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10 Duke Energy operations leaders
These ten people lead operations at Duke Energy as senior vice presidents, vice presidents and directors across power grid, zone, nuclear and other operating groups. A reader can learn how a large electric utility organizes its grid and field operations and runs its generating plants.
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01—10Antonio Price, P.E
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Power Grid Operations · Duke Energy Corporation
Senior Vice President Power Grid Operations at Duke Energy Corporation since December 2025, and Vice President Operations at Duke Energy from 2024 to 2025. His other Duke Energy roles include General Manager Carolina's Dispatchable Generation - South (2022–2024), General Manager - Smith Energy Complex (2021–2022) and General Manager - Asheville Combined Cycle (2020–2021).
Brian Powers
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Central Operational Services and Oversight · Duke Energy Corporation
Vice President of Central Operational Services and Oversight at Duke Energy Corporation since April 2024, based in Charlotte. His other Duke Energy roles include General Manager (2014–2018 and 2018–2024), General Manager-UF and Suwannee (2012–2014) and Manager-Shift Maintenance (2009–2012).
Bryan Hoffman, PE, PMP
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · Duke Energy Corporation
Director Of Operations at Duke Energy Corporation since 2018. His profile says he leads the Distributed Energy Operations and Maintenance team, which manages the safe operation and maintenance of distributed energy resources including battery sites and microgrids. He was Regional Engineering Manager at Duke Energy (2015–2018).
Carlos S. Pesantez, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Zone Operations · Duke Energy Corporation
Vice President Zone Operations at Duke Energy Corporation since September 2025, based in Ocala, Florida. His other Duke Energy roles include Director Construction Management (2025), Director Work Management (2022–2025), Manager System Operations (2019–2022) and Transmission Relay Supervisor (2018–2019).
Ed Scott, PE
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Power Grid Operations · Duke Energy Corporation
Vice President Power Grid Operations at Duke Energy Corporation since January 2026. His profile says he led enterprise-wide transmission planning across six states and managed regulatory compliance under FERC and NERC. Other Duke Energy roles include General Manager Power Grid Planning (2024–2025), General Manager System Operations (2022–2024) and Director Transmission Planning (2012–2022).
Gerald Wilson, PE, PMP
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Central Zone Operations · Duke Energy Corporation
Vice President, Central Zone Operations at Duke Energy Corporation since March 2024, and Vice President, Grid & Asset Technology at Duke Energy from 2022 to 2024. He was also General Manager Grid Strategy & Asset Management Governance (2021–2022) and Manager of Projects (Nuclear Projects) (2019–2021) at Duke Energy.
Rick Canavan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Duke Energy Corporation
Vice President Operations at Duke Energy Corporation since April 2026, based in Wilmington, North Carolina. His other Duke Energy roles include General Manager, Emergency Preparedness (2025–2026), Director Of Operations (2020–2025), Director of Resource and Work Management (2019) and Manager of Contractor Resources (2015–2019).
Thomas Haaf
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations of South Carolina · Duke Energy Corporation
Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations of South Carolina at Duke Energy Corporation since 2025, and Site Vice President of the Harris Nuclear Plant at Duke Energy from 2022 to 2025. He was Site Vice President, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant at Exelon Generation (2020–2022) and Plant Manager, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (2019–2020).
Tim Hill
LinkedInExperience: Vice President CCP Projects & Operations · Duke Energy Corporation
Vice President CCP Projects & Operations at Duke Energy Corporation since 2023, and Vice President CCP Operations, Maintenance & Governance from 2021 to 2023. He was Regional General Manager - Coal Combustion Products Plant Demolition and Retirement (2014–2021) and Maintenance Manager, Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant (2011–2014) at Duke Energy.
Wayne Kurth. MBA
LinkedInExperience: VP Operations NCO · Duke Energy Corporation
VP Operations NCO at Duke Energy Corporation since October 2024, and Director of Operations at Duke Energy from 2022 to 2024. His other Duke Energy roles include Area Operations Support Manager (since 2020), Supervisor Customer Delivery Operations (2018–2020) and Journeyman Lineman (2003–2018).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's operating area to your question, since power grid operations, nuclear plants, distributed energy and regional field operations are run by different groups. A vice president is better placed for questions about organization and investment priorities, while a director can speak to how work gets done in the field.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Duke Energy plan and staff for storm response and other large outage events?
- 02How are operations responsibilities split between regional zones and central operating groups?
- 03What does Duke Energy look for when bringing in contractors or new technology for grid and plant operations?
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