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7/14/2010

Marty Littrel named Communications and Community Relations Manager

HENDERSON, Ky. - Marty Littrel has been named Communications and Community Relations Manager at Big Rivers Electric Corporation. Littrel succeeds Jennifer Keach who will retire from Big Rivers at the end of July.

As a direct report to Mark Bailey, President and CEO, Littrel will manage community and media relations, as well as internal communications. He will serve as the media contact person for Big Rivers in Bailey's absence.

Littrel, a Henderson native, is a graduate of Henderson County High School and the University of Kentucky, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business economics. Littrel has 10 years experience working for electric utilities. He has served as Manager of Member Services at Big Rivers since 2007 where he has been responsible for economic development and member relations. Prior to coming to Big Rivers, Littrel was the Commercial Accounts and Economic Development Specialist at Kenergy Corp.

Littrel is Vice President of the Habitat for Humanity Board and serves on the boards of Northwest Kentucky Forward, Holy Name School, and the Tri-County Training Consortium. In addition, Littrel is a current member of Leadership Kentucky and a past member of the Henderson Leadership Initiative.

Big Rivers Electric Corporation is an electric generation and transmission cooperative headquartered in Henderson, Kentucky and owned by three distribution cooperative members -- Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation, headquartered in Paducah; Kenergy Corp, headquartered in Henderson; and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, headquartered in Brandenburg. These member cooperatives deliver retail electric power and energy to more than 111,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in portions of 22 Western Kentucky counties.

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