CMS Energy in Jackson is installing a new corporate organizational structure to support the company’s operational transformation and long-term strategy, starting July 1.
The new organization is designed to enable the company’s continued commitment to “excellence in customer service and operational success” within the core business units focused on strategy execution. The new structure also organizes CMS Energy’s four key business units with the continued focus of the customer at the center of the business.
“CMS Energy’s future strategy, long-term ambitions and business unit roadmaps will provide safe, reliable, affordable, clean and equitable energy for our customers and prepare our company for the future,” says Garrick Rochow, president and CEO of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. “This new organizational design will be a key enabler to serve our customers through consistent delivery of results across the triple bottom line of people, planet and prosperity.”
As part of the re-organization, the company will make the following leadership appointments:
- Lauren Snyder will be named senior vice president, chief customer and growth officer, and will oversee customer operations, customer experience, sales, marketing and customer programs with a continued focus on customer needs and economic development.
- Tonya Berry will be named executive vice president and COO and have responsibility for the following teams: Electric Supply, Electric Distribution, and Natural Gas Delivery.
The new operational business units will be run by the following individuals:
- Sri Maddipati, current vice president of electric supply, will be named president of electric supply, responsible for the Energy Supply, Generating Plants/Resources, and Supply Development teams.
- Greg Salisbury, current vice president of electric distribution engineering, will be named president of electric distribution, responsible for the entire electric business — operations and engineering.
- LeeRoy Wells Jr, current senior vice president of operations, will be named president of natural gas delivery, responsible for the entire natural gas business — operations and engineering.
- Shaun Johnson will be named executive vice president of business transformation and chief legal and administrative officer. Johnson will oversee the Legal, Compliance, Rates, Regulatory, Lean, Information Technology and Application, and Analytics teams.
- Kelly Hall will be named senior vice president regulatory and legal affairs and deputy general counsel. Hall will oversee the legal, regulatory and compliance organizations.
- Rejji Hayes, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will continue to oversee the Investor Relations, Treasury, Accounting, and Supply Chain teams. In addition, he will take on responsibility for NorthStar Clean Energy.
- Brandon Hofmeister, senior vice president, will continue to oversee strategy, sustainability, and external affairs.
In Related News: Consumers Energy says it’s “hitting the road” to protect the safety of its natural gas customers this year, deploying eight state-of-the-art vehicles that will survey the company’s nearly 30,000-mile system to find methane leaks.
“We are getting ahead of potential problems, using this advanced technology to find and fix leaks,” says Holly Bowers, vice president of natural gas engineering and supply at Consumers Energy. “That’s important for the safety of our customers, our coworkers and our Michigan communities. We’re excited this is the first year our methane detection vehicles will survey our entire system, giving us the precision we need to proactively find leaks and make our system safer for all of our customers.”
Consumers Energy last year expanded its fleet of methane detection vehicles to eight, allowing the company to look for natural gas leaks in more communities. The Ford Edge SUVs are equipped with sensitive mobile systems from Picarro Inc., traveling through the night when wind and other atmospheric conditions are best to gather data that provides a picture of potential natural gas leaks.
Consumers Energy then dispatches natural gas workers to follow up and, if necessary, fix leaks. In one case, a vehicle last year detected that a home in Gratiot County was filling with dangerous levels of natural gas due to leaking appliances, and crews made repairs before disaster struck.
In addition, Consumers Energy used an airplane late last year to survey its large-scale transmission and storage system. The readings from above could detect gas leaks within five feet of their location.
For more information, visit ConsumersEnergy.com.
