RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) today announced that
Diane Leopold, executive vice
president and chief operating officer, will retire on June 1,
2025, after a 36-year career in the energy industry, the past 30 of
which she has spent at Dominion Energy. Leopold will remain chief
operating officer, executive vice president, and a key member of
the company's leadership team until June
1. During this transitional period Leopold will begin to
transfer utility and contracted energy responsibilities to
Ed Baine, currently
president-Dominion Energy Virginia, who will become
president-Utility Operations and Dominion Energy Virginia, and
Eric Carr, currently chief nuclear
officer, who will become chief nuclear officer and
president-Nuclear Operations and Contracted Energy. Keller Kissam,
president-Dominion Energy South Carolina, will report to Baine in
his new role. Leopold will retain operational oversight of all
major construction projects including the Coastal Virginia Offshore
Wind project (CVOW) and Charybdis, the first Jones Act-compliant
turbine installation vessel in the U.S.
Bob Blue, chair, president, and
chief executive officer, said:
"Diane is one of the brightest, most dedicated, and most capable
people in our company and in our industry. Over her 36 years in the
utility industry, she's demonstrated best-in-class performance in
nearly all areas of operations, business development, financial
planning, corporate strategy, as well as the construction of
several multibillion-dollar energy infrastructure projects. It
has been my honor and privilege to work with her for the last 19
years. We will miss her thoughtful, detail-oriented, and highly
personal leadership. When she retires in June, she'll leave behind
a deep and capable bench of talented leaders, including Ed and
Eric, due to her deliberate focus on developing her team
members."
Leopold joined Dominion Energy in 1995 and became an officer in
2004. She held a wide range of executive roles in operational,
financial, and commercial areas throughout the company. She became
Dominion Energy's executive vice president and co-chief operating
officer in 2019 and assumed her current role in 2020.
Leopold's leadership in the energy sector includes the Nuclear
Electric Insurance Limited, where she is a board member, and the
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and the American Gas
Association, both of which she served as a past-chair. She
currently serves on the Board of Directors for Markel Group. She
also serves on the boards of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation,
GROW Capital Jobs Foundation, and World Pediatric Project.
Baine, president-Dominion Energy Virginia, oversees operations
of an electric utility serving 2.8 million customer accounts in
Virginia and northeast
North Carolina, and on
Jan. 1, 2025, will assume additional
responsibility for Dominion Energy South Carolina, which serves
800,000 electric utility customer accounts and 500,000 gas utility
customers in South Carolina.
Baine joined the company in 1995 as an associate engineer after
earning a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
from Virginia Tech, and since has held numerous engineering,
operational, and management positions. He was promoted to vice
president-Shared Services in 2009, and became vice president–Power
Generation System Operations in 2013 and senior vice
president–Transmission & Customer Service in 2015. He was named
senior vice president-Distribution, Power Delivery Group in 2016,
senior vice president-Power Delivery for Dominion Energy Virginia
in 2019, and to his current position in 2020.
Carr, chief nuclear officer and president-Nuclear Operations,
oversees the company's nuclear operations at four stations in three
states. On Jan. 1, 2025, he will add
responsibility for the company's Contracted Energy business segment
consisting of Millstone Power Station, long-term contracted solar
generation assets, and a renewable natural gas portfolio.
Carr came to Dominion Energy in his current role in 2023, from
PSEG. At PSEG, Carr was appointed president and chief nuclear
officer of PSEG Nuclear in 2019, overseeing operations for the Hope
Creek and Salem nuclear generating stations in Salem
County, N.J., including 1,600 employees and nearly 3,500 MW of
total capacity. Before becoming chief nuclear officer, he was vice
president-Hope Creek Generating Station and acting vice president
and plant manager-Salem Generating Station.
Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered in Richmond,
Va., provides regulated electricity service to 3.6
million homes and businesses in Virginia, North
Carolina, and South Carolina, and regulated natural gas
service to 500,000 customers in South Carolina. The company
is one of the nation's leading developers and operators of
regulated offshore wind and solar power and
the largest producer of carbon-free electricity in New
England. The company's mission is to provide the reliable,
affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers its
customers every day. Please visit DominionEnergy.com to
learn more.
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