ERCOT said July 28 that its Board Selection Committee has tabbed industry veteran Bill Mohl to fill one of three independent director vacancies.
Mohl has 40 years of energy industry and risk management experience in electric and gas utilities, commodity trading, merchant generation, wholesale markets, electric power service companies and gas processing operations in public and private companies. He retired after 15 years with Entergy in 2017, having helped wind down the company’s ownership of merchant nuclear plants.
Mohl also has spent time at Xcel Energy’s Public Service Company of Colorado. He currently is executive chairman of Shermco Industries, an electrical testing organization, and president of WMM Enterprises.
He holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in science from Regis University in Denver. Mohl also completed a nuclear operations board of directors course from Goizueta Director’s Institute at Emory University.
“As the electric grid evolves to meet rapid growth and change, Bill’s extensive expertise and leadership in the energy sector will support ERCOT’s commitment to delivering industry-leading grid reliability and fostering efficient market operations,” Board Chair Bill Flores said in a statement.
Two independent director vacancies remain after the recent resignations of Alex Hernandez and Sig Cornelius to pursue “new opportunities” in the ERCOT market. (See “Board Loses 2 More Directors,” ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: June 23-24, 2025.)
The 12-person board, with eight independent directors, governs ERCOT and is subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission and the Texas Legislature. By law, all board members must be Texas residents.
The board’s selection committee was created by state law in 2021. It is composed of three members appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor or the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
