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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

​TPPA is governed by a twenty-one member Board of Directors, diverse in geography as well as size of electric utilities. The Board of Directors has an Executive Committee, which is composed of the current president, president-elect, vice-president, secretary/treasurer, and immediate past-president. The board members serve staggered three-year terms. 
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Executive Committee​

PRESIDENT

Chairman of the Board, Somebody Somethingorother

Darrell Cline

Garland Power & Light

SECRETARY/ TREASURER

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Tyler Hjorth

Greenville Electric Utility System (GEUS)

PRESIDENT-ELECT

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Rudy D. Garza

Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)

VICE PRESIDENT

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Marilyn Gilbert

Brownsville PUB

PAST PRESIDENT

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Bryan Woods

City of College Station

Board of Directors

  • Daniel Bethapudi, General Manager, Georgetown Utility System
  • Hon. Gaylynn Burris, Mayor, City of Bowie
  • Jeff Davis, Brownfield City Manager and Chairman, WTMPA
  • James Hotopp, City Manager, City of Weatherford
  • Joel Ivy, General Manager, Lubbock Power and Light​
  • Ryan Kelso, General Manager, New Braunfels Utilities
  • Daniel Meadows, General Manager, TMPA​
  • Steve Parker, City Manager, City of Seguin​
  • Tony Puente, General Manager, Denton​​
  • Roland Ramos, Superintendent of Utilities, Robstown
  • Andrew Nelson, City Manager, City of Bryan
  • Stuart Reilly, General Manager, Austin Energy​
  • Ben Thatcher, City Manager, Boerne
  • Aaron Wagner, CEO, FELPS
Governance & Transparency
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By making full and accurate information about its mission, activities, and finances publicly available, an association demonstrates transparency. These documents are available upon request: organizing/governing documents, conflict of interest policy, antitrust policy, budget, financial statements, and most recent IRS 990 form. Please contact Taylor Kilroy at [email protected] or (512) 472-5965 if you would like to request any of these documents.

Contact TPPA

  • Mailing Address:
    PO Box 82768
    ​Austin, Texas 78708
  • Physical Address:
    3410 Far West Blvd., Suite 280
    Austin, Texas 78731
  • (512) 472-5965
  • [email protected]

About TPPA

The Texas Public Power Association (TPPA) was founded in 1978 to serve as the voice of the 72 municipally owned electric utilities (MOUs) in Texas. The Association’s membership also includes several of the state’s electric cooperatives and joint action agencies.

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