NYSEG and RG&E Appoint Patricia Nilsen as President and Chief Executive Officer

Today, New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E), subsidiaries of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), announced the appointment of Patricia Nilsen as President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2022. Nilsen, who has been with the companies since 1992, will be the first woman in the companies’ nearly 175-year histories to serve in this leadership position. She succeeds Carl Taylor who, as previously announced, will retire on June 30, 2022.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220607005952/en/

AVANGRID CEO Pedro Azagra and NYSEG and RG&E President and CEO Trish Nilsen

“This appointment marks an incredible moment for AVANGRID as we continue to break the glass ceiling and welcome Trish as the first woman President and CEO of NYSEG and RG&E,” said Pedro Azagra, CEO of AVANGRID. “Trish has proven throughout her career that she’s a leader focused on delivering great outcomes for our customers and communities. Trish joins a strong team at AVANGRID, with Catherin Stempien, our President and CEO of Networks, that will successfully guide the New York companies as we continue to invest in a more resilient, sustainable and smart system that will reliably serve our customers for generations to come.”

Ignacio Galán, Chairman of AVANGRID said “I congratulate Trish on the historical occasion of her appointment and welcome her to a leadership team whose diversity far outpaces that of many other U.S. utility companies.”

As President and CEO, Nilsen will oversee and lead the NYSEG and RG&E teams who serve more than 1.2 million electric and 579,000 natural gas customers across more than 40% of Upstate New York.

Nilsen brings to the role almost three decades of experience in the energy sector and a deep familiarity of NYSEG, RG&E and the communities they serve. She began with NYSEG in Human Resources before moving to Corporate Communications and Customer Service and has served in a number of high-profile leadership roles throughout her tenure, including leading emergency preparedness response for the companies. She most recently was Vice President of Reliability Assistance and Emergency Preparedness for AVANGRID and was responsible for compliance with NERC reliability standards, ensuring emergency readiness and response and serving as the COVID business liaison officer for Avangrid Networks. Prior, Nilsen served as Director of Emergency Preparedness where she led crisis response to system emergencies across all eight of AVANGRID’s electric and natural gas companies.