New Valley Authorities?

A number of "valley authorities" like the TVA were proposed in the US at various points in the 1930s and '40s (eg., the 79th Congress had bills proposing a Columbia Valley Authority, a Missouri Valley Authority, a Savannah Valley Authority, and an Ohio Valley Authority, plus some bills for more extensive systems), but none were ever founded due to opposition from conservative Congressional representations and a general feeling of getting away from New Deal programs. (There are some good articles on JSTOR if you have access).

Now, is there any way to cause some additional valley authorities to be formed? And which rivers are most likely to benefit (or suffer, depending on your point of view) from these authorities?
 
(There are some good articles on JSTOR if you have access).
Yeah the info blog below the Google link always seem to be just what I was Googling for. However there is no way to gain Access.
 
Yeah the info blog below the Google link always seem to be just what I was Googling for. However there is no way to gain Access.

You either pay them a lot of money or are at an institution that pays them a lot of money. As a college student, I'll leave you to guess which category I fall into.
 
Here in SC, the CoE runs a number of dams on the Savannah River, and Santee Cooper, a state-run utility powers a lot of the lowcountry. There may not be that many changes needed for a TVA in SC. (Though, the TVA also made fertilizer (in part because the nitrogen was originally needed for armaments) and ran recreation areas.)
Here's a counter-idea...what if the Corps of Engineers did what the TVA and Bonneville Power Administration did?
 
The way to go about this is to avoid Roosevelt's missteps in term number two. Avoid him trying to balance the budget and avoid the Court packing scheme, and this probably goes forward. All of this stuff was being proposed as late as 1948, when the Democratic platform (arguably the most left-wing Democratic platform in party history) explicitly endorsed the idea and Truman ran on it.
 
Agree on the court packing. I think if you can tweak the original TVAct so more obvious short term economic benefits are provided, or have a private dam elsewhere collapse or a large scale drought, then sympathy/support for a state run water management scheme might increase.

Also, not to be bitter, but, how come when I set up a thread on this exact same topic, I only got one response?:(
 
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