News Archive: 2007

02/06/2007

NPPD Alerts Customers to Rolling Blackouts Using UCS

Columbus, Ohio:  The final day of 2006 was a harsh one for Nebraska’s utilities and their customers. A winter storm rendered 37 transmission lines belonging to the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) out of service due to ice, broken poles, toppled structures, and damaged electrical equipment. Many of NPPD’s 76 wholesale power suppliers, especially those serving towns and rural areas in central and north central Nebraska, also battled disastrous conditions.

11,612 of the Nebraska Public Power...

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01/15/2007

TFCC Congratulates Long-time Client American Electric Power for EEI Award

TFCC congratulates long-time client American Electric Power, recipient of the Emergency Assistance Award given by the Edison Electric Institute.

Columbus, Ohio:  American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) was recognized by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) for helping other utilities restore electric service to their customers during 19 separate emergency events in 2006.

AEP received the Emergency Assistance Award from EEI, the association of shareholder-owned electric utility companies.

More than 1,000 AEP employees and contractors provided assistance in 14 states from...

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01/05/2007

TFCC is Pleased to Welcome 2006 New Clients

Twenty First Century Communications Provides Buckeye Alerts

Columbus, Ohio:  Twenty First Century Communications wishes to welcome several new clients across the United States to its client community!

New to TFCC’s Universal Communications System (UCS) are:

  • Payless ShoeSource
  • Southwest Ohio Public Health
  • 911 Center – Forsyth County, GA
  • City of Santa Clarita, CA
  • Riverside County, CA
  • Washington Gas
  • Miami County, Ohio
  • Progress Energy
  • North Kansas City
  • Southern Company
  • SRP (Salt River Project)
  • Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative

New to High Volume Call Answering (HVCA):

  • Xcel Energy
  • Snohomish County PUD
  • Electric Power Board of Chattanooga
  • Central Lincoln...

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01/01/2007

TFCC Congratulates SMUD’s Jim Burke, Winner of the EPA’s Green Power Pioneer Award

TFCC wishes to congratulate Jim Burke, Program Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) for receiving the Green Power Pioneer Award.

Columbus, Ohio:  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) honored a group of organizations committed to advancing the development of the nation's green power market. The annual Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing leading national green power purchasers and suppliers, were presented at an awards event,...

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