CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy has
appointed Louis Renjel as its new
vice president of federal government affairs and strategic policy,
overseeing federal affairs; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
and gas policy; environmental and energy policy; and sustainability
initiatives. Renjel will be based in Washington, D.C. and report to Julie Janson, Duke Energy executive vice
president and chief legal officer.
Renjel joins Duke Energy from Jacksonville, Fla.-based transportation
company CSX Corp., where he has served as vice president of
strategic infrastructure and delivered critical infrastructure,
growth and productivity initiatives through public sector
engagement, since 2009.
Prior to that position, he served as director of environmental
and government affairs at CSX from 2006 to 2008, and director of
government relations at Indiana-based Cummins, Inc., from 2003 to
2006.
"Louis Renjel brings to Duke
Energy extensive experience working in both the private and public
sectors, coupled with a demonstrated ability to advance policies
important to his company and its customers," said Janson.
Renjel's public sector experience includes positions as deputy
staff director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and
Public Works, legislative assistant to U.S. Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, and staff member on the U.S. House
of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.
He has a master of business administration degree from
Duke University, a master's degree in
environmental science from Johns Hopkins
University, and a bachelor's degree in environmental studies
from Randolph-Macon College.
Renjel replaces Cari Boyce, vice
president of policy, sustainability and stakeholder strategy, who
has led the federal affairs team on an interim basis since
August 2016 and will move into a new
role at Duke Energy.
Renjel's appointment is effective March
20, 2017.
Duke Energy
Duke Energy, one of the largest electric
power holding companies in the United
States, supplies and delivers electricity to approximately
7.4 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest, representing a
population of approximately 24 million people. The company also
distributes natural gas to more than 1.5 million customers in the
Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Its commercial business operates a
growing renewable energy portfolio and transmission infrastructure
across the United States.
Headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., Duke Energy is an S&P 100 Stock Index company
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More
information about the company is available at
duke-energy.com.
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