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TVARS Lawsuit Oral Arguments - January 31, 2018

The Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings law firm continues to fight on behalf of TVA employees and retirees against TVA and TVARS. Oral arguments have been scheduled for January 31, 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Please see Notice of Oral Argument filed on November 27, 2017. The Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings law firm previously submitted documents to the court explaining that the Court should decide what the TVARS rules mean, that the 2009 TVARS amendments are invalid because the TVARS Board failed to give proper notice, and that the TVARS Board made unlawful debits from the excess COLA account for 2009-2013. Please see Appelant's Reply Brief filed on August 28, 2017 for details.

As I have from the beginning, I continue to side with TVA employees and retirees and believe that the 2009 amendments are invalid. Unfortunately, a majority of the TVARS Board continues to disagree with me. This illustrates just how long over due is the 2018 TVARS Accountability Improvement Plan which was recently proposed by Sam DeLay, Jim Hovious, and myself. Our plan includes election of the retiree 7th board member by the entire retiree population and addresses the appearances of conflicts of interest. Please see our November 28, 2017 letter to TVARA Officers and Directors which introduced our 2018 TVARS Accountability Improvement Plan.

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