Jim Malinowski, who six years ago was an unsuccessful candidate to unseat incumbent Clark County Public Utility District Carol Curtis, today announced he again will be a candidate for the office Curtis has held for four terms. Curtis announced in December she is a candidate for re-election to the non-partisan post. .
Malinowski, a Washington native, is a graduate of Battle Ground High School and Washington State University, and earned masters degrees in electrical engineering, from Texas A&M University, and, in management, from Stanford University. .
Malinowski, who retired from Pacific Gas & Electric Company in 1993, had been a transmission planning manager and power control manager for the California electric utility. .
Malinowski, who established and teaches a power utilities technology program at Clark College, is a past president and current board member of North Clark County Historical Museum and Clark County Citizens United. He is a past manager and member of Fish First. He is also a member of the Clark County Endangered Species Act Advisory Committee and Mountain Valley Grange #79.
"My major goal is to protect the district from the major problems that deregulation brings," Malinowski said.
Malinowski, a native of the Amboy area, retired from a 31-year career with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in 1993. Although he criticized the utility's decision to build the natural gas-fired plant in 1997, Malinowski made a point of saying in his campaign announcement that he believes the plant is nonetheless well designed, maintained and operated.
"In the last 10 years, I have attended most CPU public meetings and in large measure have been favorably impressed with many aspects of CPU operations and with the high quality of CPU employees," he said in a prepared statement. .
Malinowski is past president and current board member of the North Clark Historical Museum; board member of the conservation group Fish First; past president and current board member of the property rights group Clark County Citizens United; board member of Mount Valley Grange; and a member of the Clark County Endangered Species Act Advisory Committee.