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Railbelt Reliability Council (RRC)
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Board of Directors & Committees

Board of Directors

The RRC is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors – 13 members are appointed to represent specific stakeholder classes, and two members are non-voting, ex-officio directors representing the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and the Office of the Attorney General’s Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy Section. Voting Directors are appointed by named entities or groups of entities that reflect the seat’s stakeholder class, with the exception of the Seat M Independent Member, who is elected by the other Voting Directors. Directors must be drawn from and able to represent the stakeholder class for which they have been appointed.

Current Members

  1. Joel Groves

    Board Chair

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

  2. Sam Dennis

    Board Vice-Chair

    Provider - Independent Power Producers

  3. David Thomas

    Board Treasurer

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  4. Ed Jenkin

    Board Secretary

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  5. Allan Rudeck

    Primary Director

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  6. Chris Forrest

    Primary Director

    PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE

  7. Brian Hickey

    Primary Director

    Provider – Distribution – Municipal

  8. Lou Florence

    Primary Director

    Provider – Distribution

  9. Bryan Carey

    Primary Director

    Provider – State

  10. Veri di Suvero

    Primary Director

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

  11. Sunil Kumar

    Primary Director

    Consumer – Large Commercial – Industrial

  12. Chris Rose

    Primary Director

    Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

  13. Bill Falsey

    Primary Director

    Independent

  14. Claire Knudsen-Latta

    Ex-officio Primary Director

    Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)

  15. Jeff Waller

    Ex-officio Primary Director

    State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is a standing Board Committee that provides strategic leadership and governance to ensure all business related to the Board of Directors is completed in a timely, cohesive, efficient, and transparent manner.

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Current Members

  1. Joel Groves

    Chair

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

  2. Sam Dennis

    Vice-Chair

    Provider - Independent Power Producers

  3. David Thomas

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  4. Ed Jenkin

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  5. Bill Falsey

    Member

    Independent

Governance Committee

The Governance Committee is a standing Board Committee that assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities regarding matters that relate to governing of the RRC and recommending Director candidates to the Board.

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Current Members

  1. Lou Florence

    Chair

    Provider – Distribution

  2. Andrew McDonnell

    Member

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

  3. Julie Estey

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  4. Alex Baker

    Member

    Independent

  5. Jeff Waller

    Member

    State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)

  6. Joel Groves

    Ex-officio Member

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

Finance and Audit Committee

The Finance and Audit Committee is a standing Board Committee that assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities relating to the financing, budgeting, and auditing of the RRC.

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Current Members

  1. David Thomas

    Chair

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  2. Sunil Kumar

    Member

    Consumer – Large Commercial – Industrial

  3. Ed Jenkin

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  4. Alyssa Sappenfield

    Member

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

  5. Andrew McDonnell

    Member

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

Infrastructure Committee

The Infrastructure Committee is an ad-hoc Board Committee that assists the RRC by developing web and physical infrastructure for the organization.

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Current Members

  1. Greg Stiegel

    Chair

    Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

  2. Alyssa Sappenfield

    Vice-Chair

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

  3. Chris Forrest

    Member

    PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE

  4. Bryan Carey

    Member

    Provider – State

Public Involvement Committee

The Public Involvement Committee is an ad-hoc Board Committee tasked primarily with managing and maintaining the RRC’s public interface and related considerations.

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Current Members

  1. Julie Estey

    Chair

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  2. Chris Rose

    Vice-Chair

    Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

  3. Allan Rudeck

    Member

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

Batch 1 Reliability Standards Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing a batch of four Reliability Standards: RRCBAL-003, RRCBAL-004, RRCBAL-006, and RRCINT-001.

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD

Batch 2 Reliability Standards Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing a batch of two Reliability Standards: RRCVAR-001 and RRCVAR-002.

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD

Batch 3 Reliability Standards Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing one Reliability Standard: RRCBAL-005.

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Chief Technical Officer

  2. Additional Members TBD