women
IN LEADERSHIP
Roseville Electric Utility
PROVIDING RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE IN ROSEVILLE
In 11 years as director , Michelle Bertolino
has guided Roseville Electric Utility to become one of the state ’ s most reliable , cost-effective electric services . With an economics degree and financial world experience as a CPA before her nearly 20 years with Roseville Electric , she ’ s ideal to oversee the utility ’ s functions , including power plants , electrical grid , maintenance and operations , finances , customer programs , engineering teams , and government relations .
The electric utility industry is historically male -dominated, and Bertolino is unusual in her top leadership position . She ’ s seeing more women at various levels , though , and says , “ There are more women rising to higher levels , so we ’ re sure to see more in leadership and in the pipeline in the future .”
When Bertolino became director , Roseville Electric needed to rebuild financially and improve its culture with a stronger focus on people . “ We strengthened our finances to ensure we could maintain and manage our system and focused our team on moving toward our mission through better communication and collaboration ,” she says . “ By working with existing staff and hiring with that goal , we ’ ve created a premier workforce that I ’ m thankful to work with .”
Roseville Electric Utility is now one of the most well-managed , safe , reliable and low-cost utilities in the state . “ Most important to us , after our workers ’ safety , is reliability for customers — keeping the power on ,” says Bertolino . “ Our system is second to none in reliability thanks to how we built it , maintain it and expand it . On top of that , our customers ’ bills are some of the lowest , if not the lowest , in California .”
As Roseville Electric moves into its new downtown Roseville headquarters this year , it will continue maintaining high system reliability and great customer service , as well as preparing for the area ’ s growth and working with the city ’ s economic development department to promote Roseville ’ s assets .
“ Our system is second to none in reliability thanks to how we built it , maintain it and expand it .”
— Michelle Bertolino , Director | Roseville Electric Utility
2090 Hilltop Cirle Roseville , CA 95747 916.797.6937 roseville . ca . us
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