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Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Analysis

Theresa A. Flaim, Ph.D., joined TVA in June 2002 as TVA’s first Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Analysis. She is responsible for developing strategies related to the ongoing competitive restructuring of the electric utility industry. Her focus is on regulatory and pricing reform, industry restructuring, and competitive market assessments to help TVA develop its strategic business plan.

Prior to joining TVA, Flaim served for nine years as Vice President of Strategic Planning at Niagara Mohawk. In that position, she led the development of business and regulatory strategy and the evaluation of competitive market conditions for the Syracuse, New York-based power corporation. Other positions at Niagara Mohawk include manager of the Gas Rates and Integrated Resource Planning Department and director of Electric Demand Side Planning.

She has also held positions at the Solar Energy Research Institute and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Flaim is nationally recognized as an expert on the electric-power industry and has written more than 90 articles, reports, and conference presentations. She has also testified before the New York State Public Service Commission in 11 separate regulatory proceedings.

She has a doctorate and master’s degree in resource economics from Cornell University and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Missouri-Columbia.