NWPPA’s members actively participate in the Association’s regulatory activities. This page will provide you with the contact information for the member-volunteer chairs of its Regulatory Committees; a list of staff members that work on Regulatory activities and the contact information
for its consultants.
What do you want to do today?
Members: Please contact NWPPA staff about
contact with and use of consultants
Contact BES Ad Hoc Work Group Leaders
Bill Dearing
Bulk Electricity System Consultant
Dearing Consulting
3416 Alpine Court, Wenatchee, Washington
(509) 989-3889, wdearing@nwi.net
Contact Environmental Task Force (ETF) Leaders
Mary Taylor, ETF Chairwoman
Mason County PUD #3
(360) 426-8255 maryt@masonpud3.org
Derrick McCarty, ETF Vice Chair
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
(916) 452-3211 derrick.mccarty@smud.org
Contact Safety Forum Leaders
John Spain
Columbia Rural Electric Association
(509) 382-2578, jspain@columbiarea.coop
Cartherine Simonsen
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
(888) 742-7683, csimons@smud.org
Chet McWhorter
Ravalli County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
(406) 961-3001 chetm@ravallielectric.com
Contact NWPPA Staff
Primary Contact:
Scott Lindsay, Director of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs
Northwest Public Power Association
sml@nwppa.org
360 254 0109
Secondary Contact:
Scott Lowry, Manager of Regulatory and Training Services
Northwest Public Power Association
slowry@nwppa.org
360 254 0109
Contact NWPPA Consultants
Members: Please contact NWPPA staff above about contact with and use of consultants
Environmental Task Force Consultants
Contracted with on an as needed basis
Bulk Electricity System Consultant
Bill Dearing
Dearing Consulting
3416 Alpine Court, Wenatchee, Washington