# Mary Powell

> Mary Grace Powell is Sunrun’s chief executive officer and a director, appointed CEO in August 2021 after leading Vermont utility Green Mountain Power from 2008 to 2019. Her career spans finance, state government and energy, with a focus on customer service, home batteries and cooperation between households and the electricity grid.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer and Director at Sunrun
- **Organizations:** Sunrun, Green Mountain Power (former), CGI, EDF Action, Hawaiian Electric Industries (former director, 2019-2021), Énergir (former director, 2019-2023)
- **Education:** Associate’s degree, Keene State College, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
- **Known for:** Named POWER-GEN Woman of the Year in 2014., Named Utility Dive’s Utility Executive of the Year in 2019., Included in the 2024 TIME100 Climate list.

## Career timeline

- **Before 1998** — Worked at the Reserve fund in New York, beginning as a technical writer and becoming associate director of operations at 28; later worked in Vermont banking and state government.
- **1998** — Joined Green Mountain Power.
- **2001-2008** — Senior vice president and chief operations officer, Green Mountain Power.
- **2008-2019** — President and chief executive officer, Green Mountain Power.
- **2018** — Joined the Sunrun board.
- **2021** — Succeeded Lynn Jurich as Sunrun CEO on August 31.

## Achievements

- Named POWER-GEN Woman of the Year in 2014.
- Named Utility Dive’s Utility Executive of the Year in 2019.
- Included in the 2024 TIME100 Climate list.
- Named a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 14, Sunrun reported a combined Sunrun-Tesla dispatch of 745 MW of peak power on October 6 in California.
- **2026-09** — Sunrun and SPAN announced an expanded partnership for distributed computing powered by residential solar and batteries, with planned deployments in new communities.
- **2026-08** — Sunrun reported a 74% storage attachment rate and a 31% year-over-year decline in subscriber additions for Q2 2026.
- **2026-03** — Appeared in CNBC’s Changemakers interview series with Julia Boorstin.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sunrun.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-g-powell
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MaryGPowell

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Last updated: 2026-10-22