Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. announced that it appointed Darren Myers chief financial officer. This follows the decision of Arthur Kacprzak to step down from this role.
CPS Energy announced Rudy D. Garza will serve as president and CEO for the utility.
Leo Denault will retire as chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation in 2023. Its board of directors elected the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, Andrew Marsh, to succeed Denault, effective Nov. 1, 2022. Denault will continue to lead the board as executive chairman until his retirement. Kimberly Fontan, currently Entergy’s senior vice president and chief accounting officer, succeeds Marsh as executive vice president and CFO. In addition, Chris Bakken became executive vice president of Entergy infrastructure, with responsibility for both the utility operations and the nuclear operations.
Essential Utilities announced that Jim Barbato was appointed to the new role of vice president of financial planning and analysis from his previous role as vice president of corporate engineering.
NiSource announced that Executive Vice President, NiSource, and Group President, NiSource Utilities, Pablo Vegas, is leaving the company to become president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
Melissa Lavinson is joining National Grid as New England vice president of corporate affairs. She was most recently senior vice president of federal government and regulatory affairs and public policy at Exelon.
NorthWestern Energy announced that Heather Grahame will retire as general counsel and vice president – regulatory and federal government affairs effective Jan. 1, 2023. NorthWestern also announced several executive officer appointments as part of a planned succession process. Effective Jan. 1, Shannon Heim will join the executive team as vice president and general counsel, and Cyndee Fang will join the executive team as vice president – regulatory. Effective Sept. 1, 2022, Curt Pohl, who has served as a NorthWestern executive for the past 24 years, became vice president – asset management & business development. Jason Merkel moved into an executive leadership role and succeeded Pohl as vice president – distribution after serving in multiple lead operational roles for the company.