Gil C. Quiniones has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the nation's largest state-owned electric utility, since 2011.

Mr. Quiniones is responsible for developing and implementing the statewide utility's strategic vision and mission and for supervising its operations, legal and financial matters and relationships with external stakeholders.

Under his leadership, NYPA is playing a key role in Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s, Green New Deal, the nation’s leading clean energy and jobs agenda. This landmark initiative places New York State on a path to economy-wide carbon neutrality. Mr. Quiniones, a well-known thought leader in the electric utility industry, has been leading discussions regarding the evolution of the post-COVID-19 energy market and workplace, comparing the challenges we face in the pandemic and the similarity to those issues that we are confronting with climate change.

Mr. Quiniones recently announced NPYA’s re-commitment to social justice in our workforce by doubling its investments in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Environmental Justice, and Minority/Women-owned businesses from $5M to $10M and became the first energy company in the nation to partner with the American Association of Blacks in Energy to increase African American representation.

Mr. Quiniones is Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Alliance to Save Energy and serves on the Boards of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the Large Public Power Council. He is also NYPA's principal representative to the American Public Power Association.