Solar Valley Coalition
Distributors
Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Urges Straight Talk on Climate
Change (3/20/07)
Power resellers form group to own plants.  Chattanooga Times Free Press.  Saturday, July 28, 2007.   By
Dave Flessner
TN Valley Public Power Association  worked to defeat the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard.  This
lobby group represents TVA customers - distributors.  
IREA (Intermountain Rural Electric Association) Voices - organized to reform the rural electric
cooperative.  Read about its positions.
Virginia distributor rejoins TVA system.  Bristol Virginia Utilities' consultants project TVA-generated power
to be cheaper longterm.  Tennessean:  1/3/08
TVA distributors buy most of power plant.  Chattanooga Times Free Press.  10/9/08.

TVA sharing asset ownership.  Knoxville News Sentinel.  10/7/08

Chattanooga: Distributors to the rescue.  Chattanooga Times Free Press.  Sept. 16, 2008..  

Tantalus Technology to Power Johnson City's Smart Grid.  Feb. 2  PR Newswire.

"Electric G&T Cooperative Act."  PL 475.  Passed by the TN General Assembly in 2009.

ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVES: FROM NEW DEAL TO BAD DEAL? REPRESENTATIVE JIM COOPER*  Harvard
Journal 2008.  This Essay demonstrates that most distribution co-ops have a financial incentive to sell more
electricity, not less. It also shows that co-ops have sought to conceal information from their members—
information to which owners are entitled in other business contexts.

Bill allows state's electricity distributors to pool resources.  Tom Humphrey Knoxville News Sentinel.  
March 19, 2009

TVA OIG Report:  Bolivar Energy Authority – Distributor Review.  2008-12037.   October 15, 2009

TVA OIG Report:  Distributor Review of City of Oxford Electric Department:  2008-12036.   August 31, 2009

The OIG performed a review of the City of Oxford Electric Department (Oxford) which is a distributor for TVA power based in Oxford,
Mississippi. Our review of Oxford found issues involving customer classification and metering that could impact (1) the proper reporting
of electric sales and (2) nondiscrimination in providing electricity to members of the same rate class. We were unable to estimate the
monetary effect of all the classification and metering issues because in some instances information was not available; however, for
those where information was available, the monetary effect on Oxford and TVA would not be material.

Southeastern Power Users Group.  A coalition representing large power users dedicated to promoting fair and
equitable utility rates and energy cost savings.  “Industry must join together now to stop TVA’s  unfair escalation of
industrial rates which has been going on for some time.”  2008.

Powerful battles over electricity in North Georgia.  Dave Flessner.  Chattanooga Times Free Press.  
September 27, 2009

Plant Board power transitions continue.  Princeton KY Times Leader.February 27,
2010

TVA pilot to test efficiency.  Larisa Brass.  Knoxville News Sentinel.  February 9, 2010

TVA OIG -  Distributor Review of Tullahoma Utilities Board.  January 19, 2010

TVA distributors get more time to buy Mississippi power plant.  Dave Flessner
Chattanooga Times Free  Feb. 10, 2010