Travis Kavulla

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
NRG Energy

Travis Kavulla is vice president for regulatory affairs at NRG, guiding the company’s regulatory policy related to wholesale and retail electricity, gas, and environmental-attribute markets at both the federal and state level. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Travis is a lecturer at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, where he teaches a course on utility regulation and electricity markets.

Travis joined NRG from the R Street Institute, where he led the think tank’s energy program. Previously, he served eight years as commissioner at the Montana Public Service Commission, including as chairman, and was President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He also helped found and later served as an independent member of the governing body of one of North America’s largest electricity markets, the Western Energy Imbalance Market. Travis received his bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard University and a master’s, also in history, at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Scholar. Travis lives in Maryland with his wife and three children.