Portland, Ore. — Portland General Electric (PGE) (NYSE:POR) today announced the appointment of Benjamin (Ben) Felton as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer, effective April 3, 2023. In his role, Felton will lead the utility operations groups, including generation, distribution, engineering, project management, environmental, construction, safety and other operations-focused areas.
"We are pleased to welcome Ben to PGE," said Maria Pope, president and CEO. "Ben brings a wealth of experience and deep operating expertise to our team and will play a key leadership role as we continue to serve customers with safe, reliable and affordable power, leading Oregon's clean energy transition.”
Felton comes to PGE with more than 30 years of energy industry experience with Consumers Energy, NiSource and DTE. He was most recently the senior vice president of Energy Supply at DTE. Prior to his current role, he held a variety of senior leadership positions including leading Electric Operations and Power Delivery at NIPSCO a subsidiary of NiSource, and Electric Systems Operations and Maintenance at Consumers Energy.
“I am honored to join PGE, a company known for its innovation and clean energy leadership,” said Felton. “There is a wealth of opportunity at PGE, and I am pleased to lead utility operations, bringing together core functions in driving a safe, efficient, customer-focused operating environment.”
Felton holds a degree in Business Management and received a Master of Arts in Business Administration and Management from Spring Arbor University.
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