Our Committees

The IRC chairman rotates annually and serves as the primary point of contact as well as chief spokesperson. The IRC meets quarterly and is funded by members of the organization.

Chairman: Manu Asthana, PJM Interconnection

Mike Law, Alberta Electric System Operator
Elliot Mainzer, California ISO
Pablo Vegas, President and Chief Executive Officer, Electric Reliability Council of Texas
John Bear, MISO
Gordon van Welie, ISO New England
Rich Dewey, New York ISO
Lesley Gallinger, Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator
Barbara Sugg, Southwest Power Pool

Serves as the internal and external voice of the IRC, with the goal of building awareness of the organization’s mission, sharing best practices among member ISOs/RTOs and providing communications support and counsel.

Shares expertise and advice on system planning functions, practices, and activities related to the North American wholesale electric industry, and develops consensus positions on significant regulatory policy proposals to effectively integrate regulatory policy direction into ISO/RTO planning activities.

Shares information on regulatory and legislative issues of common interest, and coordinates individual ISO and RTO responses to regulatory and legislative initiatives. Leads the development of consensus positions on significant regulatory policy proposals and prepares joint comments on behalf of the IRC with input from the other Council committees.

Participates in the design and development of methods, standards, and procedures for the wholesale electric market to ensure continuity and feasibility of implementation, through cooperative efforts between regulators and regional reliability organizations and the IRC, developing joint positions on reliability and business policy/standards.

Shares expertise and advice on existing information technology functions and current activities within the North American wholesale electric industry, and makes recommendations related to approaches to IT standardization and up-and-coming innovations.

Identifies areas of potential electric market standardization for ISO/RTO entities, and, as appropriate, submits recommendations to the IRC for review and approval. Communicates design ideas to the Standards Review Committee, which coordinates and builds consensus positions on policies and standards in North America.

Shares expertise and advice on system operations functions, practices, and activities related to the North American wholesale electric industry, and develops consensus positions on significant regulatory policy proposals to effectively integrate regulatory policy direction into ISO/RTO operating activities.