May 2024 Tallapoosa River

Tallapoosa River

ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

Alabamian’s ‘smart’ golf ball

Tallapoosa River Electric Cooperative

Manager Louie Ward

Co-op Editor

Kevin Hand

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‘Smart’ golf ball

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Board of Trustees

John Adcock President Woodland

C.B. Parker, Jr. Vice-President Daviston

Bruce Boswell Secretary/Treasurer Seale

Phillip Bryant Opelika

Jeff “Bodine” Dodgen LaFayette

Ann Parkman Seale

An Ever-Changing World

Louie Ward Manager of Tallapoosa River Electric

I feel that I am constantly trying to adapt to an ever-changing world. While many of these changes seem to be driven by technology, I can’t truly say what is causing other changes. For example, what is driving the leadership of our country to work against reliable, low-cost energy? What is driving our society away from Christian principles? Why do we think the next generation of workers will be less productive than we are – trends show productivity continues improving? Why do some people think legalizing drugs will benefit society?

Obviously, you and I may have opinions on these issues, but do either of us have true answers? In my simple mind, I wish I knew, but only time can deliver the answers. However, I do realize a few things that must remain if we are to continue enjoying the greatest country, in possibly one of the best times to live. Our nation must maintain a safe, reliable, and affordable energy supply, which is

one of the foundations of our country’s economy. Another foundation is a willing and able workforce. While these two examples may seem simple enough, the answers seem ever more complex. Too complex for a short article written by a simple mind such as mine.

Back to energy. We at your electric cooperative work every day to maintain a safe, reliable, and affordable energy supply. May is national electrical safety month. Later in this issue we have some information regarding keeping yourself safe around power lines and other everyday electrical components in our lives.

A side thought I wanted to mention again this month. Some of you may find mail delivery may be less reliable than it once was. Please take the opportunity to sign up for text and email notifications. You might also consider taking advantage of our online bill pay, pay by phone, or draft payment options.

We Remember and Honor

We are thankful for the brave men and women who selflessly gave the ultimate sacrifice so that we can enjoy the freedoms their service affords us. This May, please join us in pausing to reflect on the sacrifices made by our nation’s veterans.

All Tallapoosa River Electric offices will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2024, in observance of Memorial Day and we will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

May is Electrical Safety Month

Electricity lights homes and businesses, provides warmth and keeps appliances and equipment running smoothly. During Electrical Safety Month, Tallapoosa River Electric and Safe Electricity provide these electrical safety tips to avoid hazards both inside and outdoors.

Staying safe on the road

Downed power lines can happen because of wind, storms, animals or an auto accident/collision.

• If you see a downed power line, call 9-1-1 to report it and stay in your car. You cannot tell by looking or listening if the power line is deenergized. Wait in your vehicle until an electric utility crew member says it is safe to get out.

• Do not drive over a downed power line. Doing so could cause a domino effect and bring down other lines, poles and equipment.

• The only time you should exit is if your vehicle or cab is on fire. If this is the case, make a solid jump from the car or cab without touching it, landing with both feet together. Then, hop away with your feet together as far as you can.

Staying safe outside

When working outside, be aware of overhead and underground power lines.

• Keep at least 10 feet away from overhead power lines. Keep any items you are carrying or using, such as long poles or other extended equipment, 10 feet away from power lines at all times. Carry an extension ladder or other far-reaching tools or equipment horizontally.

• Make sure that all outside outlets are ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) protected.

• Before digging, call 8-1-1 or your state’s underground locating service. Buried lines such as electric, gas, water, sewer and other lines bring services indoors. Besides the dangers of coming in contact with a gas or electric line, fines due to damage are the responsibility of the homeowner or landowner. Privately owned lines and systems will not be marked by the free service.

• When you see lightning, take shelter inside the house, shop or a hard-topped vehicle for protection. Stay away from high places, and do not take shelter under an isolated tree. Stay away from items that conduct electricity, such as metal fences. If you are swimming or in a hot tub, get out. Water is an electrical conductor that is dangerous during a storm.

Staying safe inside

With so many people working from home, the workplace and where you live can be one and the same. This means more devices are plugged into outlets or circuits that may not be able to handle the load.

• Have a qualified electrician/licensed contractor check for hazards if you notice the following: dimming lights, a sizzling or buzzing sound, the smell of warm plastic, a switch plate that feels warm or looks scorched, sparks when plugging in or unplugging items or circuits that trip often.

• When working with electrical equipment inside the house or shop, be aware that electrical equipment can spark when flammable vapors, gases or dust are present.

• Do not overstretch a cord or use frayed or damaged cords.

• During storms, lightning can enter homes through corded phones, televisions, radios or computers. Lightning can also travel through plumbing, so do not take a bath, shower or wash dishes when you see lightning strikes. If possible, unplug appliances and electronics before the storm, including cell phones that are charging via electricity. Surges caused by lightning can damage electronics and appliances.

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DON’T OVERLOAD OUTLETS OR CIRCUITS

Plugging in too many items or drawing too much power on a circuit can cause overheating, fire, and damage to devices.

DON’T USE FAULTY ELECTRICAL CORDS OR PLUGS

Do not use cords that look frayed, worn or cracked. Do not use broken plugs. Never remove the grounding pin from a three-pronged plug.

HAVE YOUR ELECTRICIAN’S NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE

Most electrical repairs or installations are not DIY projects. Hire an expert to avoid serious injury or wiring problems.

BE CAREFUL AROUND H20

Never use electricity while standing in damp or wet conditions. Keep all electrical devices away from water, including cell phones that are charging.

EVALUATE YOUR APPLIANCES

Do not use appliances in disrepair. Older or broken appliances can overheat, start a fire, and cause serious injuries.

TEST YOUR GFCIs

Outlets near a water source should be equipped with GFCIs, which help prevent shock and electrocution caused by ground faults. Test monthly to make sure they are working.

MAKE SURE YOUR HOME IS UP TO CODE

Your home should be properly wired and electrically sound. Contact a reputable electrician to evaluate your home.

UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDIT CHECKS

The following people have an unclaimed capital credit check. The checks were mailed on December 15, 2023, and returned to TREC due to an incorrect address. If you know the address of anyone listed, please notify TREC at P.O. Box 675 LaFayette, AL 36862, or 1-800-332-8732, so the check can be forwarded.

NAME ADDRESS

ABRAMS, ROGER 370 CO RD 413 NEWELL AL 36280

ADAMS. AMY HORN 2444 CLAIRMONT SPRINGS RD TALLADEGA AL 35160

ADAMSON, ALICE 3447 CO RD 82 LINEVILLE AL 36266

ADDISON, PAM M 90 CO RD 645 ROANOKE AL 36274

ADDISON, RALPH E 90 CO RD 645 ROANOKE AL 36274

ADKINS, BARBARA LOT 9 3939 U S HWY 80 W PHENIX CITY AL 36870

AGUELI, ROSARIO 501 GREYFOX TRL STOCKBRIDGE GA 30281

ALEXANDER, EILEEN P O BOX 455 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

ALLEN, KENNETH S 122 LEE RD 824 OPELIKA AL 36804

ALLEN, LEEANN 790 LEE RD 191 LOT 15 AUBURN AL 36830

ALLEN, TIMOTHY M P O BOX 533 SMITHS STATION AL 36877

ALLEN, WILLIAM TODD P O BOX 247 SALEM AL 36874

ALLENDE, JUAQUIN RT 1 BOX 175-C WEDOWEE AL 36278

ANDERSON, HARROL 215 FIRETOWER RD PITTSVIEW AL 36871

ANDERSON, JULIANA P O BOX 267 SALEM AL 36874

ANDERSON, RONNY & TERESA P O BOX 2704 OPELIKA AL 36803

ANDERSON, WYVALEE 692 COWPENS WEST ALEX CITY AL 35010

ARRIGHI, JEAN P O BOX 3482 PHENIX CITY AL 36868

ASHFORD, PATRICIA P O BOX 222 POWDERLY TX 75473

ASKEW, LOYE P O BOX 62 MILLERVILLE AL 36267

ATKINSON, JACKIE C/O JASON ATKINSON ECKERD DRUGS MACON MALL MACON GA

31204

ATTAWAY, WANDA 1837 68TH AVE SW LANETT AL 36863

AUSTIN DAVID L 3794 U S HWY 431 N PHENIX CITY AL 36867

AUSTIN, FRED 307 TARVER ROAD SEALE AL 36875

AUSTIN, VICKIE M LOT C-4 DOGWOOD MHP 620 HWY 165 SEALE AL 36875

AVERY, CLYDE P O BOX 276 WEDOWEE AL 36278

BAILEY, ANN F 57 EPPS CT SEALE AL 36875

BAILEY HOMES INC C/O FRED BAILEY 9856 HWY 280 JACKSONS GAP AL 36861

BAKER, JOHNNY 470 UPCHURCH RD LINEVILLE AL 36266

BAKER, PATRICK LOT D3 DOGWOOD MHP 620 HWY 165 SEALE AL 36875

BALES, JOHN W OR

TINNEY WADE EARL 5801 DUKE DR 3 TEMPLE TX 76502

BALLARD, JOE P O BOX 252 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

BARBER, JENNY 28 LITTLE LOOP ROAD PHENIX CITY AL 36870

BARNES, HOMER CARLTON 9 WIGGINS LANE PHENIX CITY AL 36869

BARRON, GREG 2978 ALPINE TER CINCINNATI OH 45208

BARRON, LINDA 577 2ND AVE THOMASTON GA 30286

BATTLE, NETTIE OR

BERNICE BATTLE 928 28TH AVE APT A5 PHENIX CITY AL 36869

BAUMGART, TERESA LOT 3 19 HWY 159 N PHENIX CITY AL 36870

BEALL, BRUCE 239 TEEL ROAD WEST POINT GA 31833

BEARD, ANNIE L 1315 CO RD 168 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

BEEGHLY, RICHARD 17221 GOLDVILLE RD ALEX CITY AL 35010

BEETZ, BOB P O BOX 3758 PHENIX CITY AL 36868

BELLAMY, TOMMIE LEE 44 STEWART RD SEALE AL 36875

BELTON, KENNETH G MRS 1300 COMMERCE DR APT 200 AUBURN AL 36830

BEN HILL BUILDERS LOT 2 SHADOW WOODS 8342 OCEOLA CT AUBURN AL 36830

BENEFIELD, EARL P O BOX 280 LINEVILLE AL 36266

BENEFIELD, PENNY 1419 CO RD 480 WOODLAND AL 36280

BENSON, JAMES P O BOX 2862 OPELIKA AL 36803

BENTLEY, DEBORAH 48 LEE RD 703 OPELIKA AL 36804

BENTON, JERRY E 5004 HWY 18 MOLENA GA 30258

BERNING, ANN C/O DIXIE BERNING 10354 U S HWY 29 N VALLEY AL 36854

BERRYHILL, WM E JR 82 LEE RD 2209 SALEM AL 36874

BILLINGSLEA, HAROLD LAMAR 2051 CO RD 220 LANETT AL 36863

BLACK, BOBBIE M P O BOX 6 DAVISTON AL 36256

BLACKSTOCK, MICHELE 384 LEE RD 733 OPELIKA AL 36804

BLAKES, JIMMY P O BOX 522 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

BLALOCK, RANDY V 1215 CO RD 255 WEDOWEE AL 36278

BLANKENSHIP, AMANDA 2714 MCCAMPBELL AVE NASHVILLE TN 37214

BLANKENSHIP, PERNARD L 907 O ST ALEX CITY AL 35010

BLEDSOE, MATTIE MAE 1156 CO RD 168 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

BLEDSOE, SHAWN 31 PIONEER DR SEALE AL 36875

BOLT, DAVID 333 LEE RD 322 SMITHS AL 36877

BONDURANT, JUDITH G LOT 75 RIDGE VALLEY EST P O BOX 2005 OPELIKA AL 36803

BONNER, PAM S 2123 LEE RD 117 OPELIKA AL 36804

NAME ADDRESS

BONNER, WANDA D P O BOX 1251 ROANOKE AL 36274

BONNEY, LARS 222 MILL POND DR PHENIX CITY AL 36870

BOYKINS, BARBARA 3300 HILTON WOODS DR KILLEEN TX 76541

BOOZER, KENDRA 1902 LOUISE AVE NW FT PAYNE AL 35967

BORNTRAGER, DARRIN C/O MARGARET ALLEN 701 TOWER ST NEW SITE AL 36256

BRASHER, J H CONST LOT 39 CAMDEN RIDGE 2108 C HAMILTON RD OPELIKA AL 36801

BRAY, BOBBY DON JR 2605 1ST AVE PHENIX CITY AL 36867

BRECHTELSBAUER,

BRIAN & ANGEL LOT 8 OSWICHEE MHP P O BOX 644 CATAULA GA 31804

BREHM, ZACKERY THOMAS HHB 1 10 FA #1894 FT BENNING GA 31905

BREWER, MARK 7315 US HWY 29 N OPELIKA AL 36804

BRIAR CREEK HUNTING CLUB C/O BOYD BATTLE 1704 INDUSTRIAL DR PHENIX CITY AL 36869

BRISKEY, STACIE 7060 CO RD 105 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

BRITT, A W LOT B-4 DOGWOOD MHP 620 HWY 165 SEALE AL 36875

BRITT, JAMES E 8984 LEE RD 240 PHENIX CITY AL 36870

BROOKS, CARRIE MAE P O BOX 150 LANETT AL 36863

BROOKS, DENNIE MAE 1056 CO RD 70 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

BROOKS, DOROTHY 110 STEPHENS LOOP PHENIX CITY AL 36869

BROOKS, PINK DAISY 352 VILLAGE DR AUBURN AL 36830

BROWN, JAY C/O LEEANNE FULLER 2420 CO RD 33 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

BROWN, SUZANNE 66741 HWY 22 ROANOKE AL 36274

BUFFINGTON, JOHN 4825 MOSS TRACE ELLENWOOD GA 30294

BURKHALTER, MARTHA P O BOX 501 ASHLAND AL 36251

BURKS, CHESTER P O BOX 456 FRENCHBURG KY 40322

BURKS, SHELIA I 860 HIDDEN LANE JACKSONVILLE AL 36265

BURT, BARRY P O BOX 731 AUBURN AL 36831

BURTON, JAKE C 509S LAFAYETTE ST LAFAYETTE AL 36862

BUSHEY, STEVE 821-B TERRY DR FT BENNING GA 31905

CALDWELL & SHELNUTT VET CLINIC 187 S HERRING RD OPELIKA AL 36804

CALHOUN, HERBERT & ELIZABETH 3408 VET MEM PKWY LANETT AL 36863

CAMPBELL, ANGELA R 73836 OLD HWY 431 NEWELL AL 36280

CANNON, DESTINIE R 294 LEE RD 182 OPELIKA AL 36804

CANTONE, KATHLEEN 6489 CRAGFORD RD LINEVILLE AL 36266

CAPES, DONALD GARY 39-A BON ACRE TR PK P O BOX 995 SMITHS AL 36877

CAPPS, GLENN ALAN LOT D-3 DOGWOOD MHP 620 HWY 165 SEALE AL 36875

CARMACK, ELEASE E C/O BARBARA COLLEY 314 CO RD 807 WEDOWEE AL 36278

CARMAN, CHRIS LOT 24 MIDWAY MANOR MHP OPELIKA AL 36801

CARPENTER, JIM APT Q-4 2150 STADIUM DR PHENIX CITY AL 36867

CARPENTER, JIM APT Q-4 2150 STADIUM DR PHENIX CITY AL 36867

CARPENTER, RONDAL J P O BOX 577 PHENIX CITY AL 36868

CARR, FLORIS 1242 CO RD 71 WOODLAND AL 36280

CARROLL, GWEN 162 CO RD 239 WEDOWEE AL 36278

CARROLL, RAYMOND A 2007 CO RD 54 CAMP HILL AL 36850

CARTER, P A 2182 CO RD 266 LANETT AL 36863

CAUDLE, DAVID 1957 ABEL RD DELTA AL 36258

CERMAK, ANTHONY JOHN C/O JIM FOXWORTH 5425 SANDFORT RD SEALE AL 36875

CHAMBLEY, PENNY P O BOX 947 LINEVILLE AL 36266

CHASE, MICHAEL P O BOX 262 VALLEY AL 36854

CHASE, TERESA C/O

MORRIS SCHENIDER & PRIOR 3300 N E EXPY NE BLDG 8 ATLANTA GA 30341

CHESLEY, KEITH 1039 43RD ST COLUMBUS GA 31904

CHRISTIAN, MINNIE 4863 SO 431 SEALE AL 36875

CLARK, JENNIFER ANN 2587 PAGELAND HWY LANCASTER SC 29720

CLARK, MARY 434 LEE RD 63 OPELIKA AL 36804

CLARK, WAYDE L 325 AVE J SNOHOMISH WA 98290

CLAYBROOK, BILLY J 1904 GARNER ST SCOTTSBORO AL 35769

CLIATT, MATTIE L C/O KHAWANA WILLIAMS 357 BOWDEN RD PITTSVIEW AL 36871

CLIFTON, RITA P O BOX 1015 ASHLAND AL 36251

CLINE, OLIN M P O BOX 312 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

COFIELD, WYLENE 341 CO RD 481 WOODLAND AL 36280

COLBERT, MARY F 389 SINGER LN ABBEVILLE AL 36310

COLE, CATHERINE JAYE 1623 2ND AVE OPELIKA AL 36801

COLEMAN, BARRY 25 SAWDUST TRL SEALE AL 36875

COLLINS, LUELLA 68 BLUFF CREEK RD PITTSVIEW AL 36871

COLLINS, OSCAR RAYMOND P O BOX 54 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

NAME ADDRESS

COMMUNITY RECREATION DIV

IN LAFAYETTE C/O WILBUR BELL P O BOX 32 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

GONKLE, RICHARD 3008 SUMMERVILLE RD PHENIX CITY AL 36867

CONRAD, MIKE 2381 LEE RD 158 SALEM AL 36874

CONVILLE, SUZANNE RT 3 BOX 316 ASHLAND AL 36251

COOK, RICK & SANDY P O BOX 22 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

COOLEY, OCIE 603 16TH CT ALEX CITY AL 35010

COOPER, DEBORAH 301 38TH ST COLUMBUS GA 31904

CORE, ANITA NORWOOD 1200 LEE RD 40 SALEM AL 36874

CORLEY, JEFFREY O P O BOX 403 OPELIKA AL 36803

COTNEY, CLAY 4139 CRAGFORD RD LINEVILLE AL 36266

COTNEY, HOWARD D

C/O LAVERNE TEMPLETON 3514 COLUMBUS RD VALLEY AL 36854

COTTRELL, CLARENCE 9609 CO RD 7708 TROY AL 36081

COWHERD, GEORGE P O BOX 74 PADUCAH KY 42002

CRAVEN, THOMAS LEE 9015 CO RD 289 LANETT AL 36863

CRAWFORD, ANNA MARIE 25258 GMS ORD RD BARRIGADA GU 96921

CRAWFORD, FERDINARD P O BOX 71 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

CRAWFORD, LEONARD A 6321 COOSA COUNTY RD 49 GOODWATER AL 35072

CRAWFORD, TERRY P O BOX 134 MILLERVILLE AL 36267

CRENSHAW, BILLY JOE 1405-B 22ND ST PHENIX CITY AL 36867

CROSBY, JUDITH G P O BOX 54 COTTONTON AL 36851

CULLIGAN, LYNN 1707 33RD ST VALLEY AL 36854

CULOTTA, PAUL GLENWOOD MHP LOT 56 12501 ULMERTON RD LARGO FL 33774

CURRINGTON, SUSAN B 22 WILL AVE LOT 3 PHENIX CITY AL 36869

CURT, GARY A P O BOX 1480 QUARTZSITE AZ 85346

DABNEY, YALONDA LOT 79 FT MITCHELL MHP 966 AL HWY 165 SEALE AL 36875

DALTON, JAMES R P O BOX 613 NEW PARIS IN 46553

DANIEL, EARL 9015 CO RD 289 LANETT AL 36863

DAVERLY MOVIE RENTALS C/O BEVERLY NICKERSON P O BOX 131 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

DAVIS, FRANCIS 808 CO RD 228 LINEVILLE AL 36266

DAVIS, YOLANDA SHREE 102 S SEALE RD PHENIX CITY AL 36869

DEASON, CHERRY 8568 U H HWY 29 LOT 1 CUSSETA AL 36852

DENNIS, LINDA 966 HWY 165 LOT 64 SEALE AL 36875

DERISO, JANE 279 LEE RD 906 VALLEY AL 36854

DEVINE, CHRIS 109 U S HWY 431 PHENIX CITY AL 36869

DIAL, FRANK P O BOX 1956 AUBURN AL 36831

DOBBS, DEBRA 1175 FORD RD NOTASULGA AL 36866

DOUGLAS, PHILLIP 1325 CO RD 26 VALLEY AL 36854

DOYLE, HELEN 4811 18TH AVE COLUMBUS GA 31904

DRAIN, LEE P O BOX 54 AUBURN AL 36831

DUKE, LANNY P O BOX 1065 ROANOKE AL 36274

DUKES, TERRY RT 1 BOX 217 CRAGFORD AL 36255

DUNSON, PHILLIP ROY 2132 HAMILTON PL N OPELIKA AL 36801

DYKES, ADAM KEITH 2607 8TH ST SW LANETT AL 36863

EARWOOD, SHELIA 2530 WATTS MILL ROAD LINEVILLE AL 36266

EAST, PHILLIP E JR 102 TOWER ST ALEX CITY AL 35010

EDGE, PHILLIP P O BOX 103 MILLERVILLE AL 36267

EDMONDS, HOLLY 17025 CARDINAL DR BAY MINETTE AL 36507

EDWARDS, PATRICIA 13 EAST SIDE DR FORTSON GA 31808

EILAND, WILBERT J 10 GARRETT RD PHENIX CITY AL 36869

ELDRIDGE, CHERE 12 WOODY ACRES CT SALEM AL 36874

ELDRIDGE, DOUG P O BOX 117 SMITHS AL 36877

ELLISON, MICHAEL C 1404 2ND ST S PHENIX CITY AL 36869

EUBANK, DOUGLAS 2203 1/2 N MEADE PL APPLETON WI 54911

EVANS, MARY AGNES P O BOX 126 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

EVANS, MELANIE 2000 SARDIS RD ASHLAND AL 36251

EVERS, JONATHAN 756 TANGELWOOD AVE AUBURN AL 36832

FARMER, CYNTHIA LEE 69 LEE RD 761 OPELIKA AL 36804

FARR, MARVIN E LOT 75 FT MITCHELL MHP 966 HWY 165 SEALE AL 36875

FAWLEY, ROY 5331 VET MEM PKWY LANETT AL 36863

FERRELL, JANICE 94 CADWELL RD OPELIKA AL 36804

FINCHER, JASON 334 LEE RD 2170 PHENIX CITY AL 36870

FINKHOUSEN, JEFF P O BOX 1736 AUBURN AL 36831

FINS PLUS 3502 SUNNY DR MOREHEAD CITY NC 28557

FLEMING, SOMMER P O BOX 644 BAY MINETTE AL 36507

FLOWERS, BYRON L MRS 1336 CAMBRIDGE BELTWAY CAMBRIDGE MD 21613

FLOYD, RACHEL C/O MICHAEL WOODS 604 KIRK RD APT 19 DECATUR GA 30030

FOLDS, DANNY P O BOX 1092 VALLEY AL 36854

FORD, SHELLY MARIE 1805 OLD COLUMBUS RD OPELIKA AL 36804

FORD, STEVEN DARNELL P O BOX 533 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

FORTSON, LEWIS D 36 SUNSET DR HATCHECHUBBEE AL 36858

FRANKOWSKI, PETER 23-A PLATE PL STATESBORO GA 30458

FRIEDMAN, DAVID 8856 111TH ST SEMINOLE AL 33772

NAME ADDRESS

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH C/O WILLIAM PIKE 9926 HWY 22 E ALEX CITY AL 35010

FT MITCHELL BBQ C/O MAVIS ROGERS 752 HWY 165 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

FULLER, ROSALIND M 109 N MAIN ST EVERGREEN AL 36401

FULTON, LAWRENCE 11531 CO RD 31 LINEVILLE AL 36266

GADDIS, MARY 367 ROCK SPRINGS RD GOODWATER AL 35072

GAINES, BRENDA WELLS 1209 7TH AVE PHENIX CITY AL 36867

GAMARRA, MICHAEL OR

LINDA DAVIS 18 JOYCE DR PHENIX CITY AL 36869

GARRETT, CHRIS P O BOX 306 FT MITCHELL AL 36856

GARRETT, KIMBERLY 1041 CO RD 99 WEDOWEE AL 36278

GLENN, LOUISE E 2231 LASHLEY RD ALEX CITY AL 35010

GOBLE, WILLIE B 240 LEROY ROAD EUFAULA AL 36027

GOINS, JEFFREY 2674 CO RD 67 ROANOKE AL 36274

GOODFELLOW, LISA 5398 N VALDEZ FT BENNING GA 31905

GOODSON, RICHARD 46 CARSON DR SEALE AL 36875

GORDON, TWILA BETTS 1769 TRENTON TRL ALEX CITY AL 35010

GORE, BOBBY 20410 VET MEM PKWY LAFAYETTE AL 36862

GOSDIN, CHARITY HOPE 1133 CO RD 832 WADLEY AL 36276

GOSDIN, EDDIE 264 CO RD 90 WEDOWEE AL 36278

GOSDIN, HOLLY C/O CORDIE DOUGLAS P O BOX 1412 ROANOKE AL 36274

GRAY, DOLAN 159 CO RD 236 WEDOWEE AL 36278

GRAY, HAROLD E HHC 317TH ENG BAT FT BENNING GA 31905

GREEN, RICHARD A 17560 CO RD 87 WOODLAND AL 36280

GREENE, RUTH B 226 MCGRADY RD NE ROME GA 30165

GRIER, SHIRLEY P O BOX 581 ASHLAND AL 36251

GRIFFIN, ALBERTA OR VELOR TOLLIVER P PO BOX 12 PHENIX CITY AL 36868

GRIFFIN, DAVID D 737 LEE RD 344 SALEM AL 36874

GRIGGS, WANDA JEAN 512 2ND ST NW LAFAYETTE AL 36862

GUTHRIE, J H 1502 DOUGLAS ST OPELIKA AL 36801

HADDAN, YOLANDA M 1919 KIMBERLY DR PHENIX CITY AL 36867

HALE, WAYMON 63 LEE RD 2120 OPELIKA AL 36804

HALL, WILLIAM EARL 20684 HWY 77 WADLEY AL 36276

HALLMAN, JAMES H 94 E SIDE CIR #52 ASHLAND AL 36251

HALLMAN, TONY P O BOX 596 LINEVILLE AL 36266

HAMILTON, STEPHEN 3502 SUNNY DR MOREHEAD NC 28557

HANSEN, CYNTHIA T C/O JEANNETTE TILLEY 103 19TH PL OPELIKA AL 36801

HARDIN, JOAN M APT 1608 2000 LAKEFRONT DR HUNTSVILLE AL 35824

HARDNETT, AUTREY MAE P O BOX 622 LAFAYETTE AL 36862

HARDWICK, STEVE 2346 AL HWY 169 OPELIKA AL 36804

HARPER, ANDREW G P O BOX 1091 VALLEY AL 36854

HARPER, JOHN M 142 LEE RD 730 CUSSETA AL 36852

HARRELD, CHAD 545 OSWICHEE RD SEALE AL 36875

HARRELL, CLARA LOT 178 3503 MARVYN PKWY OPELIKA AL 36804

HARRELSON, TERRY LEE 410 LEE RD 187 OPELIKA AL 36804

HARRINGTON, LARRY 401 LEE RD 708 OPELIKA AL 36804

HARRIS, CAREY A JR 7131 CO RD 222 FIVE POINTS AL 36855

HARRIS, CHRIS 123 KNUCKLES RD PHENIX CITY AL 36869

HARRIS, EARL 4129 SANDFORT RD PHENIX CITY AL 36869

HARRIS, GEORGE PATRICK JR 1900 BLUFF SPRINGS RD ASHLAND AL 36251

HARRIS, SCOTT EDWARD P O BOX 846 AUBURN AL 36831

HARRISON, BRENDA A C/O WALTER HARRISON 58 STEPHENS LOOP PHENIX CITY AL 36869

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New Lowman Energy Center will help Tallapoosa River Electric remain reliable for years to come

Leroy, Ala. – PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, a generation & transmission cooperative serving Tallapoosa River Electric’s wholesale power needs, officially dedicated the new, state-ofthe-art Lowman Energy Center (LEC) in a special ceremony on March 22.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey attended the event to celebrate the 710-megawatt natural gas facility, which began commercial operation on Sept. 20, 2023.

“History is being made today,” Ivey said of LEC’s completion, referencing LEC’s status as one of the most efficient power plants in the United States. “America’s future is dependent upon its access to abundant industry, including electricity. Economic development and thousands of new, good-paying jobs, both here in Alabama and for our neighbors in Florida, are directly tied to projects like the Lowman Energy Center.”

The new Lowman Energy Center replaces the historic coal-fired Charles R. Lowman Power Plant that had operated for 51 years.

PowerSouth’s President & CEO, Gary Smith, said the plant will be a workhorse in supporting the cooperative’s mission to provide reliable and affordable power to its members.

“LEC is not only very efficient, but it also has access to a very good, affordable gas supply,” Smith said. “PowerSouth has 20 members in Alabama and Florida, and I want to thank them for their confidence and support in allowing us to move forward in building this plant. It will be there for them to serve their whole-

sale power needs for decades. We are excited about LEC, and excited about the future.”

Collectively, PowerSouth provides power to Tallapoosa River Electric and 19 other distribution members, and these members supply safe, reliable, affordable power to more than a million endof-line members.

PowerSouth unveiled a special plaque commemorating the first official day of operations for the Lowman Energy Center. From left to right are officials Earl Johnson, Tom Duncan, Gary Smith, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Tom Stackhouse.

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Crisis recognized?

There is so much written about crises these days that we too often lose focus on what is truly a crisis. A crisis is defined as a condition of instability or danger that results in formerly successful coping mechanisms failing us and ineffective decisions and behaviors taking their place.

In past months, I have written about the growing problem of electric capacity shortages. In 2021, I wrote about those shortages and the resulting extended blackouts in Texas and other parts of the Midwest with Winter Storm Yuri. Last year, I wrote about the rolling blackout across the TVA and Duke service areas with the extremely cold temperatures on Christmas Eve 2022.

Are those events “crises?” If your electricity is off with freezing temperatures, it is a crisis. It was certainly a crisis for those 140plus poor souls that reportedly froze to death in Texas in 2021. For the rest of us just following the stories, warm and from afar, it may not yet be a crisis.

Recent articles in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Politico predict that, unless something changes, electric capacity shortages may soon become a crisis in certain areas. That should not be a surprise, considering the combination of the expansion of data centers to manage more digital applications; the growth of artificial intelligence (which demands up to 100 times more data and energy than traditional internet searches); the rise of an electric economy due to higher demand from more electric vehicles; increased electric heating; advanced manufacturing that requires more energy; and, finally, the zeal of the Biden Administration in shutting down fossil fuel-fired energy sources.

The Wall Street Journal article, “The Coming Electricity Crisis,” published March 28, 2024, states Georgia Power Company recently increased its winter capacity demand forecast by 17-fold through 2031 because of expected growth of data centers, electric vehicles, and battery factories. The PJM Interconnection, which operates the electric grid across 13 Midwestern and Northeastern states, doubled its 15-year annual forecast for demand growth – an amount about twice New York City’s typical daily peak. AEP Ohio says new data centers and Intel’s $20 billion-dollar chip plant will greatly stress the electric grid, and a new Micron chip factory in New York is expected to require as much power by 2040 as the combined states of New Hampshire and Vermont.

Data centers and chip manufacturing plants will require 13% to 15% more electric capacity per year than originally included in forecasts through 2030, and potentially even more after that. Equally troubling, data centers and most advanced manufacturing require around-the-clock, year-round, reliable power that renewables cannot and will not provide. Batteries are not projected to be cost-competitive for decades, if ever. New transmission

lines to better connect different regions of the country can take over a decade to permit and construct, even if siting regulations are relaxed.

Additionally, approximately 20 gigawatts (think power for 15 million homes) will be retired by 2027 and another 50 gigawatts (power for another 40 million homes) is scheduled to be retired between 2027 and 2032 across the country. PJM’s external market monitor has warned that up to 30% of its region’s installed capacity is at risk of retirement by 2030.

EPA’s Effluent Limitations Guidelines (water usage rules) will close many coal-fired plants by as early as 2028. Additionally, EPA’s proposed Greenhouse Rules will close any remaining coalfired plants between 2028 and 2042 that do not adopt unproven carbon capture and storage technology. The Biden Administration is also promising stringent EPA restrictions this summer on natural gas-fired generation that does not incorporate clean hydrogen fuels, or carbon capture and storage technology, that are currently not available.

FERC Commissioner Mark Christie warned in March 2024, “Utilities are rapidly retiring fossil fuel and nuclear plants, subtracting dispatchable resources at a pace that is not sustainable, and we can’t build dispatchable resources that can replace the resources we are shutting down.” Obama Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz recently predicted the utilities will ultimately have to rely more on gas, coal, and nuclear generation to support surging electric demand. He said, “We’re not going to build 100 gigawatts of new renewable generation in a few years.” TVA has already established a 5 MW limit for new or expanding loads on its electric distributors – a very low level for expanding areas like Huntsville and Nashville.

Even The Washington Post published an article on March 7, 2024, “Amid Explosive Demand, America is Running Out of Power,” about the growing concern over available electric capacity. The article states that vast swaths of the U.S. are at risk of running short of power as electricity-hungry data centers and clean-technology factories proliferate around the country.

President Biden and his Administration continue to impose a death march on America, prematurely closing reliable electric generation plants and throwing trillions of dollars at renewable energy resources and clean energy technology that consumes huge amounts of electricity, while continually reciting that climate change is the existential threat of our lifetime. Unfortunately, even as more rational members of the mainstream media are now recognizing, we are close to a very real crisis – we are running out of reliable, affordable electricity.

I hope you have a good month.

Gary Smith is President and CEO of PowerSouth Energy Cooperative.

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Honoring the ones who came home

“Shoot him! Shoot him! Shoot him!” my father yelled at the screen. No one in the movie theatre made a sound. I think that’s because the audience knew the old man in the wheelchair was a veteran. Nevertheless, I was mortified by his outburst. But, I should’ve known something like this might happen when I took Dad to see “Saving Private Ryan.”

The scene that had such an effect on him was a particularly intense one. Many of you will recall it. During a skirmish with the enemy, a GI medic was shot and killed. The Americans took the lone German survivor, and made him dig a grave. Then they planned to put him in it. But Tom Hanks showed mercy and spared his life, which later in the movie would cost him his own.

My father said “Private Ryan” was the most realistic depiction of World War II he’d ever seen. It also had an unusual effect on him: The next day he talked more about the war than he ever had before. As you know, many vets rarely speak about their experiences. Since this was a window that didn’t open often, I began asking a few questions.

Initially, I inquired about a scene in the movie when an American sergeant told his men not to shoot the Nazis jumping from their pillboxes after they were doused with a flamethrower. “Let ‘em burn!” he said.

“Did things like that really happen?” I asked.

He replied directly and honestly. “Yeah, they did.” Then he continued. “And don’t think the Germans were the only bad guys. The Americans did some terrible things, too.”

“Like what?” I asked. To my surprise, he answered my question.

“Well, you know that part of the movie when the Americans were going to shoot that German who killed the medic?”

I nodded. It wasn’t too difficult to remember the scene when he yelled out loud in the theater.

“Well,” he said, “something like that happened to me. I walked up to a bunch of our guys standing over the body of a German. Seems he shot our chaplain in a firefight. So when the GIs captured him, their sergeant walked up to him and without saying a word, stabbed him with his bayonet.”

I sat in sickened, stunned silence. This was too horrible to hear. How much worse would it have been to have actually been there? For Dad, it was no movie. This really happened. What else had he seen, or for that matter, done?

At once, I realized that war dehumanizes you, regardless of what side you are on. In addition, now I understood the price my father paid fighting for our freedom. The conversation ended and we never spoke of it again. But this story has haunted me for years.

My Mom often told me that the man who returned from the war was not the same person who left. I knew physical pain accompanied my father all his life because of the wound he sustained at the Battle of the Bulge. But there were also unseen wounds that manifested themselves - outbursts of anger, excessive drinking, and nightmares. Back then it was called battle fatigue, and those affected by it were left to deal with it themselves. Some drank, some turned to Jesus, some committed suicide. Now it’s called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, and we know so much more about it. There are many new treatment options that are helping our Middle East war veterans. Unfortunately, they weren’t available to help the Greatest Generation.

This Memorial Day, when we remember those heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom, let’s not forget to honor the men who came home with an unscathed body, but a wounded soul. Men like my father, who managed to get through life despite the heavy burden they brought back from the battlefields.

Thank you for your service, Dad.

If you or someone you love needs help, call the Veteran’s Crisis Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

Illustration by Dennis Auth

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