Bobby C Jones Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Cleve Consulting has been in business since 2015 and we are a network of former utility and private industry executives with extensive experience in regulated and unregulated utility markets as well as the municipalities and the private sections of the utility markets. I own Cleve Consultations and we specializes in engineering, design, construction, and operations of all sorts of power generation and energy utility delivery systems across a wide range of fuel types; nuclear, coal, oil, gas, hydro, pump storage, battery storage, solar, wind, landfill gas, coal gasification, carbon capture, waste, water, pipelines, substations, and T&D assets. As an engineering and financially responsible firm our advice is always based on science, mathematics, and sound economics based on decades of experience.

Windsor, Ct, Us

Irvine, California, Us

Oversight of multiple utility solar/ battery storage projects and EPC management

Bridgelink Engineering is a full service EPC and offer services in energy management, project design, construction and operations for solar, wind, and storage projects.

Aberdeen, Gb

Solar project manager of two large sites in Virginia

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Directed engineering resources for creating unique solutions for projects in distributed generation, infrastructure, micro-grid, uninterruptible power, battery storage, and landfill gas, utilizing diverse combinations of solar, wind, storage, fuel cells, reciprocating engines, heat recovery, and micro turbines.

Martigny, Ch

Managed creation and operations of the only fleet of inorganic, nonflammable electrolyte battery storage assets in the world, by establishing engineering, procurement, construction, operations and maintenance teams to test and prove prototype, design sites, conduct construction, commission and create 24/7 operations center.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Managed response to Dan River coal ash incident and created new organization for maintaining and eventually closing all coal ash storage facilities across the Duke fleet.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Original member of executive team tasked with creation of commercial renewable fleet of generation assets utilizing wind, solar, and storage technology across the US by mergers, acquisitions and new construction. • Managed the creation and operations of $6.5B in capital funding for wind, solar, and storage assets across the US, along with the purchase of an asset development company for $20M which initiated the construction of first three wind projects. • Created and executed strategic plan to increased fleet availability from 84% to 98.5% and maximize fleet capacity by creation of the 24/7 self-operations control center and then expanded it to operate assets for third party owners (23 wind, 14 solar, and 2 battery storage sites).• Ensured proper budgetary management, reporting and allocations of more than $200M/yr. in fleet O&M costs while establishing the strongest safety culture in the industry; 7 years without a recordable injury. • In cooperation with EPRI, EEI, and USDOE, managed the designed, construction, operations and maintenance of first large scale (24mw/36mwh) battery storage system in US connected to a windfarm.• Held responsibility for all land management, and the relationships with landowners; heard and settlement all complaints, with signatory authority for all LLC, LP, and JV arrangements.• Strategically directed the search for and the acquisition of an independent third-party O&M service company and one blade repair company to obtain the workforce required to self-operate and maintain.• Ensured full compliance with all power purchase agreements, OEM service, warranty agreements and all third-party commercial service contracts.• Instrumental in initiating industry leading changes, including computer-based work management system for renewable assets, real time condition-based monitoring for 24/7 operations, and dedicated quality assurance team of engineers to analyze and report daily on all fleet operational assets.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Managed installation and operations of Notrees and Ocotillo Wind sites and Notrees Battery Storage, led and provided technical support for construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance teams. • Managed the design, construction, operations, and maintenance of the first two wind farms, ($496M @ 235mw) and at the time the largest battery storage facility in the US ($54M @36mwh/24mw).• Created and executed first O&M and capex budgets as well as first strategic and business plans for wind power production organization and established site lockout/tagout and operational procedures.• Rescued both Notrees and Ocotillo from terrible safety and project management, completing on time, on budget while achieving operational goals and key performance indicators in first year.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Managed all aspects of the asset, responsible for site personnel, contractors, consultants while fully complying with all company policies, procedures, budgets, schedules, federal, and state regulations, environmental, health and safety standards while delivering consistent financial performance.• Overhauled troubled culture and prevented unionization by facilitating trust, implementing best practice teams, replacing failing leadership positions, and creating a mutually beneficial 12-hour work schedule for better life-work balance, improved production while reducing overtime.• Recognized as Best in Fleet! (worst to first). Led the way in safety, capacity factor, availability, heat rate improvement, costs reduction, and reliability in second year of leadership.• Created new startup procedures for cold and hot turbine conditions, reducing costs and time by 35% and saving > $3M in startup costs in just the first year.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Duke/Fluor Daniels (D/FD) partnership formed in 1996 for developing, installing and operating unregulated assets in the merchant market for both owned and third party assets. • Managed 10-year contract with City of Dover, DE to provide full marketing, day ahead scheduling in PJM, operations and maintenance of generating assets, distribution network, and load management for plant with 4 generating units (coal, heavy oil/gas fired and simply cycle gas turbines 278 megawatts). • Gradually reduced the workforce by 40%, over a 3-year period, through early retirement packages, and reassignment without any layoffs, also reduced fleet O&M costs by 39% over 3 years.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Southern Energy Services developed, installed and operated unregulated assets in the merchant market. Selected to manage construction, start up, commissioning, and operations for Bosque County Station, the first unregulated plant in Southern Co (3 GE Frame 7FA gas turbines, 3 Alstom HRSGs, 1 Alstom VAX steam turbine, 1 GE D11 - 868 total megawatts). • Managed all areas of responsibility for the design, construction, commissioning, operations, staffing and maintenance efforts; $913M project delivered ahead of schedule and under budget. ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:Plant Manager, Assistant Plant Manager, Senior Project Manager, Engineering Supervisor, Transmission Distribution Engineer, Crew Foreman, Maintenance Team Foreman, Electrician, Instrument and Controls Technician, Plant Equipment & Nuclear Reactor OperatorFuel Sources: coal, gas, diesel, hydro dam and pump storage, nuclear

Electrical Engineer, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration