A Power Supply Alert is in effect for the Tennessee Valley Authority Service Territory.

TVA has initiated its Electric Load Curtailment Plan (ELCP) Step 20 of the TVA/TVPPA Emergency Load Curtailment Program.

This plan requires all customers in the TVA service territory to conserve their use of electric power as much as possible beginning January 1, 2017.

Conservation during peak hours are to continue until notified by TVA.

Artic cold temperatures have moved into the service territory with temperatures reaching the teens and with wind chills below zero.