Power from the Prairie

 

Fredric "Fred" Fletcher | Executive Consultant

 

Fred is an Executive Consultant for Schulte Associates LLC.  He is the former Assistant General

Manager – Power Supply for Burbank Water & Power. Fred currently consults a wide variety of

clients requiring a unique approach in electric utility applications.  He has extensive experience in

electric utility executive management, having led power supply operations and planning at the

executive level for nearly 40 years in both the Eastern and Western Interconnections. 

 

Throughout his career Fred has accepted many strategic challenges and has successfully

addressed those challenges in creative and cost-effective ways that were aligned with overall objectives and mission of the organization.  He has worked almost exclusively for Public (Municipal) Power, most recently as Assistant General Manager of the City of Burbank electric utility.

 

Throughout his career, Fred has provided both managerial leadership and support, as required, to develop, define, and, ultimately, fulfill specific objectives in a timely and economic manner.  He has worked with a wide variety of constituents, including not only utilities and regulators of utilities, but also environmentalists, technology providers, governing bodies, media companies, and regional planning entities.

 

Fred has taken many significant concepts from a goal to a set of objectives, to a cogent plan, secured the governance, organized the resources, and maintained the managerial connection to assure the timely and cost-effective fulfillment of those objectives, with a minimum of drama.

 

A native of South Dakota, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines.

 

Fred is co-author with Bob Schulte of multiple industry articles on interregional transmission, renewable energy swaps and ways to achieve 100% clean energy.  See publications HERE.

 

 

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