Kristi Hobbs

Kristi Hobbs is ERCOT’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy and PUC Relations.

In her role, Mrs. Hobbs oversees ERCOT relations with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), enterprise risk management, strategic analysis, project and portfolio management, as well as ERCOT, Inc. business continuity planning. She is also responsible for ERCOT Market Rule development and facilitating the ERCOT stakeholder process. She has over 20 years of experience in the electric industry.

Mrs. Hobbs joined ERCOT in 2002 after serving for two years as a Senior Retail Market Analyst for the PUCT, where she worked with the Commission to implement policy in the Texas electric industry’s transition to competition. During her tenure at ERCOT, she has served in various roles focused on developing relationships both internal and external to the organization. She was named Director of Enterprise Risk Management and Strategic Analysis in December 2013, where she focused on providing the leadership and management necessary to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor the company’s operational and strategic risk, leading ERCOT’s strategic and business planning processes, and providing guidance for the ERCOT governance process, especially as it relates to Market Rules.

Mrs. Hobbs graduated from Texas A&M University in 1998 with a BS in agribusiness and earned an MSc in agricultural economics from Texas A&M University in 2000.