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Richard P. Lopriore was elected president of PSEG Fossil, in May 2007. He oversees operations for natural gas, coal, and oil-fired electric generating units that contribute close to 10,000 megawatts of electricity to PSEG Power’s generation portfolio.
Mr. Lopriore has been a valuable part of the electric generation industry for more than 36 years. Prior to joining PSEG Fossil, he had been senior vice president - mid-Atlantic operations for Exelon Nuclear, responsible for oversight of the Limerick, Peach Bottom, Oyster Creek and Three Mile Island stations.
Mr. Lopriore joined Exelon as plant manager of Byron Stations in 1999 and was promoted to site vice president in 2001. While under his leadership Byron achieved back-to-back excellent ratings from industry peers and many other awards for operational excellence. At Byron, Mr. Lopriore also functioned as the central authority for making NRC and other regulatory commitments. In 2003 he became corporate vice president - operations support at Exelon’s nuclear headquarters, responsible for both the Midwest and mid-Atlantic regions, and then became vice president - operations, Midwest boiling water reactors in 2004 with oversight for the Clinton, Dresden, LaSalle and Quad Cities stations.
Prior to Exelon, Mr. Lopriore held senior leadership roles with Ontario Hydro Nuclear in Canada, where he improved operational performance, capacity factors and maintenance outage execution. Mr. Lopriore also held several key management positions at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant in North Carolina, including plant manager. Here he was successful in getting the station removed from the NRC Watch List and set new records in the areas of safety, production and cost. At Vermont Yankee, he served as the maintenance manager for eight years where he achieved an operational SRO certification for Boiling Water Reactors.
Mr. Lopriore began his career as an electrician with New England Power Service Company, performing hands-on maintenance work for hydroelectric, fossil and nuclear plants in both Massachusetts and Vermont. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Vermont College and is a member of the American Nuclear Society. | 