TVA delivers low energy costs, high reliability and clean energy that customers and businesses demand. We believe these powerful competitive advantages, combined with TVA’s industry-leading economic development program, have successfully attracted a wide variety of industrial, manufacturing and office-related jobs to the Tennessee Valley.

TVA’s strong track record has continued amid the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In FY 2020, TVA helped create and retain approximately 67,000 jobs and over $8.6 billion in capital investment. We attracted companies to bring innovative industries and greater opportunities for businesses and working people in the cities and rural communities we serve. In the past five years alone, TVA has helped deliver approximately 341,000 jobs and over $45.4 billion in capital investment to the Tennessee Valley.

Our strong business program allowed us to direct 80% of all economic development funds back to local businesses that advance the bulk of economic activity and job creation in the Valley.

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Advancing the Economy of the Tennessee Valley

TVA Economic Development serves the seven states that make up the TVA service area: Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky. Through our partnerships with other economic development organizations — regional, state and community organizations — we offer site selection services, incentives, research and technical assistance to help companies locate, stay and expand existing operations in the Tennessee Valley. This strategic approach has delivered record-setting economic development success over the past five years Valley-wide.

Driving Opportunities with Customers and Communities

At TVA, no two economic development projects are the same. We continue to learn and enhance our programs based on the direct feedback we hear from all our partners – from CEOs to site workers. We develop innovative solutions that advance the public good and benefit the region, employers and communities in the areas we serve. 

Google

Learning from our clients makes us better. TVA worked with Google to attract data centers to the region through a $600 million capital expenditure program that created nearly 70 jobs. Low energy costs, 99.999% reliability and clean, renewable energy to meet Google’s carbon goals were the winning factors. The Google data center in Scottsboro, Alabama changed the landscape and improved school systems and livability in the area, resulting in positive impacts for other small, minority and women-owned businesses. Data center expertise enabled TVA to attract Facebook and other tech companies to the region and the need for cloud computing and data services is only growing with COVID-19.

Amazon

Amazon announced plans in November 2018 to locate an Operations Center of Excellence in Nashville, Tennessee. Plans for this project include a 5,000-person operations center, including positions in information technology, customer interfacing and research and development. The projected capital investment is approximately $230 million and with plans to use up to 5 megawatts of power. This announcement represents the single largest initial jobs announcement in TVA Economic Development history.

TVA worked on the Amazon headquarters project. Through that work, and because of the State of Tennessee and TVA’s relationship with the company, Amazon selected Nashville as the right fit for its Center of Excellence. 

Mazda / Toyota

In 2018, Mazda Toyota announced plans to locate an automotive original equipment manufacturing facility on a TVA-Certified Megasite in Huntsville, Alabama. The announcement included plans to create 4,000 new jobs and invest $1.4 billion.

The company has since announced plans to increase investment in the Huntsville, Alabama, facility by $830 million. This additional commitment brings the total investment in the state-of-the-art facility to $2.3 billion, adding new cutting-edge technologies to its production lines and providing enhanced training to its workforce.

Since the first announcement, Mazda Toyota suppliers have planned new facilities on-site and nearby in Limestone County. So far, those suppliers have announced nearly 1,800 new jobs and $600 million in new investment. Additionally, numerous existing suppliers in the region have added new contracts to serve the operations. Including the supplier effect, the project totals nearly 6,000 new jobs and $3 billion in investment. 

Helping Rural Communities Compete for Jobs and Capital

Over half of TVA projects in FY 2020 were located in rural communities, resulting in $3.8 billion of capital investment and 30,500 jobs. More than 85% of Valley communities are designated as a Rural or Special Opportunity County (SOC) and TVA Economic Development has designed programs tailored to meet the needs of these areas. 

Guide to Using TVA’s Annual Report and Form 10-K

This Annual Report is intended to provide highlighted information of interest about TVA's business and operations during its fiscal year ended September 30, 2020. This Annual Report should be read in conjunction with TVA’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 2020. The Form 10-K provides additional financial, operational and descriptive information, including TVA’s financial statements. The Form 10-K also provides important information about various risks to which TVA is exposed in the course of its operations, which are important to consider before investing in any TVA securities. The 2020 TVA Annual Report and 2020 Form 10-K do not contain all information about TVA securities that is important for making investment decisions. Please refer to the appropriate Offering Circular, and any relevant supplements, for detailed information about TVA securities. TVA’s Form 10-K can be found at www.tva.com/investors.

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We have included in this letter and 2020 Annual Report “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act relating to our operations, results of operations and other matters that are based on our current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections. Words such as “will,” “plan,” “believe” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in these forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause such differences, some of which could be material, include, but are not limited to, the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the sections entitled “Risk Factors.” Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this letter and 2020 Annual Report or as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update them.

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