Tennessee Valley Public Power Association

09/04/2026

New opportunities in utility accounting, operations, member services, and engineering are available on the Jobline!

Apply now for open positions at Valley Power Systems, including: Superintendent of Electric Operations, Senior Accountant, Chief Financial Officer, Director, Member Services, Electric Engineer + more ➡ tvppa.com/jobline.

09/03/2026

From AMI systems and GIS software to outage management platforms, AVL tracking, SCADA systems, and mobile workforce applications, today's local power companies have access to more data than ever before. But how do you get those technologies and the information they contains to work together? We cover that and more in the Intelligent Utility Issue of .

Read the latest feature here ➡ https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/article/When+Good+Technology+Doesn%E2%80%99t+Deliver/5184608/867883/article.html

09/02/2026

Registration is now open for TVPPA's Utility Customer Experience (UCX) Conference! Join us in vibrant Florence, AL, Nov. 4-6 at the newly renovated Renaissance Shoals Resort & Spa for strategies, tools, and community to help you turn every customer touchpoint into a win.

This year, we'll dive into AI in customer service and communications, proactive outage messaging, evolving payment options, affordability and empathy in billing, workplace safety and de-escalation, and building the next generation of frontline leaders.

Register before October 13 to save $50 at checkout: https://cvent.me/RNxYvQ?RefId=tvppaucx

08/27/2026

LAUNCHING THIS OCTOBER – Strategy Ex*****on, a new two-day, interactive course from Education & Training, designed to help public power leaders and aspiring leaders bridge the gap between strategic plans and operational results.

Watch this video to learn more from the instructors, Major General Vinny Boles, USA (Ret.), and Wes Kelley, CEO of Huntsville Utilities.

This course is a great first step for Certified Power Executive graduates who wish to begin their Advanced CPE, and it's also open to current AdvCPE students and AdvCPE graduates.

Register for this new opportunity now: https://tvppa.com/strategy-execution-course

08/25/2026

Congratulations to these professionals recognized for earning their Power Distribution Engineer (PDE) Certificates at last week's EO&T Conference!

Pictured, left to right: Matthew Hagy, City of Elizabethton Electric; Michael Sisk, Duck River Electric Membership Corporation; Jared Miller, Dickson Electric System; Brad Owens, Dickson Electric System; Ty Tabor, Volunteer Energy Cooperative; Arturo Torres, Knoxville Utilities Board; Taylor Downes, Hopkinsville Electric System.

Learn more about our Technical Training Certificate Programs at tvppa.com/technical-training-courses.

City of Elizabethton - Government, Duck River Electric, Dickson Electric System, Volunteer Energy Cooperative - VEC, Knoxville Utilities Board, Hopkinsville Electric System & EnergyNet

08/24/2026

At last week's EO&T Conference, a panel of Valley engineers and operations professionals took the stage to examine the impacts and share the lessons learned from January's devastating Winter Storm Fern. We want to give a huge thank you to our panelists, Daniel Johnson, VP, Engineering at Nashville Electric Service; Brian Hudson, Electrical Engineer at Oxford Utilities; and Jason Grisham, Chief Operating Officer at Alcorn County Electric Power Association, for sharing their insights.

08/20/2026

Our 2026 EO&T Conference is underway this week! We're excited for attendees to be here with us in Chattanooga, TN, to explore the trade show, hear from industry experts, and build relationships.

08/20/2026

Congratulations, Taylor! 🎉 Earn your professional certification today: tvppa.com/education-and-training

Big accomplishment for Taylor! 🎉⚡

We’re proud to celebrate Taylor, our Power Systems Engineer, who completed the TVPPA Power Distribution Engineer Program and was presented with his certification this morning at the 2026 Engineering, Operations & Technology Conference.

This program was no small feat. It challenged Taylor with advanced technical knowledge, problem-solving, and the realities of power distribution — and he put in the work to see it through. 💪

Congratulations, Taylor, on a well-earned accomplishment! We’re proud to have you on our team and excited to see how you continue to put this knowledge to work for our organization and the communities we serve.

Well done, Taylor! ⚡👏

08/20/2026

Our 2026 Engineering, Operations & Technology Conference kicked off this morning with two inspiring presentations from leaders in their respective fields. Lt. Col. Robert J. Darling delivered his keynote address, "9/11: Leading in Times of Uncertainty," detailing the leadership lessons learned while working as an Airlift Operations Officer for the White House during the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Following Darling, EPB's Janet Rehberg shared about the strategic leadership behind providing the nation's first industry-led, commercially available quantum network.

Big thanks to both of these speakers for sharing their insights and expertise. We're looking forward to more learning opportunities like this for the remainder of this week!

08/19/2026

The trade show is all set up for TVPPA's Engineering, Operations & Technology Conference! This year's exhibit hall features over 100 vendors offering a wide range of solutions for electric utility industry professionals. If you're in attendance this week, be sure to check out the great products and services they have to offer.

Alongside the trade show, this year's conference offers current insights from industry leaders, hands-on learning, and plenty of opportunities to build relationships. We're excited to have you with us for the remainder of this week!