Dennis
Spencer Succeeds Bill Edwards as Gallatin Plant Manager
February
6,
2003
GALLATIN, Tenn. — TVA has named Dennis Spencer manager of Gallatin
Fossil Plant to succeed retiring plant manager Bill Edwards. Edwards,
who has served as plant manager since 1998, will retire on February 14.
Spencer
comes to Gallatin from TVA’s Johnsonville Fossil Plant
in New Johnsonville, Tennessee, where he has served as assistant plant
manager since April 2002. He worked previously at Gallatin Fossil Plant
both
as outage manager and maintenance manager.
“Dennis
Spencer’s experience and familiarity with Gallatin will
be invaluable in leading the Gallatin team,” said TVA Fossil
Power Group Executive Vice President Joe Bynum. “We appreciate
Bill Edwards’ many
years of service to TVA and his outstanding leadership at Gallatin
Fossil Plant.”
Spencer,
who has a B.S. degree in engineering technology from Western Kentucky
University, began his TVA career in 1978. He is a native of
Paducah, Kentucky, where his father worked and retired from TVA’s
Shawnee Fossil Plant.
Spencer
and his wife, Kathy, have two daughters, Allison and Kristin, both
graduates of Gallatin High School. Kristin is one of the 12 winners
of the TVA
Employee Dependent Scholarship Program for 2003.
Edwards
joined TVA in 1972 as a trainee in the Student Generating Plant Operator
training program at TVA’s Bull Run and Cumberland
Fossil Plants. He progressed through the operations ranks at
Cumberland and
Gallatin, and in 1995 he was named plant manager at John Sevier
Fossil Plant near Rogersville, Tennessee. He has been serving
as plant manager at
Gallatin since 1998.
Edwards
is a native of Gallatin, and his wife, Jane, is an elementary school
teacher in the Sumner County school system. He has
a B.S. degree in organizational
management from Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tennessee.
Named
for the town of Gallatin, the plant is located on the north bank of
the Cumberland River in Sumner County. Construction began in 1953,
and the
first
of the four generators went into operation in 1956. In
fiscal year 2002, the plant generated more than seven million megawatt
hours of power, enough to supply the energy needs of
some 400,000 residences
in the Tennessee
Valley.
TVA
is the nation’s largest public power producer, and its power system
is self-financed. TVA provides power to large industries and 158 power distributors
that serve 8.3 million consumers in seven southeastern states.
Media Contact:
Judy
Elb, Chattanooga (423-751-3180) or TVA News Bureau, Knoxville (865-632-6000)
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