Michelle Vargo
Senior Vice President, Energy Operations, Puget Sound Energy
Michelle Vargo is listed as Senior Vice President, Energy Operations, Puget Sound Energy. Michelle is scheduled to speak at DISTRIBUTECH 2027 on 3 March 2027.
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About
Michelle Vargo is the senior vice president of Energy Operations for Puget Sound Energy, responsible for gas and electric operations, engineering and planning, generation, and wildfire mitigation and response. Michelle joined PSE in July 2023 from Seattle City Light, where she served as Chief Operating Officer responsible for all utility transmission, distribution and system operations functions. Prior to that, she held a number of leadership roles, including Deputy Chief Operating Officer, and as a director in both Transmission and Distribution and Generation Operations and Engineering. Before joining Seattle City Light in 2013, Michelle worked in business development for the LNG and industrial gases industry and spent five years as an engineering officer in the United States Army. Michelle is a licensed professional engineer with an MBA from The University of Chicago. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Academy and is a gradu
Upcoming
DISTRIBUTECH 2027 2 March 2027 – 4 March 2027
- Mapping Wildfire Risk Reduction to Utility Operations for Maximized Mitigation Speaker · 3 March 2027
Spoke alongside
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- Alan Saunders Chief Growth Officer · Clean Power Research 1 shared session
- Jared Leader Senior Director, Research & Industry Strategy · Smart Electric Power Alliance 1 shared session
- Justin Cruise Director of Strategy Execution & Enterprise Risk Management · Rappahannock Electric Cooperative 1 shared session
- Scott Bordenkircher Director of Forestry & Fire Mitigation · Arizona Public Service 1 shared session