FORT PAYNE– The Tennessee Valley Authority is making significant investments in its system to power the Valley region’s growth, building generation across the seven-state TVA service territory and working with partners to deliver affordable, reliable and resilient electricity to customers. TVA is holding an Information Day on proposed transmission system improvements to continue to serve growing electrical load and increase power reliability in the DeKalb County area of Alabama.
The Fort Payne Improvement Authority is planning to build the Star Gap Substation on the corner of 8th Street NE and Wallace Avenue NE in Fort Payne. TVA proposes to build about 3.5 miles of single-circuit transmission line to serve the new substation. The new line would be built using primarily single-pole, steel structures (with the possibility of 2-pole, H-frame structures as required by terrain) centered on a combination of existing and new rights of way.
What: Proposed Transmission Project Information Day
When: Thursday, May 1, 2025, 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. local time
Where: The Building, 301 Gault Avenue, North, Fort Payne, Alabama
Other: TVA staff will answer questions and discuss concerns. More
information, including maps and the project schedule, is available on TVA.com.
For those unable to attend the Information Day, TVA is also providing a Virtual Information Day from May 1 through May 30, 2025.
The public may also submit questions by contacting TVA’s Kevin Casler toll-free at 800-362-4355, by email at newtransline@tva.gov or by mail to: Kevin Casler, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, MR 4G, Chattanooga, TN, 37402-2801.
This project is part of TVA’s strategy to unleash American energy to power our region’s growth. Over the past five years, the region’s GDP has grown 2.9%, outpacing the national average. In addition, the region’s population has grown faster than the U.S. overall, especially in the working-age population and those under 20 years old. Since October 1, TVA transmission crews have built 95 miles of transmission line and fiber throughout the Valley and installed or replaced protection, monitoring, and isolation assets at 47 locations. TVA’s current planning assumption includes building about 5,500 megawatts of new firm, dispatchable generation by 2029.
Media Release/Scott Fiedler/TVA Public Relations
