Kevin Amburgey

Experience

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  Ohio Valley Electric Corporation

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1992

  Summer Intern

  Various assignments at the Kyger Creek power plant.

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  American Electric Power

  Jun 1993 - Nov 2003

  Designed and implemented new and replacement control systems at power generating facilities owned by the company and by external customers as a member of AEP ProServ, the former non-regulated professional services arm of AEP. Applications included combustion control, burner management, gas interchange yard and balance of plant systems. Platforms included Siemens, Allen Bradley, GE, Ovation and ABB. Performed the final DCS checkout at a new 440 MW cogeneration plant. Designed and commissioned the controls of a newly converted 460 MW combined cycle unit.Developed Over-Fire Air and Gas Recirculation Controls for a 110 MW gas fired unit.Prepared bid documents and various marketing materials. Show less Various roles at a 2,600 MW coal-fired plant equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) reactors, Ammonia-On-Demand system and wet Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) system.Supervised 4-12 electricians/technicians in each of the plant’s four processes: steam, electric, waste handling and materials handling.Performance responsibilities included efficiency testing, heat rate monitoring and deviation reporting, controls tuning and optimization. Maintenance responsibilities included inspections, repair work coordination, preventative and predictive maintenance and dynamic balancing of large rotating equipment. Acted as the reliability basis owner for 28 coal pulverizers and related equipment. Operations activities included day to day troubleshooting and support, equipment monitoring, liability planning and execution of restoration activities. Created an open-book management program for developing a profitability mindset in all plant employees. The program included business literacy training courses, plant income statements and critical number charts, newsletter columns on industry issues and participatory games. Volunteered to conduct soft skills training for more than 300 plant employees. Facilitated outage review meetings and plant mission/vision/goals setting activities at other locations. Show less

  • Project Engineering

    Mar 2001 - Nov 2003

  • Power Plant Roles

    Jun 1993 - Mar 2001
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  American Electric Power

  Mar 2004 - now

  Responsible for the development of transmission strategy with a particular emphasis on AEP transmission-only companies and joint ventures.Led and supported regulatory filings across 11 states. These included rate case filings, transmission compliance filings, integrated resource plans, siting board approvals and CCN/CPCN applications.Supports FERC annual transmission revenue requirement filings and other filings under the Federal Power Act.Advocated for favorable transmission policies and engages in outreach with RTO’s, industry forums and other stakeholder entities.Other duties included supporting the acquisition of transmission assets, providing guidance on affiliate material sourcing and responding to landowner complaints. Show less Supported the development of competitive-regulated electric transmission business in the PJM, MISO, SPP and NYISO regions.Promoted the establishment of Breakthrough Overhead Line Design (BOLD) transmission technology as a standalone, for-profit business venture. Evaluated integrated transmission and generation solutions such as large scale wind investment.Managed RTO competitive transmission qualifications for AEP affiliates.Created a comprehensive reference for quickly establishing a new subsidiaries following the successful award of competitive transmission projects. Worked with AEP IT to develop a solution for managing the obligations of transmission-only companies and joint ventures using the RSA Archer platform. Show less Provided detailed analyses of cost recovery impacts due to changes in generation, load, business structure operational practices, regulatory filings, RTO requirements or regulations.Specialized in competitive wholesale market issues and served as a regulatory interface with the Commercial Operations organization.Executed regulatory tasks such as direct and rebuttal testimony, discovery responses, witness preparation and overall case strategy. Filings included rate cases, recovery clauses/riders, compliance filings, audits and corporate separation of unregulated business units as well as power plant transfers, closures and fuel conversions.Provided interpretation of affiliate operating agreements including various pooling agreements between the operating companies.Performed modeling of power settlements utilizing various data and reporting applications such as Power Tracker, Power GADS, nMarket, Business Objects and PeopleSoft.Submitted testimony at FERC (Docket No. ER15-1430) on changes in operating company reactive revenue requirements.Prepared and updated wholesale generation and transmission formula rates. Produced rate forecasts and created comprehensive project plans for annual rate true-up processes.Led special projects such as establishing a new variable O&M costing methodology, implementing financial hedges to mitigate purchased power risks and proposing cost recovery mechanisms for the installation of lithium ion batteries at hydroelectric generating facilities.Supported the company’s unregulated wholesale business unit’s RFP bidding needs by providing cost based rate designs.Managed the annual review of generating unit capacity values used for NERC, RTO and regulatory reporting. Show less Managed all phases of capital and O&M projects including numerous electrical, mechanical systems, fire protection and structural systems/equipment including a slipstream SCR, 765kV transformer and a trona injection system, the first of its kind used for SO3 mitigation.Responsible for all generating station NERC CIP compliance activities.As Lead Engineer, directed the work activities of plant engineers. Created a heat rate monitoring program designed to leverage PI database software. Show less

  • Transmission Interconnection Services

    Feb 2021 - now

  • Transmission Asset Strategy

    Mar 2019 - Feb 2021

  • Transmission Business Development

    May 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Regulatory Contracts, Analysis & Markets

    Apr 2011 - May 2017

  • Power Plant Roles

    Mar 2004 - Apr 2011