[BETA] Fortnightly

The board of American Electric Power elected executive vice president. Tomasky previously was AEP's general counsel and senior vice president-legal.

, was named COO of Entergy nuclear operations in New York state and the Northeast. He joined Entergy in 1998 from Virginia Power, where he was vice president of nuclear operations.

was named an executive vice president at KeySpan Energy. Nozzolillo most recently served as senior vice president of KeySpan's electric business.

Dynegy Inc. named director of regulatory policy. Doyle formerly was gas and electricity policy advisor for Commissioner William L. Massey at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Dynegy also promoted seven members of its finance-accounting-control-technology-services (F-A-C-T-S) group. The company named senior vice president, finance; , senior vice president/controller; , senior vice president/CIO; , vice president, taxation;, vice president and assistant corporate controller; , vice president, investor relations; and , vice president, corporate finance.

Cinergy Corp.'s board elected vice president and general counsel. Vennemann had served as acting general counsel since February 1999.

El Paso Production Co., a new unit of El Paso Energy Corp., named group executive vice president. Also appointed to the executive team were , president; , senior vice president and CFO; , vice president and controller; , vice president, acquisitions and land; , vice president, exploration; and , vice president, operations and development. is the new director of the coalbed methane group.

El Paso Energy's unit, El Paso Merchant Energy Co., hired four former executives of Cinergy's subsidiary, Cinergy Capital & Trading Inc. , , , and joined the company.

The board of Ameren Corp. elected vice president of engineering and construction at Ameren Services. He replaced , who retired Jan. 1. Whiteley most recently was manager of electrical engineering and transmission planning.

The American Water Works Association named deputy executive director. Curtis replaced , who retired Feb. 21. Curtis comes to AWWA from the Environmental Council of States, where he was deputy director for intergovernmental liaison.

was appointed director-supplier diversity at UtiliCorp United. Carter is the former director-commercial segment regional sales for UtiliCorp's Aquila Energy subsidiary in Ohio.

Alabama Power Co.'s board elected vice president of retail sales. Jones previously was a member of the board of management for BEWAG, a German electric utility in which AP affiliate Southern Energy owns a stake.

Calpine Corp. promoted to senior vice president-eastern region. Alff, a 30-year industry veteran, was named vice president-eastern region in September 1998.

was named assistant director of human resources at Chesapeake Utilities Corp. Scott previously co-owned Reddin and Scott Associates, a human resources firm.

Reliant Energy named senior vice president, human resources. Johnson most recently was global director of human resources at Dow Chemical Co.