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HYDROVISION speaker spotlight: Joseph Kessler, New York Power Authority

HYDROVISION speaker spotlight: Joseph Kessler, New York Power Authority
(photo courtesy New York Power Authority)

Joseph F. Kessler, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the New York Power Authority, will speak during the Utility Executive Roundtable at HYDROVISION International 2023.

Kessler oversees NYPA’s power generation and transmission assets, commercial operations and the New York State Canal Corporation’s operations. Before assuming this role in 2016, he was senior vice president of power generation, responsible for oversight of NYPA’s generating facilities across New York State.

Kessler is Chairman of NYPA’s Asset Management Board and a member of NYPA’s Enterprise Risk Management Committee. He also serves as executive sponsor of NYPA’s Multicultural Employee Resource Group.

After starting his career at an electrical construction firm designing and building systems, Kessler joined NYPA in 2001 as an engineer in the Electrical Maintenance department.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, master’s degree in electrical engineering (energy systems), and an MBA from SUNY at Buffalo. Kessler is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York and Maryland.

He is a board member of the Hydropower Research Institute and the Northland Workforce Development Center, has served on the Electric Power Research Institute’s Generation Sector and Research Advisory Councils, and is on the Low-Carbon Resources Initiative Board Working Group and the Large Public Power Council’s Operational Executive Working Group.

NYPA is the largest state public power organization in the U.S., operating 16 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. More than 80% of the electricity NYPA produces is clean, renewable hydropower. NYPA finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity.

The utility executive roundtable will feature several C-level executives from electricity generating companies, discussing current hot topics for the global hydropower industry. The session is open to all attendees.

Click here to learn more about HYDROVISION International 2023, which will take place July 11 to 13 in Charlotte, N.C., U.S.