Presentation: A More Reliable, Cleaner and Affordable Northwest Power System
NWEC focuses on renewable energy resources, energy efficiency, salmon recovery, carbon emissions reductions, equitable and efficient rate structures, bill assistance and home weatherization, just transition for workers and vulnerable communities, transition to a clean electric system and transportation electrification.
Fred’s presentation will focus on our continued progress on improving our regional power grid performance and customer value and he will also be available to answer questions on other topics.
Speaker: Fred Heutte
Fred joined the NWEC staff as a Senior Policy Associate in February 2011 after being a co-founder and board member in the 1980s. He has a background in energy and climate policy, starting with the Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association (now OSSIA) and then at a firm that pioneered energy efficiency program evaluation in the Northwest and nationally. He later formed a database services business assisting nonprofit groups around the country. He has been active in the Sierra Club’s national climate work and was editor of ECO, the daily bulletin of the Climate Action Network at the UN climate meetings. He represents end use customers at the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and on technical advisory committees for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Western Resource Adequacy Program and WestTEC (Western Transmission Expansion Collaborative).