IEEE Power and Energy Society
	Phoenix Chapter

December 2003 Luncheon Meeting
Date:	Thursday, December 18, 2003
Speaker:	Jerry Smith
	Arizona Corporation Commission
Topic:	"Electric Restructuring Revisited"

Summary:

Jerry Smith from the Arizona Corporation Commission gave an update on the status of electric restructuring via a number of contemporaneous issues emerging from the national energy bill, FERC, Western Interconnection and Arizona restructuring experiences.

The meeting was attended by 27 people and questions were fielded following the presentation.

Biography:

Jerry Smith is an Electric Utilities Engineer with the Arizona Corporation Commission. Jerry joined the Arizona Corporation Commission Staff in February 1999, following a lengthy career with the Salt River Project, one of the state’s largest electric utilities. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Arizona and has a MSEE degree in Electric Utility Management.

Jerry’s responsibilities have included involvement in Arizona’s regulatory rulemaking and rate processes regarding retail electric competition and direct access of transmission and distribution facilities. He has actively participated in the organizational development of an Arizona Independent Scheduling Administrator and a Regional Transmission Organization called WestConnect. Jerry is also responsible for the Commission’s investigation of distributed generation and interconnections for potential rulemaking consideration. His experience with the Commission includes providing analysis and testimony regarding quality of service issues, utility planning and siting requirements, system adequacy assessments and cost of service studies. Mr. Smith has been the Commission’s primary staff witness for recent power plant and transmission line siting cases.

During Jerry’s thirty years of engineering and management experience with the Salt River Project, he analyzed and planned transmission and distribution system improvements. He also managed the design and consultation services required for retail customer projects. Mr. Smith also developed and managed capital improvement budgets, and the formation and modification of Salt River Project system planning, operational and maintenance policies, procedures and practices.

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