Jim Hunter

Jim Hunter worked as a journeyman electrician before he was hired in 1973 at Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO), where he worked for the next 21 years in the Sub Station Relay department as a test specialist. In 1994, Hunter was elected President and Business Manager of IBEW Local 1900. In 1996, he intervened in the PEPCO/BGE merger and testified as an expert witness on electric system design. From 1997 to 2002, Hunter intervened and testified in numerous cases before FERC, the D.C. And Maryland Public Service Commissions and at the Department of Energy Hearings. In 1997, IBEW President Jack Berry appointed Hunter to the IBEW Committee on Electric Power Restructuring. In 1998, Maryland Governor Paris Glendening appointed Hunter to the Governor’s Taskforce on Electric System Reliability. In 2002, IBEW President Ed Hill appointed Hunter an International Representative for the IBEW Utility Department. In 2004, Hunter was promoted to serve as the Director of the IBEW Utility Department. Hunter serves on the advisory boards for Carnegie Mellon Institute and Electric Power Research Institute.