Abbott Appoints Six New Members to ERCOT

Gov. Greg Abbott recently appointed Brad Jones, Nate Murphy, George Presses, Edward Stones, Jon Taylor and Melissa Trevino to the Texas Energy Reliability Council (ERCOT) for terms at the pleasure of the governor. ERCOT was established to ensure energy and electric industries in the state meet high priority human needs and address critical infrastructure concerns, and enhance coordination and communication in the energy and electric industries.

Jones is the interim CEO of ERCOT. He has more than 35 years of experience in the electric energy industry.

Murphy is senior counsel for Valero. He is a corporate member representative for the Texas Oil & Gas Association, Texas Industrial Energy Consumers, Louisiana Energy Users Group, Oklahoma Industrial Energy Consumers, Texas Energy Coalition and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines.

Presses is vice president of fuel and energy for H-E-B, where he has worked since 1998.

Stones is the global business director for energy and climate change for Dow Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience in energy, plastics and hydrocarbon markets.

Taylor is the corporate vice president of fab engineering and public affairs at Samsung Austin Semiconductor. He has more than 30 years of experience as a process engineer.

Trevino is the assistant vice president for power at Occidental Energy Ventures. She has worked for Occidental since 2003.