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Colette D. Honorable to Join Exelon as Executive Vice President of Public Policy and Chief External Affairs Officer
Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) commissioner and energy transition leader to spearhead stakeholder engagement efforts for the nation’s
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nFormer Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) commissioner and energy transition leader to spearhead stakeholder engagement efforts for the nation’s largest utility\n\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nExelon (Nasdaq: EXC) today announced that it has named renowned energy policy leader Colette D. Honorable as the company’s executive vice president of Public Policy and Chief External Affairs Officer. Honorable will helm the company’s efforts to engage external stakeholders as it works to lead the energy transformation, with areas of oversight including federal and regulatory affairs, strategy and sustainability, customer engagement, marketing, communications, and corporate giving. Honorable assumes this role on Sept. 5, reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Calvin Butler and joining Exelon’s Executive Committee. She will be based at the company’s District of Columbia offices.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230718497591/en/Colette Honorable, Exelon Exec. VP of Public Policy and Chief External Affairs Officer. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“Colette is one of the top minds in the global energy industry, and an expert in several areas that will be critical to Exelon’s success, including the clean energy transformation, equitable rate making and environmental, social and corporate governance,” said Butler. “We are delighted to have her join our team to help strengthen our efforts to power a cleaner and brighter future for our customers and communities across the mid-Atlantic and northern Illinois.”\n\n\nHonorable will join Exelon from global law firm Reed Smith LLP, where she has been a partner since 2017 and a member of the executive committee since 2021. As leader of the firm’s energy regulatory group, Honorable has been providing strategic counsel to Fortune 500 energy companies, investor-owned utilities, renewable energy, and technology companies on a range of areas, from mitigating the impacts of climate change to environmental justice and inclusion strategies.\n\n\nHonorable served as a FERC Commissioner from January 2015 through June 2017, a role for which she was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Her areas of focus included cyber and physical security, wholesale markets, transmission planning, gas and electric coordination, rene...