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Report to the MembershipNovember 2017Seven States Power Corporation (Contact: Steve Adams)7SPC submitted three proposals for photovoltaic solar arrays in response to a TVA RFP for renewable energy resources. Two of the proposed sites are on land owned by Huntsville, AL, Utilities and the third site is owned by Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative in Dunlap, TN. The total capacity of the three proposed solar installations is about 11 MW(DC). It is expected that TVA will begin notifying respondents regarding selection in December.7SPC reached an agreement with TVA to extend the Aggregated Demand Response (ADR) program for 3 years carrying the project through September 30, 2020. With the extension, 7SPC will extend an invitation to all TVPPA members interested in participating. The program has an aggregated monthly capacity nomination cap of 25MW with a current monthly nomination of approximately 6MW. The remaining 19MW will be available on a first-come first-serve basis to the membership. If you’d like more information, please contact Clint Wilson at cwilson@.7SPC is currently evaluating RFP responses for a Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS). 7SPC staff anticipates making a vendor recommendation for Board consideration at the December 7SPC Board meeting. The DERMS application will allow 7SPC to develop DER programs to be aggregated and delivered to TVA as needed. It will also be a tool TVPPA members can leverage to develop LPC specific DER programs (including demand response) to manage monthly wholesale demand charges. If you’d like more information, please contact Clint Wilson at cwilson@.The Annual Meeting of 7SPC members will be held on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 30, at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs in Franklin, TN, following a Rates and Contracts committee meeting.At the meeting, members will elect four directors: Division 5, Division 6, North Alabama District and Western District.In addition, reports will be made regarding the status of the proposals submitted to TVA in response to the renewable RFP, an update for the Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS), and other updates for 7SPC initiatives.Rates & Contracts Committee (Contact Jim Sheffield)The Rates & Contracts Committee met on November 2, 2017. Below is a summary of that meeting:TVPPA Chairman Greg Williams addressed several issues in his opening remarks:At the KY District meeting TVA CEO Bill Johnson mentioned the possibility of delaying the Rate Change due to four new TVA Board members not yet up to speed and other uncertaintiesWe do not believe we are ready for an October 2018 implementation date and have requested a one-year delay to October 2019 (no response yet from Bill Johnson, but the prospect of a delay is in play)Contract flexibility - We want to offer services to our customers who may otherwise go with an outside third party; we do not want to encourage uneconomic DERProtect the Public Power model – prevent the sale of TVA; or, in the event of a sale, enable customers to have ownership of TVA assets that they have paid forEngaging in the next Financial Plan – We need to develop our own Distribution Integrated Resource Plan (DIRP)DER Council - Task is to steer the Valley in the direction of a DER strategy rather than having TVA be in charge of the process; EE, DR, solar, CHP are all on the tableConcern about going “outside the family”For the 2018 Rate Change, we agree on some things but still have disagreement at this point on some other things; we are trying to move forward in many areasWe get frustrated at a perception of a lack of progress; are trying to push things forwardIt is best if we keep our discussions within the family as much as possibleGoing outside the family may jeopardize the process with TVA and Bill JohnsonProbably best to keep disagreements around pieces of the Rate Change inside the family Comments from the Rates & Contracts Committee MembersR&C Committee members and TVPPA Board members need to be fully informed about Bill Johnson’s willingness to postpone the Rate ChangeOccasional R&C Committee-only meeting are a good idea to do from time to timeCommittee members and LPCs all need to get aligned to maximize our effectivenessHave some frustration but it’s more important to get it right rather than quickTVA wants a fixed-cost component to lower the wholesale energy charge; that is their prerogative; challenge is how much and how to allocate among LPCsWe need to work with TVA in getting something done at wholesale, then then move on to retailCommittee Chairman BrowderGreg Williams, Doug Peters and I met with Bill Johnson regarding flexibility with the date of the Rate Change; he told us he would let us know by today but that didn’t happenBill Johnson said emphatically that TVA’s proposed changes were not about protecting TVA’s fixed-cost investment, but about competing more equitably with DER; those below Bill Johnson are now relaying this message as wellWe only just now learned all this; we couldn’t let people know what we didn’t knowTVPPA CEO Doug PetersTVA Board meets Nov. 9th; Bill Johnson will likely inform his Board before saying something hereHe has four new board directors coming on who need to be brought up to speedWe hope to hear something from Bill on the Rate Change on Nov. 9th By collecting some fixed costs in pricing, TVA is trying to do what we are already doingHowever, we also have annual rate increases, potential increases from the GSC (Grid Service Charge), pole attachment increases for some LPCs, etc., that are pushing up ratesMost LPCs would welcome a small delay in the Rate Change to figure this out a little betterEventually TVA is going to move on the GSCFurther Comments from the CommitteeTVA needs to make price changes to compete fairly with DER and reduce cost shifting. We are frustrated at the pace of progress but believe the opportunities to work with TVA are better than they have ever been; we need to figure out what we want, and ask.IOU customers near Murphy, NC are paying 30 percent less than the public-power customers. Are we getting ready for DER quicker? Are we addressing issues before other utilities? Right now, there is a huge price divide. We need some time to get some relief – 30 percent higher is not competitive.We are collecting too much fixed cost in energy prices; how to fix? Most others have higher demand charges, lower energy charges. TVA’s consultant (Christensen Associates) noted that TVA is already doing more than most other peer utilities: seasonal demand and energy charges, TOU, separation of “Delivery Charge” and Demand Charge, etc. We should do some of both: higher demand charges, and a GSC. Each has its own group of winners and losers; combining the two diversifies impacts.$1.2 billion is too much to go in the first step. This process is stressful. TVA is set on, logically, taking some dollars out of the energy price – not a bad idea. Questions remaining are: how to divide up among LPCs, and how to pass on at retail. We can’t realistically do this in two months’ time. We haven’t been able to develop a retail rate because we don’t know the wholesale rate. A delay of 6 months to a year is needed to get this right.We are not competitive and should be careful in continuing to raise rates. TVA co-ops are currently paying higher wholesale rates than 80% of the country. We are not yet ready to move ahead with fixed cost. $1.2 billion in the first step is too much, too fast; need a better understanding of impacts on our customers at mittee Chairman Mike BrowderI don’t disagree with anything that was said; we are used to solving problems quicker. How can we be fair with the fixed cost piece? This is about DER: our kWh charge is too high for competing with solar. Energy is worth 3? to 4?/kWh but we are paying 10?/kWh. We need to understand how to fix retail, then accommodate that at wholesale.Continued Committee CommentsFP&L in Fayetteville, TN installed 1,200-acre, 150 MW solar farm; local government made concessions to enable this. The same company did this south of Columbus, MS and also got some concessions. Why can an IOU come into TVA’s service territory and install solar?Regarding Fuel Cost: TVA is looking at moving from using the top 100 MW in the stack to allocate fuel costs, to using the top 20 MW. The Fuel Cost Subcommittee does not support this. It slightly increases the cost to Standard Service and is more volatile under extreme conditions. The Subcommittee was neutral regarding splitting of MS and GS A Presentation: Introduction – Rate Change Update: Cass LarsonTVA’s goal at this point is to reach consensus on as much as we can. TVA wants to reduce energy prices with a GSC; solar, DG, etc. can only work if they are backed up by the grid; they should pay their fair share for this, not shift this cost to others. The main focus is to get energy pricing competitive .TVA Presentation Continued - Mike HynesWholesale Competitiveness Study Status - CAEC will give a full report at Nov. 30th R&C meetingRate Change Timeline – 3 important datesFebruary 2018 – Take completed Rate to TVA BoardOctober 2018 – Implement Rate ChangeOctober 2019 – Implement BCD and Direct Serve rate changesEnvironmental Adjustment: propose moving from Adjustment Addendum to rate schedulesHydro Rate AdministrationResidential customers are credited per customer and per kWhOther LPC customers and Direct Serve customers are debited to collect the creditTotal Hydro Credit/Debit = $250 millionProposed Changes: place into the Adjustment Addendum, rebalance to accurately equate debits with credits; potential change to Residential in response to GSC (grid service charge)Committee discussion of Hydro Rate:Need to better understand and re-evaluate the $250 millionWe may want to put more credit per customer to offset increases to customer chargesTVA will look at that but have concerns about adding issues given very short time frameStandard Service Rate Change Proposal – the Grid Service Charge (GSC):TVA hears concerns regarding 2017 impacts and is open to revisions including dropping FY12 and adding FY17, looking at 4 years, 3 years, etc., or using GSC determination as a rate instead of a fixed amountSuggest implementing reset procedure on the way into the Rate Change rather than after the fact; do early in the year rather than late: Jan., Feb., or Mar.Total Monthly Fuel Cost Proposed Changes from TVA:Dispatch cost based on top 20 MW (proposed) VS top 100 MW: Slightly increases cost to SS (LPCs) relative to BCDsTDGSA and TDMSA get SS fuel cost: .04-percent reduction to SS, 4-percent increase to TD ratesSplit GS BCD and MS BCD fuel cost calculations (no impact to SS)Remove off-system sales and Raccoon Mtn. pumping load from dispatch: Slightly increases cost to SSR&C Committee Discussion:Fuel Cost Subcommittee recommends staying with top 100 MW rather than top 20 MWOK with TDGSA and TDMSA getting SS fuel costNo recommendation from Subcommittee re: splitting GS BCDs and MS BCDs; need to look at in context of total GS BCD rates (will slightly increase costs to GS BCDs while removing off-system sales and Raccoon Mtn. pumping loads would slightly decrease fuel cost to BCDs)No recommendation from Subcommittee re: pumping loads and Raccoon Mtn.Large GS (BCD) Proposed ChangesTVA to use Wholesale Competitiveness Study results on peers’ commercial rates to help inform changes to the GS BCD ratesWould take a $46 million shift to go to full cost parity, a 0.4-percent increase to SS and MSBCDs, to get a 5-percent reduction in the GS BCD base rateDiscussion:For November 30th, asked TVA to develop a matrix showing impact of each proposed change for the Rate Change that includes all changes and the total impactLPCs want more discussion around the reduction to the GS BCD rates and movement to full parity; higher margins for commercial/GS customers are universal in the electric utility business because they do not locate based on price, and MS customers doMid-Month BillingCurrently have 6 LPCs with mid-month billing; TVA will work with these LPCs to resolve this issueAlternative Retail Rate for GSA-3 Class – Rody Blevins, VECOne example of how GSA-3 could be configured to recover wholesale costs and compete effectively with DER, using a declining-block HUD pricing structure requiring no change to demand charges and no special metering or technology3 HUD blocks: Block 1 = 1st 150 HUD, Block 2 = next 150 HUD, Block 3 = all usage above 300 HUDBlock 1 energy price is just above wholesale on-peak energy priceBlock 3 is below 3?/kWh which is below the wholesale price for off-peak energy and competes effectively with DER; Overall revenue collection is about the same as the existing GSA-3 rateTVA’s Grid Access Charge (or Grid Service Charge): a Fixed Cost or a Rate? - Chris MitchellGSC can be determined as either a fixed total amount or as a rateAs a fixed amount, the GSC in aggregate would not vary as a result of changes in usage at individual LPCs; instead, LPC allocations would be recalculated, with no impact to TVA, so that risk resides with the LPCsIf an LPC’s usage, and GSC allocation goes down, other LPCs’ GSC allocation would go up to make up the difference, and vice-versaSize of the “pie” does not change, and all LPCs are impacted by a change at any LPCIf viewed as a rate, an individual LPC’s GSC would vary based on his energy usage so that if his usage went down, his GSC would go down, and the whole “pie” would go down (and vice-versa)No other LPC would be impacted and TVA would absorb the small change in the pie, either up or downThe rest of the process stays the same: we still have to decide on how determine the initial “pie” based on the agreed-to rate and aggregate kWh usage; each LPC’s portion would then be that rate times the LPC’s associated energy usagePeriodic adjustments to reflect changes in LPCs’ usage would be requiredImpacts to LPCs of TVA’s Grid Access Charge (or Grid Service Charge) Proposal - Chris Mitchell, CMMCAnalysis shows impact if GSC had been implemented Oct. 2016, based on previous 5-year average kWh usage; FY16 usage was 5.15 percent lower than the previous 5-year averageIf FY16 would have been larger than the 5-year average, results would have been the oppositeFor the example LPC shown, the 5.15-percent decrease in FY16 resulted in a 0.69-percent increase in wholesale power costsThe average impact across 71 LPCs was 0.77 percent, using FY16 as the basis for comparison, with but 7 LPCs having higher wholesale power costsUsing the minimum rolling 12-month average, all LPCs paid a higher wholesale power cost, but the average impact was 0.73 percentAlign of retail rates with wholesale rates can solve this problem mathematically but raises other issues with customer impacts at retailGrid Service Charge Alignment Example – Jim Sheffield, TVPPAIf a GSC is added at wholesale with an associated drop in energy prices, and no change is made at retail, the impact on average, and to the average customer, is zeroHowever, larger than average energy users would pay more than their wholesale cost, and smaller than average energy users would pay lessIf an LPCs energy usage went down, he would not cover his wholesale power cost; if his energy usage went up, he would over-pay his wholesale energy costIf retail rates are changed to collect the GSC, differences in retail and wholesale revenue collections are reduced so that retail revenues match wholesale costs However, impacts to customers could become an issue: larger energy users pay a lower price and smaller users pay a higher price, with low-usage customers seeing a potentially large percent increase in their billsRetail Rate Design – Mike Hynes, TVAA number of retail rate design concepts were outlined for LPCs to consider for Residential, GSA-1, GSA-2, and GSA-3. More specific and detailed approaches for Residential and GSA-3 rate designs were shown in the presentation materials to demonstrate impacts and pros and cons of various approaches.Retail Rate Design for DER – concepts to considerAdopt TOU, as well demand charges, especially coincident peak (CP) demand charges, along with fixed charges and minimum chargesStandby and back-up charges are being looked into by TVARetail Rate Design Request and DisclaimerProposed retail rates designed to work for LPCs without enabling technologies but TVA also committed to creating more refined designs for LPCs who want these. Focus on revenue neutral designs for Residential and GSA-3 to translate GSC to retail. Rates are intended to serve as default rate designs only; TVA respects local control, LPCs may submit alternative request to TVA for reviewGSA-2, GSA-3 and BCD customer classes are most vulnerable to DERTranslating Wholesale GSC to Retail – Here are some possible approachesGSA-1: Retail GSC plus declining block ratesGSA-3: Retail GSC plus contract demand chargeGSA-2: Retail GSC plus contract demand charge plus increased block 1 energy and demandDistribution of GSA-3 Customers among LPCsAbout 2300 GSA-3 customers; half are with 13 LPCsAbout 100 LPCs with 10 or fewer GSA-3 customers and 45 LPCs with 3 or fewer GSA-3sResidential Retail Rate Design SuggestionsSplit Residential class into “small” and “large”Small customers (<1000 kWh/mo.): GSC charge of $2/month; large customers (>1000 kWh/mo.): GSC charge of $5/month, and use a declining block energy rate to help recover rest of GSCSlightly restructured Hydro Credit to offset GSC chargeMindful of impacts to low-use customersUse an average (annual, IE) monthly usage amount to define “small” and “large”Note: Solar installations for Residential customers are mostly with those over 1000 kWh/month; this proposed rate addresses thatCommercial solar and RE100 goalsTo support green goals, TVS plans to work with the Committee to develop a cost-based rate for large central-scale solar, which works best for the vast majority of customersGSA-3 Retail Rate Design ConceptsWithout change in the wholesale rate, DER causes rate increases for TVA, LPCs, and customersCompanies are committing to renewable energy and they want to partner with utilities to develop solutionsRevenue Neutral GSA-3 Design 1: Adopt TOU energy pricing; set retail energy prices based on wholesale energy prices; adjust demand charges to achieve revenue neutralityRevenue Neutral GSA-3 Design 2: Demand charge to recover power cost: use CP billing demand, set demand rates based on wholesale demand rates; demand charge to recover LPC distribution costs; set energy prices based on wholesale energy pricesDetails of TVA’s proposed rate designs are shown the in presentation materialsNext Steps – Cass Larson, TVARAD to dive deeper into wholesale and retail rate designNext R&C meeting – talk through 6 individual itemsDeeper dive into 1? and other alternativesFeedback to TVAEnvironmental Adjustment: support move from Adjustment Addendum to Rate SchedulesHydro Preference Allocation: Committee OK to move Hydro Preference debits and credits to Adjustment Addendum and to rebalance to better equate debits with creditsMore discussion on how to reflect credits to the Residential class, between ?/kWh and $/customer, flexibility around how individual LPCs can do thatAt some point, re-visit calculation of $250 million – methodology and amountTotal Monthly Fuel Cost: Probably OK to split GS BCD and MS BCD, and to apply SS fuel cost to TDMSA and TDGSA, but may want further discussionSupport continuing to use top 100 MW in RCA calculation, do not support top 20 MWProbably OK with taking out off-system sales and Raccoon Mtn. pumping loads from top-of-stack definition but may want further discussionLarge General Service Reductions: Agree that existing rates are too high; more discussion needed on how much to reduce rates and how to best accomplishProposed BCD Changes: More discussion needed to understand details of what is being proposed and how the BCD GSC proposal compares to the SS GSC proposal in terms of how calculated, how allocated, proportion of fixed costs to total costs, how translated to retail, etc.Mid-Month Billing Change: Concur with TVA proposal to work out on an individual LPC basisAdditional Issues: Better understand GSA-3 retail rate proposals shown in TVA’s presentationNext meeting dates for RAD and R&C CommitteeNext R&C meeting – November 30th at the Franklin/Cool Springs MarriottNext R&C meeting after that – Wednesday, January 3rd, location TBDNext RAD meeting – Friday, November 17th, probably at TVA headquarters in KnoxvilleNext RAD after that – Tuesday, January 16th, probably at TVA headquarters in KnoxvilleResearch and Development Committee (Contact: Clint Wilson)The Research and Development Committee last met on September 21, 2017. The meeting was a joint meeting with the Technology Innovations Committee. The committees heard presentations about new or emerging technologies in the electric industry. Presentations includedUniEnergy Technologies (UET) – Energy storage with Vanadium flow batteries.Sequentric Energy Systems – Low cost 2-way cellular direct load controllers for demand response programs and/or device monitoring.White Harvest Energy – How combined heat & power programs can benefit the various stakeholder groups (end use consumer, LPC, TVA).Clinton Utilities Board – Ernie Bowles made a presentation on CUB’s Fault Location Isolation Sectionalizing and Restoration (FLISR) program. If you’d like more information on any of the presentations, please contact Clint Wilson at cwilson@The next Research and Development Committee meeting will be held on December 7, 2017 at EPRI in Knoxville, TN.Operations Coordination Committee (Contact: Clint Wilson)The Operations Coordination Committee and the NERC Compliance Team will meet on December 5, 2017 at 10:00AM CT at TECA in Nashville, TN. During this meeting, TVA will make presentations on the following topics.Winter outlookNERC compliance updateTVA’s capital spend planTVA’s maintenance/inspection planLoad not served (previous 5 years)If you’d like more information, please contact Clint Wilson at cwilson@Fiber Deployment Advisory Group (Contact: Clint Wilson)The Fiber Deployment Advisory Group held its kick-off meeting on September 20, 2017. Danette Scudder provided an overview of the evolving advisory groups, their relationship to the DER Council and the TVPPA Board, and specifically why the Fiber Deployment Advisory Group was formed. The first body of work FDAG will work on is providing feedback to TVA about their strategic fiber initiative. During the kick-off meeting, TVA provided an update on the project including a deployment schedule for routes planned in the near future. The next meeting will be on December 1, 2017 at 10:00AM CT at TECA. During this meeting, the advisory group will take a deeper dive into TVA’s deployment plan. Federal Legislative and Regulatory Issues (Contact: Phillip Burgess)Congress passed a Budget Resolution on Oct. 26 that lays the groundwork for major tax reform legislation to pass with no support from the minority party. Republican leaders have been huddling on the subject for several weeks, but delayed a rollout of legislative text that was expected Nov. 1. An earlier framework declined to tax municipal bond interest, but Republican Members have said “everything is back on the table” as agreement on revenue-raisers continues to be elusive. President Trump has said he hopes to sign a bill before Christmas.Little progress has been made on advancing the nominations of Jeff Smith, Kenny Allen, A.D. Frazier, and Skip Thompson to serve on the TVA Board of Directors. In fact, currently pending nominations slowed as Democrats objected to several nominees and Republicans placed holds on others, stymieing any chance at a negotiated package of approvals. In response to the impasse, Senate Republican leaders have begun discussing a change to Senate rules that would limit the minority party’s ability to delay nominations. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has yet to schedule a hearing on the TVA nominees.A Department of Energy (DOE) proposal to allow coal and nuclear generators full cost recovery in organized markets caused significant upheaval in the energy policy community as stakeholders worked to quickly analyze how they might be impacted and provide comments on the far-reaching proposal. While it would not affect TVPPA members directly since they are not in an organized market, the proposal raises new concerns about the concept of the grid’s “resilience” in the face of extreme weather events and poses questions about the value of certain generation attributes to reliability. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will now consider the proposal.Several agencies responded to President Trump’s Executive Order to identify rules that “unnecessarily encumber” energy production in the United States. During the week of Oct. 23, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke responded with a report suggesting ways that Interior could loosen restrictions on energy operators that produce oil, gas, and coal on public lands. Energy Secretary Rick Perry released a report the next day suggesting DOE could review the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), streamline liquefied natural gas exports, and take a new look at the policies of national laboratories. On Oct. 25, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released a report that points a finger at several policies that have the potential to burden the development or use of domestic oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy.Education & Training (Contact: Kim Culpepper)? The year 2017 has been one of great change. After years of training in Nashville at the Willis (One Century), TVPPA has decided to move on. The Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association (TECA) and the Tennessee Municipal Electric Power Association (TMEPA) have agreed to host TVPPA’s Nashville-area training for 2018. Our thanks to TECA’s David Callis and TMEPA’s Brian Solsbee for your help.? You’ll recognize some new faces in TVPPA training next year, one of which belongs to former TVPPA Chairman Wayne Henson, the retired general manager at East Mississippi EPA, Meridian, MS. Also new to the TVPPA E & T instructor roster are Privott Stroman of CDE Lightband, Clarksville, TN; retired TVA executive Teresa Ashworth and Marlin Williams of North East Mississippi EPA, Oxford, MS. On the technical side, TVPPA welcomes Shawn Blomgren of Huntsville, AL, Utilities; TVA’s Jeremy Swafford, Craig Hickey of Oak Ridge, TN, DE; Randy Meredith of Nolin RECC, Elizabethtown, KY; Tommy Sullivan of Starkville, MS, Utilities and Jackson, TN, EA’s Russell Gibson (JEA).At the same time, Tish Erdmann, Wade Johnson and Payne Gordon are retiring from TVPPA E & T. TVPPA thanks them for their many years of service and wishes them the very best.? Foreman Academy classes will be held in Lawrenceburg, TN; at the Alabama Rural Electric Association, at the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association in Lake City FL and at Lafayette Utilities down in Lafayette, LA. Happy Thanksgiving to All!!! Conferences (Contact: Tim Daugherty)2017 Conferences: Please have any new staff at your utility contact TVPPA via email for placement on appropriate mailing lists.Customer Service & Communications Conference, Nov. 15-17 at the Sheraton Music City, Nashville, TNRegistration Now OpenKey Accounts pre-conference classAgenda topics for customer service, communications and marketing alike#TVPPACSCHuman Resource Management Conference, Nov. 15-17 at the Sheraton Music City, Nashville, TNRegistration Now OpenHR and Admin alike will benefit from this eventPre-Conference HR Case Studies option#TVPPAHRM2018 Distribution Marketplace Forum, April 2-4, 2018 at the Embassy Suites Nashville SE in Murfreesboro, TNRegistration Now OpenUpcoming 2018 conferences:Legal Conference, Feb. 8-9, 2018 at the Marriott Cool Springs, Franklin, TNUtility Purchasing & Materials Management Conference, April 18-20, 2018 at the Park Vista, Gatlinburg, TN72nd TVPPA Annual Conference, May 21-23, 2018 at the Grand Hotel Marriott, Point Clear, ALEngineering & Operations Conference, Aug. 8-10, 2018 at the Marriott Downtown and Convention Center, Chattanooga, TNUtility Safety & Security Conference, Sept. 26-28, 2018 at the Westin, Chattanooga, TNAccounting & Finance Conference, Oct. 17-19, 2018 at the Westin, Chattanooga, TNCustomer Service & Communications Conference, Nov. 14-16, 2018 at the Chattanoogan Hotel, Chattanooga, TNHuman Resource Management Conference, Nov. 14-16, 2018 at the Chattanoogan Hotel, Chattanooga, TNPresentations: All available presentations from TVPPA conferences are posted to the Member Forum on the TVPPA website as well as in each conference’s app. For the website, you must be a TVPPA member and logged into the site to view them. You can also make comments and ask questions within the Member Forum.All social media links are available on the main page. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and InstagramRegistration process:Go to and click on “Conferences.” Scroll down to the desired conference and select it. Once there, you may select “Attendee Registration”. Lodging information is provided in your registration confirmation (both in the splash page after filling out the short online form and in the email confirmation you’ll receive)TVPPA Website / TVPPA News magazine (Contact: Bob Gary)Annual Membership Directory Updates: Forms have been sent to all TVPPA member managers for review and update. Updates have been requested by Nov. 10 so please return them as quickly as possible so we may update your information in the 2018 directory.We expect begin mailing copies of the directory to all member utilities in early February based on the current publishing PPA Website: If you haven’t done so, please visit and register for a new login. Any member-utility staff may register themselves by visiting the website and clicking the “Login” button then the “Register” tab located in the upper right-hand corner of the site. (Note: If we don’t have your email on file, the system will not allow you to self-register. In that case, simply contact Tim Daugherty for assistance)Internet Explorer Issues: We’ve been able to help several members get logged into the site and nearly all of them were having issues with Internet Explorer. If you are having difficulties, try a different browser such as Chrome or Firefox. Forgot your login or password? Not a problem, the new site allows you to self-help this part so you don’t have to wait. Simply click the login link on the site and follow the instructions.Please contact Tim Daugherty at tdaugherty@ if you still require any assistance.Public Power Academy: TVPPA’s Education & Training department’s Public Power Academy remains unchanged. Existing login/password credentials for it are still active so, aside from a slight visual change to the site, no changes occurred there. TVPPA News magazine: The November/December issue includes a look at what some TVPPA-member municipals and cooperatives did to observe Public Power Week and Cooperative Month, respectively; Tippah EPA, Ripley, MS is profiled and TVPPA Executive Vice President Danette Scudder addresses some of the organizational changes under way at the Chattanooga office and what those changes mean for TVPPA’s members.Archives: To view archived editions of the eResource and to sign up for this free, monthly newsletter, visit the Training section on the TVPPA website and click the link provided there. TVPPA News magazine archives are also available under the Publications section.Are We Connected? Be sure to visit TVPPA’s social media channels on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest. Links are available at . Don’t miss out on information!Key Dates to Remember:Oct. 16 – TVPPA Rates & Contracts Committee (members only), 10 a.m., EDT, TVPPA, Chattanooga, TNOct. 18 – TVPPA Rates & Contracts Committee webinar (committee & observers only), 3 p.m. EDTNov. 30 – Seven States Power Corp. Annual Meeting, Franklin, TN (Meeting follows (TVPPA Rates & Contracts Committee meeting) Dec. 1 – Fiber Deployment Advisory Group, 10 a.m., CDT, TECA, Nashville, TN. Dec. 5 – Operations Coordination Committee, 10 a.m., CDT, TECA, Nashville, TN. Dec. 7 – Research and Development Committee, 10 a.m., EDT, EPRI, Knoxville, TN. Bgary 11/10/17 ................
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