Vice President, Electric System Operations, Electric Operations

Rod Robinson is Vice President of Electric Systems Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). 

Robinson started his professional journey by joining the U.S. Air Force, serving for six years doing tours of duty throughout the United States and internationally. He joined PG&E as a systems operator in 2002.  Several years later, he joined CAISO as a System Dispatcher and Trainer before returning to PG&E in 2012 as a Transmission Grid Control Center Supervisor. He has since had positions with increasing levels of responsibility within Transmission Grid Control Center Operations including Manager and Senior Manager, Director of Transmission Grid Operations, Interim Senior Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response  and,  most recently,  as Senior Director of Transmission System Operations. 

Robinson has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix and an MBA from St. Mary’s College. He was the first person in his immediate family to earn an MBA. A native of Louisiana, Robinson is married with two adult sons.