JUNO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra
Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) today announced the appointment of David
L. Porges to its board of directors. Mr. Porges will serve on
the board's Finance & Investment Committee.
"We're extremely pleased to welcome David to the NextEra Energy
board," said Jim Robo, chairman and
chief executive officer of NextEra Energy. "Dave brings to our
board a wealth of knowledge in finance, operations, and mergers and
acquisitions, along with a proven track record as an experienced
leader in the energy industry for more than two decades. We look
forward to benefitting from his valuable insight and counsel as we
continue to grow NextEra Energy and solve the world's toughest
energy challenges."
Mr. Porges served as a non-employee member of the board of
directors of Equitrans Midstream Corporation, which was spun off
from EQT Corporation, from November
2018 through December 2019 and
served as the chairman of the board of Equitrans from November 2018 through July
2019. He joined EQT in 1998 as senior vice president and
chief financial officer and served as EQT's CEO from April 2010 to April
2011 and as CEO and chairman from April 2011 to February
2017. From February 2017 to
March 2018, Mr. Porges served as
EQT's executive chairman and as chairman and interim CEO from
March 2018 to November 2018.
Prior to EQT, Mr. Porges spent 11 years with Bankers Trust
Corporation, where he worked almost entirely with energy companies
in a variety of areas, including mergers and acquisitions,
structured finance and risk advisory. Mr. Porges began his career
in the energy industry with Exxon Corporation (now Exxon Mobil
Corporation), where he spent seven years in operations, focused on
supply operations and trading, planning and marketing.
Mr. Porges holds a Master of Business Administration degree from
the Stanford University Graduate School
of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial
engineering and management sciences from Northwestern University's McCormick School of
Engineering and Applied Science.
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:
NEE) is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno
Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy
owns two electric companies in Florida: Florida Power
& Light Company, which serves more than 5 million customer
accounts in Florida and is one of the largest
rate-regulated electric utilities in the United States; and Gulf Power Company,
which serves more than 470,000 customers in eight counties
throughout northwest Florida. NextEra Energy also owns a
competitive energy business, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC,
which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's
largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a
world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra
Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from eight
commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire,
Iowa and Wisconsin. A Fortune 200 company and included
in the S&P 100 index, NextEra Energy has been recognized
often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate
responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra
Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry
on Fortune's 2020 list of "World's Most Admired Companies" and
ranked among the top 25 on Fortune's 2018 list of companies that
"Change the World." For more information about NextEra Energy
companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com,
www.FPL.com, www.GulfPower.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
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