability on the Tennessee River, provide for flood control, plan reforestation and the improvement of marginal farm lands, assist in industrial and agricultural development and aid the national defense in the creation of government nitrate and phosphorus manufacturing facilities at Muscle Shoals TVA was given a mandate to improve the economic and social well-being of the people living in the river basin