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Julie Dill, who is currently president of Union Gas, Spectra Energy Corp.’s Ontario-based local distribution company, on Jan. 1 will become president and CEO of Spectra Energy Partners, the company’s master limited partnership, and will also assume the role of group vice president of strategy for Spectra Energy Corp., the Houston-based company said. Current Spectra Energy Partners president and CEO Greg Rizzo will continue in his other primary role as group vice president of regulatory affairs and will become the company’s key liaison with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. Also effective at the beginning of the year, Steve Baker, currently vice president and treasurer, Spectra Energy Corp., will become president of Union Gas; Guy Buckley, currently group vice president for corporate development and Strategy, Spectra Energy Corp., will become vice president and treasurer of Spectra Energy Corp; Sabra Harrington, currently vice president and controller, Spectra Energy Corp., will become vice president of risk management and financial planning, Spectra Energy Corp., and Allen Capps, currently vice president of business development, Union Gas, will become vice president and controller, Spectra Energy Corp.

U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson on Monday issued an order directing Kansas-based Westar Energy not to make any payments to former Chairman and CEO David Wittig or former Executive Vice President Douglas Lake.