Editing Tennessee Valley Authority (section)

== In popular culture ==
The 1960 film ''[[Wild River (film)|Wild River]]'', directed by [[Elia Kazan]], tells the story about a family forced to relocate from their land, which has been owned by their ancestors for generations, after TVA plans to construct a dam which will flood it. While fictional, the film depicts the real-life experiences of many people forced to give up their land to TVA to make way for hydroelectric projects, and was mostly inspired by the removal of families for the Norris Dam project.<ref name="stephens"/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Wild River 50th Anniversary Celebration Plans |url=https://www.chattanoogan.com/2010/4/29/174555/Wild-River-50th-Anniversary-Celebration.aspx |work=The Chattanoogan |date=April 29, 2010 |access-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203202234/https://www.chattanoogan.com/2010/4/29/174555/Wild-River-50th-Anniversary-Celebration.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 1970 [[James Dickey]] novel ''[[Deliverance (novel)|Deliverance]]'' and its 1972 [[Deliverance|film adaptation]] focuses on four [[Atlanta]] businessmen taking a canoeing trip down a river that is being impounded by an electric utility, nodding to the TVA's early and controversial hydroelectric projects.<ref name="nelson">{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=S. Tremaine |title=Deliverance Revisited: Its relevance to modern American culture is enough to give alumnus James Dickey's acclaimed novel another look |url=https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/10/29/deliverance-revisited-its-relevance-to-modern-american-culture-is-enough-to-give-alumnus-james-dickeys-acclaimed-novel-another-look/ |website=[[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt Magazine]] |access-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215182423/https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/10/29/deliverance-revisited-its-relevance-to-modern-american-culture-is-enough-to-give-alumnus-james-dickeys-acclaimed-novel-another-look/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1984 [[Mark Rydell]] film ''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]'' focuses on an [[East Tennessee]] family being confronted by the loss of their ancestral farm from the inundation of a nearby river by an electric utility. The film, shot on farmland near the [[Holston River]] in [[Hawkins County, Tennessee|Hawkins County]], utilized flooding practical effects provided by the TVA.<ref name="canby">{{cite news |last1=Canby |first1=Vincent |title=FILM: Farmers' Plight in ''The River'' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/19/movies/film-farmers-plight-in-the-river.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=December 19, 1984 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524154427/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/19/movies/film-farmers-plight-in-the-river.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2000 film ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', the family home of the protagonist, played by [[George Clooney]], is flooded by a reservoir constructed by the TVA. This plays a central role in the pacing of the film and the broader Depression-era Mississippi context of the narrative.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cavanaugh|first=Tim|date=March 2001|title=O Big Brother, Where Art Thou?|url=https://reason.com/2001/03/01/o-big-brother-where-art-thou/|magazine=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|location=Los Angeles|publisher=[[Reason Foundation]]|access-date=July 4, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183314/https://reason.com/2001/03/01/o-big-brother-where-art-thou/|url-status=live}}</ref>

"[[Song of the South (song)|Song of the South]]" by [[country music|country]] and [[Southern rock]] band [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]] features the lyrics "Papa got a job with the TVA" following the lyrics "Well momma got sick and daddy got down, The county got the farm and they moved to town" expressing the hardships and changes that southerners faced during the post recession era.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/remembering-alabamas-smash-hit-song-of-the-south-watch/ |title='Song of The South': The Story Behind Alabama's Smash Hit |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 24, 2020 |website=Wide Open Country |publisher=Publishers Clearing House |access-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517051117/https://www.wideopencountry.com/remembering-alabamas-smash-hit-song-of-the-south-watch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The TVA and its impact on the region are featured in the [[Drive-By Truckers]]' songs "TVA" and "Uncle Frank". In "TVA", the singer reflects on time spent with family members and a girlfriend at [[Wilson Dam]]. In "Uncle Frank", the lyrics tell the story of an unnamed hydroelectric dam being built, and the effects on the community that would become flooded upon its completion. In 2012, [[Jason Isbell]] released a solo cover of "TVA".<ref>{{cite news |last=Opperman |first=Jeff |date=December 6, 2021 |title=Dams, Rivers And Drive-By Truckers: Songs That Explain The Challenge Of Sustainable Energy |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffopperman/2021/12/06/dams-rivers-and-drive-by-truckers-songs-that-explain-the-challenge-of-sustainable-energy/?sh=390ff61150b7 |work=Forbes |access-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517051533/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffopperman/2021/12/06/dams-rivers-and-drive-by-truckers-songs-that-explain-the-challenge-of-sustainable-energy/?sh=390ff61150b7 |url-status=live }}</ref>