Southeastern Power Administration

The Southeastern Power Administration is a <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> <a href="/facts/Power_Marketing_Administration/zoqK98CQ">Power Marketing Administration</a> with responsibility for marketing <a href="/facts/Hydroelectric_power/zEeJIK2B">hydroelectric power</a> from 22 water projects operated by the U.S. <a href="/facts/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers/m92nc6gR">Army Corps of Engineers</a> in the states of <a href="/facts/West_Virginia/USP8LtCq">West Virginia</a>, <a href="/facts/Virginia/WSyGxzaH">Virginia</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Carolina/VhKNTULI">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/facts/South_Carolina/lQQX84IS">South Carolina</a>, <a href="/facts/Georgia_(U.S._state)/KKnTDY6F">Georgia</a>, <a href="/facts/Florida/cF245A3Q">Florida</a>, <a href="/facts/Alabama/1Xk8EveN">Alabama</a>, <a href="/facts/Mississippi/7KwuWxxT">Mississippi</a>, <a href="/facts/Tennessee/A3mLY9bu">Tennessee</a> and <a href="/facts/Kentucky/DaTW05Rt">Kentucky</a>.
Southeastern was created in 1950 by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior/8lHgezNK">Secretary of the Interior</a> to carry out functions assigned to the Secretary by the <a href="/facts/Flood_Control_Act_of_1944/C4BkaNlX">Flood Control Act of 1944</a>. In 1977, it was transferred to the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Energy/PRp6Cz8g">United States Department of Energy</a> when that department was created.
The agency is headquartered in <a href="/facts/Elberton%2c_Georgia/DsCy9UsY">Elberton, Georgia</a>. It markets electric power to nearly 500 wholesale customers, including <a href="/facts/Electrical_cooperative/VNdYNDVl">electrical cooperatives</a>, government-operated electric distributors and investor-owned utilities in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and southern <a href="/facts/Illinois/MuPb1Ctn">Illinois</a>.
The objectives of Southeastern are to market electric power and energy generated by the Corps projects at the lowest possible cost to consumers, while recovering the Federal government's costs. Public bodies and cooperatives receive preference in the sale of power. One of the agency's main responsibilities is to design, formulate, and justify rate schedules that are sufficient to repay the Federal government's costs for power production and transmission, including amortization of the Federal investment. Southeastern does not own transmission facilities and must contract with other utilities to provide <a href="/facts/Electric_power_transmission/I9w3lRmM">transmission</a>.
Southeastern's annual revenue from the sale of hydroelectric power is about US$200 million, as of 2009.

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Southeastern Power Administration