[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69444-69445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26423]


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY


Sunshine Act Meeting

Agency Holding the Meeting: Tennessee Valley Authority (Meeting No. 
1556).

Time and Date: 9 a.m. (c.s.t.), November 30, 2004, Lucille N. Galin 
Municipal Auditorium, 204 Second Avenue, NE., Cullman, Alabama.

Status: Open.

Agenda

    Approval of minutes of meeting held on October 27, 2004.

New Business

A--Budget and Financing

    A1. Retention of Net Power Proceeds and Nonpower Proceeds and 
Payments to the United States Treasury.
    A2. Approval of tax-equivalent payments for Fiscal Year 2004 and 
estimated payments for Fiscal Year 2005.

B--Purchase Awards

    B1. Contracts with Siemens Information and Communications Networks, 
Inc.; SBC Global Services, Inc.; Northrop Grumman Information 
Technology; and Henkels & McCoy, Inc., for telecommunications network 
equipment.
    B2. Contract with CDW-Government, Inc., to furnish a Microsoft 
Enterprise Agreement that provides standard software, including 
upgrades and support, for both personal computers and enterprise 
servers.
    B3. Supplement to contract with Cigna Healthcare of Tennessee for a 
health maintenance organization medical plan option.
    B4. Contract with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company for 
dental benefit services.

C--Energy

    C1. Delegation of authority to the Executive Vice President, Fossil 
Power Group, to enter into a contract with Burlington Northern & Santa 
Fe Railway for transportation of coal from Wyoming to Memphis, 
Tennessee.
    C2. Delegation of authority to the Executive Vice President, Fossil 
Power Group, to enter into two term coal supply contracts with Arch 
Coal Sales

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Company, Inc., for coal to supply various TVA fossil plants.
    C3. Delegation of authority to the Executive Vice President, Fossil 
Power Group, to enter into a term contract with Massey Utility Sales 
Company for coal to supply various TVA fossil plants.
    C4. Delegation of authority to the Executive Vice President, Fossil 
Power Group, to enter into a term coal contract with Thunder Basin Coal 
Company LLC for Powder River Basin coal to supply various TVA fossil 
plants through transportation terminals or direct delivery to the 
plants.
    C5. Contracts with Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation, Inc., and 
General Electric Company to provide turbines, mechanical equipment, and 
engineering and field services to support the completion of TVA's Hydro 
Modernization Program and to support other RSO&E hydro projects as 
needed.

E--Real Property Transactions

    E1. Sale of a permanent easement affecting approximately 14.79 
acres of land, Tract No. XJCCJC-1E, and a nonexclusive road easement 
affecting approximately .58 acre of land, Tract No. XJCCJC-2AR, to the 
Johnson City Power Board for commercial and light industrial 
development in Washington County, Tennessee.
    E2. Grant of a permanent easement to the State of Tennessee for a 
highway and bridge improvement project affecting approximately 6.8 
acres of land on Boone Dam Reservation in Sullivan County, Tennessee, 
Tract No. XTBR-23H.
    E3. Sale of a 30-year term commercial recreation easement, with 
conditional options to renew for two additional 30-year terms, 
affecting approximately 235 acres of land on Cherokee Reservoir in 
Hamblen and Grainger Counties, Tennessee, Tract No. XCK-587RE.

F--Other

    F1. Approval to file condemnation cases to acquire easements, 
rights-of-way, and right to enter for TVA power transmission line 
projects affecting the Pickwick-South Jackson Tap to East Savannah 
Transmission Line in Hardin County, Tennessee, and the Waynesboro-
Clifton City Transmission Line in Wayne County, Tennessee.

Information Items

    1. Approval of revisions to Competitive Indexed Rate arrangements 
among North Georgia EMC, Shaw Industries, and TVA.
    2. Approval of a request by the city of Scottsboro, Alabama, for 
land allocation changes to the 2001 Guntersville Reservoir Land 
Management Plan, affecting Tract Nos. XGR-108PT2, XGR-109PT2, and XGR-
110PT2, in Jackson County, Alabama.
    3. Approval of Alliance Capital Management L.P. as a new investment 
manager for the TVA Retirement System and the management agreement 
between the System and the new investment manager.
    4. Amendments to Rules and Regulations of the TVA Retirement System 
to provide a new method for calculating TVA contributions to the System 
and to establish procedures for a reserve account.
    5. Amendments to the Rules and Regulations of the TVA Retirement 
System and to the Provisions of the TVA Savings and Deferral Retirement 
Plan (401(k) Plan) to provide credit for certain lump-sum payments made 
in lieu of base wage or salary increases for the purposes of 
calculating pension benefits.
    6. Approval of the TVA contribution to the TVA Retirement System 
for Fiscal Year 2005.
    7. Approval of a public auction sale of the Knoxville Office 
Complex East Tower, Tract No. XKOC-4, and associated easements, Tract 
Nos. XKOC-5E and -6E.
    For more information: Please call TVA Media Relations at (865) 632-
6000, Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is also available at TVA's 
Washington Office (202) 898-2999. People who plan to attend the meeting 
and have special needs should call (865) 632-6000. Anyone who wishes to 
comment on any of the agenda in writing may send their comments to: TVA 
Board of Directors, Board Agenda Comments, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.

    Dated: November 23, 2004.
Maureen H. Dunn,
General Counsel and Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-26423 Filed 11-24-04; 2:24 pm]
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