American Electric Power (AEP) has appointed Douglas A. Cannon president of AEP Transmission, effective June 11.
Mr. Cannon will report to Bill Fehrman, AEP president and chief executive officer. In this role, he will lead all aspects of AEP’s transmission business, including planning, projects, engineering, operations and growth.
Currently, Cannon is the president and chief executive officer of NV Energy and is responsible for all aspects of service to its 1.4 million customers in Nevada. Bob Bradish, current interim president of AEP Transmission, is named chief transmission officer and will report to Cannon.
“Between unprecedented load growth over the next decade, the joint venture transmission projects in PJM announced in February, and building one of the first 765- kilovolt lines in Texas, AEP is expanding our transmission footprint by thousands of miles,” said Bill Fehrman. “Doug is a respected industry leader who understands the importance of building coalitions to drive strong regulatory and operational results, and under his tenure, NV Energy is building the more than 700-mile Greenlink transmission network, Nevada’s longest and largest transmission project.”
