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Craven Crowell (Craven H Crowell Jr) (born August 27, 1943, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an energy, water and economic development administrator. In 2012, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). He is the former Chairman of the three-member Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), appointed by Bill Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1993.

Early life
Crowell was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Lipscomb University, where he received a bachelor's degree. From 1965 to 1977, he was a reporter and city editor with the Nashville Tennessean and won the National Headliner Award for Investigative Reporting in 1969. He then became the Press Secretary of U.S. Senator Jim Sasser of Tennessee. During this time, Crowell also served in the United States Marine Corps and was a commissioned officer in the Naval Reserve.

In 1980, he was appointed the Director of Information and Vice President of Tennessee Valley Authority and served in this position until 1989. In 1989, he left TVA to serve as the Chief of Staff for Sasser.

Tennessee Valley Authority
Crowell was appointed as the Chairman of the three-member Board of Directors of TVA in 1993 by President Clinton. During his tenure, TVA's debt was reduced by more than $1.7 billion after continuous increases for 35 years. He also launched TVA's first green power renewable energy program. Also during his tenure, TVA completed construction on the first unit at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in 1996. TVA also transferred responsibility for funding its U.S. taxpayer programs to its general budget, ending all direct taxpayer funding of TVA programs. While at TVA, Crowell served on the Board of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and served a term as Vice Chair and Chairman. He also served on the Board and Executive Committee of the Nuclear Power Institute (NEI).

Later work
He joined Oliver Wyman, an international consulting firm, as a Partner in 2004 and worked there until 2011. He subsequently served as the Chairman of Board of Director of Texas Reliability Entity (TexasRE) until 2012.