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Board of Advisors Member Profile
Mike Greene – Excelling in Energy

Mike Greene graduated from UT Arlington in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and then joined Texas Electric Service Co. in the power department as a junior engineer.  It was the beginning of 40 years of service with the company and its successors.

In 1984, Texas Electric Service Company merged with two affiliated units to become TU Electric.  Later, a merger with Lone Star Gas and acquisitions of electric energy providers in the United Kingdom and Australia led to the creation of TXU.

Throughout those corporate evolutions, Greene held several positions of increasing responsibility, including power sales representative, plant superintendent, general manager of engineering, vice president of marketing, executive vice president of TXU Fuel, executive vice president of TXU Mining, president of TXU Pipeline and president of TXU Electric Transmission.  In 2003, he became president of Oncor Group, consisting of Oncor Electric Delivery and TXU Gas, and in 2004 was named the chairman and chief executive officer of TXU Power, the generation subsidiary of TXU.

Greene is currently vice chairman of Energy Future Holdings Corp., which purchased TXU in 2007.

“I have been very fortunate to have worked with many bright and dedicated people throughout the company during my career,” Mr. Greene said. “It takes great effort to ‘keep the lights on’ for the committees we serve, and I am very proud to be associated with this great group of people.”

In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Greene is a member of the Electric Power Research Institute’s Board of Directors, the Texas Railroad Commission’s Texas Energy Reliability Council and the Governor’s Competitiveness Council.  He is a former chairman of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

“Texas is a global energy leader,” Greene stated. “To remain competitive in the future, we must keep energy costs reasonable and reliable by having a diverse mix of generating resources, including nuclear, clean coal, natural gas and renewables; and a strong, robust electric grid.  Engineers will be critical to making this happen.”

Greene is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a member of the National and Texas Societies of Professional Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
He serves as a member of the UT Arlington Development Board.  He has served as an advisor to the College of Engineering since 2004.  During that year, he was named one of UT Arlington’s Distinguished Alumni.

“I think UT Arlington is poised for an era of greatness,” Greene affirmed. “It’s in the right place at the right time with the right leadership to make UT Arlington great.  I am proud to be a graduate and pleased to be a supporter of UT Arlington.”