ABOUT J.B. TEMPLETON
A lifetime of experience.
James B Templeton (Jim) is the President of JB Templeton Consulting, LLC. Mr. Templeton has been associated with the power transformer industry for over 46 years. He began his career in 1974 with the Westinghouse Large Power Transformer Division in Muncie, IN. Mr. Templeton holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University and a MBA from Ball State University.
Mr. Templeton launched his consulting career in 2001 and since then he has worked with more than seventy clients in the U.S. In addition to his work with US clients, he has worked with clients in South Africa, Canada, Ecuador, Argentina, New Zealand, South Korea, and Brazil. He has worked with some of the largest electric utilities in the U.S., including National Grid, PacifiCorp, PSE&G. He also has worked with small municipal companies and electric cooperatives such as Austin Energy and East Kentucky Electric Coop. In addition to working directly with utilities, Mr. Templeton has developed and presented training classes for his clients domestically and abroad. Mr. Templeton participated in editing the EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) Copper Book and served as an instructor for the EPRI Copper Book Course.
Mr. Templeton has international expertise in the transformer industry, which has taken him to more than 20 countries to work on behalf of clients.
Mr. Templeton has authored and co-authored papers published by ASTM and the IEEE related to power transformers on the following subjects: gas-in-oil analysis, magnetic field analysis, thermal overloading, and streaming electrification. He is a member of IEEE and in the past has been active in various subcommittees of the IEEE Transformers Committee, including Chairman of the Dielectric Test Subcommittee.
Mr. Templeton began his career at Westinghouse Electric in in Muncie. During his time in Muncie, he held engineering positions in design, development, as well as several management positions, including Division Engineering Manager. In this role, he was responsible for large power shell form, large power core form, and medium power core form transformer technologies. In addition to the product lines he managed for Westinghouse, Mr. Templeton was also a Project Manager for R&D projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
In 1990, the Westinghouse Muncie facility was purchased by ABB (ASEA Brown and Boveri) and Mr. Templeton was named Profit Center Manager for Large Core Form Transformers. As Profit Center Manager, Jim’s responsibilities included design engineering, development engineering, drafting, production planning, and manufacturing operations. In 1994, his responsibilities expanded to include the large power shell form, large and medium core form transformer product lines. During this tenure with ABB, Mr. Templeton was the U.S. representative for the ABB Strategic Steering Committee for the development of the common power transformer technology, which is now known as Trafostar. In this position, he became well versed in the requirements of both ANSI/IEEE and IEC as the common technology had to be developed for both sets of standards.
In 1996, Mr. Templeton was promoted to the Division Manager of the ABB Protective Equipment Division in Bloomington, Indiana. The products being manufactured in Bloomington included magnetic high voltage instrument transformers, capacitive coupling voltage transformers, and surge arresters. In this role, his responsibilities expanded to include marketing, purchasing, production planning, accounting, human resources, quality assurance, and compliance of EPA regulations.
In 1998, Mr. Templeton left ABB for an opportunity as General Manager for Ohio Transformer. Ohio Transformer was a re-manufacturer of medium and large power transformers. He had responsibility for plants in Louisville, Ohio and Bradenton, Florida. The areas of responsibility included engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, human resources, marketing, accounting, quality assurance, and production planning. Mr. Templeton President of Ohio Transformer at the time of his departure in early 2001.
It was in 2001 that Mr. Templeton entered the power transformer consulting business through an association with Harold R. Moore. In late 2001 Harold Moore and Jim Templeton formed the company Harold Moore & Associates, Inc. The company provided consulting services for electric utility companies and other organizations involved in the purchase and operation of power transformers. In February 2006, Mr. Templeton formed J.B. Templeton Consulting LLC as a separate entity from Harold Moore & Associates, Inc.
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Core competencies and tasks performed by J.B. Templeton Consulting LLC include the following:
Design reviews
Service problem analyses and forensic analysis
Specification development
Factory and vendor evaluations
In-process manufacturing surveillance and witness testing
Training seminars
Analysis of operating data
Expert witness
The above tasks have been performed for approximately seventy clients in the U.S. as well as for clients in South Africa, Canada, Ecuador, Argentina, New Zealand, South Korea, and Brazil. Mr. Templeton has presented a power transformer training program as a subcontractor to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). These training programs have been presented in the U.S., South Africa, South Korea, and Brazil.
Mr. Templeton has international expertise in the transformer industry, which has taken him to more than 20 countries to work on behalf of clients. These tasks have been performed with transformers in the following categories:
Autotransformers and generator step-up transformers up to 800 kV and 1500 MVA
Shunt reactors and series reactors up to 800 kV
Mobile transformers and mobile substations
Transformers for static var generators
Phase angle regulators up to 500 kV
Furnace transformers
High voltage instrument transformers
Substation transformers
Dry type transformers
Large power shell form, large power core form, medium and small power core form transformers
Rectifier transformers for aluminum smelters
DC converter transformers
Transformers insulated with various insulating fluids, including ester based fluid.
Gas insulated transformers
Traction transformers