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Patricia K. Swanke has been named vice president, operations,for The Dayton Power and Light Co., effective immediately. Swankebegan her career at DP&L in 1990 and has held variouspositions, most recently as managing director of gas and electrictransmission and distribution operations.

Customer response to the open season held by Scana’s proposedCarolinas Pipeline “has far exceeded our expectation,” said SamDozier, vice president of customer service and market development.

Nicholas J. Bush, former president of the Natural Gas SupplyAssociation (NGSA), has been charged with one count of criminalmail fraud and one count of tax evasion in connection for his rolein allegedly embezzling more than $2.8 million through fakeconsulting contracts from the producer trade group.

Nicholas J. Bush, former president of the Natural Gas SupplyAssociation (NGSA), has been charged with one count of criminalmail fraud and one count of tax evasion in connection with his rolein the embezzlement of more than $2.8 million from the producertrade group.

Beverly Marshall, formerly a Washington representative forSouthern California Edison, has been named vice president andgeneral manager of federal government affairs for Duke Energy.

Brad Karp, president of Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, tolda group of producers in Houston Thursday that his company is prettybullish on the gas price outlook long term.

CMS Energy, announcing completion of the $2.2 billion deal tobuy Duke Energy’s Panhandle Eastern and Trunkline pipeline and LNGassets, also has acquired a president and COO for the new CMSPanhandle Pipeline companies. Christopher A. Helms had been Duke’sgeneral manager of business development and managing director ofits PanEnergy Services Europe subsidiary.

In a terse letter to FERC recently, Cuba Wadlington Jr.,Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s senior vice president and generalmanager, became the first pipeline representative to formallycriticize the Commission’s recent departure from its long-standingpolicy of issuing preliminary determinations on pipeline expansionapplications.

Columbia Energy Group is looking for a new executive to head itsColumbia Energy Services after the departure of CES President PaulFeldman. An announcement Friday said Feldman would be leaving topursue other opportunities. “Our CES operation has grownconsiderably over the last two years under Paul’s leadership,” saidColumbia Energy Group Chairman Oliver G. Richard III. “We thank himfor his contributions and wish him well.”