Matthew Harper Email & Phone Number

• Lead and establish an internal framework and vision for SWCA's growing Salt Lake City-based and nationally distributed hydropower regulatory team, including mentoring and advocation for team staff career growth and.
• Technical advisor and project manager responsible for the facilitation of relicensing, original licensing, decommissioning, surrender, exemption, implementation, and/or amendment of hydropower projects for long-term.
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives for the growth of SWCA's hydropower service line in support of a national hydropower generation strategic plan.Develop and manage strong client relationships and foster.

• Facilitate the licensing, relicensing, decommissioning, exemption, and/or amendment of FERC hydropower projects for long-term utility clients, small asset owners, and new construction pumped storage developers as.
• Support the hydropower team by providing technical oversight and guidance for the preparation of key aspects of FERC and other permitting documents.
• Assist in the development and growth of a hydropower service line by developing and managing strong client relationships, conducting business development with new and existing clients, identifying sales opportunities.
• Cross-sell SWCA capabilities within the hydropower business line and collaborate with regional SWCA offices for hydroelectric projects within their service territory.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Client lead and project manager for multiple projects that include services related to strategic FERC licensing/relicensing/decommission/amendment efforts, shoreline management, public safety, license compliance, GIS.
• Recreation, land use, and GIS technical lead on multiple FERC relicensing projects, responsible for strategic direction for resource lead areas, development of relicensing application documents, implementation of.
• GIS project manager and technical advisor for younger staff, responsible for implementation of GIS initiatives within Kleinschmidt such as the migration of services to ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.

San Francisco, California

• Ensure compliance with certain PG&E hydroelectric project licenses as regulated by FERC (P-2130, P-1061, P-2467, P-619, P-803), including the adherence to operational objectives such as minimum/maximum streamflow.
• Coordinate, develop, and implement all project-related plans, reports, filings, studies, and requests in consultation with internal (Generation Supervisors, Project Engineers, Biologists, Land Planners, Hydrographers.
• Understand and correctly interpret complex regulatory, operation and maintenance, engineering and environmental issues in order to evaluate and support alternatives and concerns.
• Manage external relationships and facilitate negotiations with regulatory agencies, non-governmental organizations and other third parties related to project licenses.
• Coordinate dam safety (FERC, DSOD) and environmental and public use inspections (FERC) and associated follow up actions and responses.
• Provide assistance for relicensing efforts, emergency response, agency approval of construction projects, and coordinate the payment of FERC annual fees.

Birmingham, Alabama

• Licensing, relicensing, and compliance with all Alabama Power hydroelectric project licenses as regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
• Coordinate, develop, and implement all project-related plans, reports, filings, and studies in consultation with internal (Environmental Affairs, Reservoir Management, Corporate Real Estate, Hydro Generation) and.
• Maintain detailed records and organization of all historic hydro documents, activities, and requirements to facilitate efficient research, knowledge transfer, and compliance.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Management of the implementation of Corporate Real Estate’s modularized workflow management system including data conversion, beta testing, and overall system design and function.
• Identification and documentation of all unpermitted legacy structures, both residential and commercial, located throughout APC’s reservoir system. Development and implementation of a detailed timeline and process to.
• Compliance support for FERC relicensing efforts on all APC Hydro Projects.
• Development and implementation of a formal inspection and maintenance database for APC’s Public Recreation Facilities Inventory and Maintenance Program.
• Tracking and resolution of all legacy compliance issues and encroachments on all APC reservoirs.
• Maintenance and population of APC’s shoreline structure study geodatabase containing 90,000+ structures located throughout APC’s reservoir system.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Economic Development: site analysis for potential industrial development
• Land Research and Information Management: parcel updates on company fee and easement property
• Transmission/Substation/Transformers: per diem mapping
• Shoreline Management: creation, maintenance and population of shoreline structure geodatabase; troubleshooting and implementation of mobile data collection software/hardware
• Mining: surveys of excavated coal, exhibit maps for subsidence litigation
• Leasing: maintenance of leasing layer, creation of exhibits, maintain bid lists for hunting maps

Birmingham, AL

Tuscaloosa, AL

New Paltz, NY

Tuscaloosa, AL

Master'S Degree, Geography, 3.88/4.0

Certification, Gis, 3.8/4.0

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English, 3.725/4.0