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• Xcel Energy’s current senior vice president and chief nuclear officer Dennis Koehl has been chosen to be the next chief executive officer and chief nuclear officer of the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co.
• Koehl has more than 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry and is the chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s nuclear advisory committee and vice chairman of the board of utilities services alliance.
• The South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co. operates two reactors in Texas that produce 2,700 MW of carbon-free energy, enough to power more than two million Texas homes.

From the article:

Dennis Koehl, currently senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of Xcel Energy, has been selected to be the chief executive officer and chief nuclear officer of the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co. He will assume this position on October 15, 2012.

"Dennis Koehl is one of the top chief nuclear officers in the nation and brings the in-depth experience and leadership skills we wanted in a person taking the helm of the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co.," said John Ragan, president of NRG Energy's Gulf Coast Region. "His hands-on leadership style has led to success at Xcel and in every position he has held. The tremendous work he has done shaping and leading best practices in nuclear operations in America make him ideally suited to maintain and improve on the solid record of performance at South Texas Project 1 and 2." ...