Calvin Crowder
President, Electric Transmission Texas
Investor-Owned Utilities Segment

Calvin Crowder is president of Electric Transmission Texas, LLC, a joint venture transmission utility company with equal shares owned by American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP) and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company.

Mr. Crowder has more than 17 years’ experience in the utility industry; his experence spans public policy, industry restructuring, and regional transmission organization (RTO) development. He has provided expert testimony in multiple regulatory proceedings and directed major initiatives in business development and organizational restructuring. Mr. Crowder led AEP’s integration into the PJM Interconnection, and in his most recent position as managing director of public policy for AEP, was responsible for the development and advocacy of AEP’s public policy positions on major regulatory, legislative, and RTO issues across an 11-state area and at the federal level.

Mr. Crowder earned a bachelor of arts in economics from New Mexico State University, and a master's degree in economics from the Center for Public Utilities graduate program at New Mexico State University.