Meet the KRSA Team

Kenneth R. Saline, P.E.

Managing Partner

Mr. Ken Saline has provided ongoing consulting engineering services and management consulting to clients with regard to their long-term and short-term electric operations since 1984. Mr. Saline’s experience in the utility industry has made him a sought-after expert in contract negotiations in the southwest. He has performed various engineering and economic analyses for these entities, including representation in front of numerous federal and state agencies. He makes recommendations to their management and governing bodies and negotiates necessary programs and policies on their behalf.

Dennis L. Delaney, P.E.

Partner

Mr. Delaney has provided ongoing consulting engineering services and management consulting to clients with regard to their long-term and short-term electric operations since 1986. he services provided to these clients include scheduling, economic studies, power supply studies and rate analyses. He makes recommendations to their management and governing bodies and negotiates necessary programs and policies on their behalf.

Jeffrey J. Woner

Partner

Mr. Woner has provided ongoing consulting engineering services and management consulting to clients with regard to their long-term and short-term electric operations since 1989. Mr. Wonerʹs experience in the utility industry includes economic analyses and computer‐aided modeling for power supply planning, load forecasting, financial forecasting, cost/benefit analysis and rate studies. He has participated in several utility financings (approximately $500 million) as well as several projects relating to the compliance of environmental regulations.

Riley Rhorer, P.E.

Sr. Engineer

Mr. Rhorer has managed various projects and performed studies to evaluate power supply and transmission requirements, feasibility, and system reliability, among other assignments. He has performed production cost simulations of the operations of utilities in the states of California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Mississippi. Mr. Rhorer developed several sophisticated software tools for advanced transmission system analysis. These tools enable analyses that go well beyond the capabilities of normal power flow analysis.

Ann T. Finley, P.E.

Sr. Engineer

Ms. Finley brings thirty-four years of expertise in the California utility industry to K. R. Saline & Associates after retiring in December 2018 from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). Her experience includes: power contract management and negotiation, renewable power marketing and sales, generation interconnection, transmission planning, resource planning, and project management.

Dave P. Slick, P.E.

Sr. Engineer

Mr. Dave Slick is an energy industry consultant whose experience spans more than four decades. Mr. Slick worked with Bechtel Power Corporation (2 years), Arizona Public Service Company (11 years) and the Salt River Project (31 years). Mr. Slick’s areas of knowledge include energy markets, resource planning, generation development, transmission planning, electric system operations, regulatory affairs, contract management and water resource planning.

Stephen A. Foster

Engineer, Project Mgr.

Mr. Foster brings insights on leading renewable energy developments along with his extensive knowledge of electrical systems. Mr. Foster has a broad range of experience in the electrical utility field from large utilities transmission planning studies to smaller coal retirement system impact analyses. Mr. Foster’s power flow analysis and generator interconnection modeling has been pivotal in supporting renewable energy developers in more than three-dozen states across the Eastern, Western, and ERCOT interconnections. Mr. Foster joined KRSA in 2016.

Trey R. Carpenter

Lead Engineer

Mr. Carpenter graduated from Arizona State University in 2018 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Carpenter brings a rounded knowledge of several technical fields to transmission and distribution system problems to provide unique solutions. Mr. Carpenter’s supporting roles on smaller projects have quickly evolved to independent transmission, distribution, and interconnection studies while supporting the development of proprietary KRSA software. Mr. Carpenter joined KRSA in 2017.

Alyssa L. Belpedio

Engineer

Ms. Belpedio is a recent engineering graduate from Grand Canyon University. Ms. Belpedio has joined our transmission and distribution consulting practice and is assisting on power flow analysis and generator interconnection modeling. Ms. Belpedio joined KRSA in 2022.

Jennifer M. Torpey

Sr. Analyst

Ms. Torpey provides administration and financial reporting services to not-for-profit irrigation and electrical districts, municipal electric utilities, and tribal utilities in Arizona. Ms. Torpey joined KRSA in 1997.

Kent R. Simer

Sr. Analyst

Mr. Simer graduated from Arizona State University in 2004 with a B.I.S. in Business and Communication. Mr. Simer has been providing ongoing consulting services for numerous electric districts, tribal and municipal utilities in Arizona ranging from rate analysis support, economic and financial analysis, contract analysis, compliance with federal reporting mandates, tribal utility development, and expert testimony on revenue requirements and rate design matters. Mr. Simer's strong technological skills are relied upon in ad-hoc analysis of large datasets and in developing creative, technology-driven solutions. Mr. Simer joined KRSA in 1998.

Dan P. Pritchard

Sr. Analyst

Mr. Pritchard provides ongoing consulting service responsibilities for numerous electric districts, tribal and municipal utilities in Arizona ranging from rate analysis support, economic and financial analysis, contract analysis, compliance with federal reporting mandates, and power invoice confirmation. Mr. Pritchard participates in multiple scheduling, administration and public ratemaking processes for hydroelectric resources available to Arizona utilities. Mr. Pritchard joined KRSA in 2006.

J. Scott Saline

District Administrator

Mr. Saline has been providing administration and financial reporting services to not-for-profit irrigation and electrical districts, municipal electric utilities, and tribal utilities in Arizona. Mr. Saline joined KRSA in 2018.

Margaret L. Bauer

District Administrator

Mrs. Bauer has been providing administration and financial reporting services to not-for-profit irrigation and electrical districts, municipal electric utilities, and tribal utilities in Arizona. Mrs. Bauer joined KRSA in 2015.

Ashley Blank

Analyst

Mrs. Blank graduated from Southern New Hampshire University in 2017 with an M.B.A. As an analyst at K. R. Saline & Associates, Mrs. Blank’s experience includes fifteen years in the special retail industry analyzing sales and inventory budgets as well as two years in data engineering and process improvement in the RPO industry. Mrs. Blank has a proven track record of success in identifying trends, improving processes, and providing valuable data-driven insights. Mrs. Blank joined KRSA in 2024.

Jerri L. Tso

Analyst

Ms. Tso graduated from Grand Canyon University in 2015 with a B.S. in Finance and Economics. As an analyst at K. R. Saline & Associates, Ms. Tso’s experience includes six years of Investment Finance managing multi-million-dollar operational projects, leading a team of investment analysts and performing analysis in areas for Mutual Fund Trading, Corporate Actions, Securities Pricing, Asset Allocation and Dividends. Ms. Tso has an excellent track record of leading and stabilizing teams through a major system transition by analyzing new processes for efficiency. Ms. Tso joined KRSA in 2022.

Nicole S. Klinker

Analyst

Ms. Klinker provides administration and financial reporting services to not-for-profit irrigation and electrical districts, municipal electric utilities, and tribal utilities in Arizona. Ms. Klinker joined KRSA in 2022.

Valerie A. Chavez

Accountant

Mrs. Chavez provides administration and financial reporting services to not-for-profit irrigation and electrical districts, municipal electric utilities, and tribal utilities in Arizona. Mrs. Chavez joined KRSA in 2002.