Pennsylvania – November 10, 2026 -- Stu Bresler, chief operating officer of grid operator PJM, is a featured speaker, bringing a career at the organization that began in 1994 and now spans Operations, Markets, Planning, IT Services, and Security & Business Continuity.
Bresler runs five functions as PJM's chief operating officer
As COO, Bresler is responsible for Operations, Markets, Planning, Information Technology Services, and Security & Business Continuity. Before that role, he oversaw PJM's market functions and corporate strategy.
His market remit covered capacity, Day-Ahead and Real-Time energy, ancillary services, Financial Transmission Rights, and Demand Response operations.
Bresler helped shape PJM market design for demand response and renewables
Bresler has been directly involved in the evolution of PJM's market design, including the integration of demand response and renewable resources. He also helped develop analytics on how those markets perform.
He joined PJM in 1994 as a professional engineer supporting System Operations. He later became responsible for implementing the demand response program and, ultimately, market design for the regional transmission organization (RTO). He also held leadership and management positions in the Market Services Division and engineering positions in the Operations Division.
Bresler was key in developing the mechanisms that coordinate PJM's operations and markets with those of surrounding Balancing Authorities and regional transmission organizations.
Bresler chairs APEx and presides over GO15 grid operators
Bresler chairs the board of APEx, the Association of Power Exchanges, an international organization of electricity and gas market operators. He is also president of GO15, the worldwide organization of very large power grid operators.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and a Master of Management in business administration from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and is certified by the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Bresler is serving a second term on the board of Habitat for Humanity of Chester County. He previously served on the external advisory board for the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.