Senior Vice President – Electric Transmission and Distribution, PSE&G

John Latka was named senior vice president – electric transmission and distribution in January 2022. A respected utility leader with more than four decades of experience, Mr. Latka oversees the full spectrum of PSE&G’s electric infrastructure operations, including system design, construction, maintenance, emergency preparedness, and grid-modernization initiatives.

Mr. Latka began his career in 1982, holding progressively senior management roles across electric operations. His leadership has been central to the company’s response to major regional weather events – such as the Northeast Blackout, Tropical Storm Irene, and Superstorm Sandy – where PSE&G’s restoration performance drew statewide recognition. He previously served as Senior Vice President – Electric & Gas Operations before retiring in 2018, later returning to PSE&G as a strategic consultant. In 2022, he stepped into his current role to guide the company’s long-term reliability strategy.

Under Mr. Latka’s leadership, PSE&G has achieved multiple National ReliabilityOne Awards, including recognition for Outstanding System Resiliency and Metropolitan Service Area Reliability Performance in the Mid-Atlantic Region for the 24th year in a row. Since his return in 2022, PSE&G has received J.D. Power Electric Utility Residential Customer award - East Large Segment for three consecutive years.

Mr. Latka is a graduate of Tennessee Technological University. He also is active in community and industry organizations, including prior involvement with the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey and Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey. He is widely regarded as a steady, operationally focused leader whose work has helped position PSE&G as one of the nation’s most reliable electric utilities.