REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
EXPERTISE

Paul Metro

 

Paul worked 35 years for the PA PUC serving in a wide range of roles.

He was the Manager of the Pipeline Safety Division for the PA PUC’s Investigation and Enforcement Bureau for 18 years.  Paul was also the Program manager for Electrical Safety, Water Safety, and PA One Call Enforcement.  He was responsible for pipeline safety compliance and was a PHMSA Pipeline Safety Instructor in which he conducted federal & state compliance training at the federal training facility in Oklahoma City, OK.  Prior to being a program manager, Paul was a Senior Expert Witness for the Pa PUC- Office of Trial Staff for 17 years.   He testified in gas, electric, telephone, water and sewer rate filings.  These case involved rate design, cost of service, rate base, depreciation, and gas cost issues.

 

He has numerous achievements with the PA PUC:

• 2010 National Gas Safety Program Manager of the Year

• White House Invitation for Champion of Change - Transportation

• Chairman – National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives

• Testimony in front of the PA House and Senate Committees

• Testimony in front of the U.S. House Transportation Committee

• Board of Directors PA1Call System

• Board of Directors Common Ground Alliance

• Vice Chairman NARUC Pipeline Safety Committee

• Testified in all Electric and Gas Restructuring Filings

• Testified in more than 140 Rate Proceedings

• Drafted the Gas Cost 1307(f) Regulations

 

Paul has a BS Degree in Mineral Economics and Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and a MS Degree in Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. 

 

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Tony Rametta

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Tony Rametta

Tony has over 37 years of experience in the energy and utility regulatory environment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the last 25 with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC).  Most recently, he was the Supervisor of the Energy Division, overseeing a team of utility financial analysts and engineers, dealing with a variety of gas and electric utility, and pipeline regulatory compliance work, and serving in an advisory capacity to the Commission. Specifically, his Division was charged with creating and approving the Act 127 pipeline applications and maintaining the annual registry of pipeline companies for the PUC, electric and natural gas distribution company tariff review and approval, small natural gas utility rate case review and approval, electric generation and natural gas supplier application review and approval, that included maintaining a registry of bond holders, implemented the approval of the first new natural gas distribution utility in the Commonwealth in over 40 years, and electric utility transmission line application approval.

Tony has a B.S. in Bio/Chem from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Shippensburg.

 

 

Andrew Geibel

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Andrew worked 6 years as a Pipeline Safety Engineer with the PA PUC.  He is fully certified to conduct natural gas pipeline safety audits & inspections by the US Department of Transportation- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).  Andrew has performed numerous inspections across many different parts of PA on natural gas distribution operators for compliance with federal pipeline safety regulations.  He has prepared written testimony for several rate cases filed by PA distribution operators, and helped prepare and facilitate annual audits of the PA PUC Pipeline Safety Group by PHMSA.  Prior to joining the PA PUC, Andrew worked 3 years as a manufacturing engineer for a company that builds military helicopters. Andrew has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State has completed the Engineers in Training Examination, the first step to obtaining professional engineers licensor.