UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13, 15(d), or 37 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 2011




TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
A corporate agency of the United States created by an act of Congress
 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
000-52313
(Commission file number)
 
62-0474417
 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
         
400 W. Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee
 (Address of principal executive offices)
     
37902
 (Zip Code)

(865) 632-2101
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

The United States Senate on June 30, 2011, confirmed the nomination of Richard Howorth to serve on the TVA Board of Directors (the “Board”).  Mr. Howorth will become a member of the Board after the President has commissioned him, certain administrative matters have been completed, and he has been sworn in.  Mr. Howorth has not yet been assigned to Board committees.
 
Mr. Howorth, age 60, is a resident of Oxford, Mississippi.  He is the owner of Square Books, an Oxford independent bookstore he founded in 1979.  Mr. Howorth served two terms as the mayor of Oxford, from 2001 to 2009, during which time he was chairman of the authority overseeing the Oxford Electric Department.  From 2001 to 2009, he also served as a director and officer of the North Mississippi Industrial Development Association, an economic development consortium made up of power association directors and mayors of cities in 29 Mississippi counties in the TVA service area.  Mr. Howorth’s term will expire in 2015.
 
Mr. Howorth is not a party to, and does not have a direct or indirect material interest in, any transactions or arrangements with TVA other than in connection with his employment as described in this report.

As a director, Mr. Howorth will be entitled to the benefits and arrangements applicable to his office as identified in Item 11 of TVA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

 
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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  July 6, 2011
Tennessee Valley Authority                               
 
(Registrant)
   
   
   
  /s/ John M. Thomas, III                                         
 
John M. Thomas, III
 
Chief Financial Officer


 
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