FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nov. 17, 2000

CONTACT: Leslie Peterson, 720-962-7052, peterson@wapa.gov

Western names new executive

LAKEWOOD, Colo.-Western's Administrator Michael S. Hacskaylo announced today the selection of Timothy J. Meeks as the agency's new Chief, Engineering and Administrative Support office.

Meeks currently serves as the Assistant Administrator for the Power Marketing Liaison Office in Washington, D.C., representing Southeastern, Southwestern and Western Area Power Administrations. A registered electrical engineer, Meeks previously was a Maintenance Manager in Western's Sierra Nevada Region and an electrical engineer at Western's former headquarters in Golden, Colo. and the former Sacramento Area Office. He began his Federal career as a student trainee after finishing high school as part of the Federal Junior Fellowship program.

Meeks holds a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronic engineering and a master's degree in engineering management. He will transfer to Western's Corporate Service Office in January 2001.

The CEAS office is a new organization at Western that will oversee and coordinate all of Western's engineering design and administrative and other program support functions.

"I am delighted to return to Denver and look forward to leading a new organization that has such a critical impact on the success of our agency. There will be many challenges ahead, but we will be successful because of the dedicated people who I know and respect," commented Meeks.

Meeks lives in Clarksville, Md. His wife Artena and sons Joshua (age 7) and Ethan (age 5) will move to the Denver area.

Western Area Power Administration is one of four Federal power marketing administrations. The agency annually markets and transmits more than 10,000 megawatts of power from 55 hydropower plants owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 15 central and western states.

Western's wholesale customers include cities and town, rural electric cooperatives, public utility and irrigation districts, Indian tribes and other nonprofit entities.

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