AVILA BEACH, Calif.,
Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/
-- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced
the appointment of Barry Allen as
its new Site Vice President of Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
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In the position, Allen will oversee the daily operations of the
facility and provide leadership over the plant's maintenance and
security functions, as well as lead the periodic refueling of both
reactor units. He will report to Ed
Halpin, PG&E's Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear
Officer.
"Barry Allen's strong leadership
and vast experience in running nuclear power generating facilities
will be invaluable as we continue to build upon Diablo Canyon's
strong record of safety and efficient operations," said Halpin. "We
are excited to have Barry join the Diablo Canyon team and I look
forward to working with him in his new role."
Allen brings to Diablo Canyon more than 30 years of nuclear
power industry experience, obtained while working in increasing
levels of responsibility at Entergy and FirstEnergy Nuclear
Operating Company (FENOC). He joined FENOC in 2003 as Plant
Manager at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Allen was later named Site
Operations Director at Perry Nuclear Generating Station in
North Perry, Ohio, in 2006 and
became Site Vice President in 2007. In 2008, he assumed his current
position as Site Vice President at Davis-Besse.
Prior to joining FENOC, Allen served in a number of engineering
and maintenance assignments, including Director of Engineering, at
Entergy's Waterford 3 Steam
Electric Station in Louisiana. He
holds a Bachelor of Architecture Structures degree and a Master of
Science in Civil Engineering degree from Texas
Tech University.
"Barry is a well-respected veteran of the nuclear industry,"
said John Conway, who as Senior Vice
President of Energy Supply oversees all of PG&E's energy
procurement and nuclear, renewables, hydroelectric and fossil
generation functions. "He brings a wealth of operational experience
to this position and is well suited for ensuring that Diablo Canyon
remains a safe and vital part of California's clean energy resource portfolio
for years to come."
"I am proud to join PG&E and a Diablo Canyon team that
maintains high standards of excellence while consistently
delivering safe, clean, and reliable electricity to its customers,"
said Allen. "I look forward to working with the team to continue
the facility's strong operating and performance record in the
industry."
Allen joins a dedicated team of 1,400 employees at Diablo Canyon
who earned a string of recent key accomplishments and milestones,
including:
- A successful planned maintenance and refueling outage on Unit 1
involving about 600,000 hours of inspections, maintenance and
project work.
- The installation of a new digital process control system (PCS)
that increases redundancies for safety, reduces maintenance and
further enhances PG&E's continued safe operation of the
facility. Diablo Canyon is the first nuclear power generating
facility in the country to execute a PCS replacement of this extent
using in-house resources.
- Surpassing 10 million hours without an employee injury
resulting in days away from work. A significant milestone that
reflects PG&E's strong commitment to safety.
Allen fills the role of former Site Vice President Jim Becker, who in July became the first
President of the STARS Alliance, which focuses on initiatives and
information sharing that benefits all seven nuclear power
generating station members, including Diablo Canyon.
Diablo Canyon Power Plant is a nuclear power facility owned and
operated by PG&E. Its two units together produce approximately
2,300 net megawatts of greenhouse-gas-free electricity, about 10
percent of all electricity generated in California, and enough energy to meet the
needs of more than three million Northern and Central
Californians.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United
States. Based in San
Francisco, with 20,000 employees, the company delivers some
of the nation's cleanest energy to 15 million people in Northern
and Central California. For more
information, visit http://www.pge.com/about/newsroom/ and
www.pgecurrents.com.
SOURCE PG&E Corporation