Kara Smith Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Responsible for the electric and natural gas commercial operations that support Buckeye’s generation resources in PJM. Responsible for ensuring that Buckeye’s market activities and obligations in PJM are fulfilled and associated risk management policies are developed and followed. Responsible for ensuring Buckeye fulfills all regulatory obligations associated with its commercial operations in PJM and for promoting/advocating improved market rules and regulations. Responsible for the data acquisition, analysis and accuracy of data used for member billing and market settlements related to commercial operations.

• Supervise staff to ensure all scheduling, operation, and dispatch activities are in accordance with operating limits, RTO market rules, sound business judgment, and risk management• Compiled generator information and developed new calculations to offer generators into PJM’s energy market based on approved cost-calculation methods.• Responsible for developing and coordinating monthly KPI Report for distribution to Board Members• Assist senior management with developing and presenting materials• Monitor and review energy market trends and data. Determine and analyze possible commercial operations activities• Continue to perform the duties of Operations Analyst II detailed below• Currently hold PJM Generation Dispatcher certification and PJM Markets certification.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Gather and track budget data to draft Operations department budgets for each fiscal year• Updated risk management policies and recommended changes to senior management• Responsible for verifying meter data on all applicable invoices• Reviewed energy market rule changes by FERC or PJM and created summaries for management.• Minimized MAPE and deviation charges by analyzing load forecasts for member cooperatives.• Offered generating resources into the PJM energy market using applicable fuel costs, emissions costs, heat rates, and upcoming test and outages.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Financial Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Graduate Assistant/Instructor • Developed and implemented syllabus and daily lesson plans for a Pre-calculus.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Mathematics, History

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Sorority, Orientation Team, Student Senate, Habitat for Humanity, Ashbrook Scholar, Honors Program.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Mathematics