GE Energy Services will provide a core team that will provide expertise and experience on site at the various plant locations to help TVA manage the outages and respond to specific project requirements.

Anne McEntee, general manager of power services at GE Energy Services, said: “The agreement will enable GE to focus on the planning and resourcing of outages well ahead of the anticipated project.

“This will benefit TVA by helping them stay within budget, have reliable and predictable outages and, in the long term, help them operate at the highest efficiency levels.”

GE’s long-term service agreements cover the supply of parts, repairs and field services for planned and unplanned outages of turbine-generators and auxiliary equipment, along with performance guarantees.