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Scenario Planning Steering Group (SPSG)

The purpose of SPSG is to provide strategic guidance to the Transmission Expansion Plannning Policy Committee (TEPPC) on (1) scenarios to be modeled in transmission planning studies, (2) the modeling tools to be used, and (3) key assumptions to be used in creating and reviewing the scenarios.

The scenarios created and/or recommended by the SPSG will assist TEPPC in its evaluation of long-term regional transmission capacity needs in the Western Interconnection by providing a comprehensive set of plausible future load, resource, and policy states. The scenarios and subsequent analysis will form a comprehensive package of stakeholder-vetted, regional planning models, data, and transmission plans for the Western Interconnection.

The SPSG activities are part of the U.S. Department of Energy funded Regional Transmission Expansion Planning (RTEP) project.

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SPSG Member List

Member	Organization	SPSG Position
Grace Anderson	California Energy Commission	State Official - TEPPC
Jim Baak	The Vote Solar Initiative	Technology Advocate
Steve Black	U.S. Department of the Interior	Ex-Officio Member
Chris Clark-Deschene	Schaff & Clark-Deschene, LLC	Tribal Representative
Vacant		Ex-Officio Member
Vice Chair - John Cupparo	PacifiCorp	WECC Board Member
Pamela Eaton	The Wilderness Society	Lands Protection Advocate
James Feider	City of Redding	TEPPC LSE
Mike Florio	California Public Utility Commission	State Official
Bryce Freeman	Wyoming Office of Consumer Advocate	TEPPC Consumer
Chair- Gary Graham	Western Resource Advocates	Wildlife Advocate
Susan Henderson	Xcel Energy	TEPPC SPG
Fred Heutte	Northwest Energy Coalition	Consumer Advocate
Tom Kaiserski	Montana Governor’s Office	State Official
Bevan Laing	Alberta Dept. of Energy	Provincial Official
Nancy LaPlaca	Arizona Corporation Commission	State Official
Ron Lehr	American Wind Energy Association	NGO Technology Advocate
Carl Linvill	Aspen Environmental Group	Technology Advocate
Lawrence Mansueti	U.S. Department of Energy	Ex-Officio Member
Jason Marks	New Mexico Public Regulation Commission	State Official
John McCaull	Geothermal Energy Association	Technology Advocate
Julia Prochnik	Clean Line Energy Partners	Transmission owner/operator/developer
John Savage	Oregon PUC	State Official - TEPPC
Howard Schwartz	Washington Energy Office	State Official
Rohan Soulsby	BC Hydro	Canadian Utility
Henry Tilghman	Tilghman and Associates	Technology Advocate
Rebecca Wagner	PUC of Nevada	State Official
Carl Zichella	Natural Resource Defense Council	TEPPC Environmental