OTR Event: Mark Gabriel – It’s physics, not politics

Mark Gabriel award-winning author of Visions for a Sustainable Energy Future.

Mark A. Gabriel joined United Power as the cooperative’s President and CEO in March 2021. Under Gabriel’s leadership, United Power was recognized as the 31st cooperative to reach 100,000 meters served, interconnected its 10,000th rooftop solar system, and was named a Solar and Storage Champion by the Colorado Solar and Storage Association. Gabriel is instrumental in championing Our Cooperative Roadmap, United Power’s long-term action plan to ensure the cooperative’s future as an industry leader in an evolving utility landscape. He also advances grid modernization and resiliency as the current chair of the GridWise Alliance Board of Directors and as a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electric Advisory Committee. Prior to joining United Power, Gabriel served as the Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Western Area Power Administration for eight years, managing the nonprofit federal organization that markets and delivers low-cost federal hydropower from 57 hydroelectric plants to nearly 700 wholesale customers across 15 states.