Background

Personal Profile

Mr. McCullar is the President and Owner of Smart Perspectives, LLC, an advisory and consulting company exclusively serving the electric utility industry. Mr. McCullar has 30 years of experience and expertise in utility construction, operations and regulatory management of generation and transmission assets. He has recently served as the Strategic Advisor-Special Projects for American Municipal Power, Inc. (www.amppartners.org). McCullar is the past President & CEO of the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation, Inc. (DEMEC), a Delaware Generation and Transmission Utility (www.demecinc.net). Patrick has played a principal leadership role in the PJM Interconnection (www.pjm.com) Stakeholder Process as Past Chair of the PJM Member’s Committee, serving on the PJM Board Liaison Committee, Finance Committee, Nominating Committee, and as Representative of the Electric Distributor’s Sector. Mr. McCullar is also a founding member of the PJM Public Power Coalition, which represents Load Serving Entities and Transmission Dependent Utilities at PJM. Mr. McCullar is a past Chair of the Delmarva Peninsula Planning Association, a regional transmission and distribution planning group composed of all electric utilities on the Delmarva Peninsula. Mr. McCullar served as a Board Member of the American Public Power Association (www.appanet.org); American Municipal Power, Inc. (www.amppartners.org); and The Transmission Access Policy Study Group (www.tapsgroup.org). Mr. McCullar has served as a registered lobbyist for Public Power utilities and organizations at the Federal and State level. Mr. McCullar has testified before the U.S. Congress and is a frequent technical speaker at FERC, PJM, and national technical conferences. Patrick holds degrees in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Missouri.