The Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives (AREA) is a member-owned federation of 21 rural electric distribution cooperatives. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a member of AREA and serves as the power supplier to eight member cooperatives. PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, also a member of AREA, serves as power supplier to 12 member cooperatives. Southern Company also supplies wholesale power to Alabama cooperatives.

AREA provides a wide range of services statewide under one umbrella, enabling cooperatives to express themselves with a unified voice while maintaining distinctive, individual identities in their communities.

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The services provided by Alabama Rural Electric Association staff members for and on the behalf of their member cooperatives are outlined in a yearly Work Plan that is formulated in the committees composed of members of the association's Board of Directors, then approved by the entire Board at it's regular meeting in December. As a rule, services provided by AREA are those that cannot be provided economically or practically by individual cooperatives on their own.

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Governmental Affairs

AREA’s legislative activities are guided by the association’s Legislative Committee, which is composed of cooperative managers and directors. This committee meets regularly to establish the association’s position on any legislative matter and to review all legislative challenges to the electric cooperatives of Alabama. The Legislative Committee also directs the development of any proposed legislation for the betterment of the electric cooperative program.

Throughout the four-month 2007 legislative session, AREA sifted through more than 1,400 pieces of legislation and more than 1,700 resolutions to ensure that cooperatives were treated fairly. This legislative session AREA saw its failures and successes, thankfully there were many more successes.

The following is a brief synopsis of legislation that is broken down into two sections, first legislation that was of specific interest to AREA and its members and the second is legislation of general interest important to all that live in Alabama.

Energy policy legislation introduced

Rep. William Thigpen (D- Fayette) and 84 members of the House of Representatives introduced HB 773 titled the Alternative and Renewable Energy Act of 2007. This legislation was a product of the joint committee set up by Gov. Bob Riley and Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks. The legislation was pushed by the Agriculture commissioner because the governor felt he had too many initiatives on his plate.

The following is language taken from the legislation that explains why the legislature has introduced the legislation.

The Legislature makes the following findings:

1. Stable, affordable energy is vital to the economy and security of the state's citizens.
2. Advancing the development of alternative and renewable energy resources is important for the future of the state of Alabama, including the stability of the energy supply for the state's citizens, the health of the state's citizens, the state's environment and the state's economic development.
3. Clean coal technologies and nuclear power are viable means of reducing climate-changing emissions.
4. New technologies are enabling the use of alternative and renewable energy resources as a reliable means of providing energy to the state's citizens.
5. The development of alternative and renewable energy resources will help to reduce the demand for foreign fuels, promote energy diversity, enhance system reliability and reduce air emissions.
6. There is a need to assist in the development of market demand that will help expand the use of alternative and renewable energy resources.
7. The state is well positioned to expand the use of alternative and renewable energy resources due to the abundant natural resources in the state.

This legislation was extremely comprehensive and was worked on throughout the session with interested parties. Ultimately, this legislation failed to come out of committee due to the lack of time to get it through the process. Nevertheless, the legislation in no way harmed electric cooperatives and was agreed upon by interested parties.

Metal theft legislation

HB 94, introduced by Rep. Randy Wood (R, Talladega), requires secondary metal recyclers to require identification and maintain a registry of additional information with regard to each purchase of ferrous or nonferrous metals including copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, lead, zinc and nickel. This bill would allow state and local law enforcement agencies to place a hold on metal purchases by a secondary metal recycler if the metal purchased is suspected of being stolen.

The bill also requires any person who sells more than $100 worth of copper or $500 worth of other nonferrous metals to be paid by check and the check be mailed to the identification card address.

This bill was passed unanimously by both the House and Senate and was signed by the governor on June 14. It became effective on Sept. 1, 2007.

Call Before You Dig: SB 302 by Sen. McClain and HB 480 by Rep. Grantland.

This legislation would have made drastic changes to the current underground notification system. The sponsors of this legislation were willing to work with AREA throughout the session. In the Senate the legislation had a public hearing and no other committee action; in the House no action was taken. The major changes to existing law would have included:
Notice of Intent to Excavate or Demolish: Hours of Notification - Change the notification start time notice to the beginning of the next business day. This would allow for two full working days as the time period to perform locates.
Notice of Intent to Excavate or Demolish: Mandatory Calling - Removes these exemptions to ensure that the chance for third party damage is decreased due to lack of notification.
Mandatory Membership – Mandatory membership in the one call program.
Database Requirements – Provides for generic verbiage addressing service area coverage information for database reference.
Positive Response Program – Would require that each locate request placed would allow for a form of positive response prior to the expiration of the notification period.
Civil Penalties: Penalty Provision – Provide for changes in penalty provisions to allow for “staged” levels of penalties to address various incidents of violations.

Electric utilities included in a bill on high natural gas rates

SB 268 by Sen. Larry Means (D-Attalla) is legislation that would review natural gas rates by the Public Service Commission. AREA had very little interest in the legislation until an amendment was offered by Sen. Vivian Figures (D-Mobile) that included all electric utilities.

The reason for this strategy was that they could force the electric utility industry to get involved in killing this legislation. The strategy worked and AREA convinced the sponsor not to move the legislation with the harmful language.

Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Policy created

House Joint Resolution 152 by Rep. Greg Wren was enacted that created the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Policy for the purpose of developing the Alabama Energy Plan to recommend to the governor and the Legislature courses of action to address the state’s long-term and short-term energy challenges. The resolution that in effect is now law sets out the following directives:

The committee shall make a continuous study of the energy supply for the state and make recommendations for legislation and initiatives that will create the necessary institutional and regulatory changes to accomplish the overall goals and objectives of the Alabama Energy Plan in a manner that benefits the economy and protects the environment. The Alabama Energy Plan shall be designed to achieve the following goals and objectives:

(a) The expansion of the diversity of fuels used to meet Alabama’s current and future energy needs, through:

1. Encouraging a diverse fuel mix among electricity supply generation to avoid reliability impacts due to shortages;
2. Promoting production and use of bioenergy and clean alternative energy, including coal gasification and liquefaction, advanced coal-based generation and nuclear power;
3. Broadening the diversity and decreasing the environmental impact of fuels that meet Alabama’s transportation needs;
4. Expanding electric generation infrastructure utilizing clean distributed energy resources (e.g. natural gas, propane, fuel cells, micro turbines, combined heat and power and wind energy).

(b) The development of conservation programs, through:

1. Identification and promotion of proven fuel and oil conservation technologies that improve fuel efficiencies in private fleets and state fleets;
2. Identification and promotion of business and residential energy use reduction opportunities;
3. Increasing the usage of energy efficient products and clean energy sources through the state procurement process; and
4. Incorporating energy efficiency and conservation into the design and operation of state buildings.

(c) Encouraging producers of clean energy technologies and producers of energy efficient products to locate their business operations in Alabama, through:

1. Expansion of the market for renewable and alternative energy technologies in Alabama,
2. Increasing the number of producers/developers of clean energy technologies located in Alabama, and
3. Adopting incentives for renewable and alternative energy facilities located in Alabama.

(d) The Alabama Energy Plan shall include for each goal and objective:

1. An identification of actions already in process;
2. A prioritized list of recommended non-legislative action items;
3. Recommended legislative proposals; and
4. An identification of areas on which further evaluation or research is recommended.

The members of the Committee are:

Senator Wendell Mitchell
Senator Parker Griffith
Senator Quinton Ross
Senator Kim Benefield
Rep. Greg Wren
Rep. William Thigpen
Rep. Betty Carol Graham
Rep. Frank McDaniel
Rep. Pebblin Warren
Rep. James Thomas

| Fred Braswell | Sean Strickler |

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Administrative Services

This AREA department provides overall support in the day-to-day activities of the Association. Services in the department include, but are not limited to, financial affairs, human resources, and the coordination of the purchasing and inventorying of supplies and equipment.

This department also is responsible for maintaining the building and grounds of AREA’s headquarters building and training facility in Montgomery.

Additional repairs to the building and the heating and cooling systems were completed during 2007.

| Fred Braswell | Karl Rayborn | Heather Dutton | Dana Eunice | Linda Partin |

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Political Action Committees

Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE)

Membership in ACRE reached 2,279 during 2007, ranking Alabama fourth in the nation for memberships. This total included 153 Century members and 22 President’s Club members.

ACRE’s annual golf outing raised $14,762.

The following shows how each cooperative fared in ACRE membership in 2007:

Arab Electric Cooperative 100% Board	Alabama Rural Electric Association 100% Management 100% Management Spouse 100% Total Employee
Baldwin Electric Membership Corporation 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management 100% Management Spouse	Central Alabama Electric Cooperative 100% Board (PRESIDENTS) 100% Board Spouse 100% Management (PRESIDENTS) 100% Management Spouse
Cherokee Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management	Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management 100% Management Spouse
Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management 100% Management Spouse 100% Employee 100% Employee Spouse	Covington Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Employee 100% Employee Spouse
Cullman Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management 100% Management Spouse	Dixie Electric Cooperative 100% Board (CENTURY) 100% Board Spouse 100% Management (CENTURY) 100% Management Spouse
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management	Marshall DeKalb Electric Cooperative 100% Board Participation 100% Board Spouse Participation 100% Management Participation 100% Management Spouse Participation 100% Employee Participation
North Alabama Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management                        100% Management Spouse	Pea River Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management 100% Management Spouse 100% Employee
Pioneer Electric Cooperative 100% Board (CENTURY) 100% Board Spouse (CENTURY) 100% Management (CENTURY) 100% Management Spouse (CENTURY) 100% Employee (CENTURY)	Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management
South Alabama Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management 100% Management Spouse	Southern Pine Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management 100% Employee
Tallapoosa River Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management	Tombigbee Electric Cooperative 100% Board (CENTURY) 100% Board Spouse 100% Management (CENTURY) 100% Management Spouse
Wiregrass Electric Cooperative 100% Board 100% Board Spouse 100% Management 100% Management Spouse	PowerSouth Energy Cooperative 100% Management Participation

| Fred Braswell | Sean Strickler | Linda Partin |

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Communication Department

The AREA Communication Department fulfills many missions during the year.

Although the primary missions each year remain Alabama Living magazine, the Print Shop and Rural Electric Youth Tours, the department remains flexible to meet the needs of member cooperatives in many other ways.

As of Dec. 31, 2007, 2,842 copies of The Churches of Alabama, were sold, with 601 books being sold during 2007 alone. The 160-page coffee table book celebrates the rich history of Alabama churches. A little more than 4,000 of the books were printed in late 2005. All profits from the book will be given to the Alabama Electric Cooperative Foundation, which provides scholarship for high school seniors from electric cooperative member families.

| Darryl Gates | Jay Clayton | Mark Stephenson |
| Mary Tyler Spivey | Michael Cornelison |

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Print Shop

AREA’s Print Shop provides quality products and personal service at reasonable costs to meet the needs of both the statewide Association and its member cooperatives.

The principal function of the Print Shop is the production of Alabama Living magazine. All production – more than 200 full-color magazine pages each month – is taken from raw copy to printing-press ready here.

Two other detail projects are the annual Activity Calendar and AREA Directory.

The calendar is a handy compilation of important dates including AREA’s training and conference schedules, board meetings, NRECA, TVPPA, NAPPA and SAPPA activities, and member cooperatives’ annual meeting dates. It is distributed annually at the November board meeting.

The AREA Directory is an annual publication that pulls together contact information for AREA, its member cooperatives, power suppliers, related organizations and associate members. The directory is distributed annually during January.

The Print Shop also specializes in design and production of brochures, annual reports, directories, cookbooks and handbooks – any major project is possible. In addition to specialty printing, the print shop produces forms, letterheads, business cards, envelopes and other types of printing for business.

In 2007 the Association’s Print Shop exceeded its revenue projections, and continued to work with other AREA departments to produce the Association’s Directory, Calendar, Disaster, Safety and Loss Control Manual.

| Ronnie Fitzgerald | Michael Cornelison | Mark Stephenson |

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Rural Electric Youth Tours

The Alabama Rural Electric Youth Tour program is a grassroots effort to educate high school juniors on the electric cooperative program and its cooperative ideals. It provides a unique opportunity for participating cooperatives to expose young people to the importance of cooperatives and their prominence in everyday American life.

Montgomery Youth Tour

The 2007 Montgomery Youth Tour was held March 13-15. It boasted a record high participation of approximately 120 high school students representing 15 cooperatives from around the state.

Students in this year’s tour:

• Participated in leadership sessions on choosing the right college and the importance of teamwork.
• Attended a special breakfast where they engaged in a question-and-answer session with Alabama House members of both parties.
• Participated in a “Co-op Survivor” game, which was an exercise in electric cooperative history and facts.
• Attended a Legislative Luncheon on the South Terrace of the Capitol. Montgomery Youth Tour participants joined managers and directors of their rural electric cooperatives to demonstrate the united voice of the co-ops in state grassroots efforts. Students were able to see their co-op leaders demonstrating the importance of keeping in touch with government leaders.
• Toured The Rosa Parks Museum, the state Archives Building, the State House and the Alabama Capitol.

Washington Youth Tour

AREA conducted its annual Washington Youth Tour June 9-14. This year’s tour group included 44 student participants and nine chaperones. Alabama’s student delegation joined nearly 1,400 other high-school students from around the country for the activity-filled week.

Highlights of the trip:

• Capitol Hill – Students discussed government and current issues either in person, or with a representative of each Alabama congressman, and participated in a guided tour of the U.S. Capitol.
• Sightseeing – Students toured the following: Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, the FDR Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam, Korean War, World War II and Iwo Jima memorials and the Lincoln memorial and the Holocaust Museum. Students also attended a performance of the comedy “Shear Madness” at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
• Rural Electric Youth Day – In addition to taking in the sights and sounds of the nation’s capital, all the state groups convened for Rural Electric Youth Day on June 12 to learn from public figures and other inspirational speakers. During Youth Day, a highlight of the weeklong Youth Tour, students learned how electric co-ops began in a presentation by Nebraska state Sen. Dave Landis. He told the story of how and why electric cooperatives were created in the character of U.S. Senator George W. Norris (R-NE), author of the Rural Electrification Act, which created the REA, now the Rural Utility Service.

Youth Leadership Council

TaRonda Randall, a member of Covington Electric Cooperative, won the honor of representing the state of Alabama at NRECA’s annual Youth Leadership Council (YLC) Conference. The council is comprised of one student representative from each state that participates in NRECA’s youth program. The students help direct the focus of the youth program and learn more extensive leadership skills. As Alabama’s youth representative, TaRonda attended a special leadership conference in Washington, D.C. and NRECA’s Regional III meeting in Biloxi.

| Mary Tyler Spivey | Darryl Gates |

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Alabama Living

Awarding-winning Alabama Living is the official statewide publication of the electric cooperatives in Alabama and the largest magazine of its type in the state, reaching more than 380,000 electric cooperative consumers. It provides a vital information and education channel between cooperatives and their memberships.

The magazine’s staff continued to rank first in the nation in the total number of pages produced by electric cooperative publications, and tops in the number of pages produced per full-time editorial employee. During 2007, the magazine’s staff continued to produce more than 3,000 pages, compared to a national average of under 1,400, or about 950 pages per staff member, compared to a national average of about 500.

In keeping with the overall mission of the magazine, each individual cooperative’s edition of Alabama Living is designed to look like it comes directly from the co-op’s headquarters, rather than from the association.

Of the more than 1,300 local co-op pages processed in 2007, some 500 were custom designed by Alabama Living staff. Magazine staff continued to conduct training sessions for cooperative editors and provided one-on-one training in layout and photo software.

Several cooperatives produced customized covers to promote their annual meetings and other special events. The magazine also continued to provide the most cost-effective vehicle for delivering co-op annual reports, capital credits and annual meeting notices that meet legal deadlines.

One cooperative used the magazine to deliver its scanned ballot, a return envelope and prize ticket for its annual meeting. This resulted in a considerable savings compared to a first-class mailing of the same materials.

In 2007 staff continued to purchase paper for the magazine from an independent broker, rather than from the printing company, for a considerable savings over what the printer would have charged.

Advertising had its second-best year ever, grossing more than $977,000, which although did not match projections, came during a year where most other publications failed to meet their expectations, as well. Advertising revenue is produced through sales by the Alabama Living staff, national advertising firm The Weiss Group and National Country Market advertising cooperative. (See chart.)

Advertising staff participated in several tourism conferences around the southeast to further increase tourism and travel advertisers. January, April and August issues of the magazine and now designated travel issues, and advertisers are beginning to respond accordingly.

Alabama Living enjoys a seat on the board of directors of National County Market (NCM) advertising cooperative. During 2007 Alabama Living participated in national research sponsored by NCM to gauge reader-buying habits.

| Darryl Gates | Jay Clayton | Mark Stephenson |
| Mary Tyler Spivey | Michael Cornelison | Heather Dutton |

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Alabama Rural Electric Cooperative Self-insured Pool

The 2007 Fund Year proved to be another successful year for the Alabama Rural Electric Self-Insured Pool and participating cooperatives. 158 injury claims were reported with incurred costs of $ 537,426, which produced a loss ratio of 20.02. This was 12 more claims reported in 2006, but represents $72,811 less in claim cost.

Members of the pool continued to receive refunds during 2006 from the benefits of previous years’ experience. In 2007, $438,302 was returned to participating cooperative pool members. The total amount refunded to participating Alabama electric cooperatives now equals nearly $3.135 million.

AREA and its member cooperatives established the pool on July 1, 1993, to reduce the overall cost of worker’s compensation premiums. The pool, which has 22 members, was created to enable participants to better manage their risk, provide more efficient service, and ultimately reduce the cost of worker’s compensation insurance.

Since inception in 1993, the Pool has recorded 2,390 claims, collected nearly $29.5 million in contributions, paid nearly $12.9 million toward claims and still has open reserves on claims of $890,000. It also can boast on its low 44.98 percent cumulative loss ratio in a very dangerous industry.

| Karl Rayborn |

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Electric Cooperative Foundation

In 2007, the Electric Cooperative Foundation awarded 26 scholarships totaling $19,000 to graduating high school seniors in 19 Alabama cooperative service areas. The Foundation received 735 applications for the scholarships in 2007.

This was the seventh year that the Foundation has presented scholarships. From 2001 to 2007, the Foundation has received 5,131 applications and has awarded 179 scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000 to 45 institutions of higher learning.

The Foundation was formed in 1999 under the direction of the Association’s Board of Directors as a private foundation. It provides scholarships to deserving youth in the service areas of each contributing cooperative.

| Karl Rayborn | Heather Dutton |

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Regulatory Compliance

In 2007, the Regulatory Compliance Program continued to assist member cooperatives in complying with the regulations of certain government agencies. This was accomplished through regular visits to the 21 cooperatives that choose to participate in the regulatory compliance program. In addition to regular visits, assistance also has been provided through e-mail and telephone correspondence. In 2007, 100 percent AREA member participation in the regulatory compliance program has been maintained.

The Regulatory Compliance Program, with the help of the Loss Control and Training departments, has completed CPR certification for 333 employees at eight cooperatives, and first aid certification for 231 employees at five cooperatives. AED (automated external defibrillator) training was completed at two cooperatives with 110 employees receiving certification. Blood borne pathogen training was provided to 551 employees at 13 cooperatives, and hazardous communication training was provided at seven cooperatives for 278 employees. Both of these topics are OSHA-required subjects. The Regulatory Compliance Program also completed training in SPCC (spill prevention control and countermeasures) plans and emergency action plans at one cooperative, training 45 employees.

The Regulatory Compliance Program also has continued to monitor the changing timeframes for the EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) regulation changes for SPCC plans, as well as any other regulatory changes.

The Regulatory Compliance Program maintained the responsibility of state coordinator for the Rural Electric Safety Accreditation Program (RESAP) and led the inspection teams for five accreditation inspections in 2007. One of these was a cooperative going through the RESAP process for the first time. This brought the total for the state to 11 NRECA safety accredited systems in 2007. Also in 2007, AREA went through the safety accreditation process, becoming the third statewide association in the country to achieve this status.

The Regulatory Compliance Program assisted in the review, update and distribution of changes to the AREA Disaster Assistance Work Plan. This program also assisted member cooperatives in the exercising of their Emergency Restoration Plans. The Regulatory Compliance Manual has been reviewed and maintained throughout 2007.

In 2007, the Regulatory Compliance Program offered the additional service of maintaining the OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping logs for cooperatives. This service was provided to four cooperatives that chose to take advantage of this service.

In 2007, the Regulatory Compliance Program coordinated the Engineering and Operations and Materials Management conferences that ran in correlation with the 2007 AREA Annual Meeting. These conferences were attended collectively by 66 employees from 16 cooperatives.

The regulatory compliance program has also worked to continue to maintain friendly relationships with individuals within the various regulatory agencies within the state of Alabama as well as the federal agencies. This program has also continued to build and maintain relationships with its counterparts in statewide organizations in other states.

| Mary Jones |

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Loss Control

The association’s Loss Control program provides quality training and safety programs for employees of member cooperatives, and provides technical assistance when needed. Budgeting and participation in this program are separate from other association services; however, an Alabama cooperative must be a member of AREA to participate in the program.

Program personnel coordinate and conduct regularly scheduled meetings with each participating cooperative on a bi-monthly basis. Loss Control made a minimum of 50 visits to the cooperatives and performed training in multiple topics in 2007. These programs included annual workmen’s compensation losses, heat stress, bucket truck rescue, pole top rescue, sound level testing and ground testing.

Pole-top and bucket truck rescue are the two required training programs that demand the most time. All qualified personnel must demonstrate proficiency during these two training sessions if they are to remain qualified. It was estimated during bucket truck rescue that approximately 550 employees demonstrated the ability to rescue a victim from a bucket and begin CPR procedures in under two-and-a-half minutes, an excellent average time.

Alabama has 11 systems safety accredited with four more showing interest and making positive strides toward achieving that goal. Our average scores statewide were higher than previous years, which is a tribute to our member cooperatives. Congratulations!

AREA hosted our third annual Safety Update Conference and our third annual underground training. Both were huge successes and we continue to have positive comments from those conferences.

AREA also concluded a long effort of updating and reformatting a model safety manual. This manual contains the standards that all cooperatives must meet. Nearly all of the cooperatives in Alabama have taken possession of this updated manual.

In addition to the above, Loss Control also assisted cooperatives with some public safety messages and programs. These programs were conducted at schools, volunteer fire departments and local television farm programs.

The program also coordinated about a half-dozen disaster relief efforts during times of natural disaster. Participating cooperatives received recognition during AREA’s annual meeting, and the association’s Disaster Manual was updated.

| Michael Kelley | Jason Saunders |

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Training and Development

The association’s extensive program of Training and Development is under the guidance and supervision of the Training and Development Committee, which is composed of cooperative managers and directors.

AREA staff works with this committee and many sub-committees to develop and implement meaningful and worthwhile programs for various levels and areas of responsibility for cooperative employees and directors, the two most important assets at every cooperative.

Training programs are selected and designed to meet the most current and detailed needs of the association’s members.

In 2007, AREA offered more training opportunities and trained more member cooperative employees than ever before.
 
There were 44 students enrolled in the AREA/TVPPA apprentice line worker-training program; enrollment in the advanced line worker training was 120. AREA hosted a Foreman’s Academy and trained 58 operations personnel.

AREA had three update programs, which included human resources (12 participants), accounting (15 participants), and safety and regulatory compliance (57 participants).
 
We re-trained and certified 59 employees in confined space; 22 linemen attended our two-day underground school; 25 staking engineers participated in our staking certification program.

In addition, there were 354 employees trained in courses sponsored by AREA. We trained 294 directors and employees in NRECA training. A new Over Voltage training class attracted 35 attendees.

| Michael Temple | Dana Eunice | Linda Partin |

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