Teddy Wright is distinguished in the energy industry for his commitment to public service. Since 2024, he has served as the director of power delivery and operations for the City of Longmont, Colorado, overseeing public utility operations during emergencies and crisis management, as well as electrical operations. He is currently supporting Oak Ridge National Laboratory in promoting EDGAR (Enhancing Distribution Grid Anticipatory Resilience), a program that improves power grid resilience by finding cost-effective solutions for utilities with limited financial resources.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Wright served extensively with the United States Navy from 2007 to 2013, where he was recognized as a reactor plant operations manager and entered the naval nuclear pipeline. He attended the rigorous Navy Nuclear Power School, where he learned nuclear engineering theory and operations, gaining significant technical expertise. During his service, he was part of Operation Tomodachi and was stationed on the USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, in Yokosuka, Japan, for five years. When the Fukushima reactor melted down in 2011, Mr. Wright played a crucial role in assisting Japan in its recovery. He also earned numerous military decorations for his service.
After departing from the military in 2013, Mr. Wright joined the staff of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC as a subsea engineer. After one year in that role, he was promoted to senior transmission grid controller, a position he held until 2019. Subsequently, he was the electrical operations manager from 2019 to 2022. During this tenure, he led the team that was largely responsible for preventing the collapse of the Texas power grid during Winter Storm Uri in 2021. Maintaining a central role in keeping the grid operational, he credits his team’s collective effort for the grid’s recovery. Mr. Wright also served as the senior manager of electrical operations at Paxon Energy & Infrastructure Inc. from 2022 to 2024.
Highly educated, Mr. Wright holds a Bachelor of Science in nuclear energy engineering technology from Thomas Edison State University and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, receiving his degrees in 2020 and 2025, respectively. Furthermore, he is certified as a reliability coordinator and a reliability coordinator system operator by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
