News Release

For Immediate Release                                                                        

Contact:  Jim Cooper, Key Accounts & Marketing Mgr., Traverse City Light & Power

               Phone: (231) 932-4560 or E-mail: jcooper@tclp.org

Contact:  Phil Callighan, Sr. Account Executive, Knorr Marketing

   Phone: (231) 947-9707, ext. 207; Mobile: (231) 342-7590

               or E-mail: philc@knorrmarketing.com

L&P Celebrating Public Power Week Oct. 5 – 11  

(Traverse City, Michigan) — As part of a national observance, Traverse City Light & Power (www.tclp.org) is celebrating Public Power Week, October 5-11, along with more than 2,000 other electric utilities whose communities provide over 44 million Americans electric services on a locally-owned, not-for-profit basis.

“Light and Power is driven by public service, not profit,” said Linda Johnson, chairperson of the Light and Power Board of Directors. “We exist to serve our fellow citizens by providing safe, reliable, low-cost electricity. Local, public ownership means Light and Power can respond quickly and efficiently to the needs of our community.”

According to Johnson, evidence of L&P’s local focus includes two recent public forums where the utility shared its strategic plan for the year. It is also conducting two meetings September 30 and October 2 to discuss west side transmission route options for the utility. “Public feedback on our ideas and plans is important to us,” added Johnson.

Public Power Week is celebrated in conjunction with the American Public Power

Association in Washington, D.C., the service organization for community- and state-owned electric utilities.

Traverse City Light & Power (www.tclp.org) is a community-owned, community-focused municipal utility that offers reliable energy at low rates in the region to over 10,000 customers in Traverse City, and parts of Blair, East Bay, Elmwood, Garfield, Peninsula and Paradise townships.