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In this issueJanuary 2011Meet the New TVA Delegation Members 3Across TVA 4My Job Rocks – Lawrence Sneed 5Your Health Counts: Good News! 6Applause! 7New Employee Jessica Pond 8tva.com Makes the Top 5 8Hot topicsDecember Chill Brings Peak-Demand RecordsDecember’s arctic blast of bonechillingweather produced some ofthe highest demands for electricity onrecord for TVA.On Dec. 14, a peak load of 31,436megawatts was the highestDecember peak in TVA history,coming at 8 a.m. EST with thetemperature hovering at 15 degrees.It also was the highest winter peaksince Jan. 16, 2009, which was32,572 megawatts.staff & CONTRIBUTORSLa’Nita JonesEditorJason HuffineContributor/CorrespondentOn Dec. 13, TVA had met a newDecember record for daily electricitydemand of 674.9 gigawatt-hours. Thiswas TVA’s third highest amount ever for a 24-hour period. Daily demand on Dec. 14 was663.5 gigawatt-hours, seventh highest of all time.TVA’s 24-hour demand record is 701.4 gigawatt-hours, set last Jan. 8. A gigawatt-hourequals 1 billion watt-hours.Jim AllenBrooks ClarkProduction EditorCletus MitchellPhoto EditorDamien K. PowerContributorJulie TaylorContributorPictured above, on Dec. 13, John Sevier Fossil Plant Safety Professional Michael Cartershovels ice from a sidewalk while Maintenance Manager Richard Mullins takes a breakfrom shoveling to hold up his “Take Two for Safety” card, which employees use whenthey stop before a job and take two minutes to identify safety hazards.Jennifer BeckettContributorTVA Helps Businesses Invest $4.3 Billion inEconomic Development Projects in 2010Nuclear PlantsBellefonte – Susan GentleBrowns Ferry – Amy Reagan,Jim NesbittSequoyah – Shannon RidingerWatts Bar – Jim HopsonFOSSIL PlantsAllen – Josephine Mooreand Angela SimpsonBull Run – Mary NolanColbert – Sharon JohnsonCumberland – Sandra ParchmanGallatin – Kriste LaniusJohn Sevier – Norma CatoJohnsonville – Stefanie MooreKingston – Beth JacksonParadise – Janet TingleyShawnee – Debby AbellCorrespondentsSuggestions for articles can be sent to the following correspondents:Widows Creek – Debbie CrabtreePOWER SYSTEM OPERATIONSand SAFETY PROGRAMSMyra IrelandRIVER OPERATIONSJason HuffineENVIRONMENT & TechnologyBill SittonNuclear GenerationDevelopment & ConstructionTerry JohnsonFossil Power GroupJessica StoneAdditional informationTVA is an equal-opportunity and affirmative-action employer. TVA also ensures that thebenefits of programs receiving TVA financial assistance are available to all eligible persons,regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability or age.Inside TVA will be made available in alternate format, such as Braille, large print oraudiocassette, upon request. For information, call 865-632-4676 (TTY 865-632-2178).Inside TVA is printed on recyclable, 100-percent post-consumer recycled paper.Comments and suggestions are welcome. Send them to Inside TVA, SP 2B-C, 1101 MarketSt., Chattanooga, TN 37402, or call 423-751-2540. Retirees with mailing-address changesshould call Retirement Services at 865-632-2672.Inside TVA is available on the TVA Website at www.tva.com/insidetva.TVA’s technical services, financial assistance and other incentives helped companiesinvest $4.3 billion in economic development projects and attract or retain 41,000 jobsacross the region in fiscal year 2010.In partnership with power distributors, direct-served customers; regional, state and localofficials; and community organizations, TVA’s economic development activities helpedrecruit or expand more than 150 companies into the TVA service area.TVA Contracts with Horizon for Wind PowerTVA added more renewable energy to its generating system with a contract for up to 44megawatts from Horizon Wind Energy’s Pioneer Prairie wind farm in Iowa’s Howard andMitchell counties.The 20-year agreement will supply TVA with electricity generated by 50 1.65-megawattturbines. TVA expects to begin receiving electricity from the wind farm by January2012, subject to applicable environmental requirements and securing firm transmissionarrangements.TVA had signed a purchase agreement in February 2010 from Horizon for up to 115megawatts of wind power. With this latest agreement, TVA has contracted for about1,600 megawatts of renewable wind power.On the coverCOVER PHOTO – Power System Operations Engineer Lawrence Sneed blends his talentsas an engineer and actor. Story on page 5. Photo by Damien K. Power.

my job rocksBy Julie TaylorTVA employees are on the job 24/7, keeping the lights on, running the river system, managing TVA lands and supportingTVA’s operations. In this column, you’ll hear from TVA employees who can say, “My job rocks!”Lawrence SneedPrincipal Electrical Engineer, Power System Operations, ChattanoogaLawrence Sneed loves to entertain.In fact, his friends say he should’vebeen a comedian. Sneed hadanother dream, though. He wantedto be an engineer.Growing up in Norfolk, Va., he spent a lot oftime taking broken and discarded electronicsapart to see why they stopped working. He alsohad a gift for math.After high school, Sneed went off to NorthCarolina State University. He transferred toVirginia Tech a year later, where he playedfootball on the scout team and applied to be aTVA co-op student.“I spent five semesters at the Johnson CityCustomer Service Center, reading substationmeters and working on the heat-pumpprogram,” he says.“The experience offered a good introduction toTVA. After a couple of terms, I knew I wanted towork here.”musical. Since then, he has appeared in anumber of commercials and productions.He has even appeared in several TVA videos,including a video about the revolving securitydoors in the Chattanooga office complex,the annual Information Technology securityawarenesstraining video, and a safetyclearancevideo for Gallatin Fossil Plant.He says the arts have taught him how to workwith different personalities.“Lawrence can make anyone smile,” saysTony Miller, a senior design technician in theProtection & Control department. “When workgets hectic, the comedian comes out in him.After a joke or two, we are feeling better andready to tackle the latest project.” nDoes your job rock? Tell us more by sendingan e-mail to insidetva@tva.gov.Damien K. PowerSneed was hired 17 years ago as an engineerat John Sevier Fossil Plant. Two years later, hetransferred to Chattanooga to be a designer inPower System Operations’ Substation Projectsgroup. He now serves as the principal electricalengineer for the group’s Protection & Controldepartment.“My co-workers are the best part of my job,” hesays. “We feel like family, and it is enjoyable tocome to work.”His work can be stressful with up to sixconstruction projects under way at any given time.To alleviate stress, he turns to acting and singing.Sneed says he caught the “acting bug” threeyears ago when he landed the role of bluessinger Bessie Smith’s husband in a localInside TVA | January 2011 | 5

By Jennifer BeckettGood news!Preventive-Care Exams — Covered in Full With No Dollar LimitThe TVA Medical Plan now pays 100 percent of the cost for preventive-care exams with no dollar limit. The changeapplies to the Copayment Plan, the 80 percent Co-insurance Plan and the Consumer-Directed Health Plan.Previously, preventive-care exams were covered 100 percent up to $500 per person per calendaryear. This improved benefit is a result of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act and waseffective Jan. 1, 2011.To promote the use of preventive care and healthy lifestyles, TVA employees and non-Medicareretirees (and each covered member of their families) enrolled in a TVA medical plan have apreventive-care benefit that pays 100 percent for members age 6 and older. You don’t have to paya deductible, copayment or coinsurance for the following:• Routine physical exams• Screening mammograms• Gynecological exams• Prostate screenings• Flu and pneumonia shots• Other preventive services as defined by the AmericanMedical Association.Many preventive care exams and screenings can detect thelikelihood of developing illnesses before symptoms start.Early detection may allow for more treatment options and achance for living a longer, healthier life. You should makean appointment to talk to your doctor about the preventivecare you need at your current stage in life.For eligible dependents under the age of 6, all TVA medicalplans have a well-childcare benefit. This benefit does nothave a dollar limit. Exams are covered 100 percent basedon the frequency shown below:Birth up to age 1: 5 examsAge 1 up to 2: 3 examsAge 2 up to 3: 2 examsAge 3 up to 6: 1 exam per yearYou should ask your pediatrician when is the right time foryour child to receive the shots that can provide protectionfrom disease and illness.Preventive dental exams are covered, tooThe TVA dental plans pay 100 percent for preventive-caretreatment, such as routine oral exams and cleanings twiceper year. Some diseases and conditions can be linked tooral health.This change does not apply to Medicare Supplementmembers. Medicare rules still apply. n6 | January 2011 | Inside TVA

new employeeJessica PondSenior Secretary, Fossil Power Group, ChattanoogaJessica Pond, a senior secretary in the Fossil PowerGroup in Chattanooga, has always wanted to work forTVA. So much so that she started contributing to TVA’smission at age 8.In 1993, Pond received attention from Inside TVA,local newspapers, CNN and National Geographicfor helping TVA start a recycling program for expiredpotassium-iodide tablets. These tablets – oncedistributed to health departments near TVA nuclearplants – would be taken by area residents in the eventof a radioactive release.Having heard her father, TVA employee David Pond,discuss alternatives to sending 770,000 tablets toa landfill, she told him how she learned from theDiscovery Channel that potassium iodide is usedas a supplement for captive sharks. This led to TVAdonating tablets to the nation’s aquariums.“I have always been proud of my dad, and I think it’sgreat that TVA has been doing good things for theenvironment long before ‘going green’ became trendy,”she says. (The inset photo at left of Jessica and DavidPond at the Tennessee Aquarium is from the Aug. 24,1993, Inside TVA that she is holding in the larger picture.)In August 2010, Pond was hired by Equipment SupportServices, which manages TVA’s heavy-equipment fleet.Pond was valedictorian of her Ooltewah High Schoolclass. She later graduated magna cum laude fromOglethorpe University with a bachelor’s degree inpolitical science.Before joining TVA, Pond was a lease analyst for CBL& Associates Properties Inc. in Chattanooga.Damien K. PowerFor a list of employees hiredin December, see the next page.Applause!New Leader for TVA’s Military-Veteran EmployeesCharles W. “Wes”Wingo has been namedTVA Veteran Affairsmanager, replacing DickBrabham, who has servedin that role since 2006.Wingo, the EmployeeRelations consultant at Paradise Fossil Plant, isa captain in the Tennessee Army National Guardand has completed multiple deployments tocombat areas in recent years. He most recentlyserved as a battery commander in Iraq.TVA’s Veteran Affairs manager makes sureTVA complies with all legislation concerning theemployment and treatment of military veteransand employees in the Guard and Reserves. Healso serves as the point of contact and advocatefor all TVA military employees, and as the keyliaison with the TVA Veterans Association.In addition, he plans and hosts the annualcelebration for TVA veterans.TVA has 2,290 employees with military serviceand has 20 Veterans Association chaptersacross the TVA service area.Inside TVA | January 2011 | 7

new employeesYassine Aboulfaida, Spring City, Nuclear Power GroupDavid Bradford Alsobrooks, Chattanooga, InformationTechnologyLaura Renee Atkinson, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupJames Steven Ball, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power GroupCarrie Melissa Beene, Chattanooga, Nuclear PowerGroupKenneth Larry Bratcher, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power GroupJames Kent Brightman, Columbia, Power System OperationsJames William Bryant, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupRhyan Brent Buckner, Soddy-Daisy, Nuclear PowerGroupNaquisha E. Causey, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupBrentley C. Chaney, Columbus, Fossil Power GroupJimmy Derrick Cheek, Spring City, Nuclear Power GroupTravis Mitchell Christian, Rogersville, Fossil Power GroupMatthew Kevin Conwell, Gallatin, Fossil Power GroupRoy Lagerald Dawson, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power GroupMelissa Houston Diamond, Chattanooga, Chief ExecutiveOfficeStanley C. Dickerson, Gallatin, Fossil Power GroupAngela Marie Dixon, Chattanooga, Environment & TechnologyJustyn Bennett Dixon, Starkville, Strategy & ExternalRelationsWilliam A. Duncan, Knoxville, Information TechnologyRaymond E. Dunham, Southaven, Fossil Power GroupTyris Lee Gilmore, Clinton, Fossil Power GroupCheryl M. Glover, Muscle Shoals, Fossil Power GroupDouglas Dewayne Green, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power GroupJared O’Neal Greer, Spring City, Nuclear Power GroupMarcus Duane Hankins, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power GroupBilly J. Hill, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupHerbert C. Hill, Soddy-Daisy, Nuclear Power GroupHarold K. Jobe, Rogersville, Fossil Power GroupJonathon Robert Jochum, Tuscumbia, Fossil PowerGroupMargie Sue Johnston, Soddy-Daisy, Nuclear PowerGroupJake A. Jones, Gallatin, Fossil Power GroupJohn B. Kegarise, Spring City, Nuclear Power GroupJames Clauson Kennedy, Tupelo, Strategy & ExternalRelationsDavid B. Kettering, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupCasey D. Kirk, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power GroupMitchell L. Lawrence, Columbus, Fossil Power GroupThomas James Ledford, Soddy-Daisy, Nuclear PowerGroupKimberly Dawn Locke, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupDavid Lopez, Columbus, Fossil Power GroupDavid Nathan Lucas, Kingston, Fossil Power GroupWilliam H. Mahan, Spring City, Nuclear Power GroupJames C. May, Gallatin, Fossil Power GroupJarryd A. McCall, Gallatin, Fossil Power GroupSteven Clay McCary, Muscle Shoals, Fossil Power GroupJoshua C. Minton, Chattanooga, Environment & TechnologyKane Michael Nale, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power GroupCarlton G. Neal, Columbus, Fossil Power GroupCharles A. Ownby, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupRobert F. Parker, Gallatin, Fossil Power GroupMark David Schaible, Hollywood, Nuclear Generation,Development & ConstructionMark W. Scott, Gallatin, Fossil Power GroupSheila J. Smith, Muscle Shoals, Fossil Power GroupStevan James Smith, Chattanooga, Nuclear Generation,Development & ConstructionEthan Gibbs Starkey, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power GroupTony K. Steele, Clinton, Fossil Power GroupRobert A. Stewart, Chattanooga, Strategy & ExternalRelationsBradley T. Walker, Decatur, Financial ServicesRobert G. Weaver, Spring City, Nuclear Power GroupTiffany C. Wesson, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupRonald Mark West, Spring City, Nuclear Power GroupDavid L. Williams, Gallatin, Fossil Power GroupRonald Jeffrey Williams, Brownsville, Fossil Power GroupChristopher G. Wilson, Decatur, Nuclear Power GroupMichael P. Woodfin, Tuscumbia, Fossil Power Group1247563What makestva.com one of thefive best governmentwebsites?Congress.org, an online publication of theCongressional Quarterly/Roll Call Group, recentlygathered input from top web designers and rankedtva.com as one of the five best government websites.While other agencies spent millions for their winningwebsite designs, TVA’s external website wasredesigned in house last year by a team that includedCreative Services’ Chas Law, Damien Power andTodd Winkler. What did the designers like?1234567“jumps out at users right away”No clutterConcise menuNice big picturesThe ‘I Want to Know About’ panel,with links to users’ nine top issuesQuick linksGood use of color