Members of the EmPower Commission and energy industry or segment represented
Shawn Kessel - Interim Commissioner of Commerce, Chairman
Gerald Bachmeier - Red Trail, ex officio
Vawnita Best - Agriculture
Wade Boeshans - BNI Coal, ex officio
Jason Bohrer - Lignite Energy Council, transmission
Al Christianson - Great River Energy, biomass
Stacey Dahl - Minnkota, ex officio
Ron Ness - North Dakota Petroleum Council, oil and gas
Dale Niezwaag - Basin Electric Power Cooperative, generation and transmission electric coops
Mark Nisbet - Xcel Energy, wind
Mike Rud - North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association, petroleum marketers
Lt. Governor Brent Sanford - Office of the Governor, ex officio
Jay Skabo - Montana Dakota Utilities, investor owned utilities
David Straley - North American Coal Corporation, lignite coal
Julie Voeck - Next Era Energy, ex officio
Danette Welsh - Oneok, refining or gas
Jeff Zueger - Midwest AgEnergy Group, ethanol