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Vice President, Local Public Affairs
Southern California Edison
Leslie (Les) E. Starck is vice president of Local Public Affairs for Southern California Edison. Elected to the position in 2007, he is responsible for community and government relations at the municipal and county levels, and also for licensing for SCE’s major transmission projects.
Prior to his current role, Starck was director of Regulation, Licensing and Grid Contracts in SCE’s Transmission and Distribution Business Unit from 2005 to 2007. In that position, he was responsible for transmission and distribution policy development and advocacy before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC); transmission policy interface with the California Independent System Operator; the licensing of major transmission projects; and the negotiation and administration of grid interconnection agreements with third parties.
A 31-year SCE veteran, Starck has represented the company before the FERC and the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. Prior to his work in Washington, Starck held a variety of managerial positions addressing a broad variety of state and federal regulatory issues, including electricity ratemaking and pricing. He has testified extensively before the CPUC and the FERC.
Starck holds an MBA from the University of California – Los Angeles and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University, Fullerton.
Updated March 2010
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