Rich Walje Western Transmission Consortium https://profile.usu.edu/images/utah-energy-conference/speakers/rich-walje.jpg Arlo Richard Walje is the CEO of RAW-Energy, Inc. an energy and utility consultancy. He currently is a member of the University of Utah’s Energy Futures Research Engine. Additionally, he is the on the Board of The Western Transmission Consortium, CDI’s renewable natural gas project in Wellington, Utah, and Blue Sky Energy’s Board.</p> <p>He started in the industry as an IBEW journeyman lineman and has held several senior management and executive positions during his utility career. Those positions included CIO of ScottishPower and President and CEO of Rocky Mountain Power. After leaving PacifiCorp Rich was the CEO of Magnum CAES, LLC, responsible for the development of a salt dome based Compressed Air Energy Storage project and Senior Vice President of Business Development for the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems’ small modular reactor Carbon Free Power Project.</p> <p>Rich has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering, with honors and an MBA, both from the University of Utah, and a Certificate of Completion from the University of Michigan’s electric utility executive program. He was recognized as a distinguished alumnus of the University of Utah’s Electrical and Computer Engineering college and by the Utah Association of Energy Users for his long service and contribution to the electric utility industry.</p> <p>He was chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committee for the Idaho National Lab’s Homeland Security directorate. He has served on numerous business, non-profit and philanthropic boards including, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, the Wyoming Business Council, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah, the United Way of Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Chamber.