Browsing by Subject "interacting with state and federal agencies"

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    Interview with Ben Porath
    (2016-03-02) Porath, Ben; Monti, Marta
    Ben Porath is the Vice President of Power Delivery for Dairyland Power Cooperative. During the CapX2020 initiative, Mr. Porath worked as a Transmission Strategist and Director of System Operations.
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    Interview with Clair Moeller
    (2015-07-09) Moeller, Clair; Monti, Marta
    Clair Moeller is the Executive Vice President of Transmission and Technology at the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). Mr. Moeller is responsible for MISO’s transmission planning functions, transmission services, and information technology. Mr. Moeller is skilled at identifying and implementing best practices in transmission planning and operations. His current focus is infrastructure planning in collaboration with the utilities that serve the 15 states and one Canadian province that comprise the MISO region. Under his guidance, transmission planners in the region have begun to explore transmission infrastructure value by utilizing techniques borrowed from generation and strategic planners in an effort to give policymakers context for the decisions they will face as the electric energy future unfolds.
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    Interview with David Boyd
    (2015-07-24) Boyd, David; Monti, Marta
    David Boyd is the Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs at MISO, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. He serves as MISOs primary liaison with the governors and state regulatory and legislative policymakers on footprint wide matters in the MISO region. Dr. Boyd served as a Commissioner of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission from 2007-2015, during a time when the CapX2020 group was submitting Certificate of Need and Route Permits.
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    Interview with Graham Arntzen
    (2015-06-09) Arntzen, Graham; Monti, Marta
    Graham Arntzen is a Senior manager at Pioneer Management Consulting. Graham worked in the Project Management Office supporting the CapX2020 initiative, managing vendor alliances, negotiating sourcing contracts, and managed best practices across multi-disciplinary project teams.
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    Interview with Jamie Schrenzel
    (2015-07-10) Schrenzel, Jamie; Monti, Marta
    Jamie Schrenzel is a State Principal Energy Planner with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and worked on the environmental permitting of CapX2020 lines.
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    Interview with John Wachtler and Louise Segroves
    (2016-08-06) Wachtler, John; Segroves, Louise; Monti, Marta
    John Watchler is currently the Energy Program Director at the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Prior to this position, Mr. Wachtler was the Vice President of Barr Engineering, which provides engineering and environmental consulting services to clients across the Midwest and Americas. He was the project manager working on Environmental Impact Statements for the Brookings to Hampton, and Hampton to La Crosse CapX2020 lines. Louise Segroves is a Natural Resources Scientist at Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and worked as an Environmental Scientist with Barr Engineering during the CapX2020 initiative. With her with at Barr Engineering, Ms. Segroves assisted with environmental review, line corridor review, permitting, and compliance for the Brookings to Hampton, and Hampton to La Crosse CapX2020 lines.
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    Interview with Mark Nisbet
    (2015-06-19) Nisbet, Mark; Monti, Marta
    Mark Nisbet is the North Dakota Principle Manager with Xcel Energy. In his role, Mr. Nisbet is involved with strategy, government and community relations. During the CapX2020 initiative, he was responsible for keeping local officials up to date on project work, as well as community outreach.
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    Interview with Mike Gregerson
    (2015-06-01) Gregerson, Mike; Monti, Marta
    Mike Gregerson has over 30 years of management, executive, and consulting experience in the electric utility arena including environmental and regulatory affairs, customer service, and energy policy negotiations. He worked for 30 years at Northern States Power/Xcel Energy before retiring. Mr. Gregerson is currently an energy policy program consultant with Great Plains Institute, with a focus in supporting regional and state expansion of renewable energy and transmission development in the Midwest.
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    Interview with Priti Patel
    (2015-07-30) Patel, Priti; Monti, Marta
    Priti Patel is currently the Regional Executive for the MISO North Region for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, and is responsible for customer and state regulatory affairs. Prior to joining MISO, Ms. Patel was the Director of Strategic Transmission Initiatives for Xcel Energy, and served as the Co-Executive Director of the CapX2020 initiative.
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    Interview with Terry Grove
    (2015-06-08) Grove, Terry; Monti, Marta
    Terry Grove is the Transmission Policy Program Manager at Great River Energy. Mr. Grove is also the Co-Executive Director of CapX2020, and has provided executive level leadership to assure the successful permitting, siting, and construction of CapX2020 projects.