Monday, August 22, 2011

TVPPA appoints President and CEO, Jerry Collins Jr.

MLGW President and CEO Jerry R. Collins Jr. was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association (TVPPA).

The Tennessee Valley Public Power Association, Inc. (TVPPA) is the nonprofit, regional service organization that represents the interests of consumer-owned electric utilities operating within the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) service area. TVPPA members include both municipal and electric cooperatives, and they serve more than nine million customers in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia. MLGW is a member utility.

“TVPPA is the voice of the distributors that are served by TVA and it’s important that MLGW plays an important role in making sure our voice is heard along with the 158 other distributors in the valley,” said Collins. “Memphis represents 10 percent of the power generated by TVA. It’s important that we take a leadership role in helping TVA set policies and rates that are in the best interests of our customers.”

Collins, a native Memphian, received a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in 1975 and a Master of Science in civil engineering in 1976 from the University of Memphis’s Herff College of Engineering. He has served as president and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division since 2007. He is the 10th person to lead the utility.

Prior to MLGW, Collins, a registered Professional Engineer, led the City of Memphis Public Works Division. He has received numerous awards for operational excellence and efficiency in the field of wastewater management, and under his leadership the City of Memphis went 22 years without a sewer rate increase.

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