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
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John Jungling
Primary Director
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
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Kim Henkel
Primary Director
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
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Claire Knudsen-Latta
Ex-officio Primary Director
Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)
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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.
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.
Current Members
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Juliet Shepherd
Member
Independent
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Claire Knudsen-Latta
Member
Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)
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Jeff Waller
Member
State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)
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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.
Public Involvement Committee
The Public Involvement Committee is an ad-hoc Board Committee provides oversight and direction to maintain the RRC’s public interface and related considerations.
Current Members
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Trish Baker
Member
PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE
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Ashley Bradish
Member
Golden Valley Electric Association
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Christina Harris
Member
Kenai Peninsula Ratepayers Alliance
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Julie Estey
Member
Matanuska Electric Assocation
ER3 and ER4 Review Working Group
This Working Group will review the Documents Retention and Access Rule (ER3 and the Confidential Documents and Access Rule (ER4) and recommend revision to streamline implementation of these rule in support of product development.
Current Members
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Matthew Clarkson
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
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Kevin Aufderheide
State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)
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Juliet Shepherd
Independent
RRC-TPL-001 Working Group
This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the following standard: RRC-TPL-001: Transmission System Performance Requirements
Current Members
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David Burlingame
Manager
Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.
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David Hilt
Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC
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Haider Naveed
Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers
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Todd Ponto
Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden
RRC-TPL-002 Working Group
This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the following standard: RRC-TPL-002: Transmission Planning
Current Members
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David Burlingame
Manager
Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.
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David Hilt
Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC
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Haider Naveed
Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers
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Todd Ponto
Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden
CIP Standards Working Group
RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards
Current Members
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David Burlingame
Manager
Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.
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David Hilt
Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC
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Haider Naveed
Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers
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Todd Ponto
Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden
VRF/VSL Tables Working Group
RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing violation risk factors (VRFs) and violation severity levels (VSLs) for each requirement in each standard.
Current Members
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David Burlingame
Manager
Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.
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David Hilt
Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC
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Haider Naveed
Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers
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Todd Ponto
Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden
Sanction Guidelines Working Group
RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing Sanction Guidelines that the RRC will follow when determining monetary and non-monetary penalties, while retaining the discretion to take into account the facts surrounding each violation and using professional judgment to deviate from the recommended ranges for each factor as appropriate in order to achieve monetary and/or non-monetary penalties that bear a reasonable relationship to the seriousness of the violation.
Current Members
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David Hilt
Manager
Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC
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David Burlingame
Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.
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Haider Naveed
Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers
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Todd Ponto
Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden
BPR603 Working Group
This Working Group will review the Board Procedure BPR603 Integrated Resource Plan Development Procedure and recommend revision in support of Board approval.
Current Members
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John Bell
Manager
Senior Staff Engineer
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Trish Baker
PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE
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Naomi Knight
PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE
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John Jungling
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
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Kim Henkel
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
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Nathan Greene
PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE
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Taylor Crocker
Provider – Distribution – Municipal
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Shayne Coiley
Provider – Distribution
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Doug Johnson
Provider – Independent Power Producer
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Aurora Roth
Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial
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Greg Stiegel
Consumer – Environmental Advocacy
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Juliet Shepherd
Independent
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Claire Knudsen-Latta
Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)
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Mark Johnston
Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)
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Jeff Waller
State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)
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James Layne
State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)