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WESTERN ELECTRICITY COORDINATING COUNCIL

EIN 87-6133162 SALT LAKE CTY, UT

Largest nonprofits in Utah

Revenue 2024
$30,424,454
Expenses 2024
$40,625,421

Program services were 69.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
W99
Classification
3000
Street
155 N 400 W STE 200

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY MITIGATE RISKS TO THE RELIABILITY AND SECURITY OF THE WESTERN INTERCONNECTION'S BULK POWER SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY MITIGATE RISKS TO THE RELIABILITY AND SECURITY OF (CONT'D SCH. O) THE WESTERN INTERCONNECTION'S BULK POWER SYSTEM.

  • MONITORED AND ENFORCED STANDARDS FOR THE RELIABILITY OF THE BULK ELECTRIC SYSTEM (BES) IN THE WESTERN INTERCONNECTION AND CONDUCTED A VARIETY OF STUDIES AND ASSESSMENTS ESSENTIAL TO THE RELIABLE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF THE BES.

    Expenses $28,094,756 · Revenue $28,585,905

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Melanie Frye

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,225,920
    From this org
    $814,331
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $411,589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $569,076
    Bonus
    $245,255
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $392,979
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,610
    Filer's total
    $1,225,920
  • Richard Campbell

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $127,655
    From this org
    $127,655
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Kris Hafner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $42,773
    From this org
    $42,773
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Gary Leidich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $82,616
    From this org
    $82,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Joe McArthur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $104,530
    From this org
    $104,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ian McKay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,030
    From this org
    $112,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James Avery

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $110,155
    From this org
    $110,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Richard Woodward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,155
    From this org
    $110,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Shelley Longmuir

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $82,616
    From this org
    $82,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Felicia Marcus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,155
    From this org
    $110,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mary Rose Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,274
    From this org
    $12,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Sarah Mugel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $29,290
    From this org
    $29,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • David Morton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $29,290
    From this org
    $29,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jillian Lessner

    VP, CFAO

    Total calculated
    $594,062
    From this org
    $411,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $182,568
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $326,838
    Bonus
    $84,656
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $173,996
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,572
    Filer's total
    $594,062
  • Branden Sudduth

    VP, RELIABILITY PLANNING & PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

    Total calculated
    $555,789
    From this org
    $361,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $194,444
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,095
    Bonus
    $75,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $168,443
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,001
    Filer's total
    $555,789
  • Jeffrey Droubay

    VP, GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $591,018
    From this org
    $397,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $193,541
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,039
    Bonus
    $83,438
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $167,540
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,001
    Filer's total
    $591,018
  • Steven Noess

    VP, RELIABILITY & SECURITY OVERSIGHT

    Total calculated
    $535,040
    From this org
    $349,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $186,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,165
    Bonus
    $72,875
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $159,966
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,035
    Filer's total
    $535,041
  • Kristine Raper

    VP, STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $491,702
    From this org
    $323,998
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $167,704
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,798
    Bonus
    $68,200
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $149,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,803
    Filer's total
    $491,701
  • Victor Howell

    DIRECTOR, RELIABILITY RISK

    Total calculated
    $346,375
    From this org
    $260,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,501
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,531
    Bonus
    $35,343
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $59,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,001
    Filer's total
    $346,375
  • Michael Connelly

    DIRECTOR, IS & TECH

    Total calculated
    $313,218
    From this org
    $239,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,280
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,817
    Bonus
    $32,121
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $54,696
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,584
    Filer's total
    $313,218
  • Steve Rueckert

    DIRECTOR, STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $305,490
    From this org
    $227,515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,941
    Bonus
    $30,574
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $51,974
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,001
    Filer's total
    $305,490
  • Deborah McEndaffer

    DIRECTOR, ENTITY MONITORING

    Total calculated
    $309,413
    From this org
    $236,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,048
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,809
    Bonus
    $32,556
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $55,245
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,803
    Filer's total
    $309,413
  • Jimmy Cline

    DIRECTOR, ENFORCEMENT & MITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $305,242
    From this org
    $243,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,297
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,155
    Bonus
    $22,790
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $59,853
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,444
    Filer's total
    $305,242

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $30,424,454
    Expenses
    $40,625,421
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $25,675,592
    Expenses
    $35,861,032
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $47,316,910
    Expenses
    $32,394,251
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,299,554
    Expenses
    $29,777,198
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,595,540
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,714,059
    Expenses
    $28,909,040
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,669,490
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,765,348
    Expenses
    $28,200,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,947,187
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,327,307
    Expenses
    $28,868,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,251,585
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,291,092
    Expenses
    $28,724,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,232,555
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,090,124
    Expenses
    $27,451,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,626,880
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,090,124
    Expenses
    $27,451,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,626,880
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,090,124
    Expenses
    $27,451,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,626,880
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,054,495
    Expenses
    $26,879,484
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,254,635
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $60,093,579
    Expenses
    $68,684,953
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,322,335

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.