People
April
15 , 2002
Stephen P. Reynolds will succeed William
S. Weaver as president and CEO for Puget Energy.
Weaver, however, will remain chairman of the board
of directors. Reynolds retired from PG&E in 1997,
after nearly 25 years with the company, and became
president and CEO of Reynolds Energy International
in 1998.
The
North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)
has elected Bruce A. Scherr, president and
CEO of Sparks Companies Inc., to its independent
board of trustees. Also re-elected to the board
were James M. Goodrich, Charles J. Henry,
and Donald P. Hodel for additional three-year
terms.
Jim
Wise, chairman and CEO of Neostar Group Inc.,
has joined the volunteer leadership team of the
Resource Alliance Group of Houston, a non-profit
organization providing former Enron employees with
resources to start new businesses in Houston.
Southern
Union Company announced the promotion of James
H. Oglesby to president and COO of its Missouri
Gas Energy (MGE) division. Oglesby joined MGE in
1968 as a service technician. He was named COO in
September 2001.
Jim
Groninger has been named Director of Government
Relations for the Natural Gas Supply Association
(NGSA). He came to NGSA from Texaco, where he was
the Western Regional Manager for Public and Government
Affairs.
Entergy
Corp. announced the election of Claiborne P.
Deming to its board of directors. Deming has
served as president and CEO of Murphy Oil Corp since
October 1994. He is also a member of the board of
directors of Murphy Oil Corp. and Murphy Oil Co.
Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta.
Don
Baker, former vice president of EPRI International,
has been named president and COO of EPRI Worldwide
Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned taxable subsidiary
of EPRI, which was formed to support the growing
international market for energy R&D.
DTE
Coal Services, a non-regulated subsidiary of DTE
Energy Co., announced that Matt Paul has
been named vice president, coal and emissions trading.
Paul joined DTE Coal Services in June 2000 as director
of coal and emissions trading. J.N. Keys
also joined DTE Coal Services as director of sales
for the western and Midwestern regions of the U.S.
Keys most recently was director of coal marketing
for Duke Energy Merchants.
Marian
Davenport was been named senior vice president
of legislative and regulatory affairs for Dynegy
Inc. Davenport formerly served as division president,
commercial operations, of Dynegy Global Communications.
She joined Destec Energy, an independent power producer
in 1986, and joined NGC Corp., Dynegy's predecessor
company, when Destec was acquired by NGC in 1997.
Dynegy also named Michael E. Flinn president
of Dynegy Europe Limited, the company's European
business unit. He replaces Gary Cardone,
who announced his retirement after 15 years with
Dynegy. Flinn joined Dynegy in 1992.
DOE
Secretary Spencer Abraham named Steve Wright
as administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration.
Wright has been with the agency for over 20 years,
and has served as acting administrator since November
2000, following the departure of then administrator
Judi Johansen.
John
Mahoney, president of CMS Viron Energy Services,
was elected president of the National Association
of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO), the energy
service industry's trade association.
CMS
Energy Corp. announced that Michael D. VanHemert
has been promoted to the new position of vice president
and secretary of its diversified energy business
unit, CMS Enterprises. VanHemert joined the company
in 1996 as assistant general counsel.
Semco
Energy announced changes to its board of directors.
John R. Hinton has been appointed to fill
the vacancy created by the retirement of the chairman
of the board, William L. Johnson. Marcus
Jackson, president and CEO of Semcon Energy
Inc., will become chairman of the board. Thomas
W. Sherman was nominated by the board to replace
the current director, Daniel Burkhardt, who
will not stand for re-election when his term ends.
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