General Manager of Northern California Power Agency
Randy Howard has been general manager of the Northern California Power Agency since 2015. He has represented public power utilities on the Western Energy Imbalance Market Nominating Committee and served on the launch committee for the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative. Prior to joining NCPA, Howard was the senior assistant general manager of the power system for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, where he worked for nearly three decades. He holds leadership positions with the California Municipal Utilities Association, Hometown Connections Inc., the Central Valley Project Corporation, and the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council’s Wildfire Working Group. He is a past board member of the Transmission Agency of Northern California. He is retiring in early 2026.