Board Meeting
Quarterly Board Meeting
Board Meeting will be held Thursday, April 11, 2019 at the annual conference in Spearfish, SD.
Bylaws of the South Dakota Electrical Council
The most current copy of the SDEC Bylaws can be downloaded in a printer friendly format by clicking on the following link:
SD Electrical Council Bylaws Effective April 2007
Current Board Members
| Position Held | Category | Name | Company | City |
| President | At Large | .Jeff Larus | City of Rapid City | Rapid City SD |
| Vice-President | Technical Institute | Todd Braun | Mitchell Technical Institute | Mitchell SD |
| Treasurer | Electrical Distributor | Mike Sprang | J.H. Larson Electrical Co. | Sioux Falls SD |
| Board Member | Engineer | Mike Fisher, P.E | West Plains Engineering, Inc. | Sioux Falls SD |
| Board Member | Municipal | Rob Buller | City of Parker Electric Department | Parker SD |
| Board Member | Educator | Steven Hietpas | South Dakota State University | Brookings SD |
| Board Member | At Large | Bryan Mitchell | Western Dakota Tech | Rapid City SD |
| Board Member | Electrical Contractor | Robert Raker | West River Electric | Rapid City, SD |
| Board member | Independent Utilities | Carl Maas | NWPS | Huron SD |
| Board Member | SD Electrical Commission | JJ Linn | SD Electrical Commission | Pierre SD |
| Board Member | Data & Communications | Ray Kub | Roscoe SD | |
| Board Member | SDREA Representative | Reggie Gassman | Sioux Valley Energy | Coleman SD |
| Board Member | Electrical Contractor | Steve Arne | AETech Electrical Training Center | Rapid City SD |
| Board Member | Mfg. Representative | Reg Hofer | Electrical Engineering & Equip. (3E) | Huron SD |
| Council Administrator | Kelli Fuhrmann | South Dakota Electrical Council | Sioux Falls SD |
South Dakota Electrical Council
Past Presidents 1959-present
| 2018 | Jeff | Larus | City of Rapid City | Rapid City | SD |
| 2017 | Jeff | Larus | City of Rapid City | Rapid City | SD |
| 2016 | Jeff | Larus | City of Rapid City | Rapid City | SD |
| 2015 | Mike | Fisher | West Plains Engineering, Inc | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2014 | Mike | Fisher | West Plains Engineering, Inc | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2013 | Mike | Fisher | West Plains Engineering, Inc | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2012 | Mike | Fisher | Ulteig Engineers | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2011 | Mike | Fisher | Ulteig Engineers | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2010 | Mike | Fisher | Ulteig Engineers | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2009 | Mike | Fisher | Ulteig Engineers | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2008 | Mike | Miller | Miller Electric | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2007 | Mike | Miller | Miller Electric | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2006 | Ray | Kub | Roscoe | ||
| 2005 | Mike | Sprang | JH Larson Electric Comp. | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2004 | Mike | Sprang | JH Larson Electric Comp. | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2003 | Mike | Sprang | JH Larson Electric Comp. | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2002 | Linda | Wittrock | Northwestern Energy | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2001 | Linda | Wittrock | Northwestern Energy | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 2000 | Ron | Nagel | SD Electrical Commission | Pierre | SD |
| 1999 | Ron | Nagel | SD Electrical Commission | Pierre | SD |
| 1998 | Mike | Mannhalter | Crum Electric | Rapid City | SD |
| 1997 | Mike | Mahutga | BH Power & Light | Rapid City | SD |
| 1996 | Todd | Chambers | Municipal League | Pierre | SD |
| 1995 | Jerry | Freeman | Freeman Electric | Rapid City | SD |
| 1994 | Clarence | Moshier | Tri-County Electric | Plankinton | SD |
| 1993 | Bob | Bauman | Town & County Electric | Harrisburg | SD |
| 1992 | Al | Kubousek | Otter Tail Power Co | Milbank | SD |
| 1991 | David | Morrison | Cherry Todd Electric | Mission | SD |
| 1990 | Jim | Muehl | Border States Electric Supply | Rapid City | SD |
| 1989 | Robert | Thompson | West Plains Engineering | Rapid City | SD |
| 1988 | Bob | Voeltz | SD Electrical Commission | Pierre | SD |
| 1987 | Bob | Freeman | Freeman Electric | Rapid City | SD |
| 1986 | Jim | King | JH Larson Electric Comp. | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 1985 | Gayland | Bender | Sioux Falls | SD | |
| 1984 | Douglas | Vallis | BH Power & Light | Rapid City | SD |
| 1983 | Allen | Ringgenberg | Ringgenberg Electric | Aberdeen | SD |
| 1982 | Robert (Pete) | Swanson | Municipal Utilities | Watertown | SD |
| 1981 | Leroy | Greenwold | Tri-County Electric | Plankinton | SD |
| 1980 | Lowell | Bye | Crescent Electric Supply | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 1979 | Joe | Rovere | BH Power & Light | Rapid City | SD |
| 1978 | Kenneth | Reed | Moreau Grand Electrical Corp | Timber Lake | SD |
| 1977 | Greg | Sherman | Brooking Municipal Utilities | Brookings | SD |
| 1976 | John | Smith | KMS Electric Inc | Aberdeen | SD |
| 1975 | William | Mahanke | JH Larson Electric Comp. | Watertown | SD |
| 1974 | Dr. J.O. | Slony | SDSU | Brookings | SD |
| 1973 | Jack | Loveland | DeWild, Grant, Racket, & Assoc. | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 1972 | Kenneth | Wilder | Northwestern Public Service | Huron | SD |
| 1971 | Roland | Anderson | Kingsbury Electric Coop. | DeSmet | SD |
| 1970 | James | Gadsden | Gadsden Electric | Spearfish | SD |
| 1969 | Lowell | Gifford | Gifford Electric Supply | Rapid City | SD |
| 1968 | Darrell | Frankson | Municipal Utilities | Watertown | SD |
| 1967 | Warren | Heye | Northern States Power | Sioux Falls | SD |
| 1966 | Austin | Zander | Codington-Clark Elec. Coop. | Watertown | SD |
| 1965 | Eugene | Lothrop | Lothrop Electric Service | Huron | SD |
| 1964 | Warren | Losacker | McLaughlin Electric Supply | Aberdeen | SD |
| 1963 | Cliff | Sonnenberg | Watertown | SD | |
| 1962 | SE | Sewell | Northwestern Public Service | Huron | SD |
| 1961 | Robert | Monkman | Kingsbury Electric Coop. | DeSmet | SD |
| 1960 | Merle | Johnson | JH Larson Electric Comp. | Watertown | SD |
| 1959 | Harold | Sand | Sand Electric Comp. | Brookings | SD |