Dairyland Power: Brent Ridge appointed to Nuclear Energy Institute Task Force

LA CROSSE, WI— Dairyland President and CEO Brent Ridge has been appointed to the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) Used Fuel Executive Task Force. The NEI is the policy organization of the nuclear technologies industry, based in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the task force is to provide strategic guidance and support to NEI on used fuel-related legislative, policy and legal
issues.


“It is an exciting time for nuclear power and I am pleased to be part of the conversation on America’s clean energy transition,” said Ridge. “NEI’s vision is a world powered by clean and reliable energy, which nuclear provides through zero carbon emissions, fuel security and support of renewable resources.”


Dairyland and NuScale Power signed an agreement in 2022 for Dairyland to evaluate the potential deployment of NuScale’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology as a safe, reliable and carbon-free energy solution.


About Brent Ridge: Ridge joined Dairyland as President and CEO in 2020. Prior to Dairyland, Ridge served as Vice President, Corporate Services, and Chief Financial Officer at Energy Northwest. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Corporate Nuclear Safety Review Board for Columbia Generating Station. Ridge earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Idaho and an MBA from Regis University. He has completed the Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives at MIT, the Utility Executive Course at the University of Idaho and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard.


About Dairyland Power Cooperative: Dairyland, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, was formed in December 1941. Headquartered in La Crosse, Wis., Dairyland provides the wholesale electrical requirements for 24 distribution cooperatives and 27 municipal utilities. These cooperatives and municipals, in turn, supply the energy needs of more than a half-million people in the four-state service area. Visit www.DairylandPower.com.