The nonprofit Gulf Coast Power Association has selected Barbara Clemenhagen as its next executive director.
Clemenhagen, vice president of market intelligence at Customized Energy Solutions (CES) and a member of the GCPA Board of Directors, will succeed Kim Casey, who is retiring in June.
Board President Beth Garza said March 28 the board conducted a “thorough search process” to replace Casey, who announced her retirement last year. She and Clemenhagen will work together during a short transition.
Clemenhagen has more than 30 years of executive experience in the U.S. and Canadian utility industries. She joined CES from Topaz Power, where she was vice president of commercial and external relations, and previously was a regulatory commissioner at the British Columbia Utilities Commission.
She has served on ERCOT’s board, the ISO’s Technical Advisory Committee and as chair of the Wholesale Market Subcommittee. Clemenhagen was president of the Texas Competitive Power Advocates trade organization from 2009 to 2013.
Clemenhagen said she is honored to serve as the GCPA’s next executive director and plans to guide the organization to its 50th anniversary in 2036.
“GCPA is a leader in providing best-in-class networking and education conferences in the ERCOT, MISO and SPP footprints, and I look forward to continuing to provide excellent programming and advancing the GCPA to new heights,” she said.
Garza said the GCPA is “thrilled” to have Clemenhagen on board. “She has a distinguished career in the electric power business and has been involved with GCPA for a number of years,” Garza said.
Clemenhagen will be the GCPA’s fifth executive director since the organization was created in 1986, following David Olver (1989-2003), John Stauffacher (2004-2012), Tom Foreman (2013-2018) and Casey (2018-2024).
