National Council on Electricity Policy elects North Carolina Utilities Commissioner Brown-Bland as new vice president

The National Council on Electricity Policy (NCEP) recently elected Commissioner ToNola Brown-Bland of the North Carolina Utilities Commission as its new vice president.

NCEP also elected Ted Thomas of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, Upendra Chivikula of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Eric Koch of the Indiana State Senate and Baker Allen of the Office of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to its Executive Committee.

“Our executive committee is stronger with the addition of these members in their new roles,” NCEP President and NARUC Second Vice President Paul Kjellander said. “We look forward to working with them as we prepare for our annual meeting.”

NCEP will meet in Austin, Texas on Sept. 11-12 for their Annual Meeting on Transmission, Distribution, and Customer Systems Coordination.

“State legislatures across the nation are dealing with rapid changes going on within the power sector,” Indiana State Senator Eric Koch said. “As a marketplace of ideas, NCEP brings enormous value to those state policy decisions.”

NCEP supports all state-level decision-makers involved in electricity policy.

The council convenes state officials from public utility commissions, environmental and air agencies, state energy offices, gubernatorial offices, and consumer advocate offices, as well as legislators and legislative staff, for discussions on state electricity policy. It also facilitates training and education programs, conferences, seminars, webinars, and podcasts on electricity policy topics.