Reliability Assessment Committee
The RAC provides coordinated reliability assessments of the Bulk Power System and provides related advice and recommendations.
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Joint RRC - Reliability Risk Committee and RAC - Reliability Assessment CommitteeWednesday, July 8, 2026, 8:00 am-5:00 pm MDT
| Name Sort descending | Organization | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Aggarwal, Ravi | Bonneville Power Administration—Transmission | Class 1 Member |
| Andrew, Sharmen | MATL Canada L.P. | Class 2 Member |
| Arnold, Paul | EnTranTek LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Aud-Hill, Allison | Southern California Edison Company | Class 1 Member |
| Augustin, Philip | Salt River Project | Co-Chair |
| Azordegan, Ehsan | Kinectrics US | Class 3 Alternate |
| Bahr, Eric | NorthWestern Energy | Class 1 Member |
| Barcic, Nathan | California Public Utilities Commission | Member–Class 5 |
| Beil, Ian | Portland General Electric Company | Class 1 Member |
| Bergmark, Constance | Imperial Irrigation District | Class 1 Member |
| Berry, Charles | City of Lompoc | Class 2 Member |
| Beus, Zachary | Puget Sound Energy, Inc. | Class 1 Alternate |
| Beyer, Scott | PacifiCorp | Class 1 Member |
| Bhatia, Aseem | California Department of Water Resources | Class 2 Alternate |
| Billinton, Jeffrey | California Independent System Operator | Class 1 Alternate |
| Billy, Lisa | Navajo Transitional Energy Company | Member–Class 3 |
| Blackman, Savina | Clearway Energy Operating, LLC (NRG) | Class 3 Alternate |
| Bodine, Brett | Turlock Irrigation District | Class 2 Member |
| Bonar, Marian | Gallatin Power Partners, LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Brown, Marcus | NaturEner USA, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Brownrigg, Jeremy | Platte River Power Authority | Class 2 Member |
| Burwen, Jason | GridStor LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Carlson, Deanna | Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County | Class 2 Alternate |
| Carlson, Shawn | Basin Electric Power Cooperative | Class 2 Alternate |
| Carper, Kris | Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Arizona G&T Cooperatives) | Class 2 Alternate |
| Chaudhari, Chahat | Farmington Electric Utility System | Class 2 Member |
| Cherry, Tim | Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | Class 2 Alternate |
| Colkitt, Garrett | Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County | Class 2 Alternate |
| Colson, Chris | Western Area Power Administration | Class 1 Alternate |
| Davies, Enoch | WECC | Staff Liaison |
| Desmarais, Dennis | Copia Power DevCo, LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Dininger, Bryce | Central Arizona Water Conservation District | Class 2 Alternate |
| Dobson-Mack, Gordon | Powerex, Inc. | Class 3 Alternate |
| Donaldson, Rodica | EDF Renewable Energy | Class 3 Alternate |
| Duane, Thomas | Public Service Company of New Mexico | Class 1 Member |
| Eliassen, Kirsten | Gallatin Power Partners, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Engels, Greg | British Columbia Utilities Commission | Member–Class 5 |
| Fan, Xiaoyuan | Eaton Research Labs | Class 3 Member |
| Farmer, Gary | Transmission Agency of Northern California | Class 2 Member |
| Favela, Roberto | El Paso Electric Company | Class 1 Member |
| Flores, Jonathon | Los Angeles Department of Water and Power | Class 1 Member |
| Fuentes, Jordy | Arizona Power Authority | Class 2 Member |
| Galaway, Jennifer | Portland General Electric Company | Class 1 Alternate |
| Gopi, Biju | California Independent System Operator | Class 1 Member |
| Green, Allen | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District | Class 3 Member |
| Grife, Ron | Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Griggs, Ernie | Cascade Renewable Transmission, LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Gross, John | Avista Corporation | Class 1 Member |
| Guité, Mike | British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority | Class 1 Member |
| Guzman Ridad, Val | Silicon Valley Power (City of Santa Clara) | Class 2 Alternate |
| Hackney, Mark | Open Access Technology International | Class 3 Member |
| Hadley, James | Black Hills Corporation | Class 1 Alternate |
| Hancock, Ryan | Grid Subject Matter Experts | Class 3 Member |
| Hanhan, Nadine | Oregon Public Utility Commission | Member–Class 5 |
| Hanson, Jeff | Colorado Springs Utilities | Class 2 Alternate |
| Hanson, Johanna | Washington Department of Commerce - State Energy Office | Class 5 Alternate |
| Hayes, Jonathan | Southwest Power Pool | Class 3 Member |
| Heutte, Fred | NW Energy Coalition | Class 4 Member |
| Hofmann, Chris | Sacramento Municipal Utility District | Member |
| Hosie, Bill | PSI Power System Innovation Corp. | Class 3 Member |
| Hubbard, Ryan | Tri-State Generation and Transmission—Reliability | Class 1 Member |
| Hughes, Nicole | Renewable Northwest | Class 4 Alternate |
| Hurless, Rhett | Absaroka Energy, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Hutchins, Ben | Western Power Pool | Class 3 Alternate |
| Jackson, Richard | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | Class 3 Member |
| Jackson, Robert | Burns & McDonnell (1898 and Co.) | Class 3 Member |
| Johnson, Mike | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Class 1 Alternate |
| Johnson, Harley | Tacoma Power | Class 2 Alternate |
| Jolley, Will | GridStor LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Jones, Peter | Puget Sound Energy, Inc. | Class 1 Member |
| Jones, Lorissa | Bonneville Power Administration—Transmission | Class 1 Alternate |
| Jones, Robert | Seattle City Light | Class 2 Alternate |
| Jones, Charles | Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Arizona G&T Cooperatives) | Member–Class 2 |
| Kerr, Ryan | Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County | Class 2 Member |
| Kim, Cathy | Copia Power DevCo, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| King, Eli | Washington Department of Commerce - State Energy Office | Member–Class 5 |
| Kloecker, Ruth | ITC Grid Development, LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Kovacic, Luca | Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Kyei, John | TransCo Energy, LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Langer, Josh | I2R Grid Solutions, Inc | Class 3 Alternate |
| Laurandeau, Josh | NorthWestern Energy | Class 1 Alternate |
| Lee, Justin | Salt River Project | Class 1 Member |
| Leland, John | Northern Tier Transmission Group | Class 3 Member |
| Leon, Daniel | Power System Consultants, Inc. | Class 3 Alternate |
| Lichtas, Todd | Tucson Electric Power | Class 1 Alternate |
| Loomis, Chelsea | Western Power Pool | Co-Chair |
| Ma, Patrick | Energy Exemplar, LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Mackin, Peter | Qualus, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Maguire, Richard | Electrical Consultants, Inc. | Class 2 Member |
| Maiga, Habibou | San Diego Gas and Electric | Class 1 Member |
| Majok, Sarah | Sarah Aggrey Consulting Engineers LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Markovich, Jessica | Eugene Water & Electric Board | Class 2 Member |
| Marmitt, Tiana | Energy Exemplar, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Martinez, Jesus | Imperial Irrigation District | Class 1 Alternate |
| McLean, Christopher | California Energy Commission | Member–Class 5 |
| McMahon, Diana | Salt River Project | Class 1 Alternate |
| Melcher, Jerry | California Public Utilities Commission, Office of Ratepayer Advocates | Member–Class 4 |
| Miri, Nima | Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County | Class 2 Member |
| Morris, Cal | Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County | Class 2 Alternate |
| Moyer, Keegan | Energy Strategies | Class 3 Alternate |
| Mua, Foung | Sacramento Municipal Utility District | Class 2 Alternate |
| Myerholtz, Julie | First Solar | Class 3 Alternate |
| Nagarajan, Ramya | DesertLink, LLC | Class 2 Member |
| Nail, George | Public Service Company of New Mexico | Class 1 Alternate |
| Nice, Tyler | Eugene Water & Electric Board | Class 2 Alternate |
| Nierenberg, John | Tacoma Power | Class 2 Member |
| Niranjan, Kavya | Renewable Northwest | Class 4 Member |
| Olennikov, Andrey | Portland General Electric Company | Class 1 Member |
| Ortiz, Charles | Farmington Electric Utility System | Class 2 Alternate |
| Paoletti, Connie | Navajo Transitional Energy Company | Class 3 Alternate |
| Peck, Dave | California Public Utilities Commission, Office of Ratepayer Advocates | Class 4 Alternate |
| Pena, Mateusz | Delta-Montrose Electric Association | Class 2 Member |
| Pink, Chris | Tri-State Generation and Transmission—Reliability | Class 1 Member |
| Powell, Nathan | Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative | Class 2 Member |
| Pulskamp, Michael | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | Class 3 Alternate |
| Raheem, Sunny | Southwest Power Pool | Class 3 Alternate |
| Rein, Michael | Public Service Company of Colorado (Xcel Energy) | Class 1 Alternate |
| Richardson, Jacob | Western Resource Advocates | Member–Class 4 |
| Rios, Marco | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Class 1 Member |
| Robertson, Jay | Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Robertson, Rob | Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Robinson, Matt | Arizona Public Service Company | Class 1 Member |
| Roetzel, Michael | Eligius LLC | Class 3 Alternate |
| Rolstad, Tracy | Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County | Class 2 Alternate |
| Rombough, Trevor | Black Hills Corporation | Class 1 Alternate |
| Roychowdhury, Raj | Public Service Company of Colorado (Xcel Energy) | Class 1 Member |
| Sarbaz, Faranak | Los Angeles Department of Water and Power | Class 1 Alternate |
| Schaarschmidt, Steve | Colorado Springs Utilities | Class 2 Member |
| Schellenberg, Erik | Idaho Power Company | Class 1 Member |
| Scheppers, Matt | Platte River Power Authority | Class 2 Alternate |
| Schultz, Trevor | Idaho Power Company | Class 1 Alternate |
| Shafa, Masoud | California Department of Water Resources | Class 2 Member |
| Shao, Wei | Sacramento Municipal Utility District | Member–Class 2 |
| Siegel, Tom | Longroad Energy Holdings, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Smith, Robert | TransCanyon LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Solis, Alejandro | El Paso Electric Company | Class 1 Alternate |
| Soni, Sachin | I2R Grid Solutions, Inc | Class 3 Member |
| Stahlhut, Jonathan | TransCo Energy, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Stanford, Rachel | Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems | Class 2 Member |
| Stormer, Quincy | Electrical Consultants, Inc. | Class 3 Member |
| Strack, Jan | San Diego Gas and Electric | Class 1 Alternate |
| Studer, Tom | First Solar | Class 3 Member |
| Tacke, Spencer | Auriga Corporation | Class 3 Member |
| Taylor, Holly | Western Interstate Energy Board | Class 5 Alternate |
| Thayer, Sonseeahray | Arizona Power Authority | Class 2 Alternate |
| Thomas, Chifong | Thomas Grid Advisor | Class 3 Member |
| Thompson, James | First-Light Energy | Class 3 Member |
| Thornton, Jameson | Burns & McDonnell (1898 and Co.) | Class 3 Alternate |
| Tovar, David | El Paso Electric Company | Class 1 Member |
| Trent, Gary | Tucson Electric Power | Class 1 Member |
| Tso, Edwin | Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | Class 2 Member |
| Tumarin, Boris | Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Arizona G&T Cooperatives) | Class 2 Alternate |
| Uribe, Eduardo | Western Area Power Administration | Member |
| Van Uytven, Guy | Guy Van Uytven | Class 3 Member |
| VanCoevering, Darrel G. | EnTranTek LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Vandehey, Jerod | Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County | Class 2 Member |
| Wagle, Pushkar | Flynn Resource Consultants, Inc. | Class 3 Alternate |
| Walcott, Jonathan | Delta-Montrose Electric Association | Class 2 Alternate |
| Wang, Song | Portland General Electric Company | Class 1 Member |
| Watkins, Jeffery | NV Energy | Class 1 Alternate |
| Watros, Lowell | Grid Subject Matter Experts | Class 3 Alternate |
| Weiss, Shawn | Farmington Electric Utility System | Class 2 Alternate |
| West, Holly | City of Redding | Class 2 Member |
| Wickel, Steve | Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County | Class 2 Member |
| Wilson, Scott | Avista Corporation | Class 1 Alternate |
| Witham, Rob | Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County | Class 2 Alternate |
| Withrow, David | California Public Utilities Commission | Class 5 Alternate |
| Wyman, Jeff | ITC Grid Development, LLC | Class 3 Member |
| Xu, Alan | Alberta Electric System Operator | Class 1 Member |
| Yoon, Chris | Seattle City Light | Class 2 Member |
| Young, Brian | Central Arizona Water Conservation District | Class 2 Member |
| Young, Jonathan | Bonneville Power Administration—Transmission | Member–Class 1 |
| Yu, Esther | Powerex, Inc. | Class 1 Member |
| Zargaryan, Hayk | Southern California Edison Company | Class 1 Alternate |
| Zettel, Nick | City of Redding | Class 2 Alternate |
| Zhang, Kevin | British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority | Class 1 Alternate |
| Ziegler, Quinten | Transmission Agency of Northern California | Class 2 Alternate |
| Zimmerman, Karl | First-Light Energy | Class 3 Alternate |
| Zimmerman, Oren "Dayne" | Eligius LLC | Class 3 Member |