Patrick Bowland
Chief Executive Officer & General Manager
Patrick Bowland is the CEO & General Manager of Michigan Public Power Agency (“MPPA”). Patrick has served in this role since September 2015, and is responsible for strategy, staffing, resource requirements, and business plan execution. He reports to MPPA’s Board of Commissioners.
Patrick’s expertise is in competitive wholesale and retail energy markets, where he worked for 20 years prior to joining MPPA. He has held leadership positions, with growing responsibility in transaction origination, power supply portfolio management and market operations for Engage Energy, Integrys Energy Services, and Constellation Energy. Patrick has developed business arrangements with merchant generators, public power utilities, electric cooperatives, and sophisticated end-use customers in the Midwest and Northeast United States. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Distribution and an MBA from Wayne State University.