Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Case Study: Customer Solutions Supplier-Specific Emission Rates

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provides supplier-specific as-delivered CO2 emission rates to large customers based on hourly consumption profiles. To support these customers in meeting sustainability goals, TVA developed a spreadsheet tool that compares the costs and REC consumption of renewable versus clean energy goals and allows for predictive modeling of CO2 reduction targets through 2030.

• Since 2012, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has provided as-delivered CO2 emissions rates for directly-served customers, and since 2017, it has provided these rates for local power company (LPC) customers with a demand exceeding 5 MW.
• TVA calculates as-delivered annual CO2 lbs./MWh rates for large customers by comparing their hourly electric consumption profiles against the annual hourly TVA system CO2 emission rate, rather than basing rates on annual electricity consumption.
• TVA developed a spreadsheet tool that allows customers to input energy price and consumption data to compare the cost differences between pursuing a percentage renewable goal versus a percentage clean energy goal, specifically regarding Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) consumption.
• The TVA spreadsheet tool enables customers to customize which generation sources they count, such as nuclear or biomass, and allows for the comparison of predicted CO2 reduction targets for 2030 against current or previous year data.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Case Study: Customer Solutions Supplier-Specific Emission Rates. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/uploads/cpc-tennessee-valley-authority-case-study_0.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Case Study: Customer Solutions Supplier-Specific Emission Rates. n.d. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/uploads/cpc-tennessee-valley-authority-case-study_0.pdf.

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@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendtennessee, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Case Study: Customer Solutions Supplier-Specific Emission Rates}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/uploads/cpc-tennessee-valley-authority-case-study_0.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }