In February of 2005, William F. Conway was appointed by Chairman William Keese of the California Energy Commission to a term on the Committee ending on June 30, 2006. On July 19, 2006, Mr. Conway was reappointed by CEC Chair Jackalyne Pfannenstiel for another term on the DCISC expiring June 30, 2009.
William F. Conway joined the Arizona Public Service Company in May 1989 as executive vice president-nuclear, having overall responsibility for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the largest commercial nuclear generating facility in the United States . He retired from that position in July 1994.
From 1988 to 1989 William Conway was senior vice president of nuclear operations at Florida Power & Light Company where he was responsible for their four nuclear units. Prior to this, he served as the group vice president for industry and government relations at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta where he was responsible for the Institute’s interaction with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy and had responsibility for personnel performing periodic evaluations of U.S. nuclear power plants. During the previous 18 years Mr. Conway was employed by the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation where he held several positions including plant manager, vice president and president and chief executive officer. Mr. Conway was a member of the original plant staff at Vermont Yankee and took early retirement in 1986.
William Conway is a member of the American Nuclear Society and served on the board of directors of the Nuclear Utilities Management and Resources Council and its Issues Management Committee and chaired the Nuclear Energy Institute Severe Accident Management Committee. Mr. Conway formerly served on the Research Advisory Committee of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and was chairman of the Institute’s Nuclear Power Division Advisory Committee. He was the organizer and former chairman of the ABB Combustion Engineering Owners Group Executive Committee and served on its Advanced Light Water Reactor Executive Advisory Committee. He was also a member of the INPO board of directors and served on its Advisory Council. Additionally, Mr. Conway served as a member of the Accrediting Board of the National Academy for Nuclear Training.
William Conway was a member of the Board of Directors of First Energy Corporation and Chairman of its nuclear committee as well as a member of its audit committee. He is a retired trustee of Northeast Utilities Company where he served as a member of its nuclear committee. He continues to serve as a nuclear safety committee member at several nuclear power plants. He has testified on nuclear issues on both national and state levels and delivered presentations at American Nuclear Society meetings and INPO Chief Executive Officer conferences. Mr. Conway was also a participant in discussions leading to the formation of the World Association of Nuclear Operations (WANO).
William Conway attended the University of Rhode Island and was a captain in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Conway is married and has three sons.
