BPU President Joseph Fiordaliso

PRESIDENT – NEW JERSEY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

Education

  • B.A. – Business Education - Montclair State University

Work Experience

  • Commissioner on Board of Public Utilities since 2005, appointed by Governor Richard Codey

  • Cabinet member in Governor Murphy’s administration

  • Worked in several positions under State Senator, then Governor Richard Codey, including as deputy chief of staff in 2004

  • Former government relations director for Saint Barnabas Health System.

  • Began political career in 1988, serving on the Livingston Township Council for three terms.

  • Former high school teacher in Livingston for 15 years.

Background

Born and raised in the ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey, President Fiordaliso served as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) since 2005 when he was nominated by Governor Richard Codey and confirmed by the Senate. In 2011 and 2013, President Fiordaliso was re-nominated by Governor Chris Christie and confirmed by the Senate to continue as Commissioner of the NJBPU.

President Fiordaliso is a Cabinet Member in Governor Murphy’s administration. On January 15, 2018, he was appointed by Governor Phil Murphy to serve as President of the NJBPU.

He was appointed as a member of the State Planning Commission on December 21, 2018 and serves as Co-Chair on the NJ Council on the Green Economy. Chair of Broadband Commission. He also serves on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) Committee on Critical Infrastructure and Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc. (RGGI) and RGGI’s Strategic Communications Team (SCT), is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissions (MACRUC), is a member of the National Council on Electricity Policy (NCEP), is on the Board of Directors of the Organization of PJM States (OPSI), and is also a member of the Advisory Council to the Board of Directors of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

He lives in Livingston with his life Marilyn (Morey) Fiordaliso, they have two children and five grandchildren.

Social Media/Contact

  • Twitter - @njbuprez

    • 1014 Followers =, Following 403

  • Facebook – NJBPU

  • LinkedIn – Joseph Fiordaliso

  • Assistant: Maria Gaglioti - 609-292-1482, Fax – 609-292-2264

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https://www.montclair.edu/distinguished-graduates/2019/05/18/joseph-l-fiordaliso-67/

https://www.state.nj.us/bpu/about/commissioners/fiordaliso.html

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-fiordaliso-aba3057/