Customer Service and Business Managers
A Day at the Iowa Utilities Board
A conversation with Customer Service Manager Marie Jeanblanc and Business Manager Carla Pope.
The States
Engineering Manager Beverly Ohman
A Day at the Iowa Utilities Board
"I’m excited to say from a damage prevention standpoint, the results of our November 2018 audit show we are meeting safety requirements."
Regulatory Analysis Manager Jon Tack
A Day at the Iowa Utilities Board
"The Iowa legislature a few years ago expanded the Board’s jurisdiction to cover privately owned wastewater and stormwater utilities."
Iowa Utilities Board Legal Team
A Day at the Iowa Utilities Board
"If there is something new coming in, we ensure it complies with statute and Board rules, and identify for the general counsel if issues need to be addressed further or resolved by the Board."
Chief Operating Officer Louis Vander Streek
A Day at the Iowa Utilities Board
"More unique to my position is the policy role and staying in tune with dockets the IUB is overseeing and with the items going on with the Legislature."
Board Member Nick Wagner
A Day at the Iowa Utilities Board
"Initially, Iowa didn’t see a lot of opposition to wind development. We’ve started to see more opposition. In the next five years, we’ll probably see more opposition if wind development continues as it has."
Board Member Richard Lozier Jr.
A Day at the Iowa Utilities Board
"We’re trying to build a long-term strategy NARUC can focus toward helping Commissioners, educating Commissioners, making sure they can do their jobs to the best of their abilities."
State and Future of Power: Kara Fornstrom
State Commission Chairs
"Wyoming produces forty percent of the coal that’s used in this country for coal-fired power generation."
State and Future of Power: Gladys Brown Dutrieulle
State Commission Chairs
"Our position as a Commission is that we are neutral on nuclear legislation in the sense that we prefer to be a resource to the general assembly."
State and Future of Power: Megan Decker
State Commission Chairs
"When we talk about paying for underlying grid values, it’s becoming more complicated in terms of the emerging disruptive resiliency threats from wildfires, cybersecurity, and in my region, seismic threats."