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Calvin Butler Elected Vice Chair of EEI Board of Directors
Calvin Butler Elected Vice Chair of EEI Board of Directors
January 2024
Calvin G. Butler, president and CEO of Exelon, was elected vice chair of the EEI Board in January. Butler will serve alongside EEI Chair Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison International, and EEI Vice Chair Maria M. Pope, president and CEO of Portland General Electric, both of whom were elected during EEI’s June board meeting.“On behalf of EEI and our member companies, we are excited to have Calvin Butler assume this leadership position on EEI’s board,” said EEI President and CEO Dan Brouillette. “Calvin is an exceptional leader and a key player in our industry’s efforts to deliver resilient clean energy at affordable rates to the customers and communities we proudly serve. He has extensive operational expertise and is steadfast in his work to ensure we maintain a world class workforce for our industry. We are extremely fortunate to have him serve in this role on the EEI leadership team.”
“Our industry is making incredible investments in the energy grid,” said Butler. “We are committed to ensuring an equitable energy transformation, meeting the evolving needs of our customers, and building the infrastructure needed to deliver clean energy and to make the grid more resilient. It is an exciting time, and EEI and America’s investor-owned electric companies are at the forefront to continue leading the way to an affordable and equitable clean energy future.”
Butler is president and CEO of Exelon, the parent company of six local electric and natural gas companies—Atlantic City Electric, BGE, ComEd, Delmarva Power, PECO, and Pepco. Together, they serve approximately 10 million electric and natural gas customers in New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. He serves as chair of each operating company’s board and also chairs Exelon’s executive committee.
Read the full press release on EEI’s website.