Jacob Tetlow

About Jacob Tetlow

Chief Operating Officer with 29 years of experience in energy delivery and power generation.Ambitious, dedicated individual who accepts difficult challenges and excels under pressure. Self motivated and can adapt to or lead change in a fast paced environment. Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal, leadership and organizational skills. When not working loves to spend time with the family at the Lake, on the Ocean, snowboarding, fishing, hunting, or any other outdoor activity.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   Arizona Public Service - APS

   Oct 2024 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Responsible for leading the Operations team at APS focused on delivering safe, reliable, affordable and clean energy to 1.4M customers in Arizona. This includes Transmission & Distribution, Power Generation (non-nuclear), Supply Chain, Information Technology, New Generation Development, Resource Management, Facilities, Safety, Security, Environmental, and Transportation. Leading with a culture at APS focused on values and stewardship resulting in a highly motivated team with a mission to create customer value through operational excellence and innovative products and services to meet not only today’s needs, but also the future needs of APS customers.Personal industry involvement and leadership roles include:• AEIC (Association of Edison Illuminating Companies) Board of Directors. Power Delivery Committee (20••••20)• AEIC Operations Center of Excellence Board of Directors, Chairman (2024-present)• Board of Trustees - The Nature Conservancy AZ Chapter (2018-present) Chairman of Board (2023-present)• Chair of the AEIC sub-committee on Distributed Energy Resources (20••••17), focused on best practices and lessons learned across the utility industry as it relates to integration of DERs into the distribution system.• EPRI - Member or Research Advisory Council.• Phoenix East Valley Partnership Board of Directors.(2020-Present)• Arizona State University Industrial Advisory Board member.• Facilitated and lead a year long Leadership Academy at APS focus on high potential leaders• Served on the Board of Directors for United Way of Northern Arizona

Education

• Stanford University

  Graduate School of Business - Executive Program, Organizational Leadership

  2017 — 2017

• Arizona State University

  B.S, Mechanical Engineering

  1990 — 1995

Skills

• Energy
• Budgets
• Process Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Maintenance & Repair
• Reliability
• Root Cause Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Program Management
• Generators
• Analysis