The next RETAC meeting is on October 18, 2023
The Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC) was established by the Surface Transportation Board in July 2007 to provide advice and guidance to the Board, and to serve as a forum for discussion of emerging issues regarding the transportation by rail of energy resources (including coal, ethanol, and other biofuels). RETAC is comprised of 25 voting members, representing a balance of stakeholders with interests in energy transportation by rail, including large and small railroads, coal producers, electric utilities, the biofuels industry, the petroleum industry, and the private railcar industry. The five members of the Board serve as ex officio members of RETAC, along with representatives of the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Meetings, which are open to the public, are held at least twice a year. For questions about RETAC, contact Kristen Nunnally by phone at 202-245-0312 or by e-mail at Kristen.Nunnally@stb.gov.
Brian Fuller
Southern Company
Vacant
Vacant
Daniel R. Sabin
Iowa Northern Ry. Co.
Jeff Eliason
CHS Renewable Fuels
James Rader
Greenbrier Management Services
Robert W. Guy
SMART – Transportation Division
Doug Noem
South Dakota Corn Growers Association
Adam Anderson
Western Fuels
James Grech
Peabody Energy
Ben Sweat
Poet
Mark Huston
Louis Dreyfus Company, LLC
Lee K. Johnson
Hess Corporation
Edwin McKechnie
McKechnie & Company, LLC
Phillip Obie II
Santee Cooper
John Brisdson
Evergy
Laura Heisterkamp
Union Pacific Railroad
Vern Lund
Navajo Transitional Energy Co.
Christopher Hand
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Steve Ewers
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Emily Regis
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
Kent Avery
PBF Refining
Angela Caddell
BNSF Railway Company
Dave Slade
Chevron Renewable Energy Group
Paul Lang
Arch Coal
John Haysbert
Hitachi Energy
MEETING POSTPONED
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This meeting was held in Paducah, Kentucky, on November 14, 2019, at the offices of the Paducah and Louisville Railway.