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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas J. Schneider |
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, Montana , United States |
| Email | tschneider@state.mt.us |
| Website | None |
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| Contributor | User 215 |
| Last Modifed | User 215
May 05, 2005 11:10am |
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| Info | Assumed Commissionership January 6, 2003.
Current term ends January 1, 2007.
Thomas J. Schneider, a petroleum engineer, served as a publicly elected member of the Montana Public Service Commission for eight years 1977-84. In 1983, Mr. Schneider was elected Chairman of the Montana Public Service Commission. As a Commissioner, Mr. Schneider appeared or testified on a least one occasion before various U.S. House and Senate subcommittees; Montana State Legislative committees; the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; the Canadian National Energy Board; the Northwest Power Planning Council; and the Bonneville Power Administration. In 1980, Schneider served as President of the (14 state) Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners (WCPSC) and as a member of the Executive Committee of the WCPSC for five years. Mr. Schneider served on NARUC's Ad Hoc Committee on the National Energy Act and Communications Committee and on the board of directors of the National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI) at Ohio State University.
Mr. Schneider established a national utility regulatory consulting practice in 1985. The consulting practice focuses on rate and public policy matters in electricity, natural gas and telecommunications, anti-trust, deregulation, competition, low income and environmental issues. Mr. Schneider testified as an expert witness before: a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania; a Montana District Court; and the respective state utility regulatory commissions in Utah, Washington, Minnesota, Illinois, Arizona, Idaho, Missouri, Texas and Montana.
Mr. Schneider has been involved in major electricity and natural gas rate and related policy issues in Montana and region:
* Represented NPRC on MPC's Conservation and Least Cost Planning Advisory Committee and on DEQ's Collaborative on the Major Facility Siting Act;
* Provided research, technical analysis and policy support for the Governor's Low Income Energy Advisory Council;
* Presented expert testimony on low income/LIEAP issues before PSC for many years. Successfully advocated 15% LIEAP discounts & supported weatherization / conservation programs for low-income families by electric and gas utilities (MPC, MDU and GF Gas);
* Represented the Montana League of Cities and Towns and the Montana School Boards Association in "aggregating" and negotiating electricity supply contracts and savings for 29 municipal governments and 60 school districts totaling 475 loads or facilities plus unmetered lighting--the largest "aggregation" programs since "electric restructuring and retail choice" commenced in Montana (7/98);
* Led the cities of Helena and Missoula in establishing municipal utilities and obtaining electricity supplier licenses from PSC;
* Renegotiated the electric hydro-generation contract with MPC and helped establish a retail sales operation for the Town of Philipsburg;
* Evaluated multiple proposals, presented pros & cons and successfully negotiated a joint venture project on behalf of Granite County to re-establish hydroelectric generation at Flint Creek dam (Georgetown Lake); and
* Provided expert testimony on behalf of NPRC on Coal Bed Methane issues and other energy/environmental/socio-economic issues.
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