TVA recently completed a $475 million power upgrade at its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.  Over the past 4 years, they made more than 200 equipment modifications to the reactors resulting in an additional 465 megawatts of power, increasing its capacity enough to supply the energy needs of another 280,000 homes.

“We’re very proud of our program at Browns Ferry and I think it was a great effort by our nuclear team,” TVA President and CEO Jeff Lyash said in a conference call with industry analysts last week.

Combined with the addition of a second reactor at its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant two years ago and additional solar power generation and energy efficiency, Lyash said he expects TVA to be able to reduce its carbon emissions by 70% from the 2005 levels by 2030.