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New General Manager to take helm at Tri-State G&T
 Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s board of directors has selected Ken Anderson to succeed retiring executive vice president and general manager J.M. Shafer, who is expected to step down officially on July 1, 2008. Anderson, who currently serves as the association’s senior vice president of generation and power management, will become Tri-State’s seventh CEO since its inception in 1952.
“Ken’s record speaks for itself,” said board chairman Harold “Hub” Thompson. “He has the education, experience and industry knowledge that will serve Tri-State and our member co-ops well as we move forward.”
Anderson, 48, received a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Tech University before earning his master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Colorado. He began his professional career as a senior controls engineer for Southwestern Public Service Company in Amarillo, Texas, before working as a principal process consultant for Honeywell in Phoenix, Ariz., for 10 years.
Anderson served for eight years (1996-2004) at Western Farmers Electric Cooperative in Anadarko, Okla., as chief operating officer, including five years with Shafer when he served as general manager of the generation and transmission cooperative. Anderson then spent a brief amount of time working as a principal security consultant at the Idaho National Laboratory before joining Tri-State in February 2005.
He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Instrument Society of America, the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s Reliability Policy Committee and the Colorado Governor’s Reliability Task Force.
“I’m looking forward to this next chapter in my career and I appreciate the confidence that Tri-State’s board has placed in me,” Anderson said. “We’re facing a number of challenges as we continue to try to develop the necessary facilities that will provide our member co-ops with a long-term, reliable and affordable source of wholesale electricity. Working together toward mutual goals, I’m certain we can be successful.”
Shafer has served as Tri-State’s executive vice president and general manager since 2003. He is scheduled to retire this summer after having enjoyed a 42-year career in the electric utility industry.
Updated: March 11, 2008
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