GCPUD Press Release

Kevin Nordt New Director of Power Management

December 15, 2006

EPHRATA - Kevin Nordt has been selected to be Director of Power Management for the Grant County Public Utility District. He assumes these duties December 15 and is replacing Director Bill Dearing who is retiring in June. This appointment will provide a smooth transition of those duties and responsibilities in anticipation of Bill’s retirement.

Nordt is currently working in Grant PUD’s Ephrata office as the Mid-Columbia Coordinator, a shared employee of all the utilities that are parties to the Mid-Columbia Hourly Coordination Agreement. In this position since 2004, Nordt works with public and private utilities as well as the Bonneville Power Administration on the intricacies of managing power supplies throughout the Northwest. With Grant PUD, Nordt will direct and manage the Power Management Division in their key work of wholesale power purchases and sales, power sales contract negotiations, analyzing new power generation additions, long and short term power planning, efficient operation and transmission of Grant PUD’s power generation and safe operation of the utility’s power transmission and distribution system within Grant County.

Nordt is a native of New York with a B.S. in mathematical physics from St. John’s University and an M.S. in nuclear engineering and engineering physics from the University of Wisconsin. He has been working in the Northwest for nearly 20 years with Portland General Electric, Energy Northwest and the regional coordinator position.

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Grant County Public Utility District is a Washington state municipal corporation that began electric service in 1942. Owned by the people it serves, Grant PUD generates and sells electricity to Grant County residents and millions of customers throughout Central Washington and the Pacific Northwest. The Priest Rapids Project, comprised of Priest Rapids and Wanapum Dams, produces nearly 2,000 megawatts of clean, renewable and reliable electricity – enough to supply a city the size of Seattle. A leader in science based technology; Grant PUD is committed to finding effective measures for the protection, mitigation and enhancement of salmon, steelhead and other natural and cultural resources.

Media Contact:
Gary Garnant
(509) 754-5027 / ggarnan@gcpud.org