Post Author's Photographer By Kristin Eggen October 1, 2019

Members of the “Decorah Area Group,” a group of citizens and experts from our area who submitted testimony against Alliant’s proposed rate increase, are in Des Moines this week to attend rate case hearings.From left: Jim Martin Schramm, Dave Berg, Andy Johnson, and Sheila Tipton.

Jim is an Energy District Board member and Director of Luther College Center for Sustainable Communities. Andy is our Executive Director here at the Winneshiek Energy District and a local Christmas tree farmer. Shelia is DAG’s legal counsel and Dave is one of DAG’s expert witnesses, a consultant who worked closely with the 2018 Decorah Power Municipalization effort. (not pictured: Joel Zook)


Kristin Eggen first came to the Winneshiek Energy District as a Green Iowa AmeriCorps member in 2015. Eight years later, she is thrilled to lead the grassroots clean energy movement in Winneshiek County. Kristin deeply appreciates rural communities, Northeast Iowa, community sustainability, and nonprofit management. She uses The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter methodology and graphic recording services to drive strategic conversations around community sustainability, justice, fundraising, and nonprofit health.

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