Leonard Muzyn's TVARS Blog

Because no candidate received a majority of the votes cast in the initial election that ended September 5, a runoff election will be held between the two candidates who received the greatest number of votes, Michael Belcher and Julia Koella. Belcher received 840, and Koella received 1,227. Other candidates in the initial election and their vote totals were as follows: Robert E. (Eddie) DeBusk II, 431, and Daniel T. Kirk, 469. Click on the names below to view detailed information on the runoff candidates. Michael L. Belcher  – Reactor Unit Operator, TVA Nuclear, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Julia E. Koella  – Accounting Policy & Research Specialist, Corporate Accounting, Financial Services, Knoxville Election-America, Inc., an independent election firm, will mail election ballots to employees’ home addresses and will also email voting information to employees at work. Employees will be able to vote online or by phone during the runoff election that runs from Sept...

At the September 12, 2018 TVARS Board meeting, Jim Hovious, Sam DeLay and I continued to push for much needed reforms.  The Board blocked all of our efforts with 4-3 votes.  In every case, the four person majority consisted of the retiree and the three TVA-appointed directors.  The retiree director phoned in for the official meeting, but as has often been the case, did not participate in any Board discussions prior to the official meeting.  The following reforms were either voted down or tabled by the retiree and the three TVA-appointed directors:  Election of the retiree director by all retirees Assure TVARS reaches full funded status per GAO recommendation Public TVARS Board meetings Prohibit the retiree director from TVA business relationships Disqualify any director who participates in TVA’s fully funded Executive Retirement Plan