Jesse Montaño

Jesse is the Vice President of Infrastructure Development Services at ZGlobal with 32 years of experience in the energy industry. Jesse began his career in generation operations where he spent 13 years commissioning and managing renewable generating facilities in Southern California.

In 2001, Jesse joined the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) as a NERC Certified Transmission and Reliability System Operator where he operated IID’s high voltage electric system. Jesse was instrumental in IID adopting an Open Access Transmission Tariff, and in the creation and implementation of its Open Access Same Time Information System (OASIS). Jesse was involved in the development and implementation of WesTTrans.net, the OASIS site supporting twenty-two transmission providers serving fourteen states in the western United States. Jesse chaired the WesTTrans technical committee for a period of time.

Jesse administered short and long-term transmission capacity purchases, sales, and interchanges with a number of utility marketers, brokers, and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). Jesse also established and managed IID’s generator interconnection process and oversaw the study, interconnection design and eventual interconnection of multiple generation facilities to the electrical grid. Jesse provided testimony on behalf of IID to the CPUC regarding the 500 kV Sunrise Powerlink. Jesse eventually managed IID’s Business Development section where he supervised the development and negotiations of multiple Power Purchase Agreements.

Since joining ZGlobal in 2010, Jesse has led the ZGlobal Infrastructure development team in the development and synchronization of over fifty transmissions, distribution, and generation projects. Due to his years in operations, Jesse manages ZGlobal’s O&M services.

Jesse studied Public Accounting at the Universidad de Sonora in Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico.