Scott M. Prochazka Named as AGA Chair for 2020
Chicago, IL -- Today, during a meeting of the American Gas Association (AGA) Board of Directors, CenterPoint Energy President and CEO Scott M. Prochazka was elected as the Chair of the AGA Board of Directors for 2020.
“Affordable, reliable natural gas service is essential to livable communities, prosperous local economies and practical carbon reduction,” said Prochazka. “America’s natural gas utilities are committed to reducing emissions by using our nation’s abundance of natural gas in a sustainable, environmentally responsible and safe way. I am proud to help lead AGA as we tell this important story to customers, policymakers and the millions of Americans who rely on affordable, efficient natural gas service in their homes and businesses.”
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, CenterPoint Energy is an energy delivery company with regulated utility businesses in eight states and a competitive energy businesses footprint in nearly 40 states. Through its natural gas distribution business, the company serves 4.5 million homes and businesses in Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas.
Prochazka has been with CenterPoint Energy since October 2001. Prior to his current role, he served as chief operating officer, division president of Houston Electric and as a senior division vice president of Gas Operations. Prochazka currently serves on the board of directors of Governor Greg Abbott’s Texas Economic Development Corporation and Enable GP, LLC; and as the chairman of the board of directors for each of Gridwise Alliance and Central Houston, Inc. Prochazka is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
“Scott is a recognized leader in our industry, and his guidance of our Board of Directors will be crucial as our industry continues to make great strides in the year ahead. I am eager to have him in this role and look forward to working together in raising the voice of natural gas and its critical role in our nation’s energy story,” said AGA President and CEO Karen Harbert.
AGA’s other board officers for 2020 will include: First Vice Chair Diane Leopold, EVP & President & CEO, Gas Infrastructure Group, Dominion Energy in Richmond, VA and Second Vice Chair David H. Anderson, President & CEO, NW Natural based in Portland, OR. James P. Torgerson, Chief Executive Officer, AVANGRID Inc. in Orange, CT who has served as Chair for 2019 will become Immediate Past Chair when Prochazka’s term begins on January 1, 2020.
The American Gas Association, founded in 1918, represents more than 200 local energy companies that deliver clean natural gas throughout the United States. There are more than 75 million residential, commercial and industrial natural gas customers in the U.S., of which 95 percent — more than 71 million customers — receive their gas from AGA members. Today, natural gas meets more than three-tenths of the United States' energy needs.
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