San Diego-based Sempra Energy has promoted Debra Reed to a newly created executive vice president position at the holding company, reporting to Sempra CEO Donald Felsinger. Reed, 53, president and CEO of utilities San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) since 2006, joined SoCalGas in 1978 as an energy systems engineer. From 1984 to 2006 she served in a series of positions at the utilities, including vice president of human resources and vice president of administrative services for SoCalGas; president of SoCalGas operations for residential, small-commercial and industrial customers; and CFO of SDG&E and SoCalGas. Also promoted were Jessie Knight Jr., who becomes CEO of SDG&E; Michael Niggli will be COO at the combination utility; Michael Allman will be the CEO of SoCalGas; Anne Smith will be COO of the gas utility; Jeffrey Martin will be CEO of Sempra Generation; and Steven Davis will become the holding company’s vice president of investor relations.

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