Dominion East Ohio Names Jeff Murphy Its Top Executive; Scott Miller To Lead Electric Transmission Group
CLEVELAND, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion East Ohio has named Vice President Jeff Murphy its top executive, effective April 1, 2015. Murphy succeeds Scott Miller, who will become vice president-Electric Transmission for Dominion Virginia Power in Richmond.
Murphy, a 29-year company veteran, will oversee all aspects of Dominion East Ohio's natural gas distribution company, including gathering, storage, distribution, and transmission assets, and Dominion Hope, a local natural gas distribution company in Clarksburg, W.Va. The company promoted Murphy, previously general manager-Commercial Operations, to vice president earlier this year.
"We understand that our well-being is tied directly to the communities and business we serve," Murphy said. "Our challenge is to support both by meeting their expectations for customer service, operating safely, efficiently, and responsibly, and by doing our part to support economic growth in the region."
Murphy joined the former East Ohio Gas in 1986 and has served in a variety of positions in rates, corporate planning and corporate financial analysis positions, becoming managing director-Commercial Operations in 2008 and general manager-Commercial Operations in August 2014. He serves on the boards of the Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce and Open-M, a community outreach ministry in south Akron. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from the University of Akron and received an executive master of business administration degree from Baldwin Wallace College.
"It has been my pleasure to serve the customers of Dominion East Ohio and their communities for two years. I am truly humbled and privileged to have been a part of an organization with such a long-standing history of service to its community," said Miller, a 17-year Dominion veteran who previously served as Dominion's vice president-Business Planning & Market Analysis. While in Cleveland, Miller has served on the boards of the American Red Cross and Greater Cleveland Partnership.
Miller joined Dominion in 1997 as a financial analyst in Corporate Planning & Analysis. In 1999, he was promoted to senior financial analyst and became manager-Mergers & Acquisitions in 2001. He was named director-Financial Analysis for Dominion Generation in 2004, and was promoted to vice president-Financial Management, Dominion Energy, in October 2007. He became vice president-Financial Management, Dominion Virginia Power, in June 2009. He was named vice president – Budgeting, Business Planning & Market Analysis in January 2011. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Ithaca College and a master's degree in finance from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 24,600 megawatts of generation, 12,400 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline, and 6,455 miles of electric transmission lines. Dominion operates one of the nation's largest natural gas storage systems with 949 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves utility and retail energy customers in 12 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's website at www.dom.com.
SOURCE Dominion East Ohio
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