Grand River Dam Authority
Bednar Mike has over 30 years of work experience, starting from 1990 to 2021. Bednar has held various roles in multiple companies across different industries. Bednar began their career as a Technical Service Engineer at Norit Activated Carbon from September 1990 to January 1998. Bednar then worked as a Process Engineer at the same company from January 1998 to September 1999.
After that, they joined NATCO Group as a Design Engineer from April 2000 to October 2000. In October 2000, they transitioned to Williams Communications and worked as a Network Engineer until October 2001. From October 2001 to March 2002, they also held the position of Health, Safety, and Environmental Specialist at Williams Communications.
In 2002, they started working for HollyFrontier Corporation as an Environmental Specialist and remained in that role for ten years until April 2012. Currently, they are the Manager of Environmental Compliance at Grand River Dam Authority since April 2012.
Bednar Mike pursued a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University from 1983 to 1987. Then, they continued their education at the same university and obtained a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from 1988 to 1990.
Grand River Dam Authority
GRDA utilizes a diverse portfolio of electric generation assets to keep rates low and reliability high. This gas, coal, water and wind portfolio includes Oklahoma’s first hydroelectric facility; the state’s only pumped-storage project; the first M501J gas turbine deployed in the Western Hemisphere and other generation assets. GRDA transmits and delivers this wholesale electricity across its 24-county service area in Northeast Oklahoma via a sophisticated energy delivery system. GRDA sells electricity to three customer classes: municipals, electric cooperatives and industries. GRDA also manages 70,000 surface acres of lake waters in Oklahoma, including Grand Lake, Lake Hudson and the W.R. Holway Reservoir. GRDA also fulfills this stewardship mission in its management of the waters of the scenic Illinois River.