[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E16]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  THE RETIREMENT OF GLENN CANNON FROM WAVERLY POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

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                          HON. BRUCE L. BRALEY

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 15, 2008

  Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Glenn 
Cannon on his retirement as general manager of Waverly Power and Light 
Company. At the end of the past year, Glenn retired after a 17 year 
career with Waverly Power and Light. Waverly Power and Light is a 
municipal electric utility that is owned by the city of Waverly, a town 
of 9,000 people in northeast Iowa.
  Over the past 17 years, Glenn served as the driving force behind the 
success of Waverly Power and Light. Glenn's efforts allowed the company 
to lead the way for wind energy development across the Midwest. In 
1993, under Glenn's leadership, the company installed the first 
utility-scale wind turbine in Iowa. Today, Iowa has approximately 350 
wind turbines and ranks third in the Nation for wind energy 
development. Iowa, and America, are following Glenn's lead.
  In 2001, Waverly Power and Light launched the Iowa Energy Tags 
Program becoming the first electric utility in the Nation to offer 
green tags, which verify that electricity was generated from a 
renewable energy source. In 2002, thanks to Glenn's leadership, Waverly 
Power and Light received the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's 
Paul Rappaport Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Award. Glenn 
accepted the award on behalf of the company and the city of Waverly.
  Glenn has dedicated his life to the promotion and development of wind 
power and renewable energies. His work has proven that communities in 
Iowa and across the country can be powered by clean renewable energies. 
I am proud to be representing Glenn and the Waverly Power and Light 
Company in Congress.
  I am happy to hear that Glenn will be continuing his work to promote 
and develop renewable energies. He will be serving as a consultant for 
the promotion of wind power, energy efficiency and soy-bean transformer 
oils. I wish him the best in all his endeavors.

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