Matthew Gray, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

Leads team of five subject matter experts in the delivery of company’s full suite of service offerings to renewable developers and utility clients including advisory, acquisition and payment services for project lands as well as consultation and permitting services for generation, transmission and distribution projects.

Calgary, Canada Area

Developed, rolled out and managed next-level stakeholder engagement model for collaborating with industry stakeholders on:- Technical design of capacity market; and- Tariff design for allocating capacity market costs and bulk and regional transmission. Managed government relations with the provincial energy ministry (Alberta Energy) and electricity agencies to share information, coordinate activities and maintain alignment throughout market transition. Managed… Show more Developed, rolled out and managed next-level stakeholder engagement model for collaborating with industry stakeholders on:- Technical design of capacity market; and- Tariff design for allocating capacity market costs and bulk and regional transmission. Managed government relations with the provincial energy ministry (Alberta Energy) and electricity agencies to share information, coordinate activities and maintain alignment throughout market transition. Managed strategy, communications and tactics for industry stakeholders to achieve key design milestones. Resolved stakeholder concerns regarding market design and tariff design to limit schedule impacts and maintain and enhance stakeholder buy-in.Presented quantitative and qualitative reporting on engagements to executive steering committee to keep executives informed about industry confidence in engagement process, key feedback themes emerging from design discussions and issues management.Promptly managed all external inquiries pertaining to capacity market and tariff design to build industry understanding and support for market transition.Facilitated stakeholder working group sessions and hosted industry update events.Developed strategic government relations advice for CEO and executives regarding overall market design strategy.Subject matter expert author for engagement sections of regulatory applications (capacity market and tariff). Also curated consultation records for both applications. Proposed, established and managed advisory committees comprised of leading industry executives and consumers to provide advice to the AESO President and the AESO executive team regarding Alberta’s transition to a capacity market. These advisory committees helped the AESO CEO ensure industry-AESO alignment as the market transition unfolded. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Lead adviser for communications on AESO's implementation of government's Climate Leadership Plan (CLP) initiatives. Contributions include formal recommendations for renewable electricity support program; for coal transition; and for market transition, along with ongoing formal advice for CLP policy implementation.

Calgary, Canada Area

Halifax, Nova Scotia

My goal in this position was to increase value of Nova Scotia Power to key customers by delivering responsive, effective customer service to the Utility’s key customers (customers with high consumption, high profile, high need). My work here included building and maintaining relations between the Utility and its key customers at operational and executive levels. Also, I led the design and guided the execution of a revised key customer program:Program Design:- Established… Show more My goal in this position was to increase value of Nova Scotia Power to key customers by delivering responsive, effective customer service to the Utility’s key customers (customers with high consumption, high profile, high need). My work here included building and maintaining relations between the Utility and its key customers at operational and executive levels. Also, I led the design and guided the execution of a revised key customer program:Program Design:- Established program objectives, key customer profiles, service offerings and performance standards and measurements.Program Execution:- Built and maintained relations between operations personnel and executives of NS Power and counterparts at key customer companies- Managed deliverables resulting from executive relationship meetings between NS Power and key customer companies - Managed day to day customer business, including billing, regulatory (e.g., rate assignments, penalties), operations (outages and efficiency measures), and collections Show less

Calgary, Alberta

- Advised project managers and senior management, including executives about consultation on a range transmisison applications; - Lead consultation on major transmission applications

M.A., Communications Studies

$32,000 in awards

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