Andy Ramirez serves as El Paso Electric's Vice President of Power Generation. In that position Ramirez is responsible for all activities of the Power Generation Division which include power plant operations and maintenance; and oversight management of El Paso Electric’s interest in the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.
Ramirez had previously served as Vice President of Safety Environmental and Resource Planning at EPE. Prior to joining El Paso Electric Ramirez served as Executive Director of Gulf Region Operations for Sempra Energy a California-based energy company. His responsibilities included assisting in the transition of various Texas generation assets to Sempra when those assets were acquired from American Electric Power. Prior to that Ramirez served as Senior Vice President of Power Production for Austin Energy the community-owned electric utility for Austin Texas. In that position his responsibilities included management of all coal nuclear and natural gas generation assets environmental distributed generation chilled water and power production engineering. Ramirez has also served as a board member of the South Texas Nuclear Operating Company and as a member of the Fayette Coal Plant Management Committee. Prior to Austin Energy he served in various management and engineering positions in Generation At Central Power and Light Co.
Ramirez has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University Kingsville as well as a Master’s in Business Administration degree from Texas State University. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas.
Education:
Texas A&M University Kingsville Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Texas State University Master's degree in Business Administration. |