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Emera Announces Leadership Appointments
Emera Announces Leadership Appointments.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nHALIFAX, Oct. 12 /CNW/ - (EMA-TSX): The Board of Directors of Emera Inc.\nannounced today that Robert Hanf has been appointed to the role of President\nand Chief Operating Officer of Bangor Hydro-Electric (BHE). He replaces Rob\nBennett, who will be returning to Nova Scotia in the newly created position of\nExecutive Vice President, Revenue and Sustainability of Nova Scotia Power\nInc.(NSPI) NSPI and BHE are wholly owned subsidiary of Emera Inc.\n\n\nMr. Hanf was previously General Counsel for Emera Inc., and has played a\nsignificant role in Emera's commercial transactions. Prior to joining Emera in\n2002, Mr. Hanf was a Partner in the law firm of McCarthy Tetrault LLP,\nspecializing in energy law.\n\n\nMr. Bennett has worked within the Emera group of companies for the past\n19 years. Before joining Bangor Hydro in 2002, he held a variety of positions\nat Nova Scotia Power including Regional Manager Northeast, Staff Engineer,\nProtection Engineer and Superintendent of Annapolis Hydro. In his new role,\nMr. Bennett will be accountable for directing two significant areas of the\nbusiness - environment and customer service excellence.\n\n\n"I am very pleased to have such high quality leaders in these key roles,"\nsaid Chris Huskilson, President and CEO of Emera. "These two appointments\nunderscore our commitment to operational excellence in our key subsidiaries."\n\n\nAbout Emera\n\n\nEmera Inc. (EMA-TSX) is an energy and services company with $4.0 billion\nin assets. Electricity is Emera's core business. The company has two\nwholly-owned regulated electric utility subsidiaries, Nova Scotia Power Inc.\nand Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, which together serve 590,000 customers.\nEmera also owns 19% of St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited, which serves\nmore than 50,000 customers on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. In addition\nto its electric utility investments, Emera has a joint venture interest in\nBear Swamp, a 600 megawatt pumped storage hydro-electric facility in northern\nMassachusetts; a 12.9% interest in the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline; and\nEmera Energy Services which manages energy assets on behalf of third parties\nand provides related services. Visit Emera on the web at www.emera.com.\n\n\n","length":2315,"tagName":"div"}]