RETAC Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee

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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

William Berg Dairyland Power Cooperative	Stevan Bobb BNSF Railway
Robert D. Gabbard PPL EnergyPlus, LLC	Amy Goodman City Utilities of Springfield, Mo.
Kareen Gray GE Capital Rail Services	John Gray CHS, Inc.
Daryl Haack corn and soybean producer	Mark Hamilton Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Brad Hildebrand Cargill	John Hull Peabody COALSALES LLC
Mark Huston Louis Dreyfus Corp.	Lee K. Johnson Hess Corporation
Christopher Marsh CONSOL Energy Sales	Edward McKechnie WATCO Companies
Anthony V. Reck Four Rivers Transportation	Daniel R. Sabin Iowa Northern Railway Co.
Darin Selby Kansas City Southern Railway	Kent Smith Arch Coal
Jeff Wallace Southern Company	Elizabeth Whited Union Pacific Railroad

RETAC Documents

Meetings
	Minutes		Presentations
		March 14, 2013		Agenda Biofuels Update Coal Producer Update	Utility Update FACA Wood Mackenzie	Antitrust Compliance Performance Measures Update Crude Oil Transport
		September 20, 2012		Coal Producer Update Dashboards & Data Table DOT Freight Policy Council Charter EIA AEO 2012 Update	EIA Petroleum and Biofuels Update Ethanol Update Freight Provisions MAP-21 MAP-21 Presentation	Performance Measures Update Rail Fleet Update Utility Update
		March 1, 2012		Railcar Fleet Update Ethanol Report	Utility Update EIA AEO 2012	ExxonMobile Performance Measures
		September 15 2011		Renewable Fuels Assn	Dashboards & Data Table - 9.9.11	Performance Measures
		April 6, 2011		EEI Presentation Meeting Agenda	EIA Annual Energy Outlook	RETAC Performance Measures
		September 15, 2010		RETAC Performance Measures	Best Practices
		March 23, 2010		Best Practices EIA AEO 2010	Christensen	Dashboards
		December 1, 2009		EIA	EPRI	Data Dashboard
		September 10, 2009		BNSF Coal Dust	Capacity	Performance Measures
		June 11, 2009		AAR Presentation	Best Practices	Christensen
		March 4, 2009		Communications	Best Practices	Performance Measures
		December 2, 2008		Capacity	Christensen	Performance Measures
		September 17, 2008		Best Practices Communication Railroad Performance	Cambridge Systematics EIA Coal Flows	Capacity Performance Measures
		June 12, 2008		Aventine Christensen	BNSF Union Pacific	Capacity
		March 6, 2008		Arch Coal Southern Company	CSXT Xcel Energy	Foundation Energy
		October 24, 2007		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

2011

2009

Charter

2007