Experts
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President
- Karin P. Sheldon
Lands
- Mike Chiropolos - Western public lands, oil and gas, greening the regional grid through renewables and transmission.
- Gary Graham - Transmission and endangered species
- Karin P. Sheldon - Western lands issues
- David Abelson - Oil shale
- Joro Walker - Issues affecting Utah
Energy
- John Nielsen - Energy, renewable energy, carbon reducation strategies
- Victoria Mandell - Electricity regulation
- Steve Michel - State utility regulation in New Mexico
- John Curl - State utility regulation in New Mexico
- David Berry - State utility regulation In Arizona
- Nancy Kelly - State utility regulation in Utah and Nevada
- Joro Walker - Energy in Utah
Water
- Bart Miller - Western water resources, endangered species, instream flows
- Karin P. Sheldon - Western water issues
- Stacy Tellinghuisen - Energy-water issues, power plant water use, water pipelines
- Rob Harris - Legal issues, fossil fuels, instream flows
- Drew Beckwith - Water conservation, supply planning, and instream flows
- Linda Stitzer - Water conservation, water planning, and environmental protection in Arizona