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:
Josh Kitterman, TEP
Vice-Chair:
Alejandro Castro Jr, El Paso Electric
TOLSO MEMBER SECTOR
|
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 |
|
Deseret Power –
South Jordan, Utah |
Nathan Powell – 801-619-6504 |
|
El Paso Electric – El Paso, TX |
David Tovar
– 915-543-4355 |
| Public Service Company of NM – Albuquerque, NM |
Stephen Jenkins – 505-241-4594 Karen Reedy – |
| Tucson Electric Power Company – Tucson, AZ |
Todd Lichtas – 520-917-6634 Gary Trent – 520-745-3168 |
|
Tri-State Generation and Transmission
– Westminster, CO |
Jon Fidrych
–
303-254-3025 |
|
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 - |
| 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 |