NMPP Energy Executive Director Bob Poehling recently announced Jason Rosenkranz as the new director of wholesale electric operations for the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN).

Rosenkranz began his duties in late April and leads all aspects of wholesale electric operations of MEAN, which provides wholesale power supply and related services to more than 60 communities in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming.

He brings more than two decades of experience with the Nebraska Public Power District, where he most recently served as Director of Resource Planning and Risk. In that role, he led efforts in electric load and revenue forecasting, integrated resource planning, production cost modeling, energy market risk management, while supporting major resource decisions.

“We are excited to have Jason join our dedicated wholesale electric operations team,” said NMPP Energy Executive Director Bob Poehling. “Jason’s decades of experience and expertise in the public power sector will serve as a strong and valuable asset for our wholesale electric participant communities.”

He has been actively involved in Southwest Power Pool policy development, including as a participant in the Supply Adequacy Working Group and as a voting member of the Load Forecasting Task Force. Throughout his career, Jason has held leadership roles in business transformation, strategic management, and resource planning.

NMPP Energy is a joint action agency headquartered in Lincoln, Neb., and is composed of four organizations: Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, a wholesale electricity supplier; National Public Gas Agency, a wholesale natural gas supplier; Public Alliance for Community Energy (ACE), a retail natural gas supplier and Nebraska Municipal Power Pool, an advocate for municipal utilities. 

NMPP Energy provides these and many other services to more than 130 communities in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming.