Board Meeting
Quarterly Board Meeting
The next SDEC State Board Meeting will be held September 13, 2022 by conference call at 9 am Central / 8 am Mountain time.
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 2021
Current Board Members
| Position Held | Category | Name | Company | |
| President | At Large | .Jeff Larus | City of Rapid City Rapid City, SD | |
| Vice President | SDREA Representative | Reggie Gassman | Sioux Valley Energy, Coleman, 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 | Technical Institute | Brandon Puetz | Mitchell Technical College | |
| Board Member | Educator | Steven Hietpas | SD State University Brookings, SD | |
| Board Member | At Large | Bryan Mitchell | Western Dakota Tech Rapid City, SD | |
| Board Member | Electrical Contractor | Robert Raker | Northern Electrical Contractors, Rapid City SD | |
| Board member | Electrical Contractor | Nick Larson | Freeman’s Electric Service, Inc. Rapid City, SD | |
| Board Member | SD Electrical Commission | JJ Linn | SD Electrical Commission Pierre, SD | |
| Board Member | Mfg. Representative | Bryan Seaborn | Rouzer Sales, St Louis Park, MN | |
| Board Member | Electrical Contractor | Steve Arne | AETech Electrical Training Rapid City, SD | |
| Council Administrator | Kelli Fuhrmann | South Dakota Electrical Council | ||
South Dakota Electrical Council
Past Presidents 1959-present
| 2018- 2022 | 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 |