Edington transitioning to advisory role; Bement, Cadogan promoted
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PHOENIX -- (Business Wire)
Arizona Public Service announced today changes in its senior leadership
team at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. Bob
Bement has been appointed Executive Vice President, Nuclear and will
continue to report to Randy
Edington, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer. Jack
Cadogan, currently Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, has been
named to replace Bement as Senior Vice President, Site Operations. Maria
Lacal will continue to serve as Senior Vice President, Regulatory and
Oversight. Cadogan and Lacal will report to Bement.
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APS announced today that Bob Bement has been appointed Executive Vice President, Nuclear at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. He will continue to report to Randy Edington, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer. Then, on October 31, 2016, Bement will take over as Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer while Edington shifts to Executive Vice President and Advisor to the CEO. (Photo: Business Wire)
On October 31, Bement will take over as Executive Vice President and
Chief Nuclear Officer while Edington shifts to Executive Vice President
and Advisor to the CEO.
“I want to thank Randy Edington for his great service to our customers,
our company and our state over the past nine years,” said Don
Brandt, APS Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “When
Randy arrived, Palo Verde faced difficult regulatory and operational
challenges. He put together a great team, which included Bob Bement, and
more quickly than anyone thought possible, restored confidence and
operational excellence at the plant. I am proud to say that under
Randy’s leadership, Palo Verde has become a model for other plants
nationally and around the world as one of the best in the industry.”
In 2015, Palo Verde generated a record 32.5 million megawatt-hours of
carbon-free electricity, marking the 24th consecutive year
the plant was the nation’s largest power producer. Palo Verde remains
the only U.S. generating facility to ever produce more than 30 million
megawatt-hours in a year – an operational accomplishment the plant has
achieved each of the past seven years and a total of 11 times. In
addition, Palo Verde produces 80 percent of Arizona’s clean electricity,
displacing more than 13.2 million metric tons of greenhouse-gas
emissions that would otherwise have been produced to power homes and
businesses from Texas to California.
Bement has led the day-to-day nuclear operations at Palo Verde for the
past nine years. Prior to joining APS shortly after Edington’s arrival
in 2007, he held senior nuclear leadership positions at Exelon and with
Arkansas Nuclear One and began his nuclear career in the United States
Navy as a nuclear-trained electrician.
“Bob Bement has served side-by-side with Randy at Palo Verde almost from
Randy’s first day at APS. Bob understands the plant culture and was
essential in Palo Verde’s return to excellence,” said Brandt. “Randy and
I have always agreed that the true measure of a leader is the
organization’s ability to excel after that leader is gone. In Bob, we
have the ideal successor to continue Randy’s outstanding work and to
ensure Palo Verde’s enduring industry leadership.”
Cadogan, who has served as Palo Verde’s vice president of nuclear
engineering since 2012, will assume Bement’s former responsibilities
overseeing site operations. Cadogan joined APS in 2009 as director of
engineering support before being promoted to director of plant
engineering in 2011. In his most recent role, he has been responsible
for plant design and project engineering, as well as the nuclear fuels
function. Prior to joining APS, Cadogan spent 30 years in the energy
industry, holding numerous positions in power plant operations support,
design and construction.
Palo Verde is operated by APS
and jointly owned by APS, Salt
River Project, El
Paso Electric Co., Southern
California Edison Co., Public
Service Co. of New Mexico, Southern
California Public Power Authority and the Los
Angeles Department of Water & Power.
APS,
Arizona’s largest and longest-serving electric utility, serves nearly
1.2 million customers in 11 of the state’s 15 counties. With
headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the principal subsidiary of Pinnacle
West Capital Corp. (NYSE: PNW).
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602-250-3200
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