John F. Painter
Jessica Grier Bio

Ms. Grier has served as a technical and business consultant in the energy industry for over 9 years with experience in transmission and distribution, renewable energy and smart grid.

Ms. Grier supports financing and equity investment due diligence and provides technical advisory services for power plant developers, system operators, municipal and independently-owned utilities, financiers and other energy market participants. She has managed energy transmission system- and market-related analyses, transmission risk management, location-based market price forecasting, curtailment and congestion assessments, new resource integration and planning, contractual arrangements and regulatory compliance throughout all market regions in the United States and Canada.

She has an excellent skill set in the areas of strategy development, teamwork, efficient and thorough project execution, client management, and written and verbal communication to ensure client expectations are met.

Prior to joining nFront Consulting, Ms. Grier spent over 9 years with R. W. Beck, Inc. and its successors, SAIC and Leidos, Inc. serving as a multi-discipline project consultant across various sectors in the energy industry. During that time, she advanced her energy industry knowledge and now serves as a Senior Consultant with significant project execution and client management responsibilities.