RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion
(NYSE: D) announced today that David A.
Heacock, president of Dominion Nuclear and the company's
chief nuclear officer, will retire, effective March 1, 2017. Beginning Oct. 1, Daniel G.
Stoddard, senior vice president of Nuclear Operations, will
become senior vice president and chief nuclear officer. Heacock
will remain president of Dominion Nuclear until his retirement.
During the transition, Stoddard will continue reporting to
Heacock, but will have a dotted-line relationship as chief nuclear
officer to Paul Koonce, CEO of the
Dominion Generation Group. Stoddard will begin reporting directly
to Koonce on March 1.
"Dave's knowledge and reputation in the nuclear industry is
unparalleled," Koonce said. "He is an expert on issues facing both
the company and the industry as a whole. In the aftermath of the
earthquake that struck near North Anna Power Station in 2011, he
quickly guided the company and regulators. He also led the
industry's response to the safety analysis following the Fukushima
nuclear incident in Japan.
"We are grateful for his knowledge and leadership," he said.
"At the same time," Koonce added, "Dan will pick up the mantle
and continue making Dominion's nuclear program a leader in the
industry."
Heacock, who received his bachelor's degree in nuclear
engineering from the University of
Virginia, joined Virginia
Power in 1979 and has held numerous management positions in
Nuclear Operations, Generation and Transmission & Distribution.
He served as president of the company's Dominion Virginia Power
operating segment from October 2007
to May 2009.
Stoddard, a graduate of the U.S. Naval
Academy with a bachelor's degree in marine engineering, also
earned his master's degree in nuclear engineering from the
University of Virginia. He joined
Dominion in July 2006 as
director-Nuclear Station Safety & Licensing, and was named site
vice president-North Anna Power Station later that year. He assumed
the post of vice president-Nuclear Operations in February 2010, and was promoted to senior vice
president-Nuclear Operations in May
2011.
Also on Oct. 1, Mark Sartain, vice president-Nuclear
Engineering, who currently reports to Heacock, will begin reporting
to Stoddard. Mark Mitchell, vice
president-Nuclear Construction, will continue his dotted-line
reporting relationship to Heacock until March 1.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and
transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 25,700
megawatts of generation, 14,400 miles of natural gas transmission,
gathering and storage pipeline, and 6,500 miles of electric
transmission lines. Dominion operates one of the nation's largest
natural gas storage systems with 1 trillion cubic feet of storage
capacity and serves more than 6 million utility and retail energy
customers. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's
website at www.dom.com.
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