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James P. Avery is senior vice president, electric, for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of Sempra Energy’s California regulated utilities. Sempra Energy is a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services.
SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides service to 3.3 million consumers through 1.3 million electric meters and more than 800,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties.
In his current position, Avery is responsible for the procurement of natural gas and electric power, electric generation, transmission and distribution operations.
Prior to joining SDG&E in 2001, Avery was a consultant with R.J. Rudden Associates, one of the nation’s leading management and economic consulting firms specializing in energy and utility matters. Avery has extensive experience in utility operations and management. He was the chief executive officer of the electric and gas operations at Citizens Utilities Company, a multi-service organization that provided electric, gas, telecom, water and wastewater services in 21 states across the nation. He also held various positions at American Electric Power.
Avery is a member of the board of directors of the California Power Exchange, and High Tech High.
He also is a senior member of the Association of Energy Engineers, and a member of both the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Avery is a graduate of the Executive Management Program at Dartmouth College and holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Manhattan College.
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