Brazos Electric Power Cooperative
Payab (Paul) Vichaya is a Power Maintenance Engineer at Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, specializing in testing electrical equipment and transmission projects across voltage levels from 15 kV to 345 kV. With extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, including roles as a Completion Consultant and Completion Supervisor at SDS Petroleum Consultants and Packers Plus Energy Services Inc., Payab has successfully supervised and executed completion operations. Additional experience includes roles as a Deepwater Completion Engineer and Subsea Intervention Engineer at Chevron, where comprehensive planning and coordination for drilling and completion operations were executed. Educational credentials include a Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative
Brazos Electric is a 3,839 megawatt generation and transmission cooperative whose members' service territory extends across 68 counties from the Texas Panhandle to Houston. Organized in 1941, Brazos Electric was the first cooperative formed in the Lone Star state for the purpose of generating and supplying electrical power. Today, it is the largest generation and transmission cooperative in Texas. Brazos Electric is the wholesale power supplier for its 16 member-owner distribution cooperatives and one municipal system. Owned by its member cooperatives, Brazos Electric board of directors is comprised of one representative from each of our 16 members.