Harry Scarborough
Senior Executive -Utilities
Chico,CA
Summary
Compassionate C-Suite Executive with accomplished background inspiring, motivating and leading teams to make effective decisions. Skilled at analyzing complex problems and implementing practical solutions. Strategic and committed to fostering culture of responsibility and accountability. High-performing Board Member with substantial experience providing strategic leadership and governance to organizations. Proven track record of success in managing budgets and making sound business decisions. Team-oriented and driven to building relationships and fostering culture of excellence.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Board Member and former Director of California
Directors, Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc
06.2020 - Current
- Fourth largest investor owned electric utility reporting directly to the CEO (of American States Water Company) responsible for management and administration functions of an electric utility including operations, planning, financial management and supervision of work performed by staff, consultants, and contractors providing services to the utility company
- Prior to assuming the Director position, Senior Vice-President of Business Development and Operations and MMC Energy Board member reporting directly to the CEO
- MMC Energy, a private equity energy company that acquires and actively manages electricity generating and energy infrastructure-related assets in the United States
- As senior vice-president of MMC Energy, I gleaned specific expertise in debt and equity capital raising, acquisitions and divestitures, and full P&L management and cost control
- Specialist in the business management, asset performance, and the development and permitting of power plants with expertise in fossil fired as well renewable plants
- Over fifteen years experience interfacing directly with California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission, and FERC
- Solid Construction Experience in the Fossil Fired and Renewable Power Generation Arena
- Prior to the MMC position, was the General Manager of the 750MW (3x2 GE 7FA) natural gas-fired Calpine Pastoria Energy Facility in southern CA
- Specific responsibilities included providing leadership to a team fifty highly trained technical personnel in the safe and efficient operation of a complex power generation facility
- Other assignments also include the position of U.S
- Director of Operations and Maintenance for GE/Enron Wind Company, responsible for directing ten plant managers and approximately two hundred fifty technicians in the startup, commissioning and operation of ten wind generating facilities in Vermont, Iowa, Texas, Minnesota and California
- Additional positions of responsibility include International Regional Manager for Stewart Stevenson Operations Inc
- Responsibilities included directing eight plant managers in the daily operation of 600Mw of combustion turbine generation (LM2500, 5000, and 6000) in Australia, India, UAE, and China
- In addition to sixteen years of commercial plant operations experience, also served twenty years in various propulsion engineering assignments aboard numerous U.S
- Navy ships as a Surface Warfare Officer/Engineer Officer/Propulsion Examining Board Member and gained extensive experience in high pressure steam plants, diesel and gas turbine propulsion and generation systems, desalination and reverse osmosis operations, and electrical distribution
- Former Board Member, Western Turbine Users Group and Member of Western Power Trading Forum.
Chief of Staff/ Chief Education Officer/ VP of Campus Operations
Quanta Energy Services
08.2016 - 03.2023
- Services
- A private vocational technical college with a concentration on careers in the electric power, telecom, and natural gas industries offering career training programs in partnership with a Fortune 500 company, Quanta Energy Services
- SCOPE: Curriculum Development & Program Development 4 U.S
- Campuses 8,000+ Students 16 Direct Reports 1,000+ Employer Facilitation Manage education operations, finance, enrollment engagement, and business standards
- SUMMARY OF CONTRIBUTIONS: Advanced quickly from Campus President to the Chief Education Officer and Chief of Staff based off the ability to advance to positions of increasing scope, responsibility, and complexity while delivering against operational, team, and financial performance goals
- Serve as one of five officers reporting to directly to the CEO
- Provide educational strategic planning and direction related to proven best practices in the power delivery, gas, and telecommunications industries
- Establish B2B relationships to fuel student’s training and learning experience for future career opportunities.
Director
Bear Valley Electric Service, American States Water
Big Bear Lake, CA
01.2010 - 08.2016
- Accountable for directing the overall operation of BVES, earning an adequate rate of return for BVES, as well as developing and executing strategic plans with a 5±year horizon
- Manage a staff of forty-two managers, customer service, and linemen in the safe, effective, and efficient operation of a utility serving 25,000 customers (approximately 22,000 residential and 3000 industrial)
- Procure/Manage energy resources, (PPA with Shell Energy and others) including RPS eligible energy to best ensure cost recovery in rates
- Issue Request for Proposals (RFPs) and procure long term power as needed
- Maintain compliance with applicable company purchasing policies, including SOX
- Negotiation and relationship management with industry regulators to include various Public Utilities Commissions (PUC’s), Independent Transmission Grid Operators (ISO’s) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Manage existing resources efficiently through tracking methods established with strategic plans
- Monitor and track California Independent System Operator (CAISO) activity to influence outcome relating to power and transmission issues
- Monitor, respond and comply with regulatory proceedings/mandates, including RPS, GHG, and others
- Developed excellent rapport with CAISO and CPUC staff to enhance recovery of expenses in rates
- Union Negotiation skills and tactics - specific experience with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers including two successful contract negotiations without work stoppage
- Knowledge of electric operations principles, field services, utility finance and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) wholesale electric market as well energy marketing policies
- Knowledge of electric operations principles, field services, utility finance and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) wholesale electric market as well energy marketing policies
- Responsibility for an annual 45 million O&M Budget and annual 100 million Capital Improvement Budget
- Coordinated and managed projects involving plant site studies, infrastructure access, market access, pricing studies, and tariff analysis
- Also responsible for business development and marketing activities
- Accomplishments
- Negotiation and execution of six RPS contracts w/ One RPS contract filed for approval at the CPUC
- Successful negotiation of union contract renewal with the collective bargaining members of IBEW 47
- Achieved purchased energy costs below $58 cap (YTD averaging $52/Mw)
- Issued Tradable Renewable Energy Credit Request for Proposal
- Initiated Capital Improvement to replace all meters with AMRs resulting in a reduction in staff and 200K savings
- Co-Authored Bear Valley Electric Enterprise Risk Assessment Matrix – Identifying Key Operational and Financial Risks and actions to mitigate identified risks
- Reduced outside services costs (YTD May, under budget by $191K or 40%)
- As Executive Core Team Member of an Oracle Based Customer Care and Billing software program upgrade, provided key input for successful transition from legacy AS400 system to current I4 system and reducing billing errors by ten percent
- Developed a Strategy and Staffing Plan for Future General Rate Case Filings with emphasis on reducing outside consulting requirements
- This strategy and staffing plan will reduce consultant costs by 500K
- Doubled net income in the first year of this position through successful general rate case filing and cutting of operations and maintenance expenses
- Co-authored Bear Valley Electric’s Integrated Resource Plan
Sr. Vice President
MMC Energy, Inc
San Diego, CA
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Business Development and Operations- Asset Management
- Responsible for establishing a business strategy for the California region to include analyzing market conditions, contacting current owners to discuss plans to divest assets, and performing due diligence during advanced stages of bid proposals for renewable and fossil-fired facilities
- Developed strategy for taking company through an intensive public offering and lining up investors for key capital purchases and company growth
- Lead efforts related to corporate governance, portfolio risk evaluation, operational risk management, management of plant capital requirements, organizational and business process design and transaction settlement
- Successfully structured and executed a transition asset management agreement during between present and future owners of the company
- Additional responsibilities include leading a project development team through the stages of permitting (California Energy Commission or Conditional Use Permits) and working with the owner’s engineer and EPC contractor in the planning, development, and execution of the construction plan
- Developed strong relationship with key political figures at the state and local levels of government
- Make daily management decisions based on optimal tradeoffs between financial and operational performance
- Accomplishments
- Negotiated a twenty five million dollar loan facility with GE for the purchase of gas turbines
- Maintained all plants with a 95% or greater availability and reliability rate thereby insuring a steady resource adequacy revenue stream for the company
- Successfully permitted a repowering application through a conditional use permit process utilizing a mitigated negative declaration
- Zero lost time accidents while operator of all three facilities in California.
Plant Manager
Calpine- Pastoria Energy Facility
Lebec, California
01.2001 - 01.2006
- For a 750MW combined cycle power plant utilizing the GE FR 7FA in a 2X1 plus 1X1 power block configuration
- Managing a staff of thirty-two personnel in the operations and maintenance of the physical plant and ZLD (zero liquid discharge) to include daily report reviews, performance trending, annual budget = 21 million – revenues = 358 million), maintenance accomplishment rates, coordinated training & environmental compliance
- Developed close working relationship with union members and building trades during plant construction
- Accomplishments
- Exceeded ninety-eight percent plant availability first year of commercial operation
- Developed time-table for cost-effective outages and optimized effective allocation of personnel, production and maintenance
- In three years of operation, lowest plant personnel turnover of any Calpine facility
- Provide O&M cost estimates for Business Development
- Continuously sought out to participate in Business Development and Due Diligence efforts for future acquisitions
- Selected by the Sr
- Executives and staff and board of Calpine to be a member of the first Calpine Operational Audit Team (CORE)
- Maintained monthly variances to O&M budget with five percent of budgeted goals during first three years of operation
- Developed strategies to improve site availability and improve heat rate
- Implemented metrics utilizing Maximo data to track plant downtime and continuous improvement of availability
Director of Operations and Maintenance and Construction/Commissioning
Enron Wind/GE Wind Corporation
01.1998 - 01.2001
- Responsible for 3,670 wind turbines with capacity totaling 1,142 MW and asset value over $650 million
- Administered PPAs with utilities for 21 projects, had all post completion commercial contract responsibility with customers including providing all EWC availability and power curve warranty administration
- Annual Budget Responsibility of 28 million
- Oversee ten plant managers in the daily operation and maintenance of 1142 MW of installed capacity, to include daily report reviews, performance trending, budget management, maintenance accomplishment rates, coordinated training, and environmental compliance
- Reporting directly to the VP of Construction and Ops, assisted in the engineering, procurement and commissioning efforts for projects in California, Iowa, Minnesota, and Texas
- Provided O&M cost estimates for Construction and Business Development and prepared reports for interfacing and executive departments
- Assisted Business Development in the permitting process for new development
- Accomplishments
- Provide field input for design of NGT (Next Generation Turbine) which resulted in improvement in critical reduction of yaw pad failures and gearbox casualties
- Maintained operating and maintenance budgets within 6% of targeted goals
- In spite of strong competition in the wind industry, maintained a personnel turnover rate of less than four percent in three years
- Promoted from Midwest Regional Manager to Director of U.S
- Operations
- As director, administered the contractual obligations for all US facilities
- Recruited and hired in excess of 150 technicians and management personnel for new plant construction and operations
- Sought, attracted, and developed a top notch O&M team through coordinated efforts with a superb team from the human resources talent acquisition group
- Continuously recognized by turbine owner representatives for superb knowledge of wind turbine products, performance and enhancements
International Regional Manager
GE Power Systems / Stewart and Stevenson
01.1996 - 01.1998
- P&L responsibility for Operations revenue and expense at international power projects in Australia, United Arab Emirates, India, and China
- Assist in the development of a Regional Operations Office in Perth and the establishment of policies and procedures for Maintenance and Operations of cogeneration plants utilizing GE Industrial (Frame) as well as aero derivative engines
- Reported to the Vice President of U.S
- And International Operations
- Accomplishments
- Promoted to International Regional Manager from Plant Manager, Golden Bear Refinery Cogeneration Plant
- Successfully managed a portfolio of Eastern Hemisphere generating assets with a total capacity of 550MW
- Screen, selected, and assigned four plant managers during operational startup functions, staffed facilities, and trained operators
- Assigned and coordinated operators, systems, and procedures in support of commissioning and turnover
- Assumed commercial acceptance
- Supervised three area country managers and ten plant managers in the production of independent power generated through aero derivative and frame gas turbines
- Arranged power deliveries to foreign host utilities
- Negotiated in excess of ten third party O&M agreements and assisted the Business Development and Turbine Sales group with O&M cost estimates and Management of Long Term Service Agreements (LTSA) for major maintenance requirements
- Maintained average plant availability in excess of 98.5%
- Increased productivity, plant efficiency, and morale through implementation of participative management techniques in a culturally challenging work environment.
Plant Manager
Stewart and Stevenson Operations Inc, Oildale Cogeneration
01.1995 - 01.1996
- P&L responsibility for Operator (4.5 Million) budget revenue and expenses at fifty-megawatt cogeneration facility utilizing the LM 5000 gas turbine
- Accomplishments
- Restored a non-competitive (in receivership) facility to record peak season availability in excess of ninety-nine percent through a conscientious planned management change and two million dollar plant refurbishment
- Efforts resulted in plant sale and financial closing of project in record time for project owners
- Established an environmental, health, and safety program and achieved an out-standing compliance record
- Integrated a CMMS program (GPMATE) to coordinate all maintenance activities and work orders
- Wrote operating procedures for startup and shutdown
- Established an in house Feed Water Quality Program resulting in dramatic improvement in maintaining the HP and IP boilers in prescribed range
- Prepared an audit system to assign specific plant components to the staff, monitor progress, and ultimately bring the plant’s material condition back to peak condition.
Plant Manager
LFC Power Systems
01.1993 - 01.1995
- Combined Cycle – 27 MW – LM2500 power plant
Surface Warfare Officer
United States Navy
- LCDR (Twelve years commissioned – Eight years enlisted- gas turbine - nuclear – steam propulsion
- Developed and implemented plans to reduce risk to personnel and equipment during tactical operations.
- Monitored and assessed mission progress and provided updates to command.
- Analyzed intelligence reports and identified potential tactical threats.
- Integrated intelligence activities into other military operations, plans and programs.
Education
Executive Graduate Certificate - Executive Graduate Certificate in Business Admin
University of Notre Dame
South BendMaster of Science - Organizational Development
Chapman University
Orange, CAMaster of Arts - Education
Chapman University
Orange, CABachelors Business - Administration
National University
American Institute of Plant Engineers/Assoc of Facility Engineers – - Engineering
American Institute of Plant Engineers
01.1993 - 06.1993
Skills
Inspections and reviews
undefinedGolf, Enology, Reading, Volunteering
Enjoy golfing for relaxation as well as business. Recently commenced formal studies in Wine Science. Enjoy reading spy thrillers and other mysteries. Volunteer for food bank and other charitable works.
Timeline
Board Member and former Director of California
Directors, Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc
06.2020 - Current
Chief of Staff/ Chief Education Officer/ VP of Campus Operations
Quanta Energy Services
08.2016 - 03.2023
Director
Bear Valley Electric Service, American States Water
01.2010 - 08.2016
Sr. Vice President
MMC Energy, Inc
01.2006 - 01.2009
Plant Manager
Calpine- Pastoria Energy Facility
01.2001 - 01.2006
Director of Operations and Maintenance and Construction/Commissioning
Enron Wind/GE Wind Corporation
01.1998 - 01.2001
International Regional Manager
GE Power Systems / Stewart and Stevenson
01.1996 - 01.1998
Plant Manager
Stewart and Stevenson Operations Inc, Oildale Cogeneration
01.1995 - 01.1996
American Institute of Plant Engineers/Assoc of Facility Engineers – - Engineering
American Institute of Plant Engineers
01.1993 - 06.1993
Plant Manager
LFC Power Systems
01.1993 - 01.1995
Surface Warfare Officer
United States Navy
Executive Graduate Certificate - Executive Graduate Certificate in Business Admin
University of Notre Dame
Master of Science - Organizational Development
Chapman University
Master of Arts - Education
Chapman University
Bachelors Business - Administration
National University
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