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Gary A. Long is President and Chief Operating Officer for Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH), a subsidiary of the Northeast Utilities System (NU).
A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Long holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University and a master of science degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University.
Long joined PSNH in 1976 as an assistant engineer, after serving as an officer in the United States Air Force. Since that time, he has held various positions at PSNH in the areas of marketing, customer service, regulatory affairs, governmental relations, economic development, and rates. Mr. Long was PSNH's principal representative in the development and implementation of electric utility restructuring in New Hampshire following the passage of the State's electric utility restructuring law in 1996 and various revisions thereafter.
He has been actively involved in working with the company's commercial, industrial, and wholesale customers and has testified numerous times before the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, the State Legislature and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
In February 2000, Long assumed the position of Senior Vice President responsible for marketing, corporate communications, customer services, governmental affairs and economic development. He assumed his present position on July 1, 2000. In May, 2006, he was named "2006 Business Leader of the Year" by Business NH Magazine.
Long is a member of the Advisory Council of Junior Achievement of New Hampshire, a board member of Amoskeag Industries, Inc., the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts, the Business and Industry Association, The New Hampshire Forum on Higher Education, the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Manchester Development Corporation. He is a graduate of Leadership Greater Manchester and Leadership New Hampshire. He has been an Easter Seal VIP since 1993. He was PSNH's United Way Chairman and Northeast Utilities 1996 United Way Chairman. He is a past board member of the Manchester East Catholic Regional School System. For over 15 years, Long had coached youth soccer in various leagues in Manchester. | 