Aaron Paul Melda

Senior Vice President Strategy, Commercial Operations & External Affairs at Tennessee Valley Authority

Aaron Paul Melda has a diverse work experience in the energy industry. Aaron Paul started their career as a Project Manager at Siemens from 2001 to 2005. Aaron Paul then joined the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 2005 as a Senior Engineer. At TVA, they took on roles such as Plant Manager and Assistant Plant Manager over Operations and Maintenance from 2008 to 2011. From 2011 onwards, Aaron held various leadership positions at TVA, including General Manager of Coal Operations, Senior Advisor to the Chief Operations Officer, Senior Vice President of Operations Support, Executive Director of Watts Bar Nuclear Completion, Vice President of Enterprise Planning & Strategy, Vice President of Transmission Operations & Power Supply, and their current role as Senior Vice President of Transmission & Power Supply.

Aaron Paul Melda holds an MBA degree from Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management, which they obtained from 2009 to 2011. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, which they pursued from 1997 to 2001. Additionally, they have a certification in Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute, obtained in 2009.

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Chattanooga, United States

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) operates a public power system and supplies power in Tennessee, northern Alabama, northeastern Mississippi, and southwestern Kentucky and in portions of northern Georgia, western North Carolina, and southwestern Virginia. The Company manages the Tennessee River, its tributaries and certain shorelines to provide navigation, flood damage reduction and electricity, among others. The Company is a wholesaler of power. The Company sells power to local power company customers of TVA (LPCs), which then resell power to their customers at retail rates. TVA's LPCs consist of municipalities and other local government entities (municipalities), and customer-owned entities (cooperatives). TVA has approximately three nuclear sites consisting of over six units in operation and approximately one unit under construction. The Company's transmission system has approximately 70 interconnections with over 10 neighboring electric systems.


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