Requested
Client Action: Information Only
Date of
Distribution: August 21, 2007
Categories: ISO News and Information, Legal/
Regulatory, Market Rules and Market Design
Subject: CAISO Board Nominee Review
Committee
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Summary:
The CAISO is highlighting activities
related to the Board Nominee Review Committee.
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Main Text: In 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) authorized the California
ISO (CAISO) proposal to organize a
representative group of stakeholders into a Board Nominee Review Committee
responsible for nominating candidates for the CAISO Governing Board. Terms will expire December 31, 2007 for
current Board Members, Chairman Mason Willrich and Governor Elizabeth Lowe. Thus, the CAISO is seeking stakeholder
participation in the 2007 Governing Board Nominee Review Committee.
The Board Nominee Review Committee
is comprised of six stakeholders from each of the following member-class
sectors: Transmission Owners,
Transmission-Dependent Utilities, Public Interest Groups, End-Users & Retail
Energy Providers, Alternative Energy Providers, and Generators and
Marketers. The Sector
representatives nominated in 2005 were to hold that voluntary position for 2
years (2007). Each sector is
responsible for selecting its own six members to serve on the Committee. Stakeholders interested in participating
in the Governing Board process can send their contact information and
member-class sector to the below listed volunteers, who have agreed to act as
sector secretaries until a new secretary can be named.
Once the committee has been
established and secretaries nominated, the 2007 Board Member selection process
will begin in accordance with the CAISO Board Resolution Concerning Board Member
selection dated 5/06/05 and modified 8/3/06. The following steps are being taken for
the nomination:
·
Russell
Reynolds Associates, a professional search firm, will create a list of eight
qualified candidates and forward the list to the 36-member Board Nominee Review
Committee.
·
The
Committee will select one person to represent the group for a personal interview
of each candidate.
·
Based on
inputs from the member-class sectors, Russell Reynolds Associates will submit a
recommendation to the Governor’s office.
Member-Class Sector
Contacts
To streamline communication between
CAISO and the Board Nomination Review Committee, each CAISO member-class sector
is represented by a single point of contact, who has accepted a CAISO invitation
to serve in that capacity. The list
of contacts is below.
Member-Class
Sector: End Users / Secretary: David Huard
Address: Manatt, Phelps, Philips, 11255 W.
Olympic Blvd,
Phone: 310-312-4247
E-mail: dhuard@manatt.com
Member-Class
Sector: Public Interest Groups /
Secretary: Jane
Turnbull
Address: League of Women Voters,
Phone: 650-559-1766
E-mail: jturnbu@ix.netcom.com
Member-Class
Sector: Transmission Owners /
Secretary: Wes
Williams
Address: SCE,
Phone: 626-302-9615
E-mail: weston.williams@sce.com
Member-Class
Sector: Transmission Dependent Utilities /
Secretary: Valerie
Fong
Address: City of
Phone: 650-329-2277
E-mail: Valerie.fong@cityofpaloalto.org
Member-Class
Sector: Generators and Marketers
/
Secretary: Jan Smutny-Jones
Address: IEPA,
Phone: 916-448-9499
E-mail: smutny@iepa.com
Member-Class Sector: Alternative Energy Providers /
Secretary: Anders
Glade
Address: PPM Energy, 114 Morning Sun Avenue,
Phone: (415) 388-2767
E-mail: Anders.Glade@ppmenergy.com
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For More
Information Contact: Jim Blatchford at 916.351.2411 or jblatchford@caiso.com
The California ISO strives to be a
world-class electric transmission organization built around a globally
recognized and inspired team providing cost-effective and reliable service,
well-balanced energy market mechanisms, and high-quality information for the
benefit of our customers.
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