Terry Boston
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Allen StottPJM Interconnection CEO Emeritus Terry Boston has been honored for his 43-year career advancing grid reliability and security in the electricity industry.
Boston, a former executive vice president for TVA, recently received a lifetime achievement award during the Platts Global Energy Awards ceremonies in New York City. For the past eight years, Boston has been CEO of PJM, the largest power system in North America and largest electricity market in the world. He worked more than three decades for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Howard Schneider, chairman of the PJM board, said Boston “led PJM through an unprecedented major fuel shift, the integration of new technologies and innovation in markets – all while fortifying the grid and making it more reliable and resilient.”
Boston led the development of two fully redundant PJM advanced control centers, able to switch all control and market functions between centers instantaneously. This improved grid reliability and security throughout the PJM footprint, which grew by 90 percent under Boston to $50 billion in annual billings.
At TVA, Boston served on the North American Electric Reliability Council technical committee that directed the investigation of the August 2003 Northeast blackout. He has been honored with appointments and awards throughout his career, including the Power Engineering Leadership Award from IEEE and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional distinctions afforded to an engineer.