Director of Generation Engineering
Nathen Hatch was named director of generation engineering in 2022, managing the generation engineering group as well as the business information and facility services areas. Nathen joined Arizona G&T Cooperatives as a mechanical engineer III in November 2010 and became generation engineering manager in 2013.
During his time at AZGT, Nathen has supervised the replacement of the stacks on steam units 2 and 3, the addition of the activated carbon injection system onto steam unit 3 in 2016, and the low nitrogen oxides (NOx) conversion, or burner replacement, on steam unit 1 in 2016.
Nathen is a member of the Generation, Emissions, and CO2 member advisory group for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and he is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Arizona.
Nathen earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Arizona in 2002 and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the U of A in 2006. He is listed as inventor on Patent US20080115608A1 for Honeywell.