James H. Lash Promoted to President, FirstEnergy Generation
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AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 17, 2011 - James H. Lash of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been promoted to president, FirstEnergy Generation for Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE). Lash, who is currently president and chief nuclear officer for FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), will assume his new position following completion of the proposed merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy (NYSE: AYE). In addition, he will remain the chief nuclear officer for the company.
Lash joined the company in 1989 as Safety Engineering manager for FENOC's Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. He was promoted to plant manager in 1996. Following a stint as a loaned executive with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, he became director of Site Operations at FENOC's Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport, Pa., in 2003 and site vice president in 2005. He was named FENOC senior vice president of Operations in 2007 and to his current position in 2010.
Prior to joining the company, Lash was with Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation. Between 1973 and 1981, he was an officer in the United States Navy, serving on the nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers USS Mississippi and USS Long Beach.
Lash earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Naval Academy.
The proposed merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy was announced February 11, 2010, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011. It has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. Shareholders for both FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy overwhelmingly approved proposals related to the proposed merger. The companies also have applications pending with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and the Maryland Public Service Commission.
FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services. Its seven electric utility operating companies comprise the nation's fifth largest investor-owned electric system, based on 4.5 million customers served within a 36,100-square-mile area of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and its generation subsidiaries control approximately 13,500 megawatts of capacity.
SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.
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