Electric utilities
10 PG&E operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held operations leadership roles at Pacific Gas and Electric Company, from senior vice president and vice president posts in electric, gas and customer operations to senior directors of distribution operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in utility companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Albert Torres
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Customer Operations · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Vice President, Customer Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company, listed from April 2007 with no end date; the profile says the role is responsible for metering and billing, among other areas. Albert Torres was Director, Customer Contact and Credit Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (2002–2007).
Annabelle Louie, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Operations Support · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Former Vice President, Operations Support at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (2021–2023), a role the profile says led business support. Annabelle Louie has been Vice President, Enterprise Business Processes there since September 2023, and was Senior Director, Field Operations (2021) and Director, Bay Central Region (2018–2020) at Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Charlie Gebhardt II
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Transmission & Substation Operations · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Vice President of Transmission & Substation Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since January 2025; the profile says the organization works with Electric Operations partners to provide safe and reliable power to 16 million people across Northern and Central California. Former Senior Director of Field Operations (2021–2025) and Director of T&D General Construction (2019–2021) at Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Greg Gabbard
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Distribution Operations · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Senior Director, Distribution Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since August 2021. Former Director, Electric Operations Process Improvement (2019–2021), Director, Transmission Line Project Delivery (2018–2019) and Senior Manager, Transmission Line Project Delivery (2014–2018) at Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Jason Klemm
LinkedInExperience: Vice President- Electric Operations Construction Management · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Vice President- Electric Operations Construction Management at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since January 2025, a role in the Operations department according to the profile. Former Vice President- Enterprise Business Performance (2024–2025), Vice President- T&D General Construction (2022–2024) and Senior Director Gas Pipeline Operations & Maintenance (2019–2022) at Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Jeff Janvier, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Lead Senior Director, Gas Distribution Operations · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Lead Senior Director, Gas Distribution Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since April 2025. Former Senior Director, Gas Distribution Operations, Bay Region (2022–2025), Director, Gas Field Services - North (2019–2022) and Director, Lean Capability Center (2018–2019) at Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
John Higgins
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Former Vice President Operations (2015–2017), Senior Director of Gas Operations (2012–2015) and Vice President, Safety & Health and Chief Safety Officer (2017–2018) at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. John Higgins was Director of Operations and Construction at National Grid (2007–2012).
Kevin Knapp
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Gas Operations Maintenance & Construction · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Former Vice President of Gas Operations Maintenance & Construction at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (2012–2015). Kevin Knapp was SVP US Supply Chain at National Grid (2007–2009), Vice President New England Gas Operations at KeySpan (2002–2007) and Vice President Long Island Gas Operations at KeySpan (2000–2002).
Patrick Hogan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Electric Operations · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Former Senior Vice President Electric Operations (2016–2019) and former Vice President Electric Operations Asset Management (2013–2016) at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Patrick Hogan was Vice President T&D Engineering & Design at BC Hydro (2011–2013) and has been Executive Vice President at Utility Technology Solutions since October 2019.
Ron Richardson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Electric Distribution Operations · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Vice President, Electric Distribution Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since August 2023; the profile says Ron Richardson's main priority in the role is looking out for the hometowns PG&E serves, from Cloverdale to San Francisco. Former Regional Vice President, North Coast Region at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (2021–2023).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area to your question, since electric distribution, transmission, gas and customer operations each carry different field, safety and regulatory demands. Check each person's dates so you know whether their PG&E experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a utility organize field operations across regions while keeping safety and reliability standards consistent?
- 02What does it take to run gas distribution operations and maintenance at scale?
- 03How should customer operations such as metering and billing be coordinated with field operations?
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