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Name Title Organization
1 Elijah  Abinah Utilities Division Director Arizona Corporation Commission
2 Gabriel Aguilera Commissioner New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
3 Mark Alder State Regulatory Affairs Manager PacifiCorp
4 Meredith Alexander Principal Hua Nani Partners
5 Wisnu Alexander Operations Lead Zoox
6 Cathie Allen Regulatory Affairs Manager PacifiCorp
7 Meredith Allen  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs PG&E
8 Josh Alpert Director Western RTO Campaign
9 Jose Alvarado Senior Manager, Government Affairs Cruise LLC
10 Gia Anguiano Government Relations Specialist Western Interstate Energy Board
11 Benjamin Aron Asst VP – State Regulatory Affairs CTIA
12 Thomas Ashley VP, Government & Utility Relations Voltera
13 Luke Ashton Regulatory Economist HData
14 Leodoloff Asuncion, Jr. Chair Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
15 Keishaa Austin Head of Community Rewiring America
16 Ernesto Avelar Regional Researcher LiUNA
17 Michael Backstrom Vice President Southern California Edison
18 Brian Bahr Director, Regulator Affairs SouthWest Water Company
19 Matt Baker Director Public Advocates Office
20 Alissa Baker Offshore Wind Transmission Lead DOE – Grid Deployment Office
21 April Ballou VP of State Regulatory Affairs The National Association of Water Companies (NAWC)
22 Jason Barbose Program Director, West Policy Energy Foundation
23 Amy Barr Regulatory Affairs PG&E
24 Jeffrey Barrett Director of State Affairs Apex Clean Energy
25 Dennis Bartlett Energy Manager Meta
26 Sam Bauer Senior Associate Ad Hoc Group
27 Nooshin Behroyan CEO Paxon Energy & Infrastructure
28 Taylor Beis Senior Director, Energy Policy Stateside Associates
29 Jennifer Benally Executive Assistant AZ Corporation Commission
30 Brian  Biering Partner Ellison Schneider Harris & Donlan
31 Rachel Bird President Rachel Bird Strategies, Inc.
32 Noel Black SVP, Government Affairs Southern Company
33 Lori Blattner Director Regulatory Affairs Intermountain Gas and Cascade Natural Gas
34 David Bobzien Senior Director, Regulatory & Political Affairs NextEra Energy Resources
35 Angelena Bohman Grid Resilience Metrics and Data Analyst DOE – Grid Deployment Office
36 Shawn  Bonfield Sr Mgr Regulatory Policy Avista Corporation
37 Carmelitha Bordelon Director, Regulatory Affairs Suburban Water Systems
38 Roman Borisov Senior Attorney NV Energy
39 Danjel Bout Director, Safety Policy Division CPUC
40 David Boyd Regulatory Advisor AESL Consulting
41 Tony Braun President Braun Blaising & Wynne, P.C.
42 Mark Brown VP Regulatory Affairs Comcast
43 Anthony Brunello Partner California Strategies
44 Adam Buchholz Advisor to Commissioner Houck CPUC
45 Annie Bukacek Commissioner Montana Public Service Commission
46 John Burbridge Chief Counsel Wyoming Public Service Commission
47 Andrew Campbell Governing Body Member Western EIM
48 Angelo Campus CEO/Co-Founder BoxPower
49 Jerome Candelaria VP and Counsel Regulatory Affairs CalBroadband
50 Richard Caperton VP, Policy and Market Development Arcadia
51 Jennifer Capitolo Executive Director California Water Association
52 Kerri Carnes Director, Customer to Grid Solutions APS
53 Michael Caron Commissioner CT PURA
54 Suzanne Casazza Chief of Staff and Legal Advisor to CPUC Commissioner Reynolds CPUC
55 Bradley Cebulko Senior Manager Strategen Consulting
56 Jodi Chai Executive Officer Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
57 Jennifer Chamberlin Director, Regulatory and Government Affairs ENGIE
58 Jack Chang Advisor California Public Utilities Commission
59 Melicia Charles Director of Regulatory Affairs, West Mainspring Energy
60 Nick Chaset CEO East Bay Community Energy
61 Caroline Choi Senior Vice President Edison International
62 Rachelle Chong Commissioner Strategic Consulting of Rachelle Chong
63 Tony Clark Sr. Advisor Wilkinson Barker Knauer
64 Jack Clark III Director, Regulatory Affairs NextEra Energy Resources
65 Matt Coldwell Manager – Distribution Planning CPUC
66 Casey Coleman Utility Consultant The Utah Division of Public Utilities
67 Peter Colussy Executive Director NextEra Energy Resources
68 Patty Cook Sr. Vice President ICF
69 Doug Cooley State PUC Administration Comcast Corporation
70 Tammy  Cordova Commissioner PUCN
71 Elspeth Cordua Senior Policy Principal Advanced Energy United
72 Cheryl Cox Supervisor, Climate & Equity Initiatives CPUC
73 Kyra Coyle Director of Regulatory Black Hills Energy
74 Hallie Cramer Energy Program Manager Google
75 Sam Crano Utilities Hearing Officer PUCN
76 Matt Croft Manager – Rates and Regulatory Black & Veatch
77 Stacey Crowley Vice-President, External Affairs California ISO
78 Dave Danner Chair Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
79 Megan Decker Commissioner Oregon Public Utility Commission
80 Benito Delgado-Olson Low-Income Oversight Board Chair; Executive Director California Public Utilities Commission; SupplyBank.org
81 Lori Dolqueist Attorney Nossaman LLP
82 Milton Doumit Commissioner Utilities and Transportation Commission
83 Jeff Droubay General Counsel and Corporate Secretary WECC
84 Brandon Dyer Sr. Regulatory Manager Sense
85 Bruce Edelston Senior Advisor Alliance for Trans Electrification
86 Patrick Ehrbar Director, Regulatory Affairs Avista Corporation
87 Jacqueline Elliot Senior Director, National Customers Edison Electric Institute
88 Paul Escobar State Policy Lead Zoox
89 Jose Esparza SVP, Public Policy APS
90 LISA FAKER Executive Assistant Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
91 Jesse Feinberg Regulatory Manager ICF
92 David Felix Manager Regulatory Affairs Salt River Project
93 Mark Fenton Executive Director, Regulatory Policy & Case Management Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)
94 Kerry Fleisher Chief of Staff California PUC President Alice Reynolds
95 Dan Forman CEO Copper Labs
96 Kristen Frick Program Manager DOE Grid Deployment Office
97 Melanie Frye CEO WECC
98 Jana Ganion Sustainability and Government Affairs Director Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe
99 Christian Israel Garcia Operator Zoox
100 Joseph Garrido Account Manager San Diego Gas & Electric
101 Edward Garvey Regulatory Advisor AESL Consulting
102 Brian George Global Energy Market Development Google
103 Jana  Gerber Vice President, NAM Microgrids Schneider Electric
104 Diamond Giacomelli Senior Regulatory Analyst Hawaii Gas
105 Colin Gibbs VP, Energy Services Sense
106 Elizabeth Gill Advisor to Vice Chair Gunda California Energy Commission
107 Kellen Gill Manager of Regulatory Relations Sempra
108 Sasha Goldberg Advisor to CPUC Commissioner Reynolds CPUC
109 Kelsie Gomanie Western Markets Advocate NRDC – Sustainable FERC Project
110 Peter Gose Director, State & Local Government Lumen
111 Craig Gott President Suburban Water Systems
112 John Greene Deputy Director Renewable Northwest
113 Kate  Griffith Director Gridworks
114 Igor Grinberg Principal Regulatory Analyst Pacific Gas & Electric Company
115 Richard Grinschgl Solutions Consultant HData
116 Jasmie Guan Senior Specialist, Interconnection Policy AES Clean Energy
117 Siva Gunda Vice Chair California Energy Commission
118 John Gunnells Senior Manager, State Affairs American Gas Association
119 John Gutierrez Vice President Regulatory Affairs – California Comcast
120 Michael Hagerty Principal The Brattle Group
121 Julie  Halligan Program Manager California Public Utilities Commissions
122 Christine Hammond General Counsel California Public Utilities Commission
123 Kristy Hartman Director, Stakeholder Strategy & Engagement Nuclear Energy Institute
124 Pat Hohl Account Manager Esri
125 Gary Hoogeveen President & CEO Rocky Mountain Power dba PacifiCorp
126 anne hoskins SVP Policy and Market Development Generac
127 Jason  Huang CEO TS Conductor Corporation
128 Brianne Hyder Communications Director & Chief-of-Staff Western Freedom
129 Jack Ihle Regional Vice President, Regulatory Policy Xcel Energy-Colorado
130 Caroline Ishida Chief Counsel Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
131 Edward Jackson President Liberty
132 Alex Jackson Director, California State Affairs American Clean Power Association
133 Evan Jacobs Director of Communications and External Affairs California American Water
134 Ken Jenkins Chief Water Resource Sustainability Officer California Water Service Group
135 Jeffrey Johnson Chairman Public Utilities Commission of Guam
136 Ernest  Johnson Principal Consultant STRATEGUS
137 Philip Jones Executive Director Alliance for Transportation Electrification (ATE)
138 Arthur Justice VP Energy & Sustainability Cinemark USA
139 Mark Kaetsu Supervising Attorney Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
140 Rami Kahlon Director, Regulatory Affairs California Water Service
141 Karen Kansfield Manager, Regulatory Services Tucson Electric Power
142 Tara Kaushik Managing Director Southern California Edison
143 Fanny Kidwell Executive Director, Development GridLiance West
144 Dan Kirschner Executive Director Northwest Gas Association
145 Paul Kjellander CEO KJEL LLC
146 Rex Knowles Director State & Local Government Affairs Verizon
147 John Kotek Senior Vice President Nuclear Energy Institute
148 Avis Kowalewski VP West Governmental and Regulatory Affairs Calpine Corporation
149 Zach Kravitz VP of Rates & Regulatory NW Natural
150 Steve  Kukta Director and Senior Counsel T-Mobile
151 Ajay Kumar Assistant General Counsel PacifiCorp
152 Christina Kurre Policy Associate Advanced Energy United
153 Naomi Kuwaye Commissioner Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
154 Carolyn Laborte Chief Auditor Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
155 Adam Lambe Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer Laborers Local 292
156 Bonnie  Lamond Program Manager – Wholesale Electricity Markets Western Interstate Energy Board
157 Renee  Lang Construction Market Representative LiUNA / NROC
158 Sandra Larsen Market Business Leader, Hawaii The AES Corporation
159 Elizabeth  Lawrence Manager, Product Development and Strategy Arizona Public Service
160 Katelyn Lee Utility Policy Coordinator ChargePoint
161 Rebecca Lee Government Affairs NRG Energy
162 Justin Lee Vehicle Operations Zoox
163 Chris Leger Staff Attorney Interwest Energy Alliance
164 Michelle Levinson Manager World Resources Institute
165 Kim Lighthart Policy Advisor PUCN
166 Carl Linvill Principal Regulatory Assistance Project
167 Scott Lipton Policy Manager Enchanted Rock
168 Nick Liu Sr. Manager, Rates and Regulatory Affairs Liberty Utilities
169 Jessica Loarie Sr. Manager, Regulatory EDF Renewables
170 Etta Lockey Head of Commercial Energy Supply Meta
171 Edward Lodge Commissioner Idaho Public Utilities Commission
172 Dustin Loup Program Manager Broadband Mapping Coalition
173 Ivy Lyn Director, State Regulatory Affairs EEI
174 George Lynch Senior Technical Advisor DOE-Grid Deployment Office
175 Elliot Mainzer President & Chief Executive Officer California ISO
176 Michelle Malloy Coordinator NARUC
177 Kiran Malone Vice President, Government & Industry Affairs Anterix
178 Pilar Manriquez Deputy Chief of Staff CPUC
179 Felicia Marcus Board Member WECC
180 Matthew Marcus Program and Project Supervisor California Public Utilities Commissions
181 Lea Marquez Peterson Commissioner AZ Corporation Commission
182 josh mathisen Director-Regulatory Relations AT&T
183 Andrew McAllister Commissioner California Energy Commission
184 Jake McDermott Advisor to CPUC Commissioner Reynolds CPUC
185 Anna McKenna Vice-President Market Design and Analysis California ISO
186 Kathleen McManus Government and Regulatory Affairs Specialist Nationwide Energy Partners
187 Matt McVee VP, Reg Policy & Operations PacifiCorp
188 Karl Meeusen Director, Markets, Legislative and Regulatory Policy Wartsila North America
189 Ritta Merza Advisor CPUC
190 Sophie Meyer Policy Advisor, U.S. West Form Energy
191 David Millar Principal, Regulatory Policy Wartsila
192 Neil Millar VP, Infrastructure & Operations Planning California ISO
193 Ryan Millard Senior Director Regulatory & Political Affairs Nextera Energy Resources
194 Greg Milleman VP, Rates Rates
195 Shannon Miller CEO Mainspring Energy
196 Conor Mitchell Operator Zoox
197 Philip Moeller EVP Edison Electric Institute
198 Cathleen  Monahan Senior Manager, Income-Qualified and Disadvantaged Communities Programs Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
199 Candace Morey Assistant General Counsel CPUC
200 Jeff Morris Senior Director Schneider Electric North America
201 Scott Mosbaugh Administrative Assistant California Public Utilities Commission
202 Maryam Mozafari Energy Advisor to Commissioner Houck CPUC
203 Stephanie Mullen Executive Director PUCN
204 Amanda Myers Wisser Policy Lead, West WeaveGrid
205 Stephanie Navarro Senior Policy Analyst Salt River Project
206 Michael nelson Senior Advisor WBK
207 Aubrey Newton Director NW Laborers’-Employers Cooperation Fund
208 Faviola Ochoa Director of Government Affairs Liberty Utilities
209 Ric O’Connell Executive Director GridLab
210 Tony O’Donnell Commissioner Montana Public Service Commission
211 Kimberly  O’Guinn Director of State Regulatory Policy Southwest Power Pool
212 Spencer Olinek Regulatory Advocacy Manager Pacific Gas and Electric
213 Eric Orton Utility Consultant Utah Division of Public Utilities
214 Robert Osborn Director, Communications Division CA Public Utilities Commission
215 Wes Owens Sr. Director – Rates & Regulatory California American Water
216 Carly Page Policy Advisor PUCN
217 Ivone Palencia Project Manager Ivone
218 Katie Papadimitriu VP, Regulatory Affairs UtilityAPI
219 AJAY PAPPU VICE PRESIDENT, INTERCONNECTIONS & GRID ANALYSIS INVENERGY
220 David Parsons Program Manager DOE – Grid Deployment Office
221 Roman Partida-Lopez Senior legal Counsel for Transportation Equity The Greenlining Institute
222 Lisa Paulo Advisor to Commissioner Shiroma CPUC
223 Matt  Pawlowski VP – Development NextEra Energy Transmission
224 Hilary Pearson Vice President, Policy LineVision
225 Bridger Penttila Director Anterix
226 Jazmin Perez Operations Specialist ZOOX
227 Lisa Perry Senior Manager, Energy Walmart Inc.
228 Dennis Peters Manager – Regulatory Relations SDG&E / SoCalGas
229 Rachel Peterson Executive Director CPUC
230 Chris  Petrie Chairman Wyoming Public Service Commission
231 Daniel Pfeiffer Vice President of Government & Regulatory Affairs ITRON
232 Michael Picker Partner Caliber Strategies
233 Jon Pierotti Vice President – Regulatory Affairs Golden State Water Company
234 Jordan Pinjuv Partner Wilkinson Barker Knauer
235 Darrin Polhemus Deputy Director CA State Water Resources Control Board
236 Caitlin Pollock Advisor to CPUC Commissioner Reynolds CPUC
237 David Pomerantz Executive Director Energy and Policy Institute
238 Ann C. Pongracz Attorney Sklar Williams
239 Patricia Poppe CEO PG&E Corporation
240 Amery Pore Director, Energy Market Regulation – West FERC
241 Steven Powell President & CEO Southern California Edison
242 John Prescott Governing Body Member Western Energy Imbalance Market
243 Jena Price Partner TrattenPrice Consulting
244 Diego Quevedo Utilities Lead Daimler Truck North America
245 Sarah Qureshi Director Regulatory & Political Affairs NextEra Energy Resources
246 Edward Randolph Partner Caliber Strategies
247 Manasa  Rao Director Regulatory & Rate Affairs Liberty Utilities
248 Grace Relf Chief of Policy and Research Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
249 Ann Rendahl Commissioner Washington Utilities and Transporation Commission
250 Laura Rennick Director of State, Federal, and International Affairs WIEB
251 John Reynolds CPUC Commissioner CPUC
252 Matthew Richardson Attorney Mountain View Electric Association
253 Michael  Ripperger Bureau Chief New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
254 Meredith Roberts Director, Policy and Regulation Generac
255 Corey N Robertson Manager, Regulatory Affairs Young Brothers, LLC
256 Mike Robinson Deputy Chairman Wyoming Public Service Commission
257 Yvonne Rodriguez Hogle Executive Staff Director Utah Public Service Commission
258 Jesús G  Román Managing Associate General Counsel Verizon
259 Rodney Ross Director of State Regulatory Affairs Arizona Public Service
260 Maitee Rossoukhi Public Information Officer CPUC
261 Ryder Rudd President RSR Strategies, LLC
262 Cristy Sanada Manager, California Regulatory Affairs CAISO
263 Hudson Sangree Correspondent RTO Insider
264 Eric Sawyer Staff Member California PUC
265 Carla Scarsella Deputy General Counsel/Regulatory Counsel PacifiCorp
266 Jean Schafer Sr Legislative Representative Basin Electric
267 Linda Serizawa Deputy Director – Energy Public Advocates Office
268 Michelle Shaw Regulatory Affairs Manager Comcast
269 Karen Shea Sr. Analyst CPUC/SED
270 Terence Shia Water Division Director CPUC
271 Caitlin Shields Partner Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
272 Genevieve Shiroma Commissioner California Public Utilities Commission
273 David Siddiqui Sr. Mgr., Regulatory Affairs & Market Development Oracle / Opower
274 Shivani Sidhar Director, Regulatory Affairs SDG&E/SoCalGas
275 Antoinette Siguenza Local Government and Community Liaison CPUC
276 Amanda Singh Sr. Legislative Consultant California Public Utilities Commission
277 Eric  Sippert DOE Clean Energy Innovator Hawaii PUC
278 Dan Skopec Senior Vice President, State Government Affairs & Chief Regulatory Officer SDG&E/SoCalGas
279 Mal Skowron Utility Policy Coordinator ChargePoint
280 Victor Smith Smith Advisor CPUC
281 Essie Snell Head of Product Marketing Copper Labs
282 K Dane Snowden Senior Advisor Wilkinson Barker Knauer
283 Amy Sopinka Director, Market Policy Powerex Corp
284 Kenneth Sosnick Managing DIrector Black & Veatch
285 Kathleen Staks Executive Director Western Freedom
286 Kristin Stauffacher Deputy Executive Director, Office of the Commission California Public Utilities Commission
287 Sarah Steinberg Director Advanced Energy United
288 Jordan Stephenson Manager Regulation Dominion Energy
289 Patrick Sterns Director, Policy SunPower
290 Joelle Steward Senior Vice President, Regulation PacifiCorp
291 Austin Summers Manager, Regulation Dominion Energy
292 Karin Sung Chief of Staff to Commissioner Houck California Public Utilities Commission
293 Paul Suskie EVP & GC SPP RTO
294 Erik Takayesu Sr. Vice President Southern California Edison
295 John Tang VP, Regulatory Affairs & Customer Service San Jose Water Company
296 Manny Tarango Senior Policy Analyst Salt River Project
297 Letha Tawney Commissioner Oregon Public Utility Commission
298 Holly Taylor Manager, Regional Affairs California ISO
299 Debrea Terwilliger Partner Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
300 Leuwam Tesfai Deputy Executive Director for Energy and Policy Change State of California, Public Utilities Commission
301 Mark Thompson Commissioner Oregon Public Utility Comission
302 Kevin Thompson Commissioner AZ Corp Commission
303 Moses Thompson President Liberty Utilities
304 Mary Throne Commissioner Wyoming Public Service Commission
305 Kevin Tilden President California American Water
306 Matthew  Tisdale Executive Director Gridworks
307 Mark W. Toney, Ph.D. Executive Director TURN-The Utility Reform Network
308 Anna Tovar Commissioner AZ Corporation Commission
309 Vicki Trees VP Market & Policy Development Landis+Gyr
310 Kelly Trombley Manager, State Policy Ceres
311 Brian Turner Policy Director Advanced Energy United
312 Kourtney Vaccaro Advisor CPUC
313 Pedro Villegas Senior Director NextEra Energy Resources
314 Inna Vinogradov Advisor to Commissioner Douglas California Public Utilities Commission
315 Jack Wadleigh Regulatory & Market Affairs Manager EDP Renewables
316 Nick Wagner VP CO Regulatory Affairs and Policy Black Hills Energy
317 Rebecca Wagner President Wagner Strategies
318 Launa Wakefield President Local 1271
319 Karl Wardin AVP National Regulatory AT&T
320 Mick Wasco Utilities & Energy Management Director Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
321 Jordan Weiszhaar Datacenter Energy, Western Markets Microsoft
322 Amanda Welch Transmission Reporter Bloomberg
323 Jordan White Executive Director GridLiance, a NextEra Energy Transmission Company
324 Geoffrey Why Partner Verrill
325 Michael Wilding Vice President Energy Supply Management PacifiCorp
326 Brett Wiley Senior Program Associate, Electric Mobility East Bay Community Energy
327 Alison Williams Regulatory Policy & Strategy Leader Idaho Power
328 Hayley Williamson Chair PUCN
329 Caroline Winn CEO San Diego Gas & Electric
330 Vincent Wiraatmadja Government Affairs Manager- CA Schneider Electric
331 Cheyanne Woodyard Public Affairs Manager Zoox
332 Walker  Wright Vice President of Public Policy Sunrun
333 Teddy Wright Manager Paxon Energy & Infrastructure
334 Chihsien Eric Wu Acting Program Manager California Public Utilities Commission
335 Cheryl Wynn Chief of Staff California Public Utilities Commission
336 Vivian Yang Energy Analyst Union of Concerned Scientists
337 Bryce Yonker Executive Director Grid Forward
338 Colin Yost Commissioner Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
339 Carrie Zalewski Chairman Illinois Commerce Commission
340 Nancy Zarenda Editor in Chief Latino Journal