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Director of Environmental & Permitting, Clean Cloud Energy

Heather McGeory

Previous Experience

Enel Green Power North America, Inc.

Environmental Permitting, Senior Environmental Manager, 2021-2023

  • Project management for permitting and environmental compliance activities for solar, wind, battery storage and gravity energy projects
  • Interfaced with Transmission, Real Estate, GIS, Engineering, Meteorology, Legal, Construction and Operations Teams to ensure project success
  • Managed and led complex local and state permitting efforts such as CUP and PSC applications

Tradewind Energy

Environmental Manager, 2018-2021

  • Managed all aspects of environmental compliance, environmental permitting and other state and local permitting for a subset of wind and solar development projects in Tradewind Energy’s portfolio

Xcel Energy

Environmental Analyst, 2016-2018

  • Managed pre-construction and construction environmental permitting and compliance for the Rush Creek Wind Farm
  • Advised environmental staff on other utility-scale renewable projects in the development phase
  • Ensured compliance with other federal and state regulations for construction stage by reviewing and approving SPCC plans, managing wetland delineation surveys, managing cultural and historic surveys and creating Unanticipated Discovery Plans

Penn Virginia Corporation

Environmental Specialist, 2014-2016

  • Developed, implemented and managed in-house pre-drill water and soil sampling programs
  • Managed spill response and clean-up including state reporting, sampling, bioremediation efforts, excavations and closure reports

New Tech Global Environmental

Environmental Consultant, 2012-2014

  • Conducted field reviews of oil & gas production, SWD and compression facilities and prepared technical environmental and regulatory reports as part of Phase 1 ESAs

City of Corpus Christi Water Department

Water Quality Specialist, 2011-2012

EDUCATION

Renewable Energy Business Development Program
SDA Bocconi School of Management - Milan, Italy

B.S. Environmental Science
Texas A&M University