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Hybrid - Ventura/Rosemead

Rejoined SCE to continue structuring, negotiating, and closing numerous contracts involving storage and solar projects, including distribution and transmission connected facilities, and co-located facilities.Continuing to build on my already-established diverse network of industry contacts including developers, utilities and CCAs, system operators, etc.Heavily involved with improving pro forma PPAs for RPS, storage, and other contract types starting with concepts, continuing with collaboration and analysis, and finally drafting contract language.Support SCE contract management team with amendments.Support SCE regulatory law involving Advice Letter and other filings around green tariff programs and executed PPAs requiring CPUC approvals.

Ventura, Ca

Ran all aspects of commercial/wholesale bread production factory including all procurement, staffing, regulatory, delivery fleet and fulfillment, marketing, equipment maintenance scheduling, bookkeeping and collections.Managed staff of 23 drivers, bakers and packers. Personally acquired new clients amounting to $500K/year in additional sales (clients included hotels, restaurants, sandwich shops, markets and other eateries).Established cloud-based bread ordering system for 300+ clients to input their own daily bread orders, and streamlined other aspects of the business in preparation for sale of business. Sold business in late 2023, and returned to the energy industry.

Lead complex energy, capacity, and transmission solicitations to successfully contract for billions of dollars of energy-related resources.Responsibilities included managing interdepartmental teams, steering the valuations/selection process, presenting to executive management, and drafting pro forma contracts.Sponsored and wrote testimony, led company responses on replies to third party comments and data requests, and otherwise provided strategic direction on California state regulatory matters.

Established and managed SCE's out-of-state renewable trading desk.Developed energy trading and transmission procurement strategies.Represented SCE in high-profile regional and federal energy-policy forums.Laid groundwork and otherwise responsible for renewable contracts and related operations onboarding.

Negotiated power trading enabling agreements and power purchase agreements for tolling, renewable energy, transmission capacity, and energy scheduling/off-take deals.

Masters, Economics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Economics