MEMORANDUM

DATE: 05/14/2015

FROM: Laura Farris/EPA Region 8

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

SUBJECT: Center for the New Energy Economy’s Western State’s Meeting on 05/12 – 5/13/2015

SUMMARY: 

Laura Farris attended the Center for the New Energy Economy’s Western State’s Meeting on 05/12 –

05/13/2015 to discuss the Clean Power Plan. The meeting was held in in Denver, Colorado. The Clean 

Power Plan was proposed on June 2, 2014. 

ATTENDEES:

EPA

Laura Farris, EPA Region 8

Debra Jordan, EPA Region 9

Kate Kelly, EPA Region 10

Other Stakeholders

First Name Last Name Organization

Henry Darwin Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

John LeSueur Arizona Corporation Commission

Maureen Scott Arizona Corporation Commission

Kelly Barr Salt River Project

Kara Montalvo Salt River Project

Barbara Sprungl Salt River Project

Chas Spell Arizona Public Service Company

Jeff Yockey Tucson Electric Power Co

Edie Chang California Air Resources Board

Melissa Jones California Energy Commission

Brian Turner California Public Utilities Commission

Jeff Brown Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Xantha Bruso Pacific Gas & Electric Company

John Busterud Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Ray Williams Pacific Gas & Electric Company

William Allison Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

Chris Colclasure Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

Martha Rudolph Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

Lindsey Wedewer Colorado Energy Office

Christopher Worley Colorado Energy Office

Joshua Epel Colorado Public Utilities Commission

Pam Patton Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Andy Berger Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

Thomas Wos Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

Frank Prager Xcel Energy

Jack Ihle Xcel Energy

Scott Pugrud Idaho Office of Energy Resources

Matt Wiggs Idaho Office of Energy Resources

Kristine Raper Idaho Public Utilities Commission

Julia Hilton Idaho Power Company

David Klemp State of Montana

Brad Johnson MT Public Service Commission

Gordon Criswell PPL Montana

William Thompson NorthWestern Energy

David Emme Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

Starla Lacy NV Energy

Rita Bates New Mexico Environment Department

Richard Goodyear New Mexico Environment Department

Robert Hirasuna New Mexico Public Regulation Commission

Sandy Jones New Mexico Public Regulation Commission

Maureen Gannon PNM Resources

Patrick O'Connell Public Service Company of New Mexico

Tom Bachman North Dakota Department of Health

David Glatt North Dakota Department of Health

Abbie Krebsbach Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.

Lyle Witham Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Colin McConnaha Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Dick Pedersen Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Jessica Shipley Oregon Department of Energy

John Savage Oregon Public Utility Commission

Alisa Kaseweter Bonneville Power Administration

Sunny Radcliffe Portland General Electric

Brian Gustafson SD Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Fred Carl Black Hills Corporation

Jafar Karim Black Hills Corporation

Tim Mordhorst Black Hills Corporation

Tim Rogers Black Hills Corporation

Mark Thoma Otter Tail Power Company

Peter Ashcroft Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development

Jeff Barrett Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development

Glade Sowards State of Utah Division of Air Quality

Jon Christensen Intermountain Power Service Corporation

Chad Teply PacifiCorp

Bill Drumheller Washington Department of Ecology
Brad Cebulko Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission

Philip Jones Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission

Lorna Luebbe Puget Sound Energy

Clint Kalich Avista Corporation

Steven Dietrich Wyoming DEQ

Todd Parfitt Wyoming DEQ

Alan Minier Wyoming PSC

Cathy Woollums Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Vijay Satyal WECC

Branden Sudduth WECC

Jeffrey Gabler WESTAR

Dan Johnson WESTAR

Troy Timmons Western Governors' Association

Maury Galbraith Western Interstate Energy Board

Alaine Ginocchio Western Interstate Energy Board

Tom Carr Western Interstate Energy Board

Tom Curry M.J. Bradley & Associates

Franz Litz Great Plains Institute

Jonas Monast Nicholas Institute, Duke University

John Nielsen Western Resource Advocates

Gabe Pacyniak Georgetown Climate Center

Kate Wilson The Cadmus Group

Reuben Plantico WEST Associates

Daniel Steinberg NREL

Jeff Burks Energy Strategies

Gibson Peters Energy Strategies

Bill Ritter Center for the New Energy Economy

Dennis Arfmann Center for the New Energy Economy

Patrick Cummins Center for the New Energy Economy

Jeff Lyng Center for the New Energy Economy

Tom Plant Center for the New Energy Economy

Jim Tarpey Center for the New Energy Economy