[gerbal]

The TVA is government owned, but self funded. Apparently it's turned a healthy profit since the 70s.

[pstuart]

And there we land on the real reason for this: privatizing the TVA. The US jobs thing is just an excuse to take control.

Edit: for the downvoters -- a citation to back up my assertion: https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/president-tru...