TennesseeTombigbee Waterway Development Authority Annual Meeting

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Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development
Authority Annual Meeting

• Glenn McCullough
• Advance Mississippi

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Tenn-Tom Waterway Annual Meeting

• 234 miles
• 17 States
• 14 River Systems
• Touching lives of 150 million Americans

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Tenn-Tom Waterway Annual Meeting

• Construction began December 1972
• Completed December 1984
• Opened June 1985
• Cost 2 Billion

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Tenn-Tom Waterway Annual Meeting

• Top Commodity (descending priority)
• Aggregates
• Chemicals
• Coal
• Forest products
• Petroleum
• Steel
• Iron ores and scrap iron
• 27 of everything shipped on Tenn-Tom Waterway
  today is energy fuels
• Tenn-Tom Waterway optimizes energy, the
  environment and economy

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Energy

• Advance Mississippis goal is to promote sound
  energy policy
• Mississippi Energy Facts
• Electricity is 42 natural gas, 35 coal, 19
  nuclear, and 3 renewables
• Energy demand is increasing 2.6/year
• Alabama Energy Facts
• Electricity is 59 coal, 25 nuclear, 8
  petroleum, 3 hydro, the remaining is renewable
  and natural gas
• Energy demand is increasing 2.3/year

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Energy

• Kentucky Energy Facts
• Electricity is 87 coal, 8 petroleum, 3 hydro,
  and the remaining is renewable and natural gas
• Energy demand is increasing 2.3/year
• Tennessee Energy Facts
• Electricity is 60 coal, 30 nuclear, 9 hydro,
  1 natural gas and a small amount of renewables
• Energy demand is increasing 1.3/year

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Energy

• Tenn-Tom Waterway is a success that benefits the
  entire nation. It preserved over those who would
  cry NIMBY (not in my backyard)
• Sound energy policy, like the Tenn-Tom Waterway ,
  requires long term vision, planning, and teamwork
  for success.

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Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development
Authority Annual Meeting

• Glenn McCullough
• Advance Mississippi