El Paso Corp. announced that Britton White Jr. has retired as executive vice president and general counsel. He was appointed to this position after El Paso acquired Tenneco Energy in 1996. Peggy A. Heeg has been named as his replacement. Heeg previously served as senior vice president and deputy general counsel. She joined Tenneco Energy in 1990 and became vice president and associate general counsel for regulated pipelines for El Paso after the merger. El Paso also announced the retirement of David A. Arledge from its board of directors. Arledge joined the El Paso board following the merger with The Coastal Corp.
Alliant Energy announced that Michael P. Maley has been named president of its unregulated generation group, including the recently announced joint venture with Panda. Maley previously was a vice president at Calpine Corp., where he headed business development for Calpine's central region.
Randall Balhorn has been elected president of DTE Energy's non-regulated subsidiary, DTE Energy Trading. Most recently, Balhorn was vice president of Reliant Energy Europe, in charge of its European energy trading activity. Prior to that, Balhorn was CEO at EDF Trading in London.