Heather Tindall, Communications/PR Coordinator, ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas).

Ms. Tindall has over ten year's experience in Communications, Public Relations, Media Relations, and Events Planning. Previous to her employment with ERCOT, she was a spokesperson for nearly two years in the Communications/Governmental Relations division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in Austin, Texas.

Her experience also includes stints as a television reporter, and four years on-air talent at a radio station in Colorado. She has lived in Austin for seven years and has held Communications/PR positions in both government and non-profit agencies during that time.

Ms. Tindall was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado and earned a B.S. Degree in Mass Communications from the University of Southern Colorado in 1990.

Responsible for overseeing all of ERCOT's Communications, Public Relations, Media Relations, and Events Planning activities.

ERCOT, one of ten regional reliability councils in North America, oversees the operation of some 60,000 megawatts of generation in the State of Texas. The primary regulatory authority for ERCOT is the Public Utility Commission of Texas. ERCOT's members include retail consumers, investor and municipally owned electric utilities, rural electric co-ops, river authorities, independent power producers, and power marketers.