Ralph Izzo, Chairman and CEO

Ralph Izzo is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG).  He had been named the company’s president and chief operating officer and a member of the board of directors of PSEG in October 2006. Mr. Izzo was named chairman of the board in April 2007.

Previously, Mr. Izzo was president and chief operating officer of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G). Since joining PSE&G in 1992, Mr. Izzo has held several executive positions within PSEG’s family of companies.

Under Mr. Izzo’s leadership, PSEG has become increasingly known for its clean energy investments and support for national action on climate change and other critical environmental issues. The company’s New Jersey utility is investing $1 billion to expand access to energy efficiency and renewable solar power in the state.

Mr. Izzo’s background spans the worlds of science, public policy and business.  He began his career as a research scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and served as an advisor to then Senator Bill Bradley and New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean. 

Mr. Izzo received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and his doctorate in applied physics from Columbia University. He also received a master of business administration degree from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management.

Mr. Izzo serves as chair of the Rutgers University Board of Governors and on the board of directors for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the New Jersey Utilities Association, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA), and The Center for Energy Workforce Development. 

RALPH IZZO IN THE NEWS

PSE&G Breaks Ground on Brownfield Solar Farm, Pitches $883 million in New Solar to State
The Star Ledger - July 31, 2012

While kicking off construction of a solar farm on a remediate contaminated site, PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo announces the company proposal to develop an addition 233 MWs of solar energy.

E.P.A. Issues Limits on Mercury Emissions
New York Times – December 21, 2011

PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo applauds the EPA’s announcement of regulations to limit toxic air emissions and says industry can comply with the rules.

Growing Field Of ‘Smart Grid’ Technology Faces Opposition Over Pricing, Privacy 
Washington Post – November 7, 2011 

Our progress in more efficiently using energy PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo tells the Washington Post has been limited because, “Somehow all of us collectively decided to skip the low-hanging fruit and go for the top of the tree.”