By Kevin McCauley
Congressman Heath Shuler, the North Carolina Democrat who did not stand for re-election, will join Duke Energy as senior VP-federal affairs on Jan. 4, which is the day after his term expires.
The former quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins founded a real estate company in Tennessee before being elected to Congress in 2007.
Keith Trent, executive VP-regulated utilities, said Shuler is “well-known in Washington is well known for working with leaders from both political parties.”
Shuler will be based in Washington.
Charlotte-based Duke has been in the news due to the upcoming resignation of its hig-profile CEO Jim Rogers at the end of next year.
Rogers is stepping down as part of a deal with Carolina regulators, who probed Duke’s acquisition of Progress Energy.
Under the merger deal, Progress CEO Bill Johnson was to helm the combined companies. Duke’s board, however, fired Johnson with the completion of the July merger.
Duke is the largest electric utility in the U.S. |