California PUC: Public Advisor Allison Brown
A Day (Two Actually) at the California PUC
“My role is to make it understandable and easy for people and entities to participate in our proceedings.”
Fortnightly Magazine - April 2018
Cooperative Power Leaders Meet in Nashville
Exclusive Interviews
Interviews with Twelve CEOs of Electric Cooperatives
Cooperative Power Leaders: Curtis Wynn
CEO, Roanoke Electric Cooperative
“The biggest expense we have is wholesale power. We’re attacking that as a way to cut costs.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: Jeff Wadsworth
CEO, Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association
PUF's Steve Mitnick: Jeff, tell me a little about your organization.
Jeff Wadsworth: It's in a great part of the country. We're located in northern Colorado, and we service approximately forty-two thousand meters. That number continues to tick upward. We service Larimer County, Weld County, and Boulder counties, in the northern Front Range.
Cooperative Power Leaders: Kevin Short
CEO, Anza Electric Co-op
“Most people take electric utilities for granted. That presents a challenge from a communications standpoint, because we need to keep our message relevant, interesting, and fresh.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: Barbara Nick
President and CEO, Dairyland Power Cooperative
“Beneficial and efficient electrification is a more sustainable answer for society.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: Brian Heithoff
CEO, High West Energy
“We’ve been having conversations about how we can take advantage of blockchain technology.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: Joe Brannan
CEO, North Carolina Electric Membership Corp.
“The cooperative business model offers the greatest flexibility to not only be nimble, but also to put control in the hands of members who have a voice and a vote.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: CEOs Mark Schwirtz and Zac Perkins
Golden Spread Elec. & Tri-County Elec.
“If you want electricity to come from cow manure, or from wind resources, let’s look for ways to do that, because that’s what our job is.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: Tim Lindahl
CEO, Wheat Belt Public Power District
“We became a summer-peaking system, and mountain communities not too far away were winter-peaking systems. We formed Tri-State to really manage that.”