TMPA Management

Craig York

Craig York Mr. York has been TMPA's Plant Manager since 2002. He became acting General Manager in 2012. He came to Texas from the state of Nevada, where he is a registered mechanical engineer. Mr. York brings a wealth of industry knowledge with him. He spent the first 20 years of his career with the Nevada Power Company, which was then a subsidiary of Sierra Pacific Resources. Mr. York is a 1981 graduate of the University of Wyoming.

Eric Schroeder

Eric Schroeder Mr. Schroeder has nearly 20 years of experience in the electric utility business and is currently the Transmission Manager for Texas Municipal Power Agency. In this role, he is responsible for the entire Transmission division including engineering, maintenance, planning, operations, compliance and capital projects. Mr. Schroeder is also a member of the executive management team for TMPA, reporting to the General Manager and routinely provides reports and presentations to the TMPA Board of Directors.

In June of 2007, Mr. Schroeder joined TMPA after working for Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC) and its successor, International Transmission Company (ITC) in Novi, Michigan. METC and ITC were the first independent transmission companies in the nation. While in Michigan, Mr. Schroeder served as manager of system protection and performance, responsible for over 6,000 miles of transmission line and nearly 100 transmission substations.

Prior to that assignment, Mr. Schroeder was the president and CEO of Specialty Electrics, Inc. (SEI), a consulting engineering and manufacturing firm located in Wyoming. SEI designs and manufactures customized relay and control equipment for utility companies and large industrial facilities throughout the U.S. and abroad. As president of SEI, he was responsible for all business functions and managed engineering and technical support staff along with skilled fabrication employees.

Mr. Schroeder is a registered professional engineer and holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tulsa. His other interests include spending time with his wife and three kids and multiple outdoor activities including tennis, hunting, hiking and fishing.

Jan Horbaczewski

Jan Horbaczewski Dr. Horbaczewski is the Mine, Land, and Environmental Manager for the Texas Municipal Power Agency (TMPA). He has overall responsibility for the reclamation of TMPA’s former lignite mine (closed in 1996) and also manages the Agency’s environmental permitting and compliance program. He has been at the Agency since 1998. Prior to that, he was the reclamation/environmental manager at TMPA’s Gibbons Creek lignite mine and an environmental specialist (geoscientist) at Morrison-Knudsen Corporation.

Dr. Horbaczewski is a licensed Professional Geologist and a Certified Professional Soil Scientist. He received a Ph.D. in Soil Science from the University of Durham, England in 1976, and a B.Sc. in Geology from the same institution in 1972.