OAKLAND,
Calif., Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PG&E
Corporation (NYSE: PCG) announced today that effective October 31, 2024, current Board Chair
Robert Flexon is taking a Chief
Executive Officer role at another utility company and consequently
will be leaving the PG&E Corporation and Utility Boards. He has
been on both PG&E boards since 2020 and earlier served as
President and Chief Executive Officer at Dynegy
Inc.
"On behalf of the Boards of Directors, I want to say how
grateful we are for Bob Flexon's
expertise and dedication—and his love of PG&E—as we've worked
to reinforce our foundation of gas and electric safety and prepare
for the future of energy for our customers," said PG&E
Corporation Chief Executive Officer Patti
Poppe. "On a personal note, Bob's partnership has been
invaluable to me and our entire PG&E leadership team as we
build a new foundation of operational excellence for many years to
come."
Kerry Cooper has been elected by
the PG&E Corporation Board of Directors as its new Chair,
effective October 31. Cooper has been
on both the PG&E Corporation and Utility Boards of Directors
since 2020. Cooper served as Chief Executive Officer at Choose
Energy, as President and Chief Operations Officer at retail company
Rothy's, and in leadership roles at Walmart and Levi Strauss.
Cooper has extensive experience leading large-scale and innovative
customer programs and consumer-focused, growth-oriented
companies.
Cooper lives in Northern
California and is a PG&E customer. She has a BS in
mechanical engineering from the University of
Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard
University.
"We are excited and honored to have Kerry Cooper serve as our next Chair of the
Board. Kerry's deep track record of building successful cultures
and leading companies to exceed customer expectations makes Kerry
the right leader at the right time as we work to improve outcomes
and trust with our customers and regulators," Poppe
said.
About PG&E Corporation
PG&E
Corporation (NYSE: PCG) is a holding company
headquartered in Oakland,
California. It is the parent company of Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, an energy company that serves 16 million
Californians across a 70,000-square-mile service area in Northern
and Central California.
For more information, visit
http://www.pgecorp.com.
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