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Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee

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, but not necessarily limited to, coal, ethanol, and other biofuels). RETAC is comprised of 23 voting members, representing a balance of stakeholders with an interest in energy transportation by rail, including large and small railroads, coal producers, electric utilities, the biofuels industry, and the private railcar industry. The three 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. To find out more about RETAC, contact Scott Zimmerman by phone at 202-245-0386 or by e-mail at zimmermans@stb.dot.gov.

Voting Members

Henry Rupert, Co-chair
CSX Transportation, Inc.

Susan Arigoni, Co-Chair
XCEL Energy

 
Robert Hulick, Sr.
, Secretary/Treasurer
TrinityRail
 

 


Sameer Gaur
GE Equipment Services, Rail Services


Kent Smith
Arch Coal


Daryl Haack
corn and soybean producer


Paul Hammes
Union Pacific Railroad


Robert D. Gabbard
PPL EnergyPlus, LLC


John Gray
CHS, Inc.


Mark Huston
Louis Dreyfus Corp.


Stevan Bobb
BNSF Railway



Edward McKechnie
WATCO Companies


Betsy B. Monseu
Alpha Coal Sales LLC


John Hull
Peabody COALSALES LLC


Anthony V. Reck
Four Rivers Transportation


William Berg
Dairyland Power Cooperative


Daniel R. Sabin
Iowa Northern Railway Co.


Darin Selby
Kansas City Southern Railway


Mark Hamilton

Norfolk Southern Railway Company

James Stem
United Transportation Union

Darrell R. Wallace
Bunge North America, Inc.


Jeff Wallace
Southern Company

 

RETAC Documents    
 

Meetings

 
    Minutes Presentations
  September 16, 2011   Renewable Fuels
Assn
Dashboards &
Data Table -
9.9.11
Performance Measures      
 
April 6, 2011

Arrow EEI Presentation

Meeting Agenda
EIA Annual
Energy Outlook
RETAC Performance Measures      
  September 15, 2010 Arrow RETAC Performance Measures Best Practices        
  March 23, 2010 Arrow Best Practices

EIA AEO 2010

Christensen Dashboards      
  December 1, 2009 Arrow EIA EPRI Data Dashboard      
  September 10, 2009 Arrow BNSF Coal Dust Capacity Performance Measures      
  June 11, 2009 Arrow AAR Presentation Best Practices Christensen      
  March 4, 2009 Arrow Communications Best Practices Performance Measures      
  December 2, 2008 Arrow Capacity Christensen Performance Measures      
  September 17, 2008 Arrow Best Practices

Communication

Railroad Performance
Cambridge Systematics

EIA Coal Flows
Capacity

Performance
Measures

     
  June 12, 2008 Arrow Aventine

Christensen
BNSF

Union Pacific
Capacity      
  March 6, 2008 Arrow Arch Coal

Southern Company
CSXT

Xcel Energy
Foundation Energy      
  October 24, 2007 Arrow STB Activities

FACA Guidelines
Antitrust Guidelines Christensen Study      
                 
 
         
  Other Documents    
    Capacity White Paper
(March 4, 2009)
Best Practices White Paper
(September 15, 2010)
 
         
  Renewal Charter    
    2009    
         
  Charter    
    2007