MEMORANDUM 

DATE: 9/29/14

TO: Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants; Docket Id: OAR–2013-0602

FROM: Lora Strine, EPA

SUBJECT: 9/14/14, Meeting Regarding Proposed Clean Power Plan for Existing Power 

Plants

SUMMARY

A meeting was held between EPA and the attendees listed below on 9/14/14 to discuss 

the proposed Carbon Power Plan for Existing Power Plants. The Carbon Power Plan for Existing 

Power Plants was proposed on June 2, 2014.

ATTENDEES

Joe Goffman, EPA, participated by phone

First Name Last Name Title Utility Email

Patricia Alofsin Director, Governmental 

Relations

Austin Energy patricia.alofsin@austinenergy.com

Jan Aspuru Vice President, Electric & 

Water Production

Orlando 

Utilities 

Commission

jaspuru@ouc.com

David Barnes Chief Legal & Ethics Officer ElectriCities of 

NC, Inc.

dbarnes@electricities.org

Mike Baxley Senior VP & General 

Counsel

Santee Cooper jmbaxley@santeecooper.com

Mark Bonsall General Manager and 

Chief Executive Officer

Salt River 

Project

mark.bonsall@srpnet.com

Maura Brueger Director of Government & 

Legislative Affairs

Seattle City 

Light

maura.brueger@seattle.gov

Tim Burke Vice President - Customer 

Service & Public Affairs

Omaha Public 

Power District

tburke@oppd.com

Jorge Carrasco General Manager & CEO Seattle City 

Light

jorge.carrasco@seattle.gov 

Lonnie Carter President and Chief 

Executive Officer

Santee Cooper lncarter@santeecooper.com

Joe Citta CORPORATE 

ENVIRONMENTAL 

MANAGER

Nebraska Public 

Power District

jlcitta@nppd.com

Jeffrey Cohen Director Legislative & 

Regulatory Affairs

New York 

Power 

jeffrey.cohen@nypa.gov
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First Name Last Name Title Utility Email

Authority

Andrew Colosimo Government and 

Corporate Affairs Manager

Colorado 

Springs Utilities

acolosimo@csu.org

Frank Crane Director, Govt. & 

Corporate Affairs

MEAG Power fcrane@meagpower.org

John Di Stasio President LPPC john@LPPC.org

Lane Dickson Senior Manager - Federal 

Affairs

Salt River 

Project

lane.dickson@srpnet.com

Paula DiFonzo Chief Executive Officer New Braunfels 

Utilities/ APPA

Edward Easterlin Vice President & CFO Omaha Public 

Power District

eeeasterlin@oppd.com

Ellen 

Caslavka

Edwards General Counsel Grand River 

Dam Authority

eedwards@grda.com

Jerry Forte Chief Executive Officer Colorado 

Springs Utilities

jaforte@csu.org

Stephen Fotis Partner Van Ness 

Feldman LLP

scf@vnf.com

Bill Gaines Director of Utilities/CEO Tacoma Public 

Utilities

cjacobs@cityoftacoma.org

Kathy Garcia Director, Federal & State 

Relations

CPS Energy ksgarcia@cpsenergy.com

Kathleen Garrett Director, Environmental 

Services

Austin Energy Kathleen.Garrett@austinenergy.co

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Rudy Garza Vice President, External 

Relations

CPS Energy rdgarza@cpsenergy.com

Michael Gianunzio Chief Legislative & 

Regulatory Officer

Sacramento 

Municipal 

Utility District

michael.gianunzio@smud.org

Tim Grove Manager Federal And 

Regulatory Affairs

Omaha Public 

Power District

tgrove@oppd.com

Sephir Hamilton Chief of Staff Seattle City 

Light

sephir.hamilton@seattle.gov

Cindy Hayes Meeting Planner LPPC cindy@lagrangegroup.com

Peter Hayes ASSOCIATE GENERAL 

MANAGER & CHIEF PUBLIC 

AFFAIRS EXECUTIVE 

Salt River 

Project

peter.hayes@srpnet.com

Randy Howard Senior Assistant General 

Manager - Power System 

Los Angeles 

Department of 

Water and 

Power 

Randy.Howard@ladwp.com 

Charleen Jacobs Executive Assistant Tacoma Public 

Utilities

cjacobs@cityoftacoma.org

Bob Johnston President & CEO MEAG Power Ddyer@meagpower.org

Sue Kelly President & CEO American Public 

Power 

Association

Nancy Kilgo JEA kilgna@jea.com

Debbie Kimberly VP, Customer Energy 

Solutions

Austin Energy debbie.kimberly@austinenergy.co

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First Name Last Name Title Utility Email

Gary King Chief Workforce and 

Information Technology 

Officer

Sacramento 

Municipal 

Utility District

gary.king@smud.org

Richard Kizer Vice President Public 

Affairs

Santee Cooper rskizer@santeecooper.com

Steve Klein General Manager and CEO Snohomish PUD javatare@snopud.com

Lisa Kountoupes President Kountoupes 

Denham

lisa@kdindc.com

Laura Lewis General Counsel Sacramento 

Municipal 

Utility District

Laura.Lewis@smud.org

Larry Luong Federal Affairs Program 

Manager

SMUD lluong@smud.org

Bob Mack Deputy Director Tacoma Public 

Utilities

rmack@cityoftacoma.org

Missy Mandell Executive Director LPPC missymandell@gmail.com

Clark Mather Senior Manager for 

External Affairs

Tacoma Public 

Utilities

cmather@cityoftacoma.org

Jessica Matlock Director of Government 

Relations

Snohomish PUD javatare@snopud.com

Paul McElroy Managing Director/CEO JEA mcelpe@jea.com

Deborah McLellan Office Manager Tacoma Public 

Utilities

dmclellan@cityoftacoma.org

John D. McMahon CEO Long Island 

Power 

Authority

jmcmahon@lipower.org

Chip Merriam Vice President - Legislative, 

Regulatory & Compliance

Orlando 

Utilities 

Commission

cmerriam@ouc.com

Andrew Munro Director of Customer 

Service

Grant County 

PUD

amunro@gcpud.org

Sherri Newell 

Wilkinson

Chief Strategy and External 

Affairs Officer

Colorado 

Springs Utilities

snewell@csu.org

Joe Nipper Sr. Vice President, 

Regulatory Affairs and 

Communications

American Public 

Power 

Association

Michael Nolan Outside Consultant Orlando 

Utilities 

Commission

Robert Nordhaus Partner Van Ness 

Feldman, LLP

RRN@vnf.com

Michael O'Connor Associate General 

Manager and Chief Legal 

Executive, Law and Human 

Resources

Salt River 

Project

michael.o'connor@srpnet.com
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First Name Last Name Title Utility Email

Arlen Orchard General Manager and 

Chief Executive Officer

Sacramento 

Municipal 

Utility District

arlen.orchard@smud.org

Lawrence Pacheco Managing Director, FTI 

Consulting

FTI Consulting lawrence.pacheco@fticonsulting.co

m

Stephen Pelcher Deputy General Counsel 

Nuclear and Regulatory 

Compliance

Santee Cooper srpelche@santeecooper.com

Pat Pope President & CEO Nebraska Public 

Power District

plpope@nppd.com

Ken Price Chief Commercial Officer Lower Colorado 

River Authority

ken.price@lcra.org

Gil Quiniones President & Chief 

Executive Officer

New York 

Power 

Authority

gil.quiniones@nypa.gov

Mitchell Rapaport Partner Akin Gump mrapaport@nixonpeabody.com

Nathan Reese Grand River 

Dam Authority

nreese@grda.com

Lisa Rennie Sr Manager for External 

Affairs

Tacoma Public 

Utilities

Lrennie@cityoftacoma.org

Samantha Robledo Operations LPPC samantha@lppc.org

Noreen RocheCarterManager and Treasurer SMUD noreen.roche-carter@smud.org

Jackie Sargent GM/CEO Platte River 

Power 

Authority

sargentj@prpa.org

Jonathan Schneider Partner Stinson 

Morrison

jonathan.schneider@stinsonleonar

d.com

Carolyn Shellman Executive Vice President 

and General Counsel

CPS Energy ceshellman@cpsenergy.com

Sue Sheridan Senior Policy Consultant Van Ness 

Feldman LLP

suedsheridan@yahoo.com

Hilary Sills President Sills Associates

Anne Spangler General Counsel Snohomish PUD Alspangler@snopud.com

Dan Sullivan General 

Manager/CEO/Director of 

Investments

Grand River 

Dam Authority

dsullivan@grda.com

Robert Talley President Talley & 

Associates Inc

Robert Taylor Senior Director, Regulatory 

Policy and Public 

Involvement

Salt River 

Project

Rob.Taylor@srpnet.com

Tim Tunis CFO ElectriCities of 

NC, Inc.

lcottrell@electricities.org

Carolyn Vowell 

Dougherty

CFO/Treasurer Grand River 

Dam Authority

carolyn@grda.com

Tony Webb General Manager Grant County 

PUD

twebb@gcpud.org

Larry Weis General Manager Austin Energy larry.weis@austinenergy.com
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First Name Last Name Title Utility Email

David Wiggs Chief Administrative 

Officer

Los Angeles 

Department of 

Water and 

Power

david.wiggs@ladwp.com

Phil Wilson General Manager Lower Colorado 

River Authority

general.manager@lcra.org

Joseph Wilson General Counsel Platte River 

Power 

Authority

wilsonj@prpa.org

Steve Wright General Manager Chelan County 

PUD

steve.wright@chelanpud.org