Rudy Garza, President and CEO of CPS Energy, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Electric Power Research Institute. He begins his term in August.
"Becoming a member of the EPRI Board is an opportunity to drive meaningful change,” Garza said. “I look forward to work alongside leaders who have a shared mission of shaping the future of our energy landscape.”
EPRI announced new leadership and members of its Board of Directors on May 5.
Michael Innocenzo, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Exelon, and President and CEO, PECO, and Matthew Ketschke, president of Consolidated Edison, began their service as chair and first vice chair, respectively, of the Board.
Tom Kent, president and CEO of the Nebraska Public Power District, has served as EPRI Board Chair over the past year and remains a board member.
Along with Garza, nine other new new directors were elected for four-year terms to the Board by EPRI membership:
• Edward H. Baine, executive vice president--Utility Operations and president--Dominion Energy Virginia
• Joseph P. Bergstein, Jr., executive vice president and chief financial officer of PPL Corporation
• Brian Bolster, president and CEO of NextEra Energy Resources
• Dan Eggers, senior executive vice president, Finance and Data Economy at Constellation
• Craig Grooms, president and CEO of Buckeye Power and Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives
• Kim Lauritsen, senior vice president of Enterprise Strategy and Growth at Ontario Power Generation
• Phillip May, president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana
• Lanny Nickell, president and CEO of Southwest Power Pool
• Georgios Stassis, chairman and CEO of PPC Group
Other members of the board include the following public power officials:
• Justin Driscoll, President and CEO of the New York Power Authority
• Paul Lau, CEO and General Manager of SMUD
• Jim Pratt, General Manager and CEO of Salt River Project
