PG&E Appoints New Vice President for Power Generation
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has appointed Jon Franke as its vice president, Power Generation, effective Nov. 1.
Franke, who currently serves as vice president, Generation Technical Services, will now lead PG&E’s Power Generation organization as vice president, Power Generation, with responsibility for the continued safe and reliable operation of the company’s natural gas, hydroelectric and renewable power plant fleet. In addition, he will continue to lead utility functions related to power plant decommissioning. Franke will report to He will report to Nick Stavropoulos, PG&E’s President and Chief Operating Officer.
Franke joined PG&E in January 2017, bringing with him more than 30 years of nuclear and energy industry experience obtained while working in positions of increasing levels of responsibility in the U.S. Navy, and at Carolina Power and Light, Progress Energy, Duke Energy, PPL Corporation and Talen Energy. As an officer in the U.S. Navy, Franke served in several nuclear power and fleet assignments, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
He is a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He also holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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