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.
Upcoming Meetings
Seat A
2027 Term Expiration
Primary
Allan Rudeck
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
Mr. Rudeck is a registered Professional Chemical Engineer (MN) serving as Chief Strategic Officer for Chugach Electric Association, where he provides leadership for the Association’s Government & Business Affairs, Key Accounts & Sustainability, Fuel & Power Supply, Strategic Planning and Business Development.
Seat B
2025 Term Expiration
Primary
Chris Forrest
PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE
Mr. Forrest is an Electrical Engineer serving as Director of Power Supply for Golden Valley Electrical Association. His primary responsibilities are for all generation: coal-fired, oil-fired, renewables, dispatching of energy, as well as all outside power agreements. He provides leadership in strategic generation and planning, business development, and special projects, along with oversight of the environmental department.
Seat C
2026 Term Expiration
Primary
David Thomas
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
Mr. Thomas is Director for Seat C, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified integrated/cooperative. He is a registered Professional Civil Engineer (Alaska) serving as Director of Strategic Services for Homer Electric Association (HEA), with responsibility for strategic planning and implementation of new, utility-scale, renewable energy generation projects.
Seat D
2026 Term Expiration
Primary
Ed Jenkin
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
Mr. Jenkin is Director for Seat D, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified integrated/cooperative. He is a registered Professional Electrical Engineer (Alaska) serving as Chief Energy Transformation Officer with Matanuska Electric Association (MEA). There he works with a team evaluating and implementing fuel and generation opportunities, including low-carbon solutions consistent with the associations goal to reduce reliance on natural gas.
Seat E
2027 Term Expiration
Primary
Brian Hickey
Provider – Distribution – Municipal
Bio coming soon.
Seat F
2025 Term Expiration
Primary
Lou Florence
Provider – Distribution
Mr. Florence is Director for Seat F, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified distribution. He is President and CEO of Doyon Utilities, LLC. Mr. Florence previously worked as Vice President of Operations for Reliability Management Group, where he provided assessments and implementation of O&M strategies and optimization of asset management plans for clients such as power generation, petroleum refining, natural gas storage and distribution, and electrical distribution companies.
Seat G
2027 Term Expiration
Primary
Bill Price
PROVIDER – STATE
Bill Price is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA). He maintains transmission and generation infrastructure owned by AEA; the Alaska Intertie, Bradley Hydro Project and the other Transmission assets. Bill represents AEA on management, operations, engineering, and reliability committees, while directing design professionals developing strategic plans and construction projects.
Price joined AEA in 2019. At AEA, he has overseen multiple energy projects in rural Alaska prior to transitioning to managing the AEA Owned Assets. Bill holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University, and is registered as a Professional Engineer in Alaska
Seat H
2027 Term Expiration
Primary
Andrew McDonnell
Provider – Independent Power Producer
Co-founder and Vice President at Alaska Renewables LLC.
Seat I
2025 Term Expiration
Primary
Joel Groves
Provider – Independent Power Producer
Mr. Groves is Director for Seat I, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified independent power producer. He is Vice President and Senior Civil Engineer for Polarconsult Alaska, Inc. (Polarconsult) and is a member and project manager for Fishhook Renewable Energy. Mr. Groves is an Alaska-licensed Professional Civil engineer.
Seat J
2027 Term Expiration
Primary
Veri di Suvero
Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial
Mx. di Suvero is Director for Seat J, representing the consumer stakeholder class, subclassified residential/small commercial. Mx. di Suvero is the Executive Director of the Alaska Public Interest Research Group (AKPIRG), the only nonprofit, statewide consumer advocacy organization in Alaska, and leads AKPIRG’s ratepayer advocacy program.
Seat K
2026 Term Expiration
Primary
Sunil Kumar
Consumer – Large Commercial – Industrial
Sunil Kumar is Director for Seat K, representing the Large Commercial – Industrial class. He is with Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc/ Kinross Gold and involved with the corporation’s global energy portfolio covering conventional and renewable generation, transmission, end-use technologies, power purchase agreements, and energy efficiency. He previously worked for an energy utility and in consulting engineering. Sunil is also a licensed Professional Engineer.
Seat L
2025 Term Expiration
Primary
Chris Rose
Consumer – Environmental Advocacy
Mr. Rose is Director for Seat L, representing the consumer stakeholder class, subclassified environmental advocacy. He has been the Executive Director of the Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) since he founded the organization in 2004.
Seat M
2026 Term Expiration
Primary
Alex Baker
Independent
Alex Baker is the Director for the for Seat M, the independent RRC Board Seat. He is the Deputy Political Director for the Alaska AFL-CIO and serves as Vice-President of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1496.
Seat N
No Term Expiration
Primary
Claire Knudsen-Latta
Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)
Ms. Knudsen-Latta is Director for Seat N, the ex-officio seat representing the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. She is currently an analyst for the Commission working on issues and filings for the electric and telecom sectors.
Seat O
No Term Expiration
Primary
Jeff Waller
State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)
Chief Assistant Attorney General Jeff Waller is Director for Seat O, a nonvoting, ex officio seat dedicated to the Alaska Attorney General’s Office Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy Section (RAPA). His work at RAPA includes advocating for the public interest in utility and pipeline matters that come before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.