Conference Keynote Speaker

Congressman Zach Wamp

Now in his eleventh year as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN3) serves with seniority as Tennessee’s only member of the Appropriations Committee, which funds all discretionary spending by the federal government. Known for his leadership, tenacity and energetic style, Zach was elected by his colleagues to serve on the House Policy Committee where he will help develop our national energy policy.

Congressman Wamp serves as the second ranking Republican on the Homeland Security and Interior subcommittees of Appropriations and is a senior member of the Energy and Water subcommittee, possibly the most important subcommittee in Congress for the State of Tennessee, because it funds all Oak Ridge operations as well as the replacement of the Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River.

He also serves as Co-Chairman of the 224 member Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Caucus working to promote legislation that secures America’s energy independence, advances energy efficient technologies and protects the environment by increasing our use of renewable energy sources.

In previous Congresses, he has served as TVA Caucus chairman, on the Transportation Committee, the Science Committee, the Small Business Committee, the Steering Committee and the Military Construction Committee, among others.

Zach Wamp is well known as one of the most effective communicators in Congress. For three years, he was a regular panelist on “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer” and has appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” ABC’s “Nightline,” MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “Scarborough Country” and Fox News. He has been featured in Newsweek, US News and World Report, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post and The New York Times.

Conference Plenary Speaker

Terry Boston, P.E.

Terry Boston is Executive Vice President of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Transmission/Power Supply Group. TVA is the nation’s largest electricity wholesaler and largest public power provider.

Boston is the senior officer responsible for the planning, building, operation, and maintenance of TVA’s transmission and power supply network. It includes 17,000 miles of transmission line, 1015 high voltage and extra high voltage substations and delivery points, and 30,000 communication control circuits. Boston has focused on ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the TVA power system. He joined TVA as a power supply engineer in 1972, and was named head of the Power Supply Group in 1980. Over the next 16 years, he directed three TVA divisions in succession: Transmission, Regional Operations, and Electric System Reliability. He was named Senior Manager of Pricing in 1996 to prepare TVA for deregulation, and he assumed his current duties in 1999.

Boston is a member of the executive committee of the Electric Power Research Institute’s National Reliability Initiative, and he is Chairman of the SERC board of directors and executive committee. He has served for six years on the North American Electric Reliability Council’s Engineering Committee and Transmission Task Force, and is on the NERC Board/Stakeholders Committee. He is vice president of CIGRE, the International Council on Large Electric Systems, and vice president of CERTS (the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions).

Boston holds a B.S. in engineering from Tennessee Technological University and an M.S. in engineering administration from the University of Tennessee, both magna cum laude. He was chosen Tennessee Technological University’s Engineer of Distinction in 1997 and named to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Engineering Advisory Board in 1999.