Roger Vanderpool Bobby Adam

Summer is well on the way, and we have seen many new developments throughout the country. The early heat caught many utilities unprepared for record or near record loads. Many utilities in the midwest saw their peaks reach levels anticipated for a year or two down the road. Summer load patterns have been getting harder and harder to predict as growth in most areas spirals higher and higher.

The changing of the guard. Area Officers will change this fall and National offices in the spring more later in the news letter.

Area Elections are complete and Sharon Cox is the new President of the UMW. Bruce Glorvigen moves to Trustee, Phil Jennings to V-President, Darrell Cockerill-Secretary and Jane Cocker-Treasurer.

Everyone enjoyed the "Flight north", and all the other activities that were planned by the members at Mannitoba. Some of us enjoyed it so much that it took several days to recover.

Elmer Engman-MinnPower is the outgoing Trustee for the UMW. Elmer has spent the last 6 years as an Officer in the UMW and has served with distinction. We’ll continue to need his advise on National/Area business in the future. We should all give Elmer a thanks for a job well done. ( Ya’ done good )

Area Secretary Darrell Cockerill reports that he has received several new applications for membership. The new membership[ Application can be found in the back of the latest Log, or contact Darrell and he will be glad to help you out.

From the Area Treasurer: Several members are late paying their 98 dues. Please get those in as soon as possible.

Current Upper Midwest membership: 399 regular members, and 115 life members to bring our total membership to 514. Please make sure you keep the area Secretary informed if you change your mailing address. Area Secretary Darrell Cockerill provides all other officers and us with our mailing list, and its only as current as you make it. Treasury Balance as of Dec. 1997: $3,246.00

DTEC awarded the first Scholarship to Shannon Warner daughter of Mike Warner-MEC.

Talks on Summer Volitility, The Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Nerc to Naero Transition, Transmission Topics, and many other topics and discussions..

Word has it that Gordy Fisher may be retiring again.! It’s said, it may be for good this time.

Kansas City, Missouri

September 17-20

Embassy Suite (on the Plaza)

(1-800-EMBASSY)

contact: Roger Vanderpool or Bobby Adam

(1-800-898-8272)

Dear Fellow APDA Members,

I am very happy to be writing my first letter from the Presidents Corner. At the last meeting we held elections of officers and you will find a list of us elsewhere in this newletter... complete with e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

August is here and that means we have a meeting coming up around the corner. I would like to thank Aquila Power for stepping up and hosting this meeting on short notice. Our National Vice President, Terry Herring ( Carolina Power & Light), will be attending our meeting, so please introduce yourself and show him our wonderful UMW hospitality. It also looks like we will have another excellent grand prize for the scholarship raffle. Steve Peluso and his group from NSP Energy Marketing are arranging to donate a Mountain Bike along with shipping if needed by the lucky winner. Our scholarship fund is doing better than we had anticipated thanks to all the donations and purchase of raffle tickets.

We are looking for Host companys for future meetings. The next available opening is for the Fall 2000. Be sure to check elsewhere in the newsletter for a list of upcoming meetings, locations and dates.

Don’t forget to check out the APDA web site. The national home page is found under www.apda.org. You may link to any area page from the National Home Page. Smitty ( Richard Smith-OPPD) is our webmaster and has put in many hours creating and updating our area site. It contains a lot of information on past and upcoming meeting. My kudos to you Smitty. Thanks

See you in Kansas City.

Sharon Cox- MEC

President-UMW Area

President: Sharon L Cox

President: James Ford

1641 Brakewood Dr.

Birmingham, Al 35215

205-854-9627

Vice President: Terry Herring

Route 2 Box 270-A

Angier, NC 27501

919-639-2305

Secretary: Jim Gallagher

411 Timbercreek Dr.

Winter Garden, Fl 34787

Treasurer: Janet Smith

2425 Arlington Cresent

Birmingham, Al 35205

205-956-1265