Members

Taskforce on Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability (GEAR)

Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability (GEAR) is chartered for a period of fifteen (15) months, as of this 21st day of November 2023. GEAR is a working group that will bring together state regulators and industry representatives to develop solutions to better align the gas and electric industries to maintain and improve the reliability of the gas and electric energy systems on which our nation depends for power. GEAR intends to gather regulator and industry stakeholder feedback and recommend solutions to better harmonize communication protocols, operations and planning of the gas and electric systems and markets. Findings from the North American Energy Standards Board Gas-Electric Harmonization Forum, the Reliability Alliance Report developed by NGSA, INGAA and EPSA, and the analyses of Storms Uri and Elliott by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, will serve as a starting point for the working group.

Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability (GEAR) charter


Tricia Pridemore photo

    

Tricia Pridemore
(Chair)
Commissioner
Georgia Public Service Commission     
Biography

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Carleton B. Simpson
(Vice Chair)
Commissioner
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission     
Biography

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Michael E. Bryson
Senior Vice-President of Operations
PJM Interconnection     
Biography

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Mike Calviou
SVP, US Policy & Regulation
National Grid     

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Tina Faraca
EVP/President US Nat Gas Pipelines
TC Energy     

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Jimmy Glotfelty
Commissioner
Public Utility Commission of Texas     
Biography

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Dwight Keen
Commissioner
Kansas Corporation Commission     
Biography

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Lea Marquez Peterson
Commissioner
Arizona Corporation Commission     
Biography

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Chris S Moser
EVP
NRG Energy, Inc.     

Rob Perkins photo

    

Rob Perkins
VP of Pipeline Management
Kinder Morgan     

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Benjamin Schoene
Director, Commercial NG Regulatory Affairs
ConocoPhillips     

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Daniel C. Scripps
Chair
Michigan Public Service Commission     
Biography

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Katie Sieben
Chair
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission     
Biography

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James Bradford Ramsay
(Staff Coordinator)
General Counsel
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners     
Biography