Thomas Burns

Thomas Burns is an experienced energy professional currently serving as Vice President of Resource Planning & Acquisitions at PacifiCorp since January 2007. Prior to this role, Thomas held the position of Director of Energy Supply Management, Operations & Reliability, where leadership of a 35-member team resulted in significant customer savings exceeding $1 billion through the implementation of the Western Energy Imbalance Market. Thomas's career also includes roles such as Manager of Real Time Operations and Supervisor of Trading & Real Time Operations at Georgia-Pacific LLC, Commodity Trader at Xcel Energy, and Generation Portfolio Manager at BMO Nesbitt Burns. Thomas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Illinois State University, obtained in 1992.