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1 OKLAHOMA PUBLIC POWER A publication of the Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma May 2015 Public Power Leaders Visit State Capitol MESO members recently called on lawmakers during MESO s Public Power Day at the Capitol to discuss the benefits municipally owned electric utilities deliver. Public Power in Oklahoma has a great story to tell, said Tom Rider, MESO s General Manager. We chose to begin telling that story to our lawmakers during a year when we as an association (or community) don't have a very active legislative agenda. Nearly 30 Public Power leaders had individual meetings with their local lawmakers and key committee chairs. Some opted to call on the Governor s office and the Lieutenant Governor s Office. The Public Power community all of us need to step up our efforts to tell our story, Rider added. We need to be talking about the benefits of local ownership, the jobs we help create, and so much more. (see PUBLIC POWER LEADERS, page 7) APPA's Sue Kelly Lays Out Major Challenges for Public Power As the featured speaker for the 2015 MESO Public Power Conference, APPA President and CEO, Sue Kelly, laid out four major challenges with the potential to impact all Public Power Utilities. The four major issues that every Public Power Utility in the country may be facing today or in the future are: 1. New EPA CO2 Regulations for existing electric generation units 2. Continued Access to Tax-Exempt Financing 3. Cyber/Physical Security Issues 4. Maintaining Our Competitive Position with the Advent of New Technologies Kelly told the audience her goal for EPA CO2 Regulations and Rulemaking was to prevent customers of public power systems from paying stranded costs for existing or modified fossil-fired generation units we don t want to have to pay off bonds on units we cannot run (see SUE KELLY, page 6) In This Issue Dan Blankenship Selected for Marvin Hicks Al Middleton Award Page 2 John Ramey Earns Ray Duffy Personal Service Award Page 3 Janice Berryhill Chosen for a Marvin HIcks Al Middleton Service Award Page 4 OMPA Awarded Clarence Fulkerson Electric System Achievement Award Page 5

2 Page 2 Stillwater's Dan Blankenship Selected for a Marvin Hicks Al Middleton Meritorious Service Award Dan Blankenship, Stillwater Utilities, was selected to receive a Marvin Hicks Al Middleton Meritorious Service Award. An engineer by training, Blankenship leads a multi-faceted public life. As director of the Stillwater Utilities Authority, he has responsibility for the city s electric, water, wastewater and solid waste management. He also directs the operations of the City s utility customer service, fleet, and environmental programs divisions. Under his leadership, Stillwater is in the process of building the $70M SUA natural gas electric generation station. Part of the Southwestern Power Pool grid, this electric generation project will provide power to Stillwater for years to come. Altus* Anadarko Benton, Ark* Bentonville, Ark* Blackwell* Braman Broken Bow Burlington Byng Claremore* Coffeyville, Kansas Collinsville* Comanche* Copan Cordell* Cushing* Duncan* Edmond* Eldorado Fairview* Fort Supply Frederick* Geary* Goltry* Granite* GRDA* MESO MEMBER UTILITIES Hominy* Hope, Ark* Kaw City Kingfisher* Laverne* Lexington Lindsay* Mangum* Manitou Mannford* Marlow* Miami* Monett, Mo* Mooreland* Newkirk* Okeene* Olustee OMPA* Orlando Paragould, Ark Paris, Ark Pawhuska* Pawnee* Perry* Ponca City* Pond Creek* *Job Training & Safety Participants Blankenship s influence extends state-wide. He is the current Chairman of the OMUSA board, is the immediate two-term past President of MESO, and continues to serve on the board. Additionally, Blankenship serves on the Oklahoma Municipal Utilities Providers steering committee. In 2014, Governor Fallin appointed Poplar Bluff, Mo Prague* Prescott, Ark* Purcell* Pryor* Ryan Sallisaw* Siloam Springs, Ark* Skiatook* South Coffeyville Spiro* Stillwater* Stilwell* Stroud* Tahlequah* Tecumseh* Tonkawa* Wagoner* Walters* Watonga* Waurika* Waynoka* Wetumka Wynnewood Yale* him to serve on the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) Board of Directors. His involvement with ODEQ provides Oklahoma cities and towns with a strong advocate (see BLANKENSHIP, page 7) MESO BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF President David Slezickey, Kingfi sher President-Elect Tim Schook, Stroud Vice President Daryl Golbek, Claremore Secretary / Treasurer Mike Doublehead, Tahlequah Directors Phil Johnston, Ponca City Gary Pruett, Pryor Karen Riffel, Mooreland David Yeager, Duncan Dan Blankenship, Stillwater Dean Sherrick, Edmond Bill Bruce, Pawhuska Ex-Officio Members Drake Rice, OMPA Grant Burget, GRDA General Manager Tom Rider Director of Administration & Finance Deborah Miner-Gonzales Administrative Assistants Michelle Danner Nita LaBlue Director of Communications & Professional Development Jeff Kaufmann Director of Training & Safety Tom Dougherty Training and Safety Instructors Ray Armstrong Terry Knox Gary Gardner MESO OFFICE 308 N.E. 27th Street Oklahoma City, OK (405) or (800) 636-MESO (405) FAX

3 Page 3 John Ramey Earns Ray Duffy Personal Service Award In his final days of public service, Okeene s Town Administrator, John Ramey, was presented with the well-deserved Ray Duffy Personal Service Award at the 2015 MESO Public Power Conference. John Ramey is a living example of the ideals that are required of individuals who are committed to public service and their communities. said MESO Board President, Dean Sherrick. Ramey began his public service more than 44 years ago as a firefighter for the City of Tonkawa in In 1975, he was appointed as Tonkawa s Fire Chief making him the youngest fire chief in Oklahoma. In that capacity, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma State Fire Chief s Association and served as president in Following a line of duty injury, Ramey moved from the Tonkawa Fire Department to the City Clerk s office in That same year, he was recognized by the Tonkawa Chamber of Commerce with their Outstanding Service Award. In May, 1986, Ramey was appointed Clerk/Treasurer for Tonkawa. In 1996, he was awarded the Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) designation from the International Municipal Clerks Institute. During his tenure as Clerk/ Treasurer, Ramey served on the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma Municipal Clerks, Treasurers & Finance Officials Association, serving as president from During his tenure as Fire Chief and City Clerk, (see RAMEY, page 4) Power by Design Garver customizes energy services to meet client standards High-voltage transmission lines Power distribution substations Distribution systems Generation System studies Protection and control relaying Route-selection studies Environmental and permitting Surveying and property acquisition For more information contact Matt Robinson at MJRobinson@GarverUSA.com Exceeding Expectations GarverUSA.com

4 Page 4 Altus Janice Berryhill Chosen for a Marvin Hicks Al Middleton Meritorious Service Award A Marvin Hicks Al Middleton Meritorious Service Award was awarded to Janice Berryhill, Utility Services Director, City of Altus. Janice has been a tireless supporter of public power during her more than 20 years of service, which began in 1993 as a cashier, said Tom Rider, MESO s General Manager. Over the years, Janice has proven her commitment to the citizens of Altus. She progressed through the ranks from cashier, to billing clerk to her current position. In describing her service, Rider said, Janice uses her position to effectively work with customers on their bills and promote energy efficiency in the community. She instills in customers a pride in their local utility, explaining how electric sales benefit departments throughout the city, from police and fire to the parks. Her efforts were recognized by the City of Altus when she was selected as the Employee of the Year in In recognition of her contribution to Altus Power, Altus Utilities, the City of Altus and Oklahoma s Public Power community, Berryhill was recognized as a recipient of the Marvin Hicks Al Middleton Meritorious Service Award. Janice s continuing leadership and dedication to public power were significant in helping make Altus Power a standard in the industry, Rider added. With 21 years of service, she continues to educate, promote and serve the citizens, believing that the owners of the utility are her family." Ramey (continued from page 3) Ramey served as Tonkawa s interim City Manager four times. In February, 2001, he was appointed as the City Manager. Under his leadership, Tonkawa consolidated service departments into the Public Works Department. This consolidation led to quick and effective response to the massive 2002 ice storm. Working together the units of the Public Works department had electricity restored within three days and then assisted surrounding communities in their recovery. Ramey was recognized by the Chamber as Tonkawa s Citizen of the Year in After thirty-six years with Tonkawa, Ramey retired in April 2007 only to be hired by the Town of Okeene as Town Administrator in May Ramey has been actively involved in promoting and improving Public Power in Oklahoma. He has served on the OMPA Energy Services Committee, Competitive Utility Program Oversight Committee, and serves on OMPA s Board of Directors. Additionally, he serves on the MESO Board of Directors. In 2011, Ramey received national recognition from the American Public Power Association when he was honored with the Larry Hobart 7 Hats Award for his expertise in Accounting, Administration, Community Leadership, Field Supervision, Human Resources, Planning & Design, and Public Relations. John s commitment to Public Power, the betterment of the communities he has served, and a desire to leave things better than when he arrived distinguish him as a champion of municipal government and local control, Sherrick said. He is a shining example of the very best in local government. Fred Oberlender & Assoc., Inc. Dallas Fort Worth Houston Austin Tulsa Oklahoma City Proudly representing the following manufacturers: Aluma-Form, Inc. AmeronInternational Armorcast Basler Electric Company CG Power Systems Americas Cantex Cementex ERICO, Inc. GE Lighting Systems GE Lamps Hastings Kerite/Hendrix Mehta Tech, Inc. Pascor Power Delivery Products, Inc. Power Monitors, Inc. S&C Electric Company Sabre Tubular Structures Schneider Electric Tech Products Trench Union Metal Utilco Doug Osborn Territory Manager Mobile (918) dosborn@oberlender.com Gene Peavler Oklahoma City Office Mobile (405) gene@oberlender.com Sue Trammel Inside Office Support for Tulsa & Oklahoma City

5 Page 5 OMPA Awarded Clarence Fulkerson Electric System Achievement Award The Clarence Fulkerson Electric System Achievement Award was awarded to the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA) for their Charles D. Lamb Energy Center near Ponca City, Oklahoma. The Clarence Fulkerson Electric System Achievement Award recognizes a MESO member that has distinguished itself during the year for exemplary system enhancement, improvement, reliability or other innovative efforts to improve municipal power in Oklahoma. Beginning in 2013, the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority definitely lived up to the ideals of this award through its approval, permitting and construction of the Charles D. Lamb Energy Center in Ponca City, said Tom Rider, MESO s General Manager. Coming online in June, 2015, this center will enable OMPA to meet the energy needs of its member customers for years to come. The Charles D. Lamb Energy Center consists of a natural gas powered, simple cycle combustion turbine with an installed capacity of 103 megawatts. The plant will be used primarily for peaking power. Peaking power is power that is produced due to the high demand for electricity during the warm summer months. The plant will be a quick-start plant and will have very little noise, due to the sound minimizing barrier around the turbine. ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS CUSTOMER CONNECTIONS BUSINESS & FINANCE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT Integrated Solutions for Public Power BUSINESS & FINANCE For premier cost of service studies/rate design, CIS/billing/financials, workforce solutions, and energy risk management, turn to Hometown Connections for Business & Finance solutions from public power s leading consultants and software providers. partners

6 Page 6 GRDA Receives New Numbers on Its Positive Economic Impact in Oklahoma An updated look at the Grand River Dam Authority s economic impact in Oklahoma shows that it will continue to grow steadily, while the economic benefits of a new GRDA construction project will also be very significant over the short term. In March, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce released new economic impact numbers on GRDA, updating a study first commissioned by the Authority in It s been three years since we first looked at the GRDA impact in this way, said GRDA Chief Executive Officer Dan Sullivan, who presented the study s findings during the April 8 meeting of the GRDA Board of Directors. Today, with a major construction project underway, we felt it was a good time to revisit and update the study. This new study does take into account that major construction project: a $400 million, 495 megawatt (MW) combined cycle generation plant. In January, GRDA broke ground on that facility, which will be fueled by Oklahoma natural gas when it begins operations in Combined with GRDA s operations, quality of life contributions and low cost power, this new construction and investment in Oklahoma is estimated to facilitate an annual economic activity impact ranging between $960 million and just over $1 billion during the first two years of construction. Meanwhile, the impact generated solely by the utility s operational impact, is estimated to range between $510 million and $581 million in economic activity during the period between 2015 and During that same period, GRDA is estimated to support an annual real disposable impact of $310 to $337 million in the state s economy. We think it s very significant that GRDA continues to generate economic activity that exceeds our revenues of approximately $500 million each year, said GRDA Chief Executive Officer Dan Sullivan. This organization s role is to be a positive contributor to the state in terms of economic development and quality of life for Oklahomans, and we are pleased that this study reveals we are doing that. The study also took a close look at the Oklahoma jobs supported by GRDA and found the utility s positive externalities are estimated to support over 7,100 jobs in the state s economy in Also, (see GRDA, page 7) Sue Kelly (continued from page 1) and to ensure Public Power systems can manage the risks/costs of compliance programs; some type of regulation is coming; all increased costs will have to be passed on to retail customers, so we need to minimize them For the last few years, cybersecurity has been the hot issue for our industry in Congress, Kelly said. In addition to cybersecurity she stressed the need for physical security. She recommended several simple tips anyone can do to help with cybersecurity train employees to think twice before opening s from unknown senders or clicking on links; strengthen passwords; patch and update software programs consistently; and limit third-party (vendor) access and ensure they too follow sound cybersecurity practices. Kelly noted Tax-Exempt Bonds which municipalities regularly rely upon on to finance projects were always on the budget menu in Washington, D.C. Both the White House and Congressional Republicans have floated proposals. She discussed a bipartisan letter to the House Leadership from 124 House members sent March 24, The letter, which was signed by Oklahoma s Representative Tom Cole, expressed opposition to limits on tax exempt bond interest set out in the Administration s 2016 Budget Proposal. Regarding new technologies, Kelly reminded the audience that retail customers own the utilities. If the customers expect incorporation of new technologies (such as distributed generation), Public Power Utilities must make it a win-win proposition. Public Power communities must balance interests of customer classes, bondholders; reexamine rate designs, develop options and alternatives. She called on the audience to communicate the benefits of Public Power stressing the need to maintain ongoing relationships with legislators/ regulators (before you need them!) and to be a trusted source of information. Public Power utilities face many challenges, but we have always had challenges, and we have the advantage of being clear about both who owns us and who we serve our customers, Kelly said.

7 Page 7 GRDA (continued from page 6) between 2015 and 2020, GRDA s operational impact is estimated to support roughly 40 percent of those 7,100 jobs statewide. We re very pleased with these numbers, said Sullivan. They serve as a benchmark and show that GRDA is meeting its mission as an asset for all of Oklahoma. However, with our construction project underway, and other new initiatives related to caring for the Grand River watershed, we feel that GRDA s ability to support the economy of Oklahoma will only grow in the years ahead. Earlier this year, GRDA entered an interagency agreement with Oklahoma State University that will lead to a new study focused solely on the economic impact that recreation has in the Grand River watershed. When those numbers are compiled, Sullivan added that GRDA will have even more data to better define its positive impact and help it plan ways to maintain that in the future. A closer look at this water-related information is merited when the history of the lake region is considered. In fact, according to the commerce department s study, there was a 33 percent population growth in the Grand Lake region between 1940 (when Grand Lake was completed) and The study added that during the same period, Oklahoma s non-metro counties experienced virtually no population growth. The OSU study will provide very specific data, focused on the water-related economic activity and will complement the commerce department s study very well, said Sullivan. I think it will further strengthen GRDA s position as an important economic engine for Oklahoma. The Economic Impact of The Grand River Dam Authority study, compiled by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, can be viewed online at Public Power Leaders (continued from page 1) As part of the 2015 Public Power Day at the Capitol, MESO printed handouts Oklahoma s Public Power Story. The MESO team will be delivering these to cities as they travel across the state. Also, MESO is developing long-term plans to provide tools and ways to enhance individual utilities relationships with key community stakeholders and legislators. MESO Affiliate/ Associate Members Allgeier, Martin & Associates, Inc. Altec APPA CIA Machinery D.W. Gates Engineering Equipment Technology, Inc. ESC Engineering Finley & Cook, CPA's Fred Oberlender & Associates Garver, LLC Grand River Dam Authority Green Equipment Company Group of Patriots Guernsey Hometown Connections Irby Kriz-Davis Company Local Government Testing Consortium M.W. Bevins Company Marathon Electric Co. Northwest Transformers Co., Inc. Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Protective Equipment Testing Laboratory Solomon Corporation Sooner Meter Sales & Service Southwestern Power Administration Southwestern Power Resource Association Stanley Consultants T&R Electric Supply Co., Inc. Techline United Systems Technology, Inc. (USTI) Blankenship (continued from page 2) watching out for municipal interests. A forceful proponent of Public Power, he works tirelessly with MESO, GRDA, & OMPA to find common ground, and to collaborate as a unified team to support/promote public power across the state. In recognition of his contribution to Stillwater Utilities, the members and staff of MESO, and the citizens of Oklahoma, Dan Blankenship is recognized as a recipient of the Marvin Hicks-Al Middleton Meritorious Service Award.

8 Page 8 From the 2015 MESO Public Power Conference Save the date! 2016 MESO PUBLIC POWER CONFERENCE April 17 19, 2016 Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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10 Page 10 OMPA Board Holds Annual Retreat The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA) Board of Directors assembled with an eye toward the future at its annual Board Retreat on April 8-9 at the Cross Timbers Municipal Complex, which serves as the headquarters for Edmond Electric. Topics included a variety of changes and trends in the industry, as well as specific issues related to OMPA and its member cities. Jim McAvoy, Manager of Engineering Services, gave a presentation on the five-year capital needs of OMPA, including all substation and transmission line projects, as well as work needing to be performed on plants, both jointly- and solely-owned. The total projected cost of the projects is $63.8 million. That breaks down into $9.4 million for substations and lines, $26.2 million for jointly-owned plants and $28.1 million for the OMPA plants $19.7 million of which was for remaining work on the Charles D. Lamb Energy Center. The board discussed the different ways to fund the projects. John Vansant, Director of Corporate Services and CFO, provided a financial forecast for the next 10 years, including revenue requirements for debt service, load and peak forecasts, transmission costs, plant costs, gas prices and more. It was estimated that no new generation would be necessary through Mike Mushrush, Director of Operations, presented on the implications of distributed generation. The focus was on the growth of solar and how its reduction in cost for consumers is changing the industry, as well as the benefits and detriments of the new reality. The board discussed ways to prepare for the future, including the possibility of investing in community solar projects. OMPA staff was instructed to develop a tool kit related to distributed generation, including a possible net metering rate structure, engineering support, legal and tax analysis, and possible safety issues. The board then went through a series of discussions, led by Tim Blodgett, President and CEO of Hometown Connections. Among the issues discussed was the growing trend of enhanced energy storage, the changing face of power resources, changing customer expectations, changes in the ways utilities communicate with customers, trends in rate making and tweaks to the OMPA mission statement and vision. Staff was to create a work plan with regard to all of the issues. The board also completed its annual selfassessment. Save the date! 2015 MESO LINEWORKERS RODEO & SAFETY EXPO October 14 15, 2015 Ponca City, OK

11 Page 11 The Oklahoma Public Power community stepped up in a big way to support the Fallen Linemen Organization. We sold chances for a drawing before and during our annual Public Power Conference, and I am proud of how our community responded, said MESO General Manager, Tom Rider. I m thrilled to be sending the Fallen Linemen Organization a check for $1,000. Fallen Linemen Organization s Mission is to memorialize fallen electrical line workers, and care for the families who have lost or are impacted by a severe injury of a loved one in the line of duty. We strive to consolidate accident and injury information to share openly for a safer work environment. Learn more at MESO Quilt Drawing Raises $1,000 for the Fallen Linemen Organization MESO Hosts Utility Pruning and Vegetation Management Training Public Power professionals from across the state recently gathered in Oklahoma City for MESO s Utility Pruning and Vegetation Management Training. Our training covered work planning, what and when to prune, the safe use of chemicals, public education, and safety, said Tom Dougherty, Director of Training & Safety. Since all of our training is safety focused, participants left with skills to work more safely. This one day MESO training session was led by Jesse Martin, Edmond Electric s Utility Forester Technician, and Roger Yandell, Foreman with Stilwell Utilities Tree Crew. COMING SOON! The Supervisor Course for A comprehensive one-year program to develop high caliber supervisors Look for information at soon.

12 Page 12 New APPA Report Says That the Overall U.S. Fuel Mix Will Not Be Dramatically Different in 2020 From the April 28, 2015 issue of Public Power Daily By Paul Ciampoli News Director A new report issued by the American Public Power Association (APPA) examining U.S. generation capacity concludes that the country's overall fuel mix five years from now will not be dramatically different from the current mix. The report also says that natural gas will continue to be the leading generation resource at the end of APPA on April 27 released its ninth annual report on current and imminent electricity generation capacity in the U.S. by types of fuel, location and ownership type. The report analyzes prospective generation capacity in four categories: under construction, permitted, application pending and proposed. "The data show that the nation s electric generation portfolio is becoming more and more diversified," said Paul Zummo, manager of policy research and analysis at APPA and the report's author. "We ve seen a progressive diversification trend as solar resources in particular have increased over the past few years," Zummo noted. "That being said, natural gas continues to be the leading resource among all fuel choices, and will continue to be for quite some time." The report said that nearly 372,000 MW of new generation capacity is under development in the U.S., which breaks out as follows: 92,000 MW under construction or permitted and just under 280,000 MW proposed or pending application. The report said that natural gas will continue to be the top fuel source for new capacity in the near and distant future, followed by wind. A growing amount of generating capacity is expected to be fueled by solar. "In fact, solar constitutes just over 10 percent of all capacity for plants under construction and that have permits to start building," the report's executive summary states. The report approximates what the U.S. capacity mix will look like by the end of "While the overall capacity mix in the United States will change, it will do so at a gradual pace," the report said. "Coal and other traditional forms of electric generation are being displaced by wind, solar, and other forms of renewable generation. Environmental regulations as well as the speed at which certain resources can be developed might spur more significant changes. However, the overall fuel mix five years from now will not be dramatically different from the current mix." Regional mix In terms of regions, the report said that while the Southeast has the most generation currently, with (see APPA REPORT, page 13)

13 Page 13 APPA Report (continued from page 12) 25 percent of the nation s total capacity, the Western region is slated to add the most generation, projecting more than 144,000 MW of new capacity, the report's executive summary notes. The report's section that examines the regional mix for future generating capacity states that nearly half of the capacity under construction and permitted is in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) regions, with another 28.7 percent in Reliability First Corporation (RFC) and Southeastern Electric Reliability Council regions. Natural gas is the primary resource in the ERCOT and RFC regions as well as in the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council and Northeast Power Coordinating Council regions. In each of these four regions, natural gas accounts for at least two-thirds of future capacity. There is a general increase in planned solar capacity, the report said, with just under 88 percent of solar capacity in the permitted and under construction stages located in the WECC region. Four regions account for nearly 85 percent of new wind capacity ERCOT and WECC as well as the Midwest Reliability Organization and Southwest Power Pool regions. For plants in the more distant future (those that are proposed or pending application), the fuel mix tends more toward wind and other renewable resources, compared to plants that are scheduled to come online in the near future. There is almost as much natural gas capacity as wind in the proposed or pending application stages. "Wind is slated to account for twenty percent or more of new capacity in all but the Alaska and Florida regions and is the leading resource in four regions," the report said. "Nearly 83 percent of the proposed or application pending solar capacity is located in WECC, a region that accounts for much of the future renewable capacity, and for nearly half of all capacity in the proposed and application pending stages. Other forms of renewable energy, particularly wood, waste, and waste heat, are more dispersed through the various regions." Currently, the U.S. has just over 1.1 million megawatts of generation capacity. The largest fuel source is natural gas, accounting for nearly 42 percent of all generation capacity. Coal, with a share of nearly 28 percent of capacity, is the second largest generation source. Nuclear, hydro, and wind together account for 23 percent of capacity. Solar currently constitutes less than one percent of all capacity, the report said. The report also provides information on retirements and planned retirements, cancellations, and capacity that has been added over the past eight years. Click here to read the full report. THANKS TO THE SPONSORS OF THE 2015 MESO PUBLIC POWER CONFERENCE DIAMOND SPONSOR Kriz-Davis Co. EMERALD SPONSOR Utility Technology Services SILVER SPONSORS ASAG Energy, LLC Clifford Power Systems Diversified Electric A Division of Wesco Fred Oberlender and Associates OMAG BRONZE SPONSORS CBM D.W. Gates Engineering Services Electric Power Systems International Elster Solutions. ESC Engineering Guernsey Jones Power Products K D Johnson Inc Nighthawk/Energy Reps Pelco Products, Inc. Solomon Corporation Techline, Inc. Warren CAT Westar Energy BASIC SPONSORS A2V Partners, LLC Allgeier, Martin and Associates, Inc. Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. Automated Energy Caselle Inc. Chris Finley Mobile Service Inc. D W Gates Engineering ETI-Equipment Technology Finley Engineering Company, Inc. Fluke Green Equipment Company J.L. Matthews Co. ONLINE Utility Exchange Osmose Utilities Services, Inc, PrimeStone Sooner Meter Sales & Service, Inc. T & R Electric Terex Utilities The Durham Company Utility Fleet Sales & Rental Utility Sales Agents of North Texas Utility Sales Agents of OK Vivax/Metrotech/Repcom Thanks to Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc, Primestone and Terex Utilities who sponsored Prize Holes at the Golf Event held in conjunction with the annual Public Power Conference.

14 Page 14 UPCOMING MESO & APPA EVENTS May 16, 2015 APPA Lineworkers Rodeo Sacramento, California May 17 20, 215 APPA Engineering and & Operations Technical Conference Sacramento, California May 27, 2015 Transformer Class Pryor, Oklahoma (GRDA Facility) June 5 10, 2015 APPA National Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota August 18 20, 2015 Basic Lineman Apprentice School Edmond, Oklahoma (MESO s Training Field) September 13 16, 2015 APPA Business and Financial Conference New Orleans, Louisiana September 14 18, 2015 Line Design Build Ponca City, Oklahoma October 14 15, MESO Lineworkers Rodeo Ponca City, Oklahoma October 18 21, 2015 APPA Customer Connections Conference Austin, Texas November 18, 2015 Underground Basics Edmond, Oklahoma (MESO s Training Field) Schedule subject to change

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