Leadership
With decades of experience and knowledge in the energy sector, the Energy Southeast team is uniquely equipped to help municipalities advance their publicly owned gas and electric systems through prepayment savings.
Over the past 35 years, Fred Clark has been involved with energy policy development and advocacy. He has worked to build consensus during his years of experience with municipal electric utilities and electric cooperatives in Alabama.
In 2019, Mr. Clark helped establish and became President & CEO of Energy Southeast (ESE), A Cooperative District. ESE is a public corporation established by the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA). ESE’s goal is to advance the mission of publicly owned gas and electric systems by providing low-cost, competitively priced wholesale natural gas and electricity, delivered through secure, reliable, long-term projects. ESE has primarily met this mission by using tax exempt bonds to prepay for long-term commodity supplies.
In 2007, Mr. Clark became President and Chief Executive Officer of AMEA, which provides wholesale electric power to 11 cities in the state of Alabama. AMEA’s Member cities serve approximately 350,000 customers.
In 1999, Mr. Clark became the first executive director of Electric Cities of Alabama in Montgomery, AL. Electric Cities of Alabama is the statewide association for municipally-owned electric utilities.
In 1991, Mr. Clark accepted the position of President of the Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives (AREA) in Montgomery. AREA is a statewide association of Alabama’s electric cooperatives.
In 1990, Mr. Clark accepted a position as State Director for U.S. Senator Richard Shelby. Mr. Clark’s responsibilities included management of Senator Shelby’s five in-state offices located in Birmingham, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa.
In 1989, Mr. Clark accepted a position as a Washington Legislative Representative for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a Washington, D.C.-based association representing the political interest of America’s 1,000 electric cooperatives.
In 1986, Mr. Clark accepted the position of Legislative Assistant for U.S. Senator Howell Heflin. Mr. Clark’s responsibilities for Senator Heflin included all legislation considered or developed in the Senate Agriculture Committee and directing staff work on the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Rural Electrification.
Mr. Clark is a past member of the American Public Power Association (APPA) Board of Directors (2015-2021). APPA, based in Washington, D.C., represents not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities that power homes, businesses and streets in nearly 2,000 towns and cities, serving 47 million Americans.
He is a member of the Transmission Access Policy Study Group (TAPS) Board of Directors and currently serves as its treasurer. TAPS was formed in 1989 to represent the interests of Transmission Dependent Utilities before Congress, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
In June 2022, Mr. Clark received APPA’s Alan H. Richardson Statesmanship Award. The award honors public power leaders who work to achieve consensus on national issues important to public power utilities.
Mr. Clark is a graduate of Auburn University with Bachelor of Science and Master of Agriculture degrees.
A native of Elba, AL, he is married to Blake Guthrie Clark of Enterprise. They have two children: a daughter, Laura Catherine Clark Miaoulis (Michael); and a son, Fred Denson Clark, III.
The Clarks are members of First Baptist Church in Montgomery.
As the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for Energy Southeast, A Cooperative District, Peter Thompson works with electricity and gas providers, commodity purchasers, investment bankers, financial advisors, tax and legal counsel, in addition to other wholesale market participants to construct transactions that deliver savings to project participants and comply with municipal tax and regulatory requirements.
He ensures that prepay transactions are sized appropriately to meet customer goals and align with participant’s long-term commodity needs. Mr. Thompson also partners with power providers and other wholesale market participants to fulfill the ongoing prepay power requirements and facilitates all operational aspects of transactions, to ensure projects run smoothly until completion.
Mr. Thompson joined AMEA in 2016 after working for Southern Company in Financial and Contract Services. At Southern Company, he was responsible for wholesale bulk power contract administration including working with several large power providers in the Southeast.
Prior to his employment with Southern Company, Mr. Thompson worked for Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS, overseeing construction on multiple U.S. Navy contracts. He worked as a lead engineer in the Program Offices, providing direct support to LPD and DDG Ship Program Managers. In addition, he led the development of a construction planning and scheduling system overhaul to ensure the company remained compliant with government contract management practices.
Mr. Thompson is a past member of the American Public Power Association’s Planning and Engineering Conference Planning Committee, serving for two years as the chairman of the Generation and Fuels section. He is also a member of the Transmission Access Policy Study Group and a member of the Southeastern Federal Power Customers Inc. Board of Directors.
Mr. Thompson holds a B.S. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Auburn
University and has completed Auburn University’s Executive MBA program.
He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery, and serves as a deacon at Trinity
Presbyterian Church in Montgomery.
He and his wife, Haley, have four children, Pete Jr., Allie, Jones, and William.
As the Energy Southeast (ESE), A Cooperative District, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Logan Remson’s responsibilities include the following: maintaining the ESE cash flow program; overseeing all accounting functions of ESE; providing the ESE Board of Directors, management, lenders and rating agencies with accurate financial information; ensuring that the bond trust accounts are properly funded and all bond resolution requirements are met; ensuring that ESE financial records are audited annually; ensuring the accurate and timely payment of all ESE accounts payable; billing procedures and practices related to the ESE’s revenue policies and contracts; and directing the preparation of the ESE budget.
Mr. Remson joined ESE in October 2024 after a nine-year tenure with Jackson Thornton as an Audit Associate, Audit Senior Associate, Audit Supervisor, and most recently, an Audit Manager.
He earned a B.S. degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Auburn University Montgomery (AUM), as well as a Master of Business Administration from AUM. He has earned the Alabama CPA License.
Over the past 35 years, Fred Clark has been involved with energy policy development and advocacy. He has worked to build consensus during his years of experience with municipal electric utilities and electric cooperatives in Alabama.
In 2019, Mr. Clark helped establish and became President & CEO of Energy Southeast (ESE), A Cooperative District. ESE is a public corporation established by the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA). ESE’s goal is to advance the mission of publicly owned gas and electric systems by providing low-cost, competitively priced wholesale natural gas and electricity, delivered through secure, reliable, long-term projects. ESE has primarily met this mission by using tax exempt bonds to prepay for long-term commodity supplies.
In 2007, Mr. Clark became President and Chief Executive Officer of AMEA, which provides wholesale electric power to 11 cities in the state of Alabama. AMEA’s Member cities serve approximately 350,000 customers.
In 1999, Mr. Clark became the first executive director of Electric Cities of Alabama in Montgomery, AL. Electric Cities of Alabama is the statewide association for municipally-owned electric utilities.
In 1991, Mr. Clark accepted the position of President of the Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives (AREA) in Montgomery. AREA is a statewide association of Alabama’s electric cooperatives.
In 1990, Mr. Clark accepted a position as State Director for U.S. Senator Richard Shelby. Mr. Clark’s responsibilities included management of Senator Shelby’s five in-state offices located in Birmingham, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa.
In 1989, Mr. Clark accepted a position as a Washington Legislative Representative for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a Washington, D.C.-based association representing the political interest of America’s 1,000 electric cooperatives.
In 1986, Mr. Clark accepted the position of Legislative Assistant for U.S. Senator Howell Heflin. Mr. Clark’s responsibilities for Senator Heflin included all legislation considered or developed in the Senate Agriculture Committee and directing staff work on the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Rural Electrification.
Mr. Clark is a past member of the American Public Power Association (APPA) Board of Directors (2015-2021). APPA, based in Washington, D.C., represents not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities that power homes, businesses and streets in nearly 2,000 towns and cities, serving 47 million Americans.
He is a member of the Transmission Access Policy Study Group (TAPS) Board of Directors and currently serves as its treasurer. TAPS was formed in 1989 to represent the interests of Transmission Dependent Utilities before Congress, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
In June 2022, Mr. Clark received APPA’s Alan H. Richardson Statesmanship Award. The award honors public power leaders who work to achieve consensus on national issues important to public power utilities.
Mr. Clark is a graduate of Auburn University with Bachelor of Science and Master of Agriculture degrees.
A native of Elba, AL, he is married to Blake Guthrie Clark of Enterprise. They have two children: a daughter, Laura Catherine Clark Miaoulis (Michael); and a son, Fred Denson Clark, III.
The Clarks are members of First Baptist Church in Montgomery.
As the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for Energy Southeast, A Cooperative District, Peter Thompson works with electricity and gas providers, commodity purchasers, investment bankers, financial advisors, tax and legal counsel, in addition to other wholesale market participants to construct transactions that deliver savings to project participants and comply with municipal tax and regulatory requirements.
He ensures that prepay transactions are sized appropriately to meet customer goals and align with participant’s long-term commodity needs. Mr. Thompson also partners with power providers and other wholesale market participants to fulfill the ongoing prepay power requirements and facilitates all operational aspects of transactions, to ensure projects run smoothly until completion.
Mr. Thompson joined AMEA in 2016 after working for Southern Company in Financial and Contract Services. At Southern Company, he was responsible for wholesale bulk power contract administration including working with several large power providers in the Southeast.
Prior to his employment with Southern Company, Mr. Thompson worked for Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS, overseeing construction on multiple U.S. Navy contracts. He worked as a lead engineer in the Program Offices, providing direct support to LPD and DDG Ship Program Managers. In addition, he led the development of a construction planning and scheduling system overhaul to ensure the company remained compliant with government contract management practices.
Mr. Thompson is a past member of the American Public Power Association’s Planning and Engineering Conference Planning Committee, serving for two years as the chairman of the Generation and Fuels section. He is also a member of the Transmission Access Policy Study Group and a member of the Southeastern Federal Power Customers Inc. Board of Directors.
Mr. Thompson holds a B.S. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Auburn
University and has completed Auburn University’s Executive MBA program.
He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery, and serves as a deacon at Trinity
Presbyterian Church in Montgomery.
He and his wife, Haley, have four children, Pete Jr., Allie, Jones, and William.
As the Energy Southeast (ESE), A Cooperative District, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Logan Remson’s responsibilities include the following: maintaining the ESE cash flow program; overseeing all accounting functions of ESE; providing the ESE Board of Directors, management, lenders and rating agencies with accurate financial information; ensuring that the bond trust accounts are properly funded and all bond resolution requirements are met; ensuring that ESE financial records are audited annually; ensuring the accurate and timely payment of all ESE accounts payable; billing procedures and practices related to the ESE’s revenue policies and contracts; and directing the preparation of the ESE budget.
Mr. Remson joined ESE in October 2024 after a nine-year tenure with Jackson Thornton as an Audit Associate, Audit Senior Associate, Audit Supervisor, and most recently, an Audit Manager.
He earned a B.S. degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Auburn University Montgomery (AUM), as well as a Master of Business Administration from AUM. He has earned the Alabama CPA License.