Bruce Levy
Trustee
Bruce Levy has held key executive positions in the U.S. and International energy sectors for the past 30 years. His experience includes development, operating, and finance roles in both regulated and competitive energy businesses. He has recognized expertise across the energy industry, including strategy, business development, operational improvement, financial management, and risk mitigation. Further, Mr. Levy is actively involved in developing regulatory and energy policy with local and national governments.
Mr. Levy is a principal and serves as President of BMR Energy Limited, a company focused on the development, investment, and management of renewable energy infrastructure projects throughout the Caribbean and Central America. BMR has operating wind and solar generation projects in Jamaica, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.
Prior to BMR Energy, Mr. Levy served as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of International Power’s North America region. Mr. Levy was responsible for all aspects of the region’s performance, including plant operations, finance, energy trading, and new business development. The operations covered ten states and Canada and included over 7,000 megawatts of natural gas, coal, wind, and solar power assets.
Prior to International Power, Mr. Levy held key positions at the U.S. power company GPU Inc., last serving as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to becoming CFO, Mr. Levy served as President and CEO of GPU International, where he led the start-up and growth of all non-regulated businesses within the company. In this role, Mr. Levy expanded GPU operations, through development, acquisition, and joint venturing, into non-regulated power generation in the U.S. and internationally, electric utility distribution in South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, retail energy services, telecom services, and electrical contracting.
Mr. Levy has broad experience in financing and has structured and negotiated facilities for over US $12 billion of acquisition, project, and asset-backed financing.
Mr. Levy served as Chair of the Electric Power Supply Association, the national association of competitive power suppliers, from 2007-2010. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Liberty Science Center and chairman of its Finance Committee. Mr. Levy has a Mechanical Engineering degree from City College of New York, a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from New York University, and is a licensed Professional Engineer.
- Appointed By: Former Governor Cuomo