Upper Peninsula Power Company CEO and leadership

James Larsen is a President at SEMCO ENERGY and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Upper Peninsula Power Company and is based in Port Huron, Michigan. He has worked as Nuclear Plant Supervision at Lockheed Martin, Engineering Management at SEMCO ENERGY, and Gas Turbine Engineer at General Electric (GE). James works or has worked at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories. He attended Clarkson University between 1985 and 1989, American Civil Liberties Union, and Navy Nuclear Power School.

Currently, I serve as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Upper Peninsula Power Company, an electric utility located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Since 2009, I have held senior-level management, director and executive roles in Regulatory Affairs, Finance, and Asset Management at two electric utilities. With greater than 16 years of applied utility experience, I have developed a fundamentally sound and well-rounded understanding of the electric utility business, including the core reliability and economic principles that underlie utility assets and operations.

Lawrence Borgard is a President/COO at Integrys Gas Group, Board Member at Upper Peninsula Power Company, and Associate Engineer at WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE CORP and is based in Naples, Florida. He has worked as President and Chief Operating Officer at Integrys Energy Group, President/COO:Energy Delivery at WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE CORP, and President at Upper Peninsula Power Company. Lawrence works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Midwest ENERGY Association (MEA), BOARD MEMBER at American Gas Assn, and BOARD MEMBER at Metropolitan Planning Council. He studied at Harvard Business School, Michigan State University between 1980 and 1984, and University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.