The last new commercial reactor, run by the Tennessee Valley Authority (nyse: TVC - news - people ), came online in 1996.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority (nyse: TVC - news - people ), a big Chattanooga employer, is taking the output from the 5-kilowatt solid oxide fuel cell that the center is experimenting with.

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User fees are charges for items like postage stamps, Medicare premiums, veterans' life insurance policies and electricity rates for power supplied by federal agencies such as the Tennessee Valley Authority (nyse: TVC - news - people ).

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