Richard GĂ©necĂ© has joined the Bonneville Power Administration on Jan. 7th, as the agency’s vice president of Energy Efficiency. GĂ©necĂ© brings with him more than two decades of energy efficiency, sustainability and marketing experience to the position.
In making the announcement, BPA Senior Vice President for Power Services Greg Delwiche expressed enthusiasm about the opportunity to add a senior executive of GĂ©necĂ©’s experience and ability to the Power Services management team.
“Mr. GĂ©necĂ© understands the value of energy efficiency and has the background and marketing experience to lead our effort to expand energy efficiency in the Northwest,” Delwiche said. “His knowledge and skill will be valuable as BPA and the region’s other utilities work to meet 85 percent of the Northwest’s growing energy needs with our resource of choice—energy efficiency.”
Most recently, GĂ©necĂ© has worked as the residential portfolio manager of energy efficiency programs in Southern California Edison’s Customer Energy Efficiency and Solar Division. Since November 2008, he has managed a portfolio of programs consisting of hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives and rebates for energy efficiency programs available to SCE’s nearly 14 million customers. It includes one of the country’s largest lighting programs, with more than 4,000 participating retail locations, as well as energy efficiency initiatives promoting appliances and home devices. GĂ©necĂ© was also responsible for overseeing education and outreach programs, including SCE’s Mobile Energy Unit, a converted recreational vehicle that travels the company’s 50,000-square-mile territory to educate customers on its programs and services.