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Questar Corp. has announced that its chairman, president and CEO will retire when its merger with Richmond. Virginia-based Dominion is complete. Ron Jibson will remain on the job until later this year when the companies expect to consummate the transaction combining the two energy producers.
Simultaneous with the announcement of Jibson's retirement, the company named longtime Questar Corp. executive Craig C. Wagstaff to lead its western U.S. natural gas operation after the merger. Wagstaff, currently president of Questar Gas Co., will become president of Dominion Questar. He will be responsible for all current Questar operating companies, including what are now the Questar Gas local utility, Questar Pipeline and Wexpro natural gas development business.
Dominion Questar will be based at the current Questar corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City.
Two other Dominion Questar executive appointments also were made. Colleen Larkin Bell, Questar vice president and general counsel, will become Dominion Questar vice president and general manager of Dominion Questar Gas. Brady B. Rasmussen, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Wexpro, will become Dominion Questar vice president and general manager of Dominion Wexpro. They will report to Wagstaff.
Wagstaff also will become a senior vice president of Dominion and report to David A. Christian, chief executive officer of the Dominion Energy Infrastructure Group and chief executive officer of Dominion Virginia Power. Christian is responsible for all Dominion electric and natural gas local distribution and transmission businesses.
"Craig, Colleen and Brady have shown outstanding judgment and have a commitment...