Mr. Jonathan Colby to lead the IECRE as Chair and receives the American National Standards Institute’s Gerald H. Ritterbusch Conformity Assessment Medal. Mr. Gabriel Alsenas to succeed Mr. Colby as Chair of IEC Technical Committee (TC) 114 and is elected to serve a third term as Treasurer of the IECRE.
Posted on 4 Nov, 2025 By Secretary in Category General
The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to IEC TC 114 is pleased to announce that the IEC’s Conformity Assessment Board has affirmed that, beginning January 1, 2026, Mr. Jonathan Colby will begin serving as Chair of the Renewable Energy Management Committee (REMC) of the IEC Renewable Energy (IECRE) conformity assessment system. The REMC is the decision-making committee of the IECRE which considers proposals from all IECRE committees including the Marine Energy Sector Working Group (ME-SWG), the Wind Energy Sector Working Group (WE-SWG), and the Photo Voltaic Sector Working Group (PV-SWG).
Prior to Mr. Colby’s appointment as Chair of the REMC, he served as Chair of IEC TC114 and as Convenor of the IECRE ME-SWG.
The TAG is also pleased to announce that Mr. Gabriel Alsenas has been elected to succeed Mr. Colby as Chair of IEC TC 114 for an initial six-year term beginning November 1, 2025. Mr. Colby will support Mr. Alsenas as Vice-Chair during a brief management transition period. In addition, Mr. Alsenas was elected to serve a third and final 1-year term as Treasurer of the IECRE conformity assessment system where he has ably managed the transition of the system to profitability following its establishment in 2014.
Lastly, the TAG is pleased to announce that Mr. Colby was awarded the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) Gerald H. Ritterbusch Conformity Assessment Medal which honors distinguished service in promoting the understanding and application of conformity assessment methods as a means of providing the marketplace with confidence in standards compliance.
About: The U.S. Technical Advisory Group to IEC TC 114 manages the U.S. Shadow Committee which comprises over 80 subject matter experts who participate in the development of international standards for the marine energy sector. The TAG is supported by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its activities are funded by the DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO).