REGIONAL PLANNING

Planning Management Committee Members

A current list of the WestConnect Planning Management Committee members and their designated member representatives is provided below.

Chair:  Gilbert Flores, Xcel Energy
Vice Chair: Josh Kitterman, TEP


TOLSO MEMBER SECTOR
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. - Benson, AZ

 Boris Tumarin – 520-586-5116
 
Arizona Public Service – Phoenix, AZ

 Jason Spitzkoff
Matthew Robinson
 
Basin Electric – Bismarck, ND

 Tom Christensen – 701-557-5393
Pius Fischer – 701-557-5667
Black Hills Energy – Rapid City, SD
  Trevor Rombough – 661-386-0118
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Colorado Springs Utilities - Colorado Springs, CO 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
Imperial Irrigation District - Imperial, CA
 Sabrina Barber – 760-482-3686
Connie Bergmark – 760-482-3392
LADWP – Los Angeles, CA Faranak Sarbaz – 213-367-1265
 
Platte River Power Authority – Fort Collins, CO Darren Buck – 970-229-5272
Matt Scheppers – 970-229-5303
 
Public Service Company of NM – Albuquerque, NM Stephen Jenkins – 505-241-4594
Karen Reedy –
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		 Tim Schiermeyer – 916-671-9033
Tri-State Generation and Transmission –
Westminster, CO
 Jon Fidrych – 303-254-3025
 
Western Area Power Administration – Loveland, CO / Phoenix, AZ

 Muhammad A. Tayyab –
602-605-2657
Xcel Energy/Public Service Company of Colorado –
Denver, CO
 Madeleine Balchan –
Claire Van Gundy –



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 -
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Southwestern Power Group – Phoenix, AZ David Getts – 602-808-2004
Mark Etherton – 602-809-0707
TransCanyon, LLC –  Phoenix, AZ

 Bob Smith – 602-371-6909
Jason Smith – 602-250-2668
Western Energy Connection, LLC
 Mark Milburn – 636-532-2200
Xcel Western Transmission Company – Denver, CO

 Claire Van Gundy –


STATE REGULATORY COMMISSION MEMBER SECTOR
Colorado Public Utilities Commission –  Denver, CO Gerald Deaver - 303-894-2016
Dan Greenberg - 303-386-2294

KEY INTEREST GROUP MEMBER SECTOR
Interwest Energy Alliance Ben Fitch-Fleischmann –
STAFF AND CONSULTANTS
WestConnect Project Managers Heidi Pacini – 303-229-9401
Charles Reinhold – 208-253-6916

PLANNING CONSULTANT
Energy Strategies – Salt Lake, UT Keegan Moyer – 801-355-4365