Howard Gugel is the senior vice president of Regulatory Oversight at NERC. In this role, he is responsible for directing programs and processes to monitor, review, and evaluate program effectiveness of the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) Enterprise’s implementation of risk-based compliance monitoring and enforcement. He is also responsible for overseeing the ERO’s Organization Registration and Certification process, including the implementation of the FERC-approved expansion of the NERC Registry to include smaller scale inverter-based resources.

In 2022, Mr. Gugel was appointed to the Department of Energy’s Electric Advisory Committee by the Secretary of Energy. He also serves on the North American Energy Standards Board. Mr. Gugel has more than 34 years of experience in the electric utility industry. His background includes management experience in transmission planning, operations, maintenance and energy marketing.

Mr. Gugel earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri – Rolla. He is a licensed professional engineer in Missouri.