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William Levis was elected president and chief operating officer of PSEG Power (Power), effective June 2007, while retaining his position as president and chief nuclear officer of PSEG Nuclear (Nuclear), a position he has held since January 2007. Power is a major unregulated independent power producer in the U.S. with three main subsidiaries: PSEG Fossil, PSEG Nuclear, and PSEG Energy Resources and Trade.
Mr. Levis was previously senior vice president and chief nuclear officer, as part of the Nuclear Operating Services Agreement between PSEG and Exelon Corporation. Under his leadership Nuclear’s Salem and Hope Creek stations have advanced to the highest performance levels in the stations' history. Improvement in the stations' work environment has resulted in the closing of two long standing NRC cross-cutting issues - problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work environment. Additionally, in 2006 the stations generated more electricity than ever in their history and achieved site records for longest continuous single unit run and shortest refueling outage.
Mr. Levis has more than 25 years of diversified experience in the nuclear power industry. Before coming to PSEG he was Exelon Nuclear’s vice president - Mid-Atlantic operations, where he provided executive oversight of day-to-day operations of the Limerick, Peach Bottom, Three Mile Island and Oyster Creek Stations. He joined Exelon as the Byron Station Manager in 1998 and was promoted to site vice president the following year. In 2001 he was named site vice president at Limerick Generating Station.
While under Mr. Levis’ leadership Byron also made significant overall improvements. The site established new records for total annual megawatt production, and set station duration efficiency records in each of three consecutive refueling outages. Mr. Levis continued his success at Limerick. Following his arrival, Unit 2 completed its sixth refueling outage in 16 days, 8 hours - making it the most efficient outage of any domestic or foreign G.E. boiling water reactor.
Prior to joining Exelon Mr. Levis worked at Ontario Hydro's Pickering Plant and held several positions over a five-year period with Carolina Power & Light’s Brunswick facility. During this time the station was removed from the NRC Watch List and set new records in the areas of safety, production and cost. Mr. Levis’ background also includes experience with NRC, Westec Services, General Electric Nuclear Services and the U.S. Navy. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds an SRO (senior reactor operator) certification. Mr. Levis retired as a commander in the Naval Reserves and attained his professional engineer license in 1985. | 