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Maritime workforce accelerator revs engines
Maritime & Nuclear Workforce Accelerator aids recruitment and retention for maritime and nuclear energy jobs, as well as related manufacturing sectors.
Virginia Tech-backed energy tech hub opens in Newport News
The Secure Energy Future Center opened its first dedicated space Wednesday at Tech Center Research Park in Newport News.
U.Va. Wise installs SMR control room simulator
U.Va. Wise installed a NuScale SMR control room simulator funded by a Virginia Clean Energy grant to train workers in advanced nuclear energy fields.
Amentum wins French contracts worth $730M
Amentum announced on Tuesday it has won a suite of new contracts from Électricité de France worth up to $730 million
Energy 2025: SABEL, MIKE
Sabel, a billionaire former investment banker, co-founded Venture Global in 2013 with finance lawyer Robert Pender, exporting U.S.-produced liquefied natural gas. In January the company went public, and shares opened nearly 4% below its $25 IPO price, earning a valuation of $58.2 billion, and its stock fell to a low of $7 in April, although […]
Energy 2025: BLUE, ROBERT M. ‘BOB’
Blue oversees Fortune 500 utility Dominion, which has 14,700 employees and provides regulated electricity service to 3.6 million customers in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and regulated natural gas service to 500,000 customers in South Carolina. Blue began his career with Dominion as managing director of state affairs and corporate policy in 2005. After […]
Energy 2025: SENECHAL, KRISTEN
Following an eight-month national search, Kristen Senechal was selected to lead NOVEC, succeeding David E. Schleicher, who retired in April. One of the nation’s largest electric cooperatives based on energy sales, NOVEC reported operating revenue of $864 million in 2023. The electric cooperative serves more than 180,000 residential and business customers in Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, [&helli[...]
Energy 2025: BROWN, CARLOS M.
Brown’s title at Dominion grows longer and longer. After joining the company in 2007 as senior counsel, Brown steadily climbed the ranks, holding business, operational and legal roles. In 2024, Brown became president of Dominion Energy Services and executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Dominion Energy. In June, Brown assumed oversight […]
Energy 2025: PIERCE, SHANNON O.
A Surry County native, Pierce succeeded Robert Duvall in April as leader of the utility serving more than 310,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Southeastern Virginia. Pierce didn’t grow up dreaming of working in energy, the field where she’s spent her entire career. Fresh out of the University of Virginia School of Law, Pierce […]
Energy 2025: HEWA, JOHN D.
In 2017, Hewa joined the member-owned utility as vice president and chief operating officer. Three years later, he took the helm of the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative following the retirement of Kent Farmer, who’d worked there for more than four decades. In addition to leading the cooperative that today provides electricity to nearly 182,000 connections across […]
Energy 2025: COSBY, CHRIS
Cosby signed on to lead ODEC in February, succeeding John C. Lee, who retired after leading the cooperative since 2023. He joined the cooperative in 2018 as a director of asset manager and most recently served as chief operating officer. Incorporated in 1948, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative owned […]
