Senior Partner and Natural Gas Engineering/Consulting Practice Leader

Scott has worked in the natural gas industry for more than 25 years, holding positions in management, engineering, and supervision. He has been involved in all phases of the natural gas industry, including collection, transmission, distribution, and customer service.

Major accomplishments:

• Over 25 years of experience in the areas of operations, supervision, engineering, project management, and mapping in the gas utility industry.
• Owner’s Engineer for the SMUD 24-inch pipeline extension to install gas-fired generation at the inactive Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant.
• Instrumental in CEQA and CEC approval for large-diameter pipelines in California.
• Developed a mapping replacement project for a major West Coast utility that replaced an existing hard copy mapping system with a computer-based GIS system accessible via the Internet. The project resulted in improved customer service, reduced risk, and faster emergency response time.
• Served as the routing and detail engineer for numerous natural gas transmission pipeline projects.
• Introduced pipeline risk management techniques to PG&E. Prioritized all pipeline discretionary spending using risk management. Evaluated project alternatives using risk/benefit techniques.
• Reduced pipeline capital budget from approximately $70 million to $40 million over a 4-year period by aligning with actual spending and establishing a risk-based capital requirement. Absorbed $3-5 million per year of unanticipated costs associated with extreme weather during that period.
• Established the "idle collection facilities" retirement plan to reduce environmental risk and lower maintenance costs associated with those facilities.
• Established an internal corrosion operating department and reduced internal leaks by 60 percent in 4 years.
• Implemented a close-interval survey program and an electronic cathodic protection data management system.
• Authored a corporate gas emergency manual for a 22,000-employee gas and electric utility.

Scott holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.