REGIONAL PLANNING
Planning Management Committee Members
A current list of the WestConnect Planning Management Committee members and their designated member representatives is provided below.
PMC Chair:
David Wiley, APS
PMC Vice-Chair:
Gilbert Flores, Xcel Energy
TOLSO MEMBER SECTOR
Arizona
Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. - Benson, AZ |
Boris Tumarin
–
520-586-5116 Patrick Ledger – 520-586-5110 |
Arizona Public
Service – Phoenix, AZ |
David Wiley – 602-371-5997 Akhil Mandadi – 602-250-4902 |
Basin Electric
– Bismarck, ND |
Tom Christensen
– 701-557-5393 Pius Fischer – 701-557-5667 |
Black Hills Energy
– Rapid City, SD |
Lindsay Briggs
–
605-721-2240 |
TRANSMISSION CUSTOMER MEMBER SECTOR
Vacant |
INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION DEVELOPER MEMBER SECTOR
Black Forest
Partners – San Francisco, CA |
Doug Patterson
–
415-787-4209 Bill Kipp – 415-244-3540 |
GridLiance Southwest LLC - Irving, TX |
Moses Rotich - James OBrien - |
Southwestern Power Group – Phoenix, AZ |
Tom Wray
– 602-808-2004 David Getts – 602-808-2004 |
TransCanyon, LLC –
Phoenix, AZ |
Bob Smith
–
602-371-6909 Jason Smith – 602-250-2668 |
Western Energy
Connection, LLC |
Sandeep Arora
– 925-201-5252 Mark Milburn – 636-532-2200 |
Xcel Western
Transmission Company – Denver, CO |
Joe Richardson
–
612-330-6133 Drew Siebenaler – 612-321-3195 |
STATE REGULATORY COMMISSION MEMBER SECTOR
Vacant |
KEY INTEREST GROUP MEMBER SECTOR
Avangrid - Orange, CT |
Ahad Esmaeilian - 979-703-0233 Sebastian Libonatti - 207-629-1282 |
Natural Resources Defense Council – San Francisco, CA |
Helen O’Shea
– 415-875-6159 Jade Nguyen – 212-727-2700 |
STAFF AND CONSULTANTS
Henderson, NV |
Heidi Pacini
– 303-229-9401 Charles Reinhold – 208-253-6916 |
PLANNING CONSULTANT
Energy Strategies – Salt Lake, UT |
Keegan Moyer – 801-355-4365 |