Three members representing municipally-owned utilities
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Eric Melcher
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
City of Aurora
905 13th Street
Aurora, NE 68818
Chad Roberts
4 Year Term
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2027
City Norfolk
300 S 49th St
Norfolk, NE 68701
Two members representing public power districts with less than forty million dollars in gross revenue.
Tim Loberg
4 Year Term
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2027
Cedar-Knox PPD
56272 W Hwy 84 POB 947
Hartington, NE 68739
Patrick Hintz
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
Elkhorn Rural Public Power District
206 N. 4th Street
Battle Creek, NE 68715
Two members representing public power districts with more than forty million dollars in gross revenue.
John Buckley
4 Year Term
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2027
Omaha Public Power District
5520 Lindberg Dr
Omaha, NE 68110
Jerry Augustyn
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
Norris Public Power District
15801 SW 14th
Roca, NE 68430
Three members representing telecommunications companies
Edward Jarrett
Vice President
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
Allo Communications LLC
330 S. 21st Street
Lincoln, NE 68510
Linda Costello
Treasurer
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
AT&T
4005 S 132nd Street
Omaha, NE 68137
James Saville
4 Year Term
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2027
Cox Communications
11505 W. Dodge Rd
Omaha, NE 68154
Two members representing natural gas distribution companies
Nathan Stewart
President
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
Black Hills Energy
PO Box 83008
Lincoln, NE 68501
Steve Slezak
Secretary
4 Year Term
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2027
Metropolitan Utilities District
7350 World Communications Dr.
Omaha, NE 68122
Two members representing transmission pipeline companies
Dan Maschka
4 Year Term
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2027
Northern Natural Gas
1111 South 103rd Street
Omaha, NE 68124
Scott E. Barry
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
Tallgrass Energy
3985 Gunbarrel Rd
Grand Island, NE 68801
Four members representing excavators, with one member specializing in trenchless excavation activities and one member representing county governments
Chris Jacobsen
4 Year Term
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2027
County Governments
Custer County Highway Department
43700 Ryno Road
Broken Bow, NE 68822-9404
Brandon Jones
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
Trenchless Excavation
Beveridge Inc.
800 Lake Dr.
North Platte, NE 69101
Andy Hartmann
4 Year Term
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2027
Hartmann Construction
1255 238th Rd
Seward, NE 68434
Bradley “BJ” Woehler
4 Year Term
August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2025
Excavators
Robert Woehler & Sons Construction, Inc.
123 Fairgrounds Ave
Wayne, NE 68787