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ConventionCoverage: Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association
championed several bills in the Kansas
Legislature this year that called for
retail wheeling and unbundled billing,
House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Chairman Joe Seiwert, RPretty Prairie, convened a round table
discussion between KIOGA and utility
representatives.
"We had a very productive meeting,
and at KIOGA's April midyear meeting
I was very upbeat," he allowed. "All that
has changed because I have not heard
back from (the electric utilities). I followed
up multiple times, but there just isn't urgency on their part to work with us."
He said he continued to urge the RECs
to consider a marginal load rider for marginal wells, a load control rider to motivate
producers to shut down during periods
of peak demand, and to classify oil producers as industrial rather than commercial
customers.
"At this point," Beren advised, "I don't
think we are opposed to moving toward
at least a (legislative) study of deregulating
electric markets in Kansas. I think nothing
is going to happen until something like
this gets us off dead center."
He mentioned that his company, Berexco LLC, had renegotiated its electric rates
in Texas, which has retail wheeling. He
said he received offers from five brokers
and was able to lower his electric rates
from 5 cents to 3 cents a kilowatt-hour.
"Eleven of the 16 states with deregulated electric markets have seen lower
rates in the last eight years," Beren concluded. "But only five of 33 states that
are not deregulated have seen lower rates,

so I think there is an argument that deregulation benefits consumers."

Recognition And Leadership
KIOGA President Edward Cross presented two annual awards during the
meeting, and Chairman Nick Powell presented three awards given only once
every five years.
Cross presented the President's Leadership Award to state Senator Rob Olson,
R-Olathe, whom he described as "my
go-to guy in the legislature."
"When I have an issue, I can talk with
Senator Olson and he is very helpful to
our organization," Cross said.
Cross presented the association's 2017
Outstanding Service Award to Callen,
who not only is a past KIOGA chairman,
but helped organize and served as chairman
of the Kansas Oil & Gas Resources Board.
KIOGA Chairman Nick Powell announced the three leadership awards. The
2017 E.B. Shawver Award, which recognizes individuals for their dedication,
participation and commitment to the
Kansas oil and gas industry for an extended
time, was given to Wayne Woolsey,
founder and chairman of Woolsey Companies Inc. in Wichita.
Powell presented the 2017 KIOGA
Lifetime Achievement Award to former
Executive Vice President Bob Krehbiel,
who served the association from 1999 to
2003.
Finally, Powell presented the KIOGA
Legend Award "to honor individuals
whose accomplishments and character
best represent the highest ideals of the

Kansas oil and gas industry" to 2009-11
association Chairman Dick Schremmer.
Powell also mentioned that in July,
Schremmer was awarded the Association
of Energy Service Company's Golden
Rod Wrench Award, which has been bestowed only 22 times in the past 60 years.
AESC's highest honor, the Golden
Rod Wrench Award recognizes "lifetime
achievement, outstanding service, significant contributions and noteworthy accomplishments."
Also at the meeting, Kenneth S. White,
president of White Exploration Inc. in
Wichita, was elected to a two-year term
as KIOGA chairman, succeeding Powell,
who is president of Colt Energy in Mission,
Ks.
White is president of White Exploration
Inc. in Wichita, a company he founded
in 1988. Although the company's operations are focused primarily in southwestern
and south-central Kansas, the company
also has been involved in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and Montana, as
well as Australia. White has served KIOGA as a director, member of the Natural
Gas Committee, and most recently as
southwest area vice chairman.
Elected to serve alongside White as
KIOGA officers for 2017-18 were Vice
Chairmen Ed Nemnich of K&N Petroleum
in Ellinwood, Ks., David Bleakley with
Colt Energy in Mission, Ks., Alan Banta
of Trans Pacific Oil Corp. in Wichita,
and Treasurer Scott Frazier with Woolsey
Operating Co. in Wichita. Bill Anderson
of Anderson Energy is completing a twoyear term as KIOGA secretary.
r

LEFT: Jon Callen addresses the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas
Association's membership meeting after receiving the association's 2017 President's
Outstanding Service
Award. RIGHT: PastChairman Dick Schremmer (left) accepts the
KIOGA Legend Award
from outgoing Chairman Nick Powell. The
awards were presented
during KIOGA's annual
meeting, Aug. 13-15 in
Wichita, Ks.

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