1. Thanks: To Power Delivery and everyone who made this project a success.
Happy Birthday!
Nikki Townsend Feb. 23
Quentin Jones Feb. 24
Watts-Up @ NGEMC
Feb. 25, 2015
Previous editions of The Watt and other newsletters may be found here: Corporate Library/Newsletters.
TVA Employee
Scholarship
Deadline: March 6
Contact Amy Blankenship
ORU Grants:
Applica on
deadline SATURDAY
Nonprofit
charitable
organiza ons in
our seven coun es
may apply for
grants through Feb. 28. ORU grant
applica ons can be submi ed
online at h p://www.ngemc.com/
or with our partner, the
Community Founda on of
Northwest Georgia at
www.communityfounda onnwga.
org. For ques ons, please call Amy
Blankenship at ext. 1427.
HR Notes: We wish Daylon Mathis the best as he pursues other career opportuni es.
Frigid February: Higher bills expected
NGEMC’s big demands
716 megawa s (MW),
Feb. 19, 6˚ (new February peak)
674 MW, Feb. 20, 11˚
738 MW, Jan. 8, 8˚
All‐ me NGEMC peak:
754 MW, Jan. 7, 2014.
Cold calcula ons
(Thru Feb. 24)
 Average temperature for
February—7.5˚ below normal
 3 days—high temperature
didn't rise above 32˚
 19 days—low temperature
dipped to 32˚ or colder
Member resources
Monitor daily energy use online at
www.ngemc.com or on our Mobile
App—My NGEMC Account. And compare
with daily temperatures.
 Energy‐saving ps and tools at
www.ngemc.com, Facebook and Twi er
 E‐Score Home Improvement
 Do‐It‐Yourself Energy E‐Valua on
TVA set an all‐ me February power demand on Feb . 19 with an es mated 32,109 MW peak and a record February one‐day
electricity use of 694 gigawa ‐hours for the 24‐hour period on Feb. 19.
Feb. 18: 12,000‐gallon
oil containment tank
installed at Butler
Substa on in Calhoun.
Coming soon…
Members can’t go
wrong with Pay Site
kiosks at Shop Rite
Chickamauga LaFaye e
Ringgold Tunnel Hill
Take care of your heart;
Feb. is Na onal Heart Month
Journal
Meditate
Walk daily
Call a friend
Join a fitness class
Limit salt—eat
fish and fiber
Quit tobacco
Environment & Safety First
Oil Containment: Project done
un l next new substa on begins
In February, Power Delivery completed a
2‐year, 12‐substa on oil containment
systems project.
Now, all 34 NGEMC substa ons are
equipped to contain major oil spills if a
substa on transformer were to be
damaged.
New TVA Electric
Forkli Program
Star ng March 9,
businesses who use forkli s
and forkli vendors can
receive a $2,000 incen ve for
leasing or buying an electric
forkli to replace a fuel‐
burning forkli through the
new TVA Electric Forkli
Program. Learn more at
www.ngemc.com under the
My Business tab.
SPECIAL THANKS to NGEMC team members whose extra effort and volunteer spirit helps us meet the needs of our members
during these extreme weather condi ons.