WARRENVILLE, Ill., Jan. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael J. Pacilio, Exelon Nuclear's president
and chief nuclear officer since 2010, has been named executive vice
president and chief operating officer of Exelon Generation LLC, the
company announced today. Bryan
Hanson, Exelon Nuclear COO, has been promoted to senior vice
president, Exelon Generation, and president and chief nuclear
officer of Exelon Nuclear, replacing Pacilio.
Pacilio will have day-to-day operational responsibility for the
safety, efficiency and reliability of Exelon Generation's power
generation fleet, which includes more than 100 generating units in
17 states. Exelon Generation operates the largest clean energy
fleet in America, producing electricity from 10 fuel types
including nuclear, natural gas, hydro, wind and solar. Pacilio will
report to Exelon Generation President and CEO Kenneth W. Cornew.
Pacilio has more than 30 years of experience with the company
and nuclear plant operations. He has served in various leadership
positions within Exelon Nuclear, including COO, senior vice
president of Midwest operations, and site vice president and plant
manager at several Exelon nuclear generating stations. Among other
accomplishments, Pacilio led the U.S. nuclear industry's
development of two national nuclear emergency response centers as
part of the industry's response to the 2011 Fukushima events in
Japan. During his four-year tenure
as chief nuclear officer, Exelon Nuclear's fleet consistently led
the U.S. industry in operational efficiency and safety. Pacilio
holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from
Purdue University and completed
Harvard University's Advanced
Management Program.
Hanson, as president and CNO, takes over operational and
organizational responsibility for the largest fleet of nuclear
power stations in the nation, with more than 11,000 employees and
23 reactors at 14 locations in Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, New
Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania. Hanson will report
to Pacilio.
Hanson most recently was chief operating officer of Exelon
Nuclear and responsible for the daily operations of the nuclear
fleet. Hanson's other leadership positions at Exelon included
senior vice president of Midwest operations and site vice
presidents at the Braidwood and Clinton generating stations in
Illinois. Hanson holds a
bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a MBA from
St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
Exelon Nuclear is a business unit of Exelon Generation, which is
a subsidiary of Exelon Corp. Both promotions are effective
immediately.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation's leading
competitive energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately
$24.9 billion. Headquartered in
Chicago, Exelon does business in
48 states, the District of
Columbia and Canada. Exelon
is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with
approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of
the nation's cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The
company's Constellation business unit provides energy products and
services to approximately 100,000 business and public sector
customers and more than one million residential customers.
Exelon's utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than
7.8 million customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO).
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