The
Tennessee Valley Authority service area covers most of
Tennessee, portions of
Alabama,
Mississippi, and
Kentucky, and small sections of
Georgia,
North Carolina, and
Virginia. As of 2013, the agency, in addition to the
Buffalo Mountain Windfarm, had purchased agreements from power generated from wind farms outside its service area: • 2012 -
Enel Green Power, LLC - 201MW - Caney River Wind Farm,
Elk County, Kansas. • 2012-
Invenergy - 200MW - Bishop Hill Wind Energy Center,
Henry County, Illinois • 2012- Invenergy - 200MW - California Ridge Wind Energy Center in
Champaign County, Illinois • 2012-
NextEra Energy Resources - 150MW - White Oak Energy Center,
McLean County, Illinois • 2012- NextEra Energy Resources- 165MW - Cimarron Wind farm,
Gray County, Kansas A 2010 agreement with
Iberdrola Renewables provides a potential 300MW future supply from
Streator-Cayuga Ridge Wind Farm,
Livingston County, Illinois Clean Line Energy LLC is proposing 700-mile power transmission line to bring wind energy from Oklahoma and to the
Tennessee Valley. The TVA would import 1,750 megawatts, about half of the power that could be transmitted. Developers begun in 2007 to seek regulatory approval for the $2 billion project, but it's expected to take at least 2020 to acquire it before construction can begin. ==See also==