REGIONAL PLANNING

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

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

Colorado Springs Utilities - Colorado Springs, CO	Cliff Berthelot – 719-668-8091 Jeff Hanson – 719-668-8125
Deseret Power – South Jordan, Utah	Nathan Powell – 801-619-6504
El Paso Electric – El Paso, TX	David Tovar – 915-543-4355 Louis Vigil – 915-351-4202
Imperial Irrigation District - Imperial, CA	Sabrina Barber – 760-482-3686 Connie Bergmark – 760-482-3392
LADWP – Los Angeles, CA	Faranak Sarbaz – 213-367-1265 Jom Woramali –
Platte River Power Authority – Fort Collins, CO	Darren Buck – 970-229-5272 Matt Scheppers – 970-229-5303
Public Service Company of NM – Albuquerque, NM	Tom Duane – 505-241-4569 George Nail – 505-241-2574
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sacramento – Sacramento, CA	Janice Zewe – 916-732-6804 Foung Mua
Salt River Project - Phoenix, AZ	Justin Lee – 602-236-3929 Bryce Nielsen – 602-236-6688
Tucson Electric Power Company – Tucson, AZ	Todd Lichtas – 520-917-6634 Gary Trent – 520-745-3168
Transmission Agency of Northern California – Fulsom, CA	Bryan Griese – 916-852-1673 Tim Schiermeyer – 916-671-9033
Tri-State Generation and Transmission – Westminster, CO	Ryan Hubbard – 303-254-3025 Chris Pink – 303-254-3339
Western Area Power Administration – Loveland, CO / Phoenix, AZ	Josh Johnston – 602-605-2662
Xcel Energy/Public Service Company of Colorado – Denver, CO	Drew Siebenaler – 612-321-3195 Gilbert Flores – 303-571-7109

Vacant

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

Vacant

Avangrid - Orange, CT

Natural Resources Defense Council – San Francisco, CA

Helen O’Shea – 415-875-6159
Jade Nguyen – 212-727-2700

Henderson, NV

Heidi Pacini – 303-229-9401
Charles Reinhold – 208-253-6916

Energy Strategies – Salt Lake, UT

Keegan Moyer – 801-355-4365