Before joining Duke, Mr Haviland served as president and CEO of the project execution group for Air Liquide. Prior to that, he held senior management positions at Calpine and Bechtel Power.
Mr Haviland’s responsibilities include construction and project management support on the company’s non-regulated generation projects, including renewable wind energy, through Duke Energy generation services.
Jim Turner, president and COO of Duke Energy franchised electric and gas, said: Our future business success will be closely linked to our success in managing the construction of new baseload, intermediate and peaking generation. Rick’s talent and leadership complement an experienced internal team of people and will help ensure success on these major investments in our energy infrastructure.
