Events
2010-10-20 October PMI HNL Luncheon
- Details
- Category: Luncheon Meeting
- Written by Programs Director
Speaker: Richard M. Rosenblum
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
Program: Roadmap for Hawaii’s Clean Energy Future
Time/Location: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., The Plaza Club - 20th Floor Main Dining Room
PDU Info: Session #C166-P10A200. PMPs earn 1 PDU in Category 3
Synopsis:
HECO has a huge project on its shoulders. Our company is on a path to meet the challenge of producing electricity using renewable energy and at the same time, reducing volatility as well as costs. I will present to you our unique circumstances, our strategy, and what we are doing now to get us to a successful outcome of this project.
Speaker Bio:
Dick Rosenblum was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. effective January 1, 2009, and on February 23, 2009 he was appointed a director of the HECO Board. He had retired on May 1, 2008 as senior vice president of Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer for Southern California Edison (SCE), responsible for all power generating facilities, including nuclear and related fuel supplies. He was appointed to this position in November 2005. Previously, Mr. Rosenblum was senior vice president of SCE’s Transmission and Distribution business unit which is responsible for the high-voltage bulk transmission and retail distribution of electricity in SCE’s 50,000 square mile service territory. He held that position since February 1998. Prior to that, he was vice president of the Distribution business unit, responsible for providing electric service to SCE’s 4.6 million customers. Mr. Rosenblum began his career at SCE in 1976 as an engineer working at the company’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. He held various positions in the company’s Nuclear Department and was named vice president of Engineering and Technical Services in 1993. In that role he was responsible for engineering construction, safety oversight, and other engineering support activities. Mr. Rosenblum is on the boards of the High Technology Development Corporation, the Hawaii Employers Council, the Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America, the Honolulu Symphony Society, and a member of the Hawaii Business Roundtable. In addition, he was the 2010 corporate recruitment chair for the American Diabetes Association’s annual Step Out to Fight Diabetes Walk. Mr. Rosenblum earned a B.S. and M.S. in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic University. He and his wife, Michele, have two grown children and two grandchildren.
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