Finance professionals in Electric utilities
Controllers, FP&A leads and finance business partners at Con Edison, Xcel Energy, Dominion Energy, Eversource Energy, National Grid, DTE Energy, Southern California Edison (SCE), Tucson Electric Power and SMUD make up this electric utility finance group, along with Brian Savoy, EVP & CFO of Duke Energy Corporation. Rate case, capital asset and regulatory accounting titles suit anyone planning a utility capital program or forecasting earnings under regulation.
Professionals to explore
Benny Riggi
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director & Controller, DTE Electric · DTE Energy
At DTE Energy, Benny Riggi has been Executive Director & Controller, DTE Electric since 2026, after Director, FP&A and Controller, Corp. Services LLC (2021–2026) and Director & Controller, DTE Gas (2020–2021). Benny has also been a Board Member at ENWIN Utilities since 2025 and a Sessional Professor at the University of Windsor since 2013, so controllership questions across electric and gas businesses fit.
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Brent Fielder
LinkedInExperience: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis · Southern California Edison (SCE)
General rate case work sits in Brent Fielder's record as Principal Manager-General Rate Case at Southern California Edison (SCE) (2018–2020). Brent has been Director of Financial Planning and Analysis there since 2025, after Director of Operational Finance (2020–2025), and other SCE titles are Principal Manager - Financial Planning (2016–2018) and Principal Manager - Regulatory Accounting & Analysis (2015–2016), which make Brent the closest fit for general rate case questions.
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Brian Savoy
LinkedInExperience: EVP & CFO · Duke Energy Corporation
Overseeing the controller's office, treasury, tax, risk management and insurance is part of Brian Savoy's job as EVP & CFO at Duke Energy Corporation since 2022. Brian's earlier Duke titles were Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer (2021–2022), SVP, Chief Transformation & Administrative Officer (2019–2021), Senior Vice President, Business Transformation and Technology (2016–2019) and Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (2013–2016).
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Daniel Driscoll
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis · Eversource Energy
Budgeting and forecasting run through Daniel Driscoll's titles: Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis at Eversource Energy since 2019, Director of Budgeting & Financial Analysis (2015–2019) and Director of Budgeting & Internal Reporting (2012–2015) there, and Director of Budgeting and Forecasting at NSTAR, now Eversource Energy (2007–2012). Daniel was also Director of Maintenance & Construction at NSTAR (2002–2007), a fit for operating and capital budget questions.
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George Vaughn
LinkedInExperience: Director of Accounting & Controller · SMUD
Controllership at SMUD has been George Vaughn's job since 2026, as Director of Accounting & Controller. Other SMUD titles are Manager of Financial Planning & Analytics (2022–2026), Director of Finance & Internal Operations (2019–2021), Manager, Customer Value & Performance (2015–2022) and Business Unit Planning Supervisor (2013–2015), and George cites accounting, finance and regulatory work, a fit for questions on controllership and planning at SMUD.
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James Quackenbush
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis · Con Edison
More than two decades at Con Edison took James Quackenbush from Analyst (2003–2006) and Senior Analyst (2006–2013) through Section Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (2013–2018) and Director, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (2018–2025) to Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis since 2025. That run makes James a fit for questions on corporate earnings forecasting at a utility.
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Katherine E. Schultz
LinkedInExperience: Controller and Sr. Director · Tucson Electric Power
A CPA and MBA with over 25 years in power and utilities, Katherine E. Schultz has been Controller and Sr. Director at Tucson Electric Power since 2024, after Assistant Controller (2023–2024), Principal - Accounting Research & Policy (2019–2023), Manager, Accounting Research & Policy (2008–2019) and Lead Accountant (2001–2008) there. Katherine cites GAAP, SEC and regulatory analysis, a fit for regulatory accounting questions.
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Melissa Ostrom
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Controller · Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy's Senior Vice President, Controller since 2024, Melissa Ostrom held Vice President, Controller (2022–2024), Director, Financial Forecasting and Reporting (2018–2022), Director, Capital Asset Accounting (2016–2018) and Capital Asset Accounting Manager (2013–2016) there. The capital asset accounting and forecasting roles make Melissa a fit for questions on how capital spending flows into reported results.
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Stephen McMurray
LinkedInExperience: Director, Finance Business Partner · National Grid
Stephen McMurray, Director, Finance Business Partner at National Grid since 2020, describes FP&A, long-range financial planning and capital allocation work as an advisor to C-suite teams. Stephen was Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis and Pricing at Agero, Inc. (2017–2019) and at Fidelity Investments held Senior Director Finance (2013–2016), Finance Director I (Enterprise Technology Controller) (2011–2013) and Finance Director I (Enterprise Technology and Global Business Services Assistant Controller) (2009–2011), a fit for capital allocation questions.
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Zach Long
LinkedInExperience: Director, Financial & Business Services · Dominion Energy
FP&A for Power Generation at Dominion Energy is what Zach Long covers as Director, Financial & Business Services since 2023, after Director, Construction Projects (2020–2023), a role covering financial controls. Earlier Dominion titles were Sr Strategic Advisor-Financial & Business Svcs and M&A (2018–2020), Manager, Financial & Business Services (2014–2018) and Senior Financial Analyst (2013–2014), a fit for generation and construction budget questions.
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Choose the right perspective
For rate cases and regulatory accounting, Brent Fielder and Katherine E. Schultz hold the closest titles, and Melissa Ostrom covers capital asset accounting and forecasting at Xcel Energy. Earnings and budget forecasting questions suit James Quackenbush, Daniel Driscoll and Zach Long, controllership suits Benny Riggi and George Vaughn, Stephen McMurray fits capital allocation as a finance business partner, and Brian Savoy gives the CFO view across treasury, tax and risk.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you forecast earnings between rate cases when sales and storm costs move away from plan?
- 02How do you rank capital projects when returns and regulatory lag differ from project to project?
- 03What does a general rate case filing need from FP&A, and how far ahead does that work start?
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