Michael W. Allman is president and chief executive officer of Sempra Generation, which operates power plants for the competitive market in North America.Sempra Generation is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. The Sempra Energy companies’ 13,600 employees serve more than 29 million consumers worldwide. 

In his current job, Allman is responsible for the operation of merchant power plants throughout North America. Sempra Generation operates power-plant assets that produce more than 2,600 megawatts of electricity in Nevada, California, Arizona and Mexico. 

Allman has spearheaded the development of several groundbreaking renewable energy projects, including the 10-megawatt El Dorado Solar project in Boulder City, Nevada. El Dorado Solar, completed in December 2008, is the largest thin-film solar facility in North America. Sempra Generation is developing several other renewable energy projects, including Copper Mountain Solar, a proposed new 48-megawatt photovoltaic facility adjacent to El Dorado Solar; and the Energía Sierra Juárez wind project in Northern Baja California, which has the potential to produce several hundred megawatts of clean electricity.

Prior to his job with Sempra Generation, Allman was chief financial officer of Sempra Global, the umbrella organization for Sempra Energy’s businesses operating in competitive energy markets.

Before becoming chief financial officer, Allman was vice president of Audit Services for Sempra Energy, reporting to the board of directors and audit committee, and supervising the internal auditing practices of Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries.

He also was president of Sempra Technology Ventures, which provided energy and telecommunications products and services to selected national and international markets.

Allman also served as vice president of Corporate Planning and Development for Sempra Energy. In this job, he oversaw strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and business development for the corporation.

Prior to joining Sempra Energy in 1998, Allman was responsible for marketing and delivering consulting projects to corporate clients of the Los Angeles office of LEK/Alcar, a strategic and financial consulting-services firm. Allman joined the Alcar Group in 1987 in Chicago, and was later assigned to Johannesburg, London and Los Angeles throughout his tenure with the company.

Allman has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Michigan State University. He is a Certified Management Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor. He serves as a director of the San Diego Opera Association and is a member of the audit committee of the Zoological Society of San Diego.