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GARRETT D. COLE, P.E.

Garrett D. Cole, P.E.

Garrett D. Cole, P.E.

PRINCIPAL POWER SUPPLY | MARIETTA, GEORGIA

Contact Garrett Cole: Garrett.Cole@GDSAssociates.com

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” – Sir Winston Churchill

Garrett has more than 12 years of experience in the electric utility industry. His main clientele have been municipals, cooperatives and law firms with a priority of offering utility management and advisors a broad range of skilled consulting expertise to draw from in all areas affecting their business model.

While focused on providing all-encompassing solutions for the needs of electric utilities, Garrett specializes in strategic supply, resource procurement and ISO/RTO market planning and analysis and has made significant contributions on strategic planning, negotiation, forecasting, asset review, regulatory and risk management issues.

  • Strategic Planning: Supply procurement plans and Market hedging strategy/implementation
  • Negotiation: Conducting procurement processes and negotiating supply and asset agreements
  • Forecasting: Financial modeling, Wholesale power cost and Operating budget forecasts
  • Asset Review: Economic feasibility, valuations and detailed dispatch modeling spanning biomass, coal, gas-fired combined cycle and combustion turbine, hydroelectric, wind, solar and nuclear generation units
  • Regulatory: RTO stakeholder group representation, integration of generation/load into RTOs and review of statewide and local Public Commission issues
  • Risk Management: Risk modeling and development of risk management policies and procedures

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Masters in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Masters in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University

SPECIALTIES

  • Power Supply, Resource Procurement Planning and Hedging Strategy
  • ISO/RTO Market Analysis and Stakeholder Representation

ASSOCIATIONS

  • Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia
  • Institute of Industrial Engineers Member

Providing solid engineering and energy consultant services throughout the U.S.