Tennessee

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• There is no deregulation of the electric industry in Tennessee.  Any deregulation legislation for Tennessee would have to come through Congress because the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest public power company, is federally owned.

• No retail unbundling program is being considered at this time by either the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) or the state legislature. More than 80 companies provide natural gas service to residential customers, with the TRA regulating the state's six privately owned utilities. One of these companies is a division of Atlanta Gas Light, which has completely exited its merchant role in Georgia as part of the retail unbundling program underway in that state. Tennessee's local distribution companies (LDCs) and regulatory authority are waiting to see the results of Georgia's experience with unbundling before changing how gas is provided to consumers in the state.

Utility Regulatory Commission
Tennessee Regulatory Authority
1-800-342-8359
www.state.tn.us/tra/

Consumer advocate
Consumer Advocate Division
Office of the Attorney General
615-741-1671