Pat Reiten

Patrick Reiten is senior vice president of public policy at Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Reiten is responsible for leading the national policy and legislative work of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a $142 billion portfolio of locally managed businesses that share a vision for a secure and sustainable energy future.

Reiten has extensive experience in executive leadership in the energy business. Prior to his current role, he was president and chief executive officer of PacifiCorp Transmission at PacifiCorp, a position he assumed in March 2015, managing the West’s largest single owned-and-operated transmission system. Prior to that role, Reiten was President and CEO of Pacific Power, an electric energy distribution company serving customers in California, Oregon and Washington. He was appointed to that role in September 2006.

Before joining PacifiCorp, Reiten was president and chief executive officer of PNGC Power, a power generation and transmission cooperative located in Portland, Oregon. He was appointed to that position in May 2002 and was responsible for the overall operations of two corporate entities (PNGC Power and Power Resources Cooperative), serving cooperative members with service territory in seven western states.

Earlier in his career, Reiten served as an official in several different capacities at the U.S. Department of the Interior, including as acting deputy director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He began his career in energy as an aide to U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, primarily responsible for issues associated with the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Reiten has served in many board leadership roles. He currently serves on the board of directors of Legacy Health System, Electric Transmission Texas LLC, American Council on Renewable Energy and the American Clean Power Association.