Director of Long-term Energy Policy in the Energy Procurement Department

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Ray Williams is the Director of Long-term Energy Policy in the Energy Procurement Department at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Mr. Williams’s current scope includes greenhouse gas policy covering complementary policies and market design, as well as policy matters addressing combined heat and power procurement.

Mr. Williams joined PG&E in 1981. Prior to joining the Energy Procurement Department in 2004, Mr. Williams held a wide variety of positions at PG&E, including electric operations, electric resource planning, corporate planning, regulatory relations, and gas transmission. He has supported PG&E through electric and gas industry restructuring, its bankruptcy as a result of the failure of electric industry restructuring, and in the development of its long-term electric procurement processes.

Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from the Clark University, Worcester MA and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.