BGE Announces Appointment of Calvin G. Butler Jr. as Senior Vice President, Regulatory and External Affairs

Company also announces the retirement of Mary Dempsey as vice president, governmental affairs and the appointment of Alexander G. Núñez as her successor

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) today announced the appointment of Calvin G. Butler Jr. as senior vice president, regulatory and external affairs, effective March 1, 2013. In this role, Butler will oversee the areas of regulatory, governmental and legislative affairs, communications and corporate relations for the central Maryland company.

“Calvin has become an important presence throughout our central Maryland service area, introducing Exelon to our many important stakeholders and building upon those new relationships for the benefit of BGE and its customers,” said Kenneth W. DeFontes Jr., BGE president and chief executive officer.  “As a result, I’m pleased to have Calvin join an extremely strong and talented leadership team, particularly now as we begin to deliver on our commitments associated with the Exelon merger and continue to enhance BGE’s important position in the communities we serve.”

Butler previously served as senior vice president of corporate affairs for Exelon and played a lead role in helping to bring to fruition the merger between Exelon and Constellation Energy.  Prior to that, he held the position of senior vice president of human resources for Exelon. Butler also served as senior vice president of corporate affairs with BGE’s sister utility, ComEd, where he managed state legislative initiatives, maintained strategic relationships with key state stakeholders and large customers, and oversaw real estate and facilities and economic development. Before joining ComEd in 2008, he served as senior vice president of external affairs for RR Donnelley. Butler earned a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., and a Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Mo.

BGE also announced the retirement of longtime Vice President of Governmental Affairs Mary Dempsey and the appointment of Alexander G. Núñez as her successor, effective March 1, 2013. Núñez, who joined the company in 2001, most recently served as director, state affairs, representing the company before the executive and legislative branches of Maryland’s government.  Prior to joining the company, Núñez served as Committee Counsel to the Senate Finance Committee of Maryland.  Núñez received a Bachelor of Arts and Letters cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and a Juris Doctor cum laude from Valparaiso University School of Law. 

 “We certainly will miss Mary’s expertise, insight and leadership,” said DeFontes. “For nearly four decades, she has contributed meaningfully to BGE’s mission to serve our customers, communities and constituencies.  We wish Mary well in her retirement and wish Alex well as he assumes these new responsibilities.”

BGE, headquartered in Baltimore, is Maryland’s largest gas and electric utility, delivering power to more than 1.2 million electric customers and more than 650,000 natural gas customers in central Maryland. The company’s approximately 3,400 employees are committed to the safe and reliable delivery of gas and electricity, as well as enhanced energy management, conservation, environmental stewardship and community assistance. BGE is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy provider, with 2012 revenues of approximately $23.5 billion. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, YouTube  and Flickr.