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 202-245-0202 or by e-mail at zimmermans@stb.dot.gov.

Voting Members

William Berg, Co-chair
Dairyland Power Cooperative

Stevan Bobb, Co-Chair
BNSF Railway Company

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 Hawkeye Gold, LLC
Mark Huston Louis Dreyfus Corp.	Susan Arigoni XCEL Energy
Dan Kuehn Lower Colorado River Authority	Edward McKechnie WATCO Companies
Betsy B. Monseu Alpha Coal Sales LLC	John Hull Peabody COALSALES LLC
Anthony V. Reck Four Rivers Transportation	Henry Rupert CSX Transportation, Inc.
Daniel R. Sabin Iowa Northern Railway Co.	Darin Selby Kansas City Southern Railway
Alan Shaw 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 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)

Renewal Charter

2009