Jeff Lyash is NEI’s chairman.
He also is president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Appointed by the Board of Directors in February 2019, Mr. Lyash leads the nation’s largest public utility in its mission of serving the people of the Tennessee Valley to make life better.
Before coming to TVA, Mr. Lyash served since 2015 as president and CEO of Ontario Power Generation Inc., one of the largest electric generating companies in Canada with a diverse fleet of nuclear, hydroelectric, gas, biomass and renewable generating stations. Mr. Lyash also formerly served as president of CB&I Power, executive vice president of Energy Supply for Duke Energy, and executive vice president of Energy Supply for Progress Energy.
Mr. Lyash began his career in the utility industry in 1981 and worked for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in senior technical and management positions throughout the Northeast and in Washington, DC. He received the NRC Meritorious Service Award in 1987.
Mr. Lyash earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, and was honored with the Drexel University Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2009. He has held a senior reactor operator license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is a graduate of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Executive Training Program and the Duke Fuqua School of Business Advanced Management Program.
He also is president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Appointed by the Board of Directors in February 2019, Mr. Lyash leads the nation’s largest public utility in its mission of serving the people of the Tennessee Valley to make life better.
Before coming to TVA, Mr. Lyash served since 2015 as president and CEO of Ontario Power Generation Inc., one of the largest electric generating companies in Canada with a diverse fleet of nuclear, hydroelectric, gas, biomass and renewable generating stations. Mr. Lyash also formerly served as president of CB&I Power, executive vice president of Energy Supply for Duke Energy, and executive vice president of Energy Supply for Progress Energy.
Mr. Lyash began his career in the utility industry in 1981 and worked for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in senior technical and management positions throughout the Northeast and in Washington, DC. He received the NRC Meritorious Service Award in 1987.
Mr. Lyash earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, and was honored with the Drexel University Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2009. He has held a senior reactor operator license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is a graduate of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Executive Training Program and the Duke Fuqua School of Business Advanced Management Program.