MP2 Energy | The Woodlands, Texas

Russell Schwertner is the Lead Operator for MP2′s Wholesale activities.  Russell has over 10 years of system operations experience working at The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).  Russell has a thorough technical understanding of the ERCOT grid with a focus on operations and reliability.

Most recently, Russell was a Senior Outage Coordinator with ERCOT leading the long term outage group, coordinating the complex transmission and generation projects between the Planning, Engineering and System Operation departments.  His studies and analysis of the ERCOT grid provide an in depth knowledge of congestion management, thermal and voltage overloads, and the effects of planned and forced outages.  He also spent 5 years on the ERCOT Frequency Desk in charge of frequency control, DC tie tagging, and emergency and short supply operations.

Prior to work at ERCOT, Russell was a System Operator for The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) starting as a Generation Operator with equal time on the Transmission and Security Desk.

Russell is a NERC Certified Reliability Coordinator and an ERCOT Certified System Operator.