With her promotion to the CEO position, Ms Powell will become a member of the Green Mountain Power board of directors. Mr Dutton will remain as a member of the board following his retirement.

Robert Tessier, chairman, said: We are extremely pleased that Mary Powell will succeed Chris Dutton as Green Mountain Power’s new CEO. Mary has been a key driver in the restructuring of Green Mountain Power from a traditional electric utility to a high performing company that is now noted for using technology to drive customer satisfaction and to produce consistently strong financial results.