Conference

80th Annual Conference

This year’s Annual Conference will be held May 18–20 at the Omni Louisville Hotel in downtown Louisville, KY, and will feature top-tier learning experiences focused on both where we’ve been and what comes next.

Announcement

Distinguished Service Award Nominations Now Open

This award honors a general manager or CEO who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and an extraordinary commitment to serving TVPPA and its member systems.

Conference

Utility Purchasing & Materials Management Conference

Over 100 purchasing and materials management professionals gather to network with peers and vendors, explore supply chain updates, inventory management, and more, April 15-17.

ANNOUNCEMENT

2026 Membership Directory Now Available

This annual publication is an excellent resource for those wishing to connect with the Tennessee Valley’s local power system employees, industry service providers, and more.

Omni

Upcoming Events

WDMA Meeting
Meetings
Mar 19

WDMA Meeting

The Western District Managers Association (WDMA) meets on the third Thursday of every month from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM CT at the Jackson Energy Authority training center.
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CDMA Meeting
Meetings
Mar 20

CDMA Meeting

The Central District Managers Association will meet on March 20, 2026, at 10:30 AM CT at the TECA office.
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18075
Course
Mar 23 - Mar 27

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 5 Troubleshooting

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, hotline tools, protective devices, regulators, capacitors and single line drawing. When trouble shooting it is important to understan...
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18075
Course
Mar 23 - Mar 27

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 2 Construction

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, job briefings, print reading, guys and anchors, minimum approach distances, overhead construction, grounding, sagging, aluminum ties,...
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18075
Course
Mar 23 - Mar 27

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 4 Underground

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: URD safety, grounding, cable design and preparation, locating cable, fault finding, URD systems and equipment, trouble shooting, tagging, ins...
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18083
Course
Mar 23 - Mar 27

Electrical Metering Lab A

Meter Lab A starts with the basic concepts of electricity. The basic concepts of electricity are essential in understanding our electrical system and how to meter it. The loads we can expect on the...
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18093
Course
Mar 24 - Mar 25

Workplace Violence & Active Shooter Preparedness

TVPPA has partnered with InDev Tactical to deliver a workplace violence and active shooter preparedness program built on the proven ASSIST (Active Shooter & Security Incident Safety Training) frame...
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NMPPA Meeting
Meetings
Mar 27

NMPPA Meeting

The North Mississippi Public Power Association (NMPPA) will hold a meeting on Friday, February 27.
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18075
Course
Mar 31 - Apr 02

Digger Derrick/ Aerial Device Lab

The purpose of this training is to insure the safe and responsible operation of a Digger Derrick truck. With this training the intended outcome is for all those that are using these devices acquire...
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18073
Course
Mar 31 - Apr 02

Advanced Lineworker Phase 1

Phase 1 topics include distribution cover-up, personal protective grounding, regulators, capacitor safety, wood pole inspection, electric fundamentals for lineman, transformers information for line...
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18077
Course
Mar 31 - Apr 01

Leadership Bridge

This leadership class will focus on the desired results of management and how they relate to various leadership styles and effectiveness. This course will review the four leadership styles dealing...
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Hot Topic Webinar Photo Website
Webinars
Apr 01

National Labor Relations Board Update

2025  was an unusual year for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The previous four years saw the agency with a Democratic majority and a number of landmark decisions changing the law f...
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18075
Course
Apr 06 - Apr 10

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 4 Underground

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: URD safety, grounding, cable design and preparation, locating cable, fault finding, URD systems and equipment, trouble shooting, tagging, ins...
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18075
Course
Apr 06 - Apr 10

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 1 Fundamentals

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, PPE inspection, grounding, rigging, pole top rescue, aluminum and copper ties, and minimum approach distances. Participants are given...
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18075
Course
Apr 06 - Apr 10

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 1 Fundamentals

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, PPE inspection, grounding, rigging, pole top rescue, aluminum and copper ties, and minimum approach distances. Participants are given...
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18075
Course
Apr 06 - Apr 10

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 2 Construction

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, job briefings, print reading, guys and anchors, minimum approach distances, overhead construction, grounding, sagging, aluminum ties,...
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18088
Course
Apr 06 - Apr 10

Modeling & Analysis of Distribution Systems

This is the third course in TVPPA`s Professional Distribution Engineer (PDE) program. Combining the topics from the first two courses of the program, basics of distribution circuit analysis methods...
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18075
Course
Apr 06 - Apr 09

Lineworker Apprenticeship Unit 1 (Instructor Led)

Within a classroom setting this is the first of four modules. Students will receive a hard-copy workbook in class. Tests will be administered by the instructor. Students will be required to pass ea...
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18100
Course
Apr 07 - Apr 08

Building Bridges: Workplace Insights and Strategies

Strengthen your interpersonal effectiveness by exploring the human dynamics that shape today’s workplace. This session introduces the DISC personality framework to help participants better un...
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18103
Course
Apr 09

Waste Generation, Management, and Disposal

This course provides an overview of the regulatory framework and best practices for managing waste streams generated by electric distribution activities. Participants will learn how to properly cla...
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18084
Course
Apr 13 - Apr 16

Foreman Academy Track 2

This week-long series of classes is designed to provide line crew foremen with knowledge and skills outside the scope of fundamental linework. This will allow them to be more effective leaders and...
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18098
Course
Apr 13 - Apr 17

Fiber Splicing Lab

This lab is designed to teach students to splice. The lab will start with the preparation of fiber cables to prepare it to be spliced and properly placed in closures/terminals. Students will prep c...
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18082
Course
Apr 13 - Apr 16

Electric Power System Operations

Electric Power System Operations provides an overview of the BES and the components used in generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The overview includes industry history and an...
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18094
Course
Apr 13

ABC`s of Electrical Systems

This course provides a basic survey of electric utility operations, from generation at the
power plant to distribution to the end-use customer. Topics covered include methods of
generation, high vo...
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18076
Course
Apr 14

Nonverbal Communication

You cannot achieve anything of significance without the help of others. Solid communication skills are paramount if you desire to gain buy-in from your colleagues, leadership, friends and family; h...
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Conference
Apr 15 - Apr 17

Purchasing & Materials Management Conference

The Utility Purchasing & Materials Management Conference is TVPPA’s annual gathering for electric utility professionals who keep the supply chain moving. From procurement and inventory to...
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18095
Course
Apr 15 - Apr 16

Communicating Effectively with Utility Customers

This course uses group activities to help you learn and grow as a communicator in various situations. The emphasis is placed on creating and recognizing the time to create a memorable experience fo...
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18076
Course
Apr 17

Selling Utility Services

Today, utility customers are looking for more than kWs and meter readings from their utility. In our increasingly complex world, local utilities must support complicated customer relationships and...
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18075
Course
Apr 20 - Apr 24

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 2 Construction

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, job briefings, print reading, guys and anchors, minimum approach distances, overhead construction, grounding, sagging, aluminum ties,...
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18075
Course
Apr 20 - Apr 24

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 2 Construction

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, job briefings, print reading, guys and anchors, minimum approach distances, overhead construction, grounding, sagging, aluminum ties,...
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18075
Course
Apr 20 - Apr 25

Lineworker Apprenticeship Pre-Apprentice Assessment Workshop

This 6 day class is an intense workshop designed to help potential Lineman Apprentice experience the everyday demands they will be expected to handle on the job. You will have the opportunity to le...
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18075
Course
Apr 20 - Apr 23

Lineworker Apprenticeship Final Exam

This comprehensive exam is the final step in completing the TVPPA Lineman Apprenticeship Program (Legacy, Millennial, and Revised Editions). It includes written and field skills elements exam. In o...
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18075
Course
Apr 20 - Apr 23

Lineworker Apprenticeship Unit 2 (Instructor Led)

Within a classroom setting this is the second of four modules. Students will receive a hard-copy workbook in class. Tests will be administered by the instructor. Students will be required to pass e...
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NAPPA/NAIDA Joint Meeting
Meetings
Apr 23

NAPPA/NAIDA Joint Meeting

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18075
Course
Apr 27 - May 01

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 2 Construction

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, job briefings, print reading, guys and anchors, minimum approach distances, overhead construction, grounding, sagging, aluminum ties,...
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18075
Course
Apr 27 - May 01

Lineworker Apprenticeship Lab 3 Operations

This five day lab covers a variety of skills including: safety, aerial lift inspection, arc flash hazards, PPE inspections, bucket truck rescue, systems operations, three phase transformer theory,...
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18084
Course
Apr 27 - Apr 30

Foreman Academy Track 1

This four day-long series of classes is designed to provide line crew foremen with knowledge and skills outside the scope of fundamental linework. This will allow them to be more effective leaders...
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18073
Course
Apr 28 - Apr 30

Advanced Lineworker Phase 5

This is the final class in the overall completion of the Advanced Lineworker Certificate Training. This 3 day class discusses pad mounted transformers and switching cabinets, and “live front&...
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Latest News

2026 TVPPA Membership Directories Shipped, Additional Copies Available

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Join First Hot Topic Webinar of 2026, National Labor Relations Board Update

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Three TVPPA Members Recognized by the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence

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TVPPA member systems power the future! The men and women who lead these vital organizations bring insight and expertise that shape the future of energy while providing reliable, resilient, and affordable power that turns the wheels of enterprise in our region.

Meet the Local Power Company leaders, who are driving innovation and collaboration to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Click the link below to explore our full membership roster.

Caney Fork Electric Cooperative appointed Jason Riley as General Manager effective February 2026. Riley brings more than two decades of dedicated service to the role, previously serving as Director of Billing & Administrative Services for the electric cooperative.
Ardo Ba was selected to serve as Electric Department Director of Oak Ridge Electric Department in Oak Ridge, Tenn., effective January 20, 2026.
Stacy Radon was named Manager of Scottsboro Electric Power Board in Scottsboro, Ala., effective January 1, 2026.
Jay McClendon assumed the role of General Manager at Louisville Utilities in Louisville, Miss., effective January 1, 2026, following the retirement of Wilson Web in December 2025.
As Chattanooga EPB CEO David Wade announced he will retire by fall of 2026, the EPB Board named Janet Rehberg, currently EPB's President of Strategic Initiatives, to serve as President & CEO-Elect during the remainder of Wade’s tenure
The Duck River Electric Membership Corporation Board of Directors selected James Wright to be the cooperative’s new president and CEO. Wright, formerly, VP of Corporate Services for GreyStone Power Corporation, a cooperative in Hiram, Ga., assumed his new role in November 2025.

Areas We Serve

TVPPA represents the 153 municipal and cooperative power companies that serve over 10 million people in the seven-state TVA service area, which includes parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

We help empower these consumer-owned power companies by providing resources and solutions that enhance their operations and help deliver resilient, reliable, low-cost energy to the communities they serve.

What Members Are Saying

"The instructors’ depth of knowledge amazed me—anyone working in safety can learn something valuable from each one of them. I learned that every individual is actually a safety employee; it’s everyone’s responsibility to stay focused on safety."

Brandon Campbell
Safety Environmental and Facilities Coordinator

“TVPPA's Annual Conference always provides perspective and insights about industry trends and challenges, organizational leadership, and other useful topics that broaden my horizon."

Mark Iverson
General Manager, Bowling Green Municipal Utilities

“My time spent networking at conferences and events with others who are passionate about public power is very beneficial!"

Jarrod Brackett
General Manager & CEO, Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative

"This class was monumental for me being new to utility safety. Taking the real world experiences from the instructors and other attendees and applying them to our co-op was really beneficial."

Cody McDonald
Safety & Environmental Compliance Manager, Joe Wheeler EMC

"The thing I appreciate most about TVPPA is just the willingness to help. If we need something, TVPPA staff are the first people that we call to ask, if it’s something large. And if they don’t have an answer, they’re getting us an answer and that’s what I appreciate most."

Mary McDuffa
General Manager, Florence Electricity Department

"TVPPA came through at a critical juncture, not only in our industry, but in our country. They helped us work around the supply chain issues that every industry seemed to be having at that moment. TVPPA’s fleet discount can save LPCs a considerable amount of money on a truck; if you’re not using that, you’re leaving money on the table.”

Shawn Edmondson
General Manager, Natchez Trace Electric Power Association

"Finding a new general manager, it’s a pretty big deal. Not only did we need someone advising us who understood the search process, but also someone who knows the importance of recruiting great candidates and learning about their management style. TVPPA's executive search helped us ask the right questions and set us up for success."

Jeff Matthews
Human Resources Manager, Winchester Utility System

"The best part of the class was the friendships and relationships I built. Everybody wants you to succeed, and they’re willing to help you in any way that they can.”

Dwan Garrett
Human Resources Associate, Rockwood Electric Utility