1. Gil Celedonia
Gil Celedonia has 45 years of leadership and technical experience in the engineering, operations and
maintenance of power generation facilities in utility, industrial, independent and merchant applications.
He retired from Alcoa in mid-2014 after serving 9 years in their Center of Excellence which provided
global support to alumina refineries. Shortly thereafter, Gil created Celedonia Power Consultants (CPC),
a Sole Proprietorship specializing in Risk Profile Assessments and Strategic Operations & Maintenance
Program Development for Electric Power Generating Facilities. In early 2015, CPC as a sub-contractor
to Ramco led and successfully completed an in-depth Risk Profile Assessment (RPA) of Entergy’s 5-unit,
1890-MW, natural gas fired Sabine Station. The RPA identified the potential for returning significant
lost MWH revenues via an effective operations and maintenance strategy alone.
From 2010 to 2014, as Alcoa’s Global Refining Power Station and Reliability Manager, Gil steered
global power operations to significantly reduce production losses by 34% over the previous 3-yr average.
He led root cause analyses and asset integrity, reliability and risk assessments at most Alcoa refineries and
power plants. From 2006 to 2010, as Regional Powerhouse Manager for Alcoa refining operations, Gil:
1) led a multi-disciplined and internationally diverse team in the successful commissioning of a new
cogeneration facility in Sao Luis, Brazil comprised of two 280 TPH coal CFB boilers and two 34-MW
steam turbine-generators; and 2) led the selection of a non-OEM service supplier for a 34-MW STG
overhaul resulting in $500k reduction in historical turbine overhaul costs.
In 2005, while working with Ramco, Gil led the Risk Profile Assessment at AES Shady Point Power
Station, a 320-MW net coal facility consisting of 4 CFB boilers feeding two turbine-generator sets in two
units of a 2-on-1 configuration.
From 1990 to 2005, Gil served as Director responsible for technical support to plant operations and
maintenance for US Generating Company/National Energy Group (USGen/NEG), a multi-billion dollar
integrated merchant power company. He developed a number of operational excellence programs that
were instrumental in improving safety and reducing insurance costs across the fleet. He steered the
development and ongoing utilization of an equipment safeguard program recognized as world-class in
asset protection and preservation. As an interim General Manager, he successfully led the operations and
maintenance of a 500-megawatt, combined cycle gas turbine facility through a very challenging 6-month
transition period. Under his leadership, the plant maintained a 90% availability factor, no lost-time
accidents, no environmental incidents and no turnover of key operating personnel while dealing with
extremely difficult leftover startup issues.
From 1987 to 1990, Gil was a Division Power Engineer for 3 ½ years overseeing the operations of a 4-
unit, 582-megawatt, pulverized coal generating station at Alcoa’s Warrick Smelting operations in
southern Indiana. He spent nearly twelve years with Alcoa (1978 to 1990) in various corporate staff and
plant roles, and seven years (1970-1977) with a dominant Midwest utility as a Senior Performance
Engineer at a 5-unit, 1125-megawatt, pulverized coal generating station.
Gil holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering.