Kyle Leach
Director, Regulatory Affairs • Georgia Power
Kyle Leach is director of regulatory
assistant to the senior vice president
affairs for Georgia Power. His responsi-
of marketing and sales manager at
bilities include managing the company’s
Southwestern Electricity in Bristol,
relationship with the Georgia Public
England. Leach also served as director
Service Commission, and strategy devel-
of federal regulatory affairs in Southern
opment and negotiations of rate cases,
Company’s Washington office, where
fuel-cost recovery cases, Integrated
he was the liaison between Southern
Resource Plans, plant certifications and
Company and the Federal Energy
other cost-recovery proceedings. He also
Regulatory Commission and NARUC,
works closely with many internal departments and regions to
the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
help maintain a constructive regulatory environment.
Most recently, Leach served as director of resource policy and
Leach began his career with Southern Company in 1980
planning for Georgia Power, with responsibility for the com-
as a co-op student at Georgia Power and assumed a full-time
pany’s integrated resource planning, generation development
role in civil engineering upon graduation. He has held a number
and procurement, and contract administration.
of leadership positions within both Georgia Power and former
Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Energy Inc. (SEI),
Auburn University.
including manager of key accounts and business development,
He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from