Joshua Icenhower
Engineering Manager, System Protection Engineering @NV Energy
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WORK HISTORY
Engineering Manager, System Protection Engineering @NV Energy
Reno, NV, US
Final technical authority for system protection scope across a $125M+ annual substation capital portfolio, approving standards, scope, and energization readiness for new greenfield substations and major system modifications.• Primary technical authority in regulatory proceedings, representing system protection positions before the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) and governing WECC protection compliance with sustained zero audit findings.• Owner-side approval authority for complex, multi-discipline power projects, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external engineering consultants to resolve scope, risk, and readiness issues prior to energization.
EDUCATION
California State University-Sacramento
Bachelors of Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Power Systems)
Western Governors University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General
SKILLS
ABOUT JOSHUA ICENHOWER
Power systems leader with 12 years of cradle-to-grave infrastructure experience across generation, transmission, substation design and construction, protection and controls, and capital strategy.At NV Energy, I serve as final protection engineering authority over a $265M annual T&D capital portfolio and hold direct P&L ownership of $3.5M in relay modernization programs. Since 2023 my team has executed 77 major capital projects — including Greenlink North, Greenlink West, and SWIP-N — and interconnections serving Microsoft, Google, Apple, Tesla, Panasonic, Switch, and Redwood Materials, on a system tracking to double its 2.5GW load base within a decade.I rebuilt a broken four-person engineering department into a ten-person self-directing team in 18 months. I created NV Energy’s first risk-based capital prioritization framework, its first proactive wildfire ignition prevention program, and the substation maintenance document library the operations business unit now executes against.PE — California & Nevada · PMP · MBA, WGU 2026“Leadership is the sacred duty to care for and build up those entrusted to us.”
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