El Paso Electric Announces New Executives
April 21 2014 - 1:41PM
Business Wire
El Paso Electric (EPE) welcomes Michael D. Blanchard as the new
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. Blanchard will be responsible
for developing regulatory strategy and filings to comply with all
requirements of the regulatory commissions in Texas and New Mexico
as well as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Prior to joining EPE, Michael D. Blanchard was Assistant General
Counsel at Nebraska Public Power District. He was responsible for
the daily administration of the legal division and for long-term
strategic planning implementation. He also served as senior advisor
to the senior management team and board of directors on regulatory
issues, finance and general business matters. Blanchard brings to
EPE more than 30 years of legal, regulatory and rate-making
experience. Prior to Nebraska Public Power, Blanchard spent more
than 20 years with Texas-New Mexico Power Company where he served
as Vice President and General Counsel. As Vice President at
Texas-New Mexico Power Company, Blanchard was responsible for
Governmental Relations, Environmental and Regulatory Affairs.
Blanchard graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with
a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and completed his Juris
Doctorate at Texas Tech University.
El Paso Electric also welcomes John R. Boomer as Vice President,
Treasurer. John brings a wealth of diverse management, operations
and legal experience as he rejoins El Paso Electric from Helen of
Troy. John succeeds Steve Busser after 12 years of service to the
Company. John worked in a number of EPE legal and administrative
positions, including assistant general counsel at EPE in 1998 and
1999, and earlier as shareholder/associate at Kemp, Smith, Duncan
and Hammond. At Helen of Troy, John was most recently senior vice
president responsible for investor relations and actively involved
in merger and acquisition activities. Previously he held a variety
of positions with Helen of Troy, including operating roles in their
Latin America, Europe/Middle East and Asia/Pacific businesses. He
also served as their first general counsel when that position was
established. John is a resident of El Paso and holds a B.A. from
Rice University in Houston and a J.D. from the University of Texas
School of Law in Austin.
“We are very excited to welcome Michael Blanchard and John
Boomer to El Paso Electric,” said Thomas V. Shockley, El Paso
Electric Chief Executive Officer. “The knowledge, expertise and
experience both Michael and John bring is invaluable to El Paso
Electric.”
El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) is a regional electric utility
providing generation, transmission and distribution service to
approximately 394,000 retail and wholesale customers in a 10,000
square mile area of the Rio Grande valley in west Texas and
southern New Mexico. El Paso Electric has a net dependable
generating capability of 1,852 MW.
El Paso ElectricPublic RelationsEddie Gutierrez,
915-543-5763eduardo.gutierrez@epelectric.com
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