Bay State Gas elects Singer as chief operating officer.WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--The Board of Directors at Bay State Gas Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BGC BGC General Cable Corporation (stock symbol) BGC Billy Graham Center BGC Baptist General Conference (formerly Swedish Baptist Denomination) BGC Boys & Girls Club BGC Bubblegum Crisis ) elected Joel L. Singer as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. today, and also elected him to the board. As COO, Singer will be responsible for leading the company to the forefront of the new high-growth, competitive environment resulting from the restructuring of the natural gas and electric utility industries. He joins Bay State from Arthur D. Little Arthur D. Little, Inc. is the world's first management consulting firm. Founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who discovered acetate, and co-worker Roger Griffin, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted technology research. , Inc., where he was a Director in the firm's Worldwide Energy Management Consulting Business and Leader of its North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Natural Gas Practice. "Bay State recognized early that industry deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. and the unbundling A regulatory requirement that enables a competing service provider to purchase parts of the incumbent local exchange carrier's network in order to provide service to its customers. See ILEC. of services would create major changes and opportunities for local distribution companies," said Roger A. Young, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We have worked steadily to provide both superior service and enhanced shareholder value in this new environment. The election of Joel Singer as COO shows our continuing commitment to improving our competitive position and exploiting new energy-related growth opportunities. His extensive experience assisting utilities in developing and implementing growth strategies and achieving change will be invaluable to Bay State." "I see Bay State as a very innovative and well-positioned company, and look forward to helping it become the leading energy services company in New England," Singer said. "More specifically, I see the company expanding its service offerings to meet the total energy needs of customers who will want to be treated as customers, no longer merely as rate payers." "I believe the industry leaders of tomorrow will be much different than today. They will focus on improving core business processes and applying technologies to achieve operational excellence, and will encourage a competitive, customer-focused culture," Singer continued. Singer replaces Paul G. Ford, Senior Vice President, Operations, and Paul E. Reinhardt, Senior Vice President, Marketing, both of whom will be retiring at the end of the month. Singer has extensive experience in both the upstream and downstream segments of the energy industry, having held management positions in the U.S. operating units of Petrofina, S. A. and Exxon Corporation prior to joining Arthur D. Little. He has frequently addressed industry conferences on key energy issues, and has served as a member of the Gas Research Institute's Industry Technical Advisory Committee on Energy Economics. Singer received his M.B.A. degree in International Business from the University of Houston, and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. . He and his family reside in Sudbury, Mass. Bay State Gas Company, with its Northern Utilities, Inc. subsidiary, is New England's largest independent natural gas distributor, serving about 288,000 customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). and Maine. A subsidiary, Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., owns and operates interstate gas pipelines from New England to eastern Canada. The company also markets retail propane within the region and is an equity investor in MASSPOWER, an electric generation facility. CONTACT: Bay State Gas Company, Westborough, MA Carol Churchill, 508/836-7370 |
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