My goals as an LPEA director are to balance two sometimes competing goals, namely moving LPEA toward a sustainable energy future and keeping rates as low as possible while keeping LPEA financially healthy and its system safe and reliable.

My participation in the Ignacio Community Solar Garden reflects my belief that our future electricity requirements demand a broad, diverse, and sustainable supply portfolio. New technologies and changing regulations and policies are irreversibly changing electricity markets. I understand these interacting and sometimes conflicting influences and will work hard to quickly learn the specific details affecting LPEA. The knowledge I gain of LPEA’s day-to-day operations will enhance my expertise and effectiveness as an LPEA director. I anticipate that every LPEA director will at times be displeased with how I vote, a validation of my balanced approach to evaluating the issues facing LPEA.

I have worked across the energy spectrum, in natural gas, fossil-fueled and renewable electricity generation, cogeneration, and distributed energy. I am highly adept at crunching numbers, interpreting results, and asking tough questions. I have built the professional reputation of my consulting firm, Empowered Energy, on being independent and objective, having no vested interests in the outcome of my analyses. I have earned the respect of my peers as a Senior Fellow and Past President of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics, and I currently serve on the Council of the International Association for Energy Economics.

I am a graduate of Leadership La Plata and a long-time member of the LLP Curriculum Committee.

I am asking for your vote for the LPEA District 2 board seat. Please feel free to contact me at 247-8181 or [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.

Lori Schell

Durango