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Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee

The Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC) was established by the Surface Transportation Board in July 2007 to provide advice and guidance to the Board, and to serve as a forum for discussion of emerging issues, regarding the transportation by rail of energy resources (including, but not necessarily limited to, coal, ethanol, and other biofuels). RETAC is comprised of 25 voting members, representing a balance of stakeholders with an interest in energy transportation by rail, including large and small railroads, coal producers, electric utilities, the biofuels industry, the petroleum industry, and the private railcar industry. The three members of the Board serve as ex officio members of RETAC, along with representatives of the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Meetings, which are open to the public, are held at least twice a year. To find out more about RETAC, contact Katherine Bourdon by phone at 202-245-0285 or by e-mail at
Katherine. Bourdon@stb.dot.gov.

Voting Members

Rob Hardman, Co-Chair
Dynegy

George Duggan , Co-Chair
BNSF Railway Company

Daniel R. Sabin, Secretary/Treasurer
Iowa Northern Ry. Co.

Sean Craig Dairyland Power Cooperative	Darin Selby Kansas City Southern Railway
John Gray CHS, Renewable Fuels Marketing
Robert W. Guy Illinois State Legislative Director United Transportation Union	Paul Taylor National Corn Growers Association
Brad Hildebrand Cargill	Robert Hulick Trinity Industries Leasing Company
Mark Huston Louis Dreyfus Corp.	Lee K. Johnson Hess Corporation
Jill Harrison Alpha Coal Sales Co., LLC	Edward McKechnie WATCO Companies
Amy Newton City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri	Anthony V. Reck Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc.
Donna Cerwonka CSX Transportation, Inc.	Mark Hamilton Norfolk Southern Corporation
Barbara Porter Arch Coal	Dennis Rackers Northern Indiana Public Service Co.
Scott Teel Southern Company	Dan McLaughlin Union Pacific Railroad
Scott Yaeger Peabody Energy	Tom Scargle Philadelphia Energy Solutions

RETAC Documents

Meetings
	Minutes		Presentations
		September 22, 2016		Bio Fuels Update Railcars Update Performance Measures	Coal Mines Update Oil Industry Segment Update	Utility Segment Update NERC Spkr. Coleman Agenda
		April 15, 2016		Bio Fuels Update Rail Fleet Update Performance Measures	Coal Producer Update Oil Industry Segment Update	Utility Segment Update Agenda
		December 1, 2015		Utility Segment Update Railcar Update Performance Measures	Oil Industry Update Mines Update Bio-Fuels Update	EIA Update Agenda
		April 14, 2015		Utility Segment Update Railcars Update Performance Measures	Oil Industry Segment Mines Update Bio-Fuels Update	Oil Market Outlook Agenda
		October 2, 2014		Performance Measures Rail Infrastructure Railcars Update	Bio-Fuels Update Coal Mines EIA Update	Utility Segment Update EPA Update Oil Industry Segment
		October 2, 2014 -- Public Comments			Comments of Bridger, LLC	Comments of Monroe Energy
		March 6, 2014		Agenda Ethanol Update Coal Update phmsa Operation Safe Delivery	Performance Measures Oil Update SNL (Coal)	Railcar Update Utility Update FACA Overview
		September 19, 2013		Crude Oil Performance Measures	Utility Biofuels Update	EIA Update Rail Fleet Update
		March 14, 2013		Agenda Biofuels Update Coal Producer Update	Utility Update FACA Wood Mackenzie	Antitrust Compliance Performance Measures Update Crude Oil Transport
		September 20, 2012		Coal Producer Update Dashboards & Data Table DOT Freight Policy Council Charter EIA AEO 2012 Update	EIA Petroleum and Biofuels Update Ethanol Update Freight Provisions MAP-21 MAP-21 Presentation	Performance Measures Update Rail Fleet Update Utility Update
		March 1, 2012		Railcar Fleet Update Ethanol Report	Utility Update EIA AEO 2012	ExxonMobile Performance Measures
		September 15 2011		Renewable Fuels Assn	Dashboards & Data Table - 9.9.11	Performance Measures
		April 6, 2011		EEI Presentation Meeting Agenda	EIA Annual Energy Outlook	RETAC Performance Measures
		September 15, 2010		RETAC Performance Measures	Best Practices
		March 23, 2010		Best Practices EIA AEO 2010	Christensen	Dashboards
		December 1, 2009		EIA	EPRI	Data Dashboard
		September 10, 2009		BNSF Coal Dust	Capacity	Performance Measures
		June 11, 2009		AAR Presentation	Best Practices	Christensen
		March 4, 2009		Communications	Best Practices	Performance Measures
		December 2, 2008		Capacity	Christensen	Performance Measures
		September 17, 2008		Best Practices Communication Railroad Performance	Cambridge Systematics EIA Coal Flows	Capacity Performance Measures
		June 12, 2008		Aventine Christensen	BNSF Union Pacific	Capacity
		March 6, 2008		Arch Coal Southern Company	CSXT Xcel Energy	Foundation Energy
		October 24, 2007		STB Activities FACA Guidelines	Antitrust Guidelines	Christensen Study

Other Documents

Capacity White Paper
(March 4, 2009)

Best Practices White Paper
(September 15, 2010)

Membership Balance Plan
(September 23, 2013

Renewal Charters

Charter