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Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley

63%Low strain

Grid Stress Index · demand vs. 1-yr peak

The federal utility serving Tennessee and neighbors — a nuclear, gas, hydro, and coal mix across seven states.

Grid Stress Index
63%
Batting average
Current demand as a share of the past year's peak. 95%+ means the grid is near its limit.
Peak Load (7d)
32.8 GW
Home runs
The biggest single-hour demand spike over the last week.
Clean Generation
43%
On-base %
Share of generation from wind, solar, hydro, nuclear & geothermal right now.
Fossil Baseline
12.3 GW
Small ball
Power coming from coal, gas & oil — the grid's heavy lifting when renewables dip.

Demand vs. forecast

last 7 days · GW

Amber = actual demand · blue dashed = day-ahead forecast.

Fuel mix

Aug 18, 12:00 AM ET

What's generating the electricity for this hour.

  • Nuclear37%
  • Natural Gas36%
  • Coal21%
  • Hydro7%
  • Other0%

Demand trend

+8% avg demand · 2019–2026

Monthly average demand (amber) with the monthly baseload — the lowest hour of each month (cyan). A rising floor is the signature of always-on data-center load.

Latest demand reading: Aug 18, 9:00 AM ET · 20.8 GW