Jeremy Scheetz

About Jeremy Scheetz

I have over thirteen years experience in the electric utilities industry and am…

Experience

1. Power System Operator - Generation

   Platte River Power Authority

   Jan 2025 — Present · Fort Collins, CO, US

   Models the mission, vision, values, and culture of the organization.• Coordinates and monitors generation resources to balance forecasted load, required reserves, andsales/purchase with other counterparties.• Maximizes the utilization of available resources in an economic manner.• Communicates generation outages/issues with neighboring reliability and marketing entities.• Creates, modifies and documents all necessary information related to outages and derates in the SPP CROWoutage management system for Platte River Power Authority generation.• Complies with applicable FERC Orders, NERC Reliability Standards, WECC Reliability Standards, regionalprocedures/criteria, and Platte River specific plans, procedures, and contracts.• Creates, modifies, and approves or denies real-time eTags to document accurate and on-time interchangetransactions.• Procures transmission from OASIS to facilitate interchange transactions.• Communicates on an hourly basis with balancing authority to verify all meter values are in balance.• Administers marketing contracts on a real-time basis.• Maintains power marketing/generation scheduling related records.• Disseminates information regarding generation/market related events to management and necessarypersonnel.• Uses various tools to forecast load and variable renewable energy resources.• Establishes positive professional relationships with regional counterparties.• Markets power through purchasing and selling in a way that maximizes Platte River’s economic position.• Accurately forecasts area load taking in consideration time of day, weather, previous forecasts, and extremeor unusual events.• Accurately forecast renewable resource outputs utilizing weather information and a variety of forecastingtools• Working knowledge of power marketing and generation scheduling.• Ability to perform duties, exercise good judgment and problem solve during stressful, time-sensitive situations.