Who We Are

Suzi McClellan

Suzi McClellan serves as Good Company Associates’ President and principal advocate. She came to us with over two decades of Texas regulatory and legislative experience which she has applied for almost another two decades on behalf of a wide variety of companies in the area of energy and electric utilities.

As Good Company Associates Director of State Affairs and now as President, Ms.
McClellan has successfully represented companies and coalitions on a range of issues before State leadership, the legislature, the PUC and other agencies, and in the stakeholder processes of the ERCOT ISO. Her experience ranges, for example, from wind and solar power to natural gas generation planning, from energy efficiency programs to load management and demand response, from transmission line approval and construction to rules permitting energy storage to provide ancillary services.

Prior to her joining Good Company, Ms. McClellan was appointed by former Governor Bush and reappointed by Governor Perry to be Public Counsel of the Office of Public Utility Counsel where she served for over 12 years.  Ms. McClellan directed the agency during the transition to competition of both the electric and telecommunications industries.  As Public Counsel, she represented residential and small commercial customers in a wide variety of rulemakings and contested cases, including those required to implement retail competition.  As Public Counsel, Ms. McClellan was responsible for all policy positions of the agency as well as the litigation strategy on multi-million-dollar cases.

Ms. McClellan has worked extensively with the legislature on a variety of electric and telecommunications issues, including the electric restructuring legislation, where Ms. McClellan worked successfully to pass key provisions for the benefit of residential and small business customers.  Ms. McClellan served on the Board of Directors of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas from 1999-2007.  During this time, ERCOT transitioned into the Independent System Operator that is responsible for operating the electric grid as well as managing the competitive wholesale and retail markets.

Ms. McClellan, an attorney, received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas School of Law and her Bachelor of Science in Communication from the University of Texas. She is a registered lobbyist.

Robert J. King

Robert King founded Good Company Associates in 1990, a consulting and advocacy firm that has played an important role in the evolution of energy and utility policy for the last three decades. He served as President of Good Company until 2020 and, remains an active owner and consultant. On behalf of a long list of energy clients, he made significant contributions to the adoption and evolution of the renewable portfolio standard, energy efficiency goal, and advanced metering by utilities, and in the development of demand management programs or procedures by ERCOT, for both large and small loads. He organized a Texas Energy Storage Alliance, which later became the National Energy Storage Association, to support the evolution of the ERCOT treatment of storage as a resource. His recent focus is on interconnection of generation and large load customers.

King has also demonstrated an entrepreneurial capacity, which helps him better serve Good Company clients. He recently served as initial President for North America of a technology startup focused on expanding transmission access for interconnection of generation and large loads. He was Vice President of Smart Energy Water, a software solution provider to utilities; and Vice President of Resource Management International, (subsequently Guidehouse Consulting). King also served as Regional Director of KENETECH Corporation, which developed, and won policy accommodation for interconnection of the first commercial wind farm in Texas in 1993. It included construction of the first competitive transmission line in 1995, prior to the Texas CREZ process, and a decade in advance of FERC Order 1000.

King earlier had a 20-year career in government, serving as the energy policy advisor to the Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, and the Lt. Governor, and Governor of Texas. He was the youngest senior manager at the Tennessee Valley Authority, helping that agency launch its residential efficiency offerings and its renewable energy programs.  He was also an energy policy advisor to the Governor of California, simultaneously serving as the director of two advisory boards to the governor (one composed of various key energy stakeholders, and one of local elected officials), and the first California Public Utility Commission Advisory Committee to address launch of renewable energy and efficiency programs of the investor-owned utilities in that state.

King has a Bachelor of Engineering degree with Honors in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University, and a Master of Public Affairs degree from the University of Texas, at Austin, LBJ School. He is a trained mediator and for over 35 years was a registered engineer as well as registered lobbyist.

David L. Thompson

David Thompson is an accomplished energy‑market executive and strategic leader with more than two decades of experience shaping power‑supply portfolios, advancing regulatory strategy, and guiding organizations through complex market and operational transitions. He has built a career defined by analytical rigor, collaborative leadership, and a talent for translating technical complexity into clear, actionable strategy.

David’s career includes leadership roles for a municipal utility, cooperative utility, and generation and transmission regional entity, as well as, emerging‑technology companies. Most recently Thompson served as Vice President of Development, at Splight, a technology company focused on helping accelerate and expand access to transmission service for generation and large loads. He helped lead the company’s entry into North American power markets, crafting a targeted market‑entry strategy, engaging regulators and transmission owners, and serving as the primary interface for major commercial projects.

Prior to that, David served as Vice President of Markets at Pedernales Electric Cooperative, where he managed a $400 million annual power‑supply portfolio, executed renewable PPAs, expanded counterparty relationships, and oversaw rate design, cost‑of‑service studies, and regulatory affairs. His leadership helped the cooperative navigate post–Winter Storm Uri adjustments while maintaining strong credit ratings. Earlier at PEC, he built the organization’s first regulatory affairs function, securing voting positions in ERCOT stakeholder groups and strengthening the cooperative’s influence at the PUCT.

David’s foundation in market operations and system design was shaped at ERCOT, where he supervised market operations analysts, authored protocol language, and led initiatives integrating emerging technologies into ERCOT systems. His earlier work at Austin Energy and the Lower Colorado River Authority further established his expertise in resource planning, production‑cost modeling, and rate design. At LCRA, he designed and implemented Time‑of‑Use pricing, a project he notes “saved LCRA and its customers’ time and money.”

Across his career, David has been recognized for his ability to build consensus, solve complex market‑design challenges, and lead teams through periods of significant change. His board service includes the Rates and Resources Council (Vice President) and GenTex Power Corporation. He holds a B.A. in Economics with a Mathematics minor from the University of Texas at Austin, along with a Business Foundations Certificate.

Joe Jankosky

Joe Jankosky is a senior consulting associate of Good Company. He has executive level experience in business development, strategic partnerships and governmental affairs, and deep expertise in electric utilities, grid modernization, energy management, and energy contracting. Over a career spanning utilities, technology, consulting, and investment leadership, he has built and led transformational partnerships that connect utilities, regulators, technology providers, OEMs, system integrators, and emerging energy ecosystems to accelerate innovation and commercial growth.

Most recently, Joe served as Director of the Energy Center of Excellence at Intel Corporation, where he developed utility-focused smart grid and energy infrastructure solutions across the “grid/substation/data center” value chain. He led collaboration among engineering, sales, and product organizations while building alliances with OEMs, EPCs, and global system integrators to create scalable end-to-end energy solutions. Joe also co-founded the vPAC Alliance, a 35-company consortium of utilities and OEMs focused on modernizing electric grid infrastructure.

Previously, Joe held leadership roles at Time Warner Cable and Southern California Edison, where he helped shape early home energy management and intelligent-home initiatives through strategic partnerships with companies including Nest, DirecTV, Alarm.com, EnergyHub, etc. At Southern California Edison, he negotiated major energy and transmission contracts involving investment banks and power producers, including the utility’s inaugural transmission RFP supporting renewable integration.  He also led California’s first Demand Response program aggregating smart thermostats.

Joe’s earlier experience includes investment leadership with the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, where he helped launch utility-scale renewable energy initiatives and structured strategic investments, as well as management consulting engagements involving interim executive leadership, operational turnarounds, and international development projects.

Joe holds a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business, and a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

Susan King

Since 2001, Susan has worked for Good Company Associates, as Chief Financial Officer, and took on the additional responsibilities of General Office Manager in 2008. As an integral part of the organization, Susan is involved in all day to day efforts, client accounts, collections, reporting, payroll and human resources.

While at Good Company, Susan was involved in the formation and accounting for three non-profit organizations that have been managed and staffed by Good Company. A group of national manufacturers organized to form Fuel Cells Texas, a 501 (c) (6), for the promotion of this new clean energy industry, which operated from 2001 – 2005. Good Company also provided accounting and staffing for the Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities, a 501 (c) (3), from 2008 – 1010. Susan was instrumental to the organization of SPEER, which is a 501 (c)(3) organized in 2011 and staffed by Good Company.

Before joining Good Company, Susan worked as a staff accountant for Cade & Company, a CPA firm in Dallas and passed the CPA exam in 1989. Susan graduated from University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in business in 1986.