Alan R. Hodnik Elected AEIC President for 2017
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• AEIC Officer Elections• 2017 AEIC Officers and Board of
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• AEIC 2016 Annual Meeting• AEIC Active Member Companies
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Mr. Hodnik is Chair-man, President and CEO of
ALLETE, Inc., the parent company for Minnesota Power Company; Superior Water, Light and Power; ALLETE Clean Energy; U.S. Water Service; ALLETE Renewable Resources and BNI Energy. He was named President of ALLETE in 2009, CEO in 2010 and
Chairman in 2011. Mr. Hodnik has served as Vice President of Generation Operations, Sr. Vice President – Minnesota Power Operations and Chief Operating Officer. He joined the Company in 1982. He serves on the boards of Essentia Health-East Region and PolyMet Mining Corporation.
Mr. Ivey is President of Consolidat-ed Edison Company of New York, a regulated utility serving
most of Westchester County and New York City. He became Presi-dent on Novem-ber 1, 2009. Between 2007 and 2009, he was Senior Vice President for Transmission and Distribution at Dominion Re-sources. He joined Dominion in 1985 and became the General Manager of Distribution Operations in 1998, a Vice President in 2000, and Senior Vice President in 2006. Mr. Ivey has complet-ed executive education programs at the University of Michigan and Harvard University.
Craig S. Ivey Voted AEIC 1st Vice President
William T. Whale to Serve as AEIC 2nd Vice President
Mr. Whale is Senior Vice President of Energy Supply for Tampa Electric, where he is responsible
for the operation and maintenance of nearly 5,000 megawatts of natural gas and coal-fueled generating capacity at four power plant sites. He is also respon-sible for genera-tion planning, operations plan-ning, engineering, construction, environmental planning and compliance, warehousing, combustion byproducts management and marketing. In his over 30 years with TECO Energy, he has served in several executive leadership positions including Vice President of Operations at TECO Transport, Vice President of Energy Supply, Sr. Vice President of Electric & Gas Delivery and Sr. Vice President of Electric Delivery at Tampa Electric.
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PresidentAlan R. HodnikChairman, President & CEOALLETE, Inc.
Phil CrissupVice PresidentOGE EnergyClass of 2018
Katheryn B. CurtisSVP, Power GenerationDominionClass of 2018
Michael HowardPresident & CEOElectric Power Research InstituteClass of 2017
Robert P. PowersEVP & COOAmerican Electric PowerClass of 2017
Robert M. DeacySVP, Generation Construction Projects & Services, TVAClass of 2017
Charles E. JonesPresident & CEOFirstEnergy CorporationClass of 2018
Mike RowePresident & CEO American Transmission CompanyClass of 2019
Pete DietrichSVP, Transmission & Distribution, Southern California EdisonClass of 2018
Gayle Lanier SVP Customer ServicesDuke EnergyClass of 2019
Werner J. SchweigerEVP & COOEversourceClass of 2019
Terence DonnellyEVP & COOComEdClass of 2018
Anthony MaronePresident, UIL & CEO UIL HoldingsClass of 2019
Michael L. SmithPresident & CEOOglethorpe Power CorporationClass of 2018
AEIC’s new Officers and Board
of Directors were elected
October 14, 2016 at the
Association’s Annual Meeting.
Officers include President,
1st Vice President, 2nd Vice
President, and Secretary and
Treasurer.
1st Vice PresidentCraig S. IveyPresidentConsolidated Edison of NY
AEIC Board of Directors
Cris EugsterGroup EVP & CGOCPS EnergyClass of 2018
Theodore McCulloughEVP & Chief Production OfficerSouthern Co. ServicesClass of 2018
David M. VelazquezPresident & CEOPepco HoldingsClass of 2017
William G. FontenotSVP Utility OperationsCleco Power LLCClass of 2018
Paul McElroyManaging Director & CEOJEAClass of 2019
David WakemanSVP Customer OperationsAmeren MissouriClass of 2017
Jim GreerCOOOncor Electric DeliveryClass of 2019
Manny MirandaSVP Power DeliveryFlorida Power & Light CompanyClass of 2017
Geisha WilliamsCEO Pacific Gas & ElectricClass of 2017
Scott HeidtbrinkEVP & COOKCP&LClass of 2017
Andrew L. OttPresident & CEOPJM InterconnectionClass of 2019
Paul HinnenkampSVP & COOEntergy CorporationClass of 2019
2nd Vice PresidentWilliam T. WhaleSVP of Energy SupplyTampa Electric
Secretary/TreasurerTerry H. WatersExecutive DirectorAEIC
Past PresidentDavid DeCampliGlobal Chief Compliance OfficerPPL Corporation
AEIC Officers and Board of Directors for 2017
Staying Ahead of The CurveAEIC’s 2016 ANNUAL MEETING
AEIC’s 2016 Annual Meeting drew a large gathering of senior executives from AEIC member companies, along with invited guests and representatives from major suppliers. Held in Palm Beach, FL in October, the 1-1/2-day meeting featured employees of AEIC member companies presenting programs and ideas on innovative projects and initiatives that are underway at their respective utilities. In addition, members and guests heard presentations and reports from AEIC’s seven active committees and from sponsoring suppliers.
Eric Silagy, President and CEO of Florida Power and Light, provided keynote comments about innovative programs at his company.
Hank Courtright, Executive Advisor to the CEO of EPRI,
discussed innovations and technologies that will be
changing the electric utility landscape.
Rick Luna, Senior Manager at CPS Energy, discussed the new Solar Host Program that benefits both
the customer and the utility.
Christopher Cardenas, Vice President of Customer Service at PPL, discussed new technologies that facilitate interaction with the utility’s customers.
Ideas and Innovations Take the Spotlight at AEIC’s 2016 Annual
MeetingEmployees from FPL, ALLETE, Minnesota Power, PPL, AEP, Duke Energy, PG&E, EPRI, CPS Energy and ConEd stepped up to present new ideas and innovations at their respective utilities during AEIC’s 2016 Annual Meeting. The showcase of inventive ideas included topics ranging from anticipating outages to joint utility ventures, customer service technologies, battery storage, overgeneration and much more. The response from meeting attendees has been overwhelmingly positive.
Geisha Williams, CEO, Pacific Gas & Electric, discussed the issues of overgeneration and negative pricing in California.
(L-R) David DeCampli, outgoing President of AEIC, presented
a recognition plaque to Darryl Nelson, outgoing Chair of the
AEIC Load Research & Analytics Committee.
Chris Fleege, Vice President of Minnesota Power, and Al Rudeck,
President of ALLETE Clean Energy, discussed partnerships with
Canadian utilities that pushed new boundaries to create needed
generation
FPL’s Outage Prediction Team explained how they can predict future individual customer outages up to three days in advance.
AESDayton Power & LightIndianapolis Power & Light Company
ALLETEALLETE Clean EnergyMinnesota PowerSuperior Water, Light & PowerALLETE Renewable Resources
Ameren CorporationAmeren IllinoisAmeren MissouriAmeren Services Ameren Transmission
American Electric Power CompanyAEP OhioAEP TexasAppalachian Power Kingsport Power Company Wheeling Power CompanyIndiana Michigan PowerKentucky PowerPublic Service Company of Oklahoma
Southwestern Electric Power Company
American Transmission Company LLCArkansas Electric Cooperative CorporationAssociated Electric Cooperative, Inc.AVANGRID
Central Maine PowerNew York State Electric & GasRochester Gas & Electric CorporationThe United Illuminating Company
Basin Electric Power CooperativeBC HydroCalpine CorporationCaribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
Cleco CorporationCleco Power LLCCleco Support Group LLC
CMS Energy CorporationConsumers Energy Company
Consolidated Edison, Inc.Consolidated Edison Company of NY, Inc.
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. Pike County Light & Power Company
Rockland Electric Company
CPS EnergyDairyland Power CooperativeDominion Resources
Dominion Electric Transmission Dominion GenerationDominion North Carolina PowerDominion Virginia Power
DQEDuquesne Light Company
DTE EnergyDTE Electric Company
Duke EnergyDuke Energy CarolinasDuke Energy FloridaDuke Energy IndianaDuke Energy KentuckyDuke Energy OhioDuke Energy Progress
Dynegy Generation, Inc.East Kentucky Power CooperativeENMAXEntergy Corporation
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.Entergy Louisiana LLCEntergy Mississippi, Inc.Entergy New Orleans, Inc.Entergy Nuclear, Inc.Entergy Texas, Inc.
Electric Power Research InstituteEversourceExelon Corporation
Atlantic City Electric CompanyBaltimore Gas & Electric CompanyComEdDelmarva Power & Light CompanyPECOPepco Pepco Energy Services Constellation EnergyExelon Business Services CompanyExelon Generation
FirstEnergy CorporationThe Illuminating CompanyJersey Central Power & Light Company
Met-EdMon PowerOhio Edison CompanyPenelecPenn PowerPotomac EdisonToledo Edison CompanyWest Penn Power
Georgia Transmission CorporationGreat Plains Energy, Inc.
Kansas City Power & Light CompanyKCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company
Great River EnergyHawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
Hawaii Electric Light CompanyMaui Electric Company
Hydro-QuébecJEALuminantNational Grid USA
Massachusetts Electric CompanyNantucket Electric CompanyNarragansett Electric CompanyNiagara Mohawk Power Corporation
NextEra Energy, Inc.Florida Power & Light CompanyNextEra Energy Resources
NiSourceNorthern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO)
North Carolina Electric Membership CorporationNRG EnergyOGE Energy Corporation
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Oglethorpe Power CorporationOncor Orlando Utilities CommissionPacific Gas & Electric CorporationPinnacle West Capital Corporation
Arizona Public Service Company
PJM Interconnection LLCPowerSouth Energy CooperativePPL Corporation
LG&E and KU Energy LLCPPL Electric UtilitiesWestern Power Distribution
Prairie State Generating Company LLCPSEG Fossil LLCSalt River ProjectSan Diego Gas & Electric CompanySaskPowerSCANA Corporation
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Southern California Edison CompanySouthern Company
Alabama Power CompanyGeorgia Power CompanyGulf Power CompanyMississippi Power CompanySouthern Company Services Southern Company Generation/Southern Power
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
TECO Energy, Inc.Tampa Electric Company
Tennessee Valley AuthorityTri-State Generation and Transmission AssociationWEC Energy Group
We Energies Wisconsin Electric Power CompanyWisconsin Public Service
Xcel EnergyNorthern States Power Company - Minnesota
Northern States Power Company - Wisconsin
Public Service Company of ColoradoSouthwestern Public Service Company
AEIC Active Member Companies (November 2016)