RENSSELAER — The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the nonprofit that operates New York state’s power grid, recently announced it has named Steve Doyon and Heather Rivard to its board of directors. Doyon, a New Yorker, joined the board, effective April 15. He has 39 years of experience in the energy sector serving most […]
RENSSELAER — The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the nonprofit that operates New York state’s power grid, recently announced it has named Steve Doyon and Heather Rivard to its board of directors.
Doyon, a New Yorker, joined the board, effective April 15. He has 39 years of experience in the energy sector serving most recently as president and CEO of Onward Energy, an independent power producer based in Denver, Colorado. In that role, he led the company’s management and operation of a 6.2-gigawatt portfolio of wind, solar, and gas-fired generation units. Doyon previously served in various leadership positions at Novatus Energy, Terra-Gen Power Operating Co., AES Corporation, DTE Energy, and Cogentrix Energy.
Rivard will join the NYISO board, effective in July upon her retirement from Southern California Edison. She has more than 30 years of experience in the energy sector, currently serving as senior VP of transmission and distribution at that company. In that role, she is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and modernization of the power grid. Before joining Southern California Edison, Rivard held several leadership roles at DTE Energy, including as senior VP of electric distribution. She also has experience as an aerospace engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. and for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The selection of Doyon and Rivard is the result of the NYISO’s stakeholder process in which representatives from each market sector work to conduct a national search and recommend potential directors to the board, the organization explains. The NYISO board is an independent body consisting of 10 members with significant collective experience in the energy sector.
The NYISO is responsible for operating the state’s high voltage electric grid, administering New York’s competitive wholesale-electricity markets, conducting comprehensive long-term planning for the state’s electric-power system, and advancing the technological infrastructure of the electric system serving the Empire State.
