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Fortnightly Magazine - April 15 2001
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The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) has named Maxine Buckles as its first CFO. Buckles comes to ERCOT from Plantation Pipe Line Co., where she was CFO and treasurer for five years.

Avista Labs announced two new board members: Tucker Hart Adams, president and CEO of the Adams Group as well as president of American Russian Collaborative Enterprises LLC; and Robert F. Goff, president of R4 Energy Inc., a fuel cell industry consulting and management services company. Avista Energy, another Avista Corp. affiliate, has appointed Dennis Vermillion as president and COO. Vermillion has been with Avista Energy since its creation in 1997.

R. Foster Duncan has been named executive vice president and CFO of Cinergy Corp. Duncan most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of LG&E Corp.

CMS Viron Energy Services announced that its president, John W. Mahoney, was awarded the Energy Executive of the Year award from the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). Mahoney received the award due to CMS Viron's significant growth in the industry under his leadership, which began in 1996.

Tara Neider has been named to the new position of vice president-spent fuel for Constellation Nuclear Services. Neider came from Transnuclear Inc., and is a mechanical engineer with 18 years of spent fuel experience.

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