Legal Opinion
Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Thornburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1986No. 85-568PublishedCited by 249 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
The Nantahala Power & Light Company (Nantahala) and Tapoco, Inc. (Tapoco), are both wholly owned subsidiaries of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa). Tapoco and Nantahala each own hydroelectric power plants on the Little Tennessee River. Almost all of the power that they produce goes to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). In exchange for allowing TVA to pour into its grid the variable-quantity of power produced by Tapoco’s and Nantahala’s facilities, Tapoco and Nantahala jointly receive a fixed supply of low-cost “entitlement power” from TVA. In addition, Nantahala buys a variable…
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