Business Connects with Government Luncheon - Electric Utility Issues at Local, State and Federal Issues & its Impacts

Description

Nilaksh Kothari is the General Manager of Manitowoc Public Utilities and Manager – Administration, which is located on the shore of Lake Michigan in east-central Wisconsin. He has more than 25 years of experience in the utility sector. MPU is the largest municipally-owned electric utility and the sixth largest water utility in the State of Wisconsin, with total annual revenues of $80 million. The utility serves both retail and wholesale water and electric customers. Mr. Kothari is responsible for directing all aspects of MPU’s operation, its 90 employees, and over $350 million in assets, which features a 85 MW coal-fired generating plant, a 25.0 MW combustion turbine facility, and a 35.0 MGD microfiltration plant.

Mr. Kothari is past president of American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin (MEUW). He currently serves as a board member of the American Public Power Association (APPA) and the Water Research Foundation (WRF). He is also the recipient of the AWWA George Warren Fuller Award.

Mr. Kothari received a Master’s of Science in Environmental Engineering from South Dakota State University in 1985 and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from M.S. University in Baroda, India in 1983. He is a registered professional engineer. His professional memberships and affiliations include the Great Lakes Utilities, American Water Works Association (AWWA), American Public Power Association (APPA), Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin (MEUW), Municipal Environmental Group – Water (MEG), Water Research Foundation (WRF), the American Society of Civil Engineers, EcoSan Foundation, Elks Club and Rotary.