Gary Stephenson

Gary Stephenson, LIPA’s Vice President of Power Supply, is responsible for LIPA’s power supply planning, procurement, and portfolio management, as carried out by PSEG Long Island. Mr. Stephenson also manages LIPA’s participation in wholesale power markets and the day-to-day procurement of power and fuel to serve the energy needs of LIPA’s customers.

Mr. Stephenson has 38 years of experience in the electric utility industry. Before joining LIPA, he was Chief Operating Officer at the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. Prior to that, Mr. Stephenson served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Peak Reliability, the reliability coordinator for the Western Interconnection; Executive Vice President of Operations at Dayton Power & Light, an electric utility serving 500,000 customers; Vice President of Commercial Operations at InterGen, a marketing and trading company for 4,000 megawatts of generation; and Vice President of Commercial Operations at PG&E National Energy Group, an energy marketing and plant development company. Mr. Stephenson began his career as a Project Engineer at Connecticut Light & Power and later the General Electric Company.

Mr. Stephenson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.