ANCHORAGE – Mayor Ethan Berkowitz appointed Mark Johnston as General Manager of Municipal Light and Power. Johnston previously served as acting General Manager and CFO.
“ML&P will create a brighter and more efficient Anchorage. Mark’s blend of financial experience and regulatory understanding will benefit our customers and strengthen an important community asset,” stated Mayor Berkowitz.
Mark has also held executive and management level finance positions at the Alaska Public Utilities Commission, Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, Alaska Railroad Corp., and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Nevada and has been a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Alaska since 1996.
“I’m appreciative of Mayor Berkowitz for this opportunity to serve ML&P’s customers and the Municipality. I look forward to partnering with the Mayor to continue the utility’s legacy of delivering safe, reliable and affordable electric service to Anchorage,” said Mark Johnston.
Municipal Light & Power provides electric utility service to residential customers in some of Anchorage’s oldest neighborhoods as well as serving commercial, university and medical customers in the downtown and midtown business districts and providing industrial loads in the Ship Creek and Anchorage port area. ML&P also powers Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and sells electricity to other Railbelt utilities.
For more information contact Myer Hutchinson at (907) 343-7133.
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