PNGC Power, a Portland-based wholesale electric power cooperative, has promoted Doug Brawley to Senior Vice President of BPA Supply & Member Rates and Aleka Scott to Vice President, Transmission & Contracts.  Both long-term employees, combined they have almost 60 years of experience in the electric utility industry.  In addition, Rick Paschall was named Senior Manager of Compliance.  PNGC is owned by 16 Northwest electric distribution cooperative utilities with service territory in seven western states.

As Senior Vice President of BPA Supply & Member Rates, Brawley oversees the full scope of activity related to PNGC’s interface with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA).  Brawley manages the contracts and related rate cases for PNGC’s member/owners on a forward looking basis with BPA, PNGC’s largest power supplier.  In addition, he is responsible for activities related to developing and implementing member rates.

Scott, Vice President of Transmission & Contracts, directly manages PNGC’s BPA contracts, member contracts and leads all aspects of transmission for power deliveries to PNGC’s member systems.  Her responsibilities include procuring transmission, contract administration, rate case representation, national and regional transmission policy development and generation interconnection work with PNGC’s members.    

“Doug and Aleka are a valuable part of our leadership team,” said PNGC Power President and CEO, John Prescott .  “Each, in their own way, has successfully applied years of diversified power rates, contract management, energy policy and transmission experience to our recently completed, successful Regional Dialogue policy and contract negotiations. Both manage with an approach that continues to help us provide innovative and dependable power supply contract and transmission solutions to our members and their customers.”

Paschall, newly named Senior Manager of Compliance, is responsible for risk mitigation with respect to compliance mandated by the new North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) mandatory Reliability Standards on behalf of PNGC’s electric cooperative members.  He joined the company in 1996 and has 26 years of Northwest electric utility experience.  Prior

to PNGC, he worked at PNUCC and began his energy career working for BPA.  He was a math instructor at the University of California at San Luis Obispo , California and taught economics and math at the University of Oregon in Eugene .  Paschall has a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon and a Master of Science degree in economics from Portland State University , Portland , Oregon .

“Rick is very knowledgeable and dedicated with a can-do attitude,” said John Prescott.  “He has worked very hard on behalf of our members with respect to leading a new compliance assistance program.”

Doug Brawley has more than 31 years of engineering and utility consulting experience in the electric industry and has worked at PNGC Power for the last 12 years.  For ten years Brawley was an executive consultant and regional manager with Resource Management International, Inc., and he was senior engineer at the Public Power Council (PPC).  Brawley worked as a hydroelectric development engineer for eight years at R.W. BECK.  He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Washington and holds a degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington , Seattle , Washington .

Before joining PNGC Power, Aleka Scott worked at BPA where she negotiated power and transmission contracts.  She has 28 years of experience in the electric utility industry and has been employed at PNGC Power for the past 23 years.  Scott is a graduate of Georgetown University , and holds a Bachelor of Science of Foreign Service degree.

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About PNGC Power

PNGC Power is a Portland-based electric generation and transmission (G & T) cooperative owned by 16 Northwest electric distribution cooperative utilities with service territory in seven western states (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming).  The company creates value for its member systems by providing power supply, transmission and other management services.  PNGC Power is an aggregator of geographically diverse loads in the region and became the first electric cooperative in the country to receive a power marketing license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  More information about PNGC Power can be found at www.pngcpower.com.