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Valley Vision will help shape future of public power

TVA, local power companies, directly served customers and customer associations are collaborating to meet the evolving energy needs of the Valley region. Together, they’re unlocking the public power model to create a more cost effective, resilient and reliable future for the customers and communities they serve.

Phase 2 of the Valley Vision initiative began in FY 2024 with approximately 40 participants working together to proactively address the changes coming to the region. Jamie Bach, TVA’s program lead for Valley Vision, provided insights on the initiative.

What does the Valley region’s future power system look like?

Changing market dynamics are driving the need for greater optionality and differentiation. The adoption of distributed energy resources will create a two-way power system where energy is generated not only by TVA, but also by local power companies, industries and even homes. Optimizing a more decentralized and decarbonized system will require progressing capabilities and collaborative planning at all levels of the system to create value across the Valley region. 

What’s next for Valley Vision?

The Valley Vision team collaboratively identified three initiatives. They include enabling greater choice for customers through products and pricing; spurring investments in technical capabilities and standards; and creating collaborative, system-wide planning and operations processes that bring together distribution resource planning, integrated transmission planning and other system-wide attributes.

These initiatives work together to modernize distribution systems and enhance technical capabilities. Collaborative input from local power companies is critical in shaping these outcomes.

How do we get there?

The individual workstreams meet monthly and will also come together as a collective group every few months to share information and promote cross-functional discussion across different topics. We are working aggressively to develop plans and deliver tangible results that will start unlocking the full potential of the Valley region’s public power model. 

Through powerful collaboration, TVA and its partners are paving the way for a dynamic, resilient and sustainable energy future.

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