James Evans

A 35-year Cooperative Energy employee, James oversees the operation, maintenance, design, and construction of Cooperative Energy’s transmission system. This includes the geographical information system (GIS), surveying, system protection, metering, substation and line maintenance, substation and line design, and right of way (ROW) maintenance. He also oversees the organization’s fleet maintenance and serves as facility manager at the field operations center.

James joined Cooperative Energy in 1987, serving as a lineman for 10 years before serving as a system operator for four years. He then progressed through the transmission maintenance department, serving as line foreman, transmission supervisor, transmission maintenance manager, director of transmission maintenance, and most recently as vice president of transmission maintenance.