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Railbelt Reliability Council (RRC)
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Board of Directors & Committees

Board of Directors

The RRC is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors – 13 members are appointed to represent specific stakeholder classes, and two members are non-voting, ex-officio directors representing the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and the Office of the Attorney General’s Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy Section. Voting Directors are appointed by named entities or groups of entities that reflect the seat’s stakeholder class, with the exception of the Seat M Independent Member, who is elected by the other Voting Directors. Directors must be drawn from and able to represent the stakeholder class for which they have been appointed.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. Lou Florence

    Board Chair

    Provider – Distribution

    LinkedIn

  2. Andrew McDonnell

    Board Vice-Chair

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

    Bio

  3. David Thomas

    Board Treasurer

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

    LinkedIn

  4. Bill Price

    Board Secretary

    PROVIDER – STATE

    LinkedIn

  5. Allan Rudeck

    Primary Director

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

    LinkedIn

  6. Chris Forrest

    Primary Director

    PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE

    LinkedIn

  7. Brian Hickey

    Primary Director

    Provider – Distribution – Municipal

    LinkedIn

  8. Bill Price

    Primary Director

    PROVIDER – STATE

    LinkedIn

  9. Andrew McDonnell

    Primary Director

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

    Bio

  10. Joel Groves

    Primary Director

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

    LinkedIn

  11. Veri di Suvero

    Primary Director

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

    LinkedIn

  12. Sunil Kumar

    Primary Director

    Consumer – Large Commercial – Industrial

    LinkedIn

  13. Chris Rose

    Primary Director

    Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

    LinkedIn

  14. Alex Baker

    Primary Director

    Independent

    Bio

  15. Claire Knudsen-Latta

    Ex-officio Primary Director

    Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)

  16. Jeff Waller

    Ex-officio Primary Director

    State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is a standing Board Committee that provides strategic leadership and governance to ensure all business related to the Board of Directors is completed in a timely, cohesive, efficient, and transparent manner.

  1. Charter
  2. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. Lou Florence

    Chair

    Provider – Distribution

    LinkedIn

  2. Andrew McDonnell

    Vice-Chair

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

    Bio

  3. Alex Baker

    Member

    Independent

    Bio

  4. Bill Price

    Member

    PROVIDER – STATE

    LinkedIn

  5. David Thomas

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

    LinkedIn

Governance Committee

The Governance Committee is a standing Board Committee that assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities regarding matters that relate to governing of the RRC and recommending Director candidates to the Board.

  1. Charter
  2. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. Lou Florence

    Chair

    Provider – Distribution

    LinkedIn

  2. Julie Estey

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  3. Claire Knudsen-Latta

    Member

    Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)

  4. Andrew McDonnell

    Member

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

    Bio

  5. Jeff Waller

    Member

    State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)

  6. Joel Groves

    Ex-officio Member

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

    LinkedIn

Finance and Audit Committee

The Finance and Audit Committee is a standing Board Committee that assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities relating to the financing, budgeting, and auditing of the RRC.

  1. Charter
  2. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Thomas

    Chair

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

    LinkedIn

  2. Ed Jenkin

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  3. Sunil Kumar

    Member

    Consumer – Large Commercial – Industrial

    LinkedIn

  4. Andrew McDonnell

    Member

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

    Bio

  5. Veri di Suvero

    Member

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

    LinkedIn

Infrastructure Committee

The Infrastructure Committee is an ad-hoc Board Committee that assists the RRC by developing web and physical infrastructure for the organization.

  1. Charter
  2. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. Greg Stiegel

    Chair

    Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

  2. Karen Bell

    Member

    Provider – State

    Bio

  3. Chris Forrest

    Member

    PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE

    LinkedIn

Public Involvement Committee

The Public Involvement Committee is an ad-hoc Board Committee tasked primarily with managing and maintaining the RRC’s public interface and related considerations.

  1. Charter
  2. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. Veri di Suvero

    Chair

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

    LinkedIn

  2. Chris Rose

    Vice-Chair

    Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

    LinkedIn

  3. Julie Estey

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  4. Allan Rudeck

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

    LinkedIn

  5. Christina Harris

    Member

    Kenai Peninsula Ratepayers Alliance

  6. Ashley Bradish

    Member

    Golden Valley Electric Association

Batch 1 Reliability Standards Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing a batch of four Reliability Standards: RRC-BAL-003, RRC-BAL-004, RRC-BAL-006, and RRC-INT-006.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD

Batch 2 Reliability Standards Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing a batch of two Reliability Standards: RRC-VAR-001 and RRC-VAR-002.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD

Batch 3 Reliability Standards Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing one Reliability Standard: RRC-BAL-005.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD

Batch 4 Reliability Standards Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing one Reliability Standard: RRC-Reliability Coordinator-001.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD

ER6 and ER7 Amendments Working Group

This Working Group is tasked with reviewing and providing recommendations regarding the timeline for distributing meeting materials, outlined in ER6 and ER7.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. Bayunt Ollek

    Manager

    Chief Administrative Officer

    LinkedIn

  2. Additional Members TBD

ER3 and ER4 Review Working Group

This Working Group will review the Documents Retention and Access Rule (ER3 and the Confidential Documents and Access Rule (ER4) and recommend revision to streamline implementation of these rule in support of product development.

  1. Meeting Materials
  2. Notice of Intent to Develop

Current Members

  1. Bayunt Ollek

    Manager

    Chief Administrative Officer

    LinkedIn

  2. Additional Members TBD

RRC-TPL-001 Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the following standard: RRC-TPL-001: Transmission System Performance Requirements

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD

Batch 6 Working Group

RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing four standards: RRC-Interconnection Process-001, RRC-FAC-001, RRC-FAC-002, and RRC-BAL-502.

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Chair

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD

Facility Process Working Group

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD