Eric Martinez, formerly senior vice president at AGL Resources division, Pivotal Energy Development, will report to Linginfelter and will become vice president and general manager of Elizabethtown Gas. Charles Rawson, formerly managing director, wholesale services, at Atlanta Gas Light, will report to Sitherwood as vice president and general manager, City Gas of Florida.
Three Atlanta Gas Light region managers will assume duties in the NUI franchise areas as AGL Resources seeks to unify and improve operational efficiencies across the company. Eddie V. Wood and Don Carter will assume responsibilities at Elizabethtown Gas, while Eduardo Noriega will take on duties at City Gas of Florida.
Beth Reese will become vice president, customer service, and Scott Carter is newly appointed as vice president, regulatory affairs. Jodi Gidley succeeds Sitherwood as vice president of gas operations and capacity planning. Patricia Keefe, who was vice president at Elizabethtown Gas, will join the AGL Resources regulatory affairs organization.
Other recent appointments at AGL Resources include Melanie Platt, who became senior vice president of human resources and chairman of the AGL Resources Foundation. In addition, Ralph Cleveland will serve as senior vice president, engineering and operations while Bryan Batson will become senior vice president, regulatory affairs and customer service.
Myra Coleman has been named executive director of corporate governance and securities counsel. John Ebert was named executive vice president of Pivotal Energy Development, and Dat T. Tran will become chief counsel for regulatory affairs.
NUI’s shareholders overwhelmingly approved the AGL Resources acquisition on Oct. 21, 2004. On Nov. 15, AGL Resources made a public offering of 11,044,000 shares of its common stock. The net proceeds from the offering of approximately $332 million will be used to purchase the outstanding capital stock of NUI and to fund AGL Resources’ recently completed purchase of Louisiana-based Jefferson Island Storage & Hub LLC. The remaining net proceeds will be used to repay short-term debt and for general corporate purposes.