2026 WESTERN PROTECTIVE RELAY CONFERENCE
October 26–29, 2026
Spokane Convention Center
Spokane, Washington
2026 WPRC PLANNING COMMITTEE
Anjan Bose, Chair
Galina Antonova
Dean Bender
Julia Black
Denis Bucco
Kevin Damron
Aaron Feathers
Justin Gedney
Juergen Holbach
Ahsan Mirza
Jared Mraz
Venkat Mynam
Pratap Mysore
Mukesh Nagpal
Ian Riensche
Tyler Scott
Zachary Scott
JC Theron
Washington State University
Hitachi Energy
Bonneville Power Administration
Silicon Valley Power
Southern California Edison
Avista
Pacific Gas & Electric
Puget Sound Energy
Quanta Technology
San Diego Gas & Electric
POWER Engineers
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Ulteig
Burns & McDonnell
Electrical Consultants, Inc.
BC Hydro
Snohomish County PUD
GE Vernova
bose@wsu.edu
galina.s.antonova@hitachienergy.com
dabender@bpa.gov
jblack@svpower.com
denis.bucco@sce.com
kevin.damron@avistacorp.com
aaron.feathers@pge.com
justin.gedney@pse.com
jholbach@quanta-technology.com
amirza@sdge.com
jared.mraz@powereng.com
Venkat_Mynam@selinc.com
pratap.mysore@ieee.org
mnagpal@burnsmcd.com
ian.riensche@eciusa.com
tyler.scott@bchydro.com
zmscott@snopud.com
jacobus.theron@ge.com