Anita Decker reappointed to Western Energy Markets Governing Body

FOLSOM, Calif. – Anita Decker, an electricity industry leader who has served as chief operating officer for the Bonneville Power Administration and had a 27-year career at PacifiCorp, was reappointed today to a third term on the Western Energy Markets Governing Body.

Decker, who was named to her initial three-year term in 2019, was recommended by the Western Energy Markets Governing Body Nominating Committee, a diverse group of Western electricity stakeholders responsible for vetting and recommending qualified Governing Body candidates.

Decker’s reappointment was then approved by her fellow members on the Governing Body, which has primary decision-making authority on rules specific to participation in both the Western Energy Imbalance Market and the Extended Day-Ahead Market that began operating on May 1.

At Wednesday’s same regional meeting in Albuquerque, NM, Governing Body members named sitting members Andrew Campell chair and Deborah Smith vice chair, leadership roles that rotate annually. Terms to the Governing Body are for three years and all the changes approved today take effect July 1.

Incoming Governing Body Chair Campbell also serves as executive director of the Haas Energy Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. He was originally appointed to the Governing Body in 2022 and was reappointed last year. He has spent the past year as vice chair and assumes the chair role from Rebecca Wagner, who has another year on her term as a member.

Smith began her career in the energy sector at the Eugene Water and Electric Board in Oregon, where she went on to become its assistant general manager. After serving as general manager of Central Lincoln PUD, a municipal utility in Oregon that covers a large service area along Oregon’s coastline, she spent five years as CEO at Seattle City Light, one of the nation’s largest municipal utilities.