Your PUD
Governance
John Janney, Executive Manager - Risk Management Group and Chief Risk Officer
Joe O. Jarvis, Executive Manager - Finance Group and Chief Financial Officer
Randy Lowe, Executive Manager - Energy Resources Group
Randy Stedman, Executive Manager - Human Resources Group
Carol Wardell, Executive Manager - Legal Group and General Counsel
Jack Winter, Executive Manager - Utility Services Group
Wayne Wright, Executive Manager - District Services Group
The Commission
Chelan County PUD is administered by five commissioners. The county is divided into three commissioner districts, each having approximately equal population and geographic size. One member is elected from each of the three commissioner districts every two years to serve for a term of six years, and one member is elected every two years from each of the two at-large commissioner districts to serve for a term of four years.
The commission establishes policy, approves plans, budgets and expenditures and reviews the District's operations. The legal responsibilities and powers of the District, including the establishment of rates and charges for services rendered, are exercised through the commission.
The public meeting of the Board of Commissioners is held every Monday in the boardroom located on the third floor of the Wenatchee Headquarters Building. On the first Monday in October a public hearing on the proposed budget is held by the commission.
General Manager
General Manager Richard
Riazzi reports directly to
the commission and is
responsible for the overall
operation of the utility.
Management Team
The General Manager has established an executive team with broad functional capabilities to provide well-rounded management decisions in the implementation of commission policies. This team-based approach to executive management decision making also helps ensure smooth succession planning as retirements occur in the coming years.
2006 Awards
National Hydropower Association's Public Education Hydro Achievement Award, in recognition of the River of Power program.
National Hydropower Association's Outstanding Stewardship of America's Rivers Award, in recognition of the Rocky Reach and Rock Island Habitat Conservation Plans.
2005 Awards
National Hydropower Association's Outstanding Stewardship of America's Rivers Award, in recognition of the Rocky Reach and Rock Island Habitat Conservation Plans.
2004 Awards
E.F. Scattergood System Achievement Award is presented to one or two utilities annually for overall achievement and customer benefits. Chelan County PUD has won the award twice before, in 1959 and 1991, and now becomes only the second utility in the country to win it three times.
National Hydropower Association's Technological Solutions Hydro Achievement Award, in recognition of the Rocky Reach juvenile fish bypass system.
Paul J. Raver Award, Northwest Public Power Association, in recognition of Chelan County PUD community service.
2003 Awards
Interstate Renewable Energy Council 2003 National Renewable Energy Recognition Award, in recognition of the SNAP (Sustainable Natural Alternative Power) program.
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Certificate of Appreciation, 2003, in recognition of cooperative efforts that allowed the state to keep operating PUD parks during a difficult state budget crunch.
American Fisheries Society Western Division Conservation Achievement Award, 2003, in recognition of construction of the $112 million fish bypass system at Rocky Reach Dam.