Kenneth R. Saline P.E.
Managing Partner
Mr. Saline is the managing partner in K. R. Saline and Associates, PLC. Mr. Saline is client
engineer for several irrigation districts and municipal wholesale utilities located in Arizona.
In this capacity, he is responsible for power supply studies, scheduling, contract and policy
negotiations. He also oversees interactions with federal and state agencies and local utilities
for issues related to transmission and deregulation issues. Mr. Saline has also assisted in the
preparation of expert testimony, engineering and economic analyses included in official
statements, and has extensive experience in electric utility rate proceedings, financial
planning, and planning electrical transmission and distribution systems.
Mr. 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. 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, Electrical Engineer
Mr. Delaney is a partner in K. R. Saline & Associates, PLC, a consulting engineering firm in
Arizona. In this capacity, he is responsible for power scheduling, economic studies, power
supply studies and rate analyses. Mr. Delaney also provides ongoing consulting services for
numerous irrigation and electrical districts, municipal utilities, and tribal utilities in Arizona
and parts of New Mexico. He has also assisted in the preparation of engineering and
economic analyses included in official statements, and has extensive experience in planning
electrical transmission and distribution systems. The services provided to these clients
include scheduling, economic studies, power supply studies and rate analyses.
Mr. Delaney has provided ongoing consulting engineering services and management
consulting to the above clients with regard to their long-term and short-term electric
operations since 1986. Mr. Delaney has performed various engineering and economic
analyses for these entities, including the representation of these entities 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.
Jeffrey J. Woner
Partner, M.S. Economics
Mr. Woner is a partner in K.R. Saline and Associates, PLC. 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.
Mr. Woner also provides ongoing consulting services for numerous irrigation and
electrical districts, municipal utilities and tribal utilities located in Arizona. The services
provided to these clients include scheduling, economic studies, power supply studies
and rate analyses.
Mr. Woner has provided ongoing consulting engineering services and management
consulting to the above clients with regard to their long‐term and short‐term electric
operations since 1989. Mr. Woner has performed various engineering and economic
analyses for these entities, including the representation of these entities in front of
numerous federal and state agencies representing their interests. He makes
recommendations to their management and governing bodies and negotiates necessary
programs and policies on their behalf.
Riley G. Rhorer P.E.
Electrical 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. To address the emerging (post 2000)
transmission access and related investment cost issues, 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.
On behalf of his clients, Mr. Rhorer has been a key negotiator in power supply
arrangements, power generation projects and transmission wheeling arrangements and
in settlement negotiations arising from various proceedings before the FERC and state
commissions. He has provided expert testimony on transmission, power supply and
operating matters before the FERC, the Public Utilities Commission of Texas, the
California Energy Commission and the New Mexico Public Utility Commission.