Alliant Energy Appoints Industry Veteran Lisa Barton as President and Chief Operating Officer
14 January 2023 - 12:30AM
Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: LNT) today announced the
appointment of Lisa M. Barton to the newly created role of
President and Chief Operating Officer, effective February 27, 2023.
In this role, Ms. Barton will work closely with John O. Larsen,
Alliant Energy’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer, to execute the
company’s investment growth plan and continue advancing Alliant
Energy’s work to enable a clean energy future for the customers and
communities Alliant Energy serves. She will oversee the company’s
two public utility subsidiaries, Interstate Power and Light (IPL)
and Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL), as well as Alliant Energy’s
customer experience, sustainability and regulatory strategies.
Ms. Barton most recently served as Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of American Electric Power (AEP), one of
the largest electric utility companies in the United States. She
was responsible for all of AEP’s regulated operations across 11
states and for the health and safety of 16,700 employees. Ms.
Barton is known as a passionate advocate for a responsible clean
energy transition. She is credited with guiding AEP’s expansion
into regulated renewables and shaping the company’s grid
reliability and resiliency initiatives.
Mr. Larsen said, “Lisa is a well-rounded executive with an
outstanding record of driving strategic outcomes. She has
demonstrated a deep commitment to serving customers, while also
generating substantial, sustainable shareholder value. We are
delighted to welcome Lisa to the Alliant Energy team and confident
that her experience will further Alliant Energy’s operating
excellence as we deliver safe, reliable and affordable clean energy
to the customers and communities we proudly serve.”
Ms. Barton said, “In getting to know the Alliant Energy team,
their commitment to creating value for all stakeholders is front
and center. I was drawn to Alliant Energy’s purpose to serve
customers and build stronger communities, and I am honored to have
the opportunity to work with the talented employees across the
organization to build on the progress Alliant Energy is making to
achieve a resilient, affordable, clean energy future for the
communities Alliant Energy serves across Iowa and Wisconsin.
Alliant Energy has tremendous opportunities ahead in energy
innovation, and I look forward to contributing to the company’s
industry-leading performance.”About Lisa M.
Barton
Ms. Barton, most recently served as Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of AEP and was appointed to that role in
2020. In 2019, she was named AEP Executive Vice President –
Utilities after holding leadership positions in AEP Transmission.
She joined AEP in 2006 from Eversource (formerly Northeast
Utilities).
Ms. Barton began her career at Northeast Utilities (now
Eversource) in 1987 and rejoined the company in 2002 after working
with Strategic Energy LLC, a consulting firm focused on power
procurement and power market strategies, and Ransmeier &
Spellman, where she served as a lobbyist and senior counsel to
clients across the gas and electric utility sector.
Ms. Barton is on the Board of Directors for Commercial Metals
Co. She has also served the industry as Vice Chair and member of
the Electric Power Research Institute’s executive board and former
chair of the ReliabilityFirst board. A former International Women's
Foundation (IWF) Fellow and member of G100 Next Generation
Leadership, Ms. Barton is a member of IWF and C200.
Ms. Barton earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a juris doctorate degree
from Suffolk University Law School.
About Alliant Energy Corporation
Alliant Energy is the parent company of two public utility
companies - Interstate Power and Light Company and Wisconsin Power
and Light Company - and of Alliant Energy Finance, LLC, the parent
company of Alliant Energy’s non-utility operations. Alliant Energy,
whose core purpose is to serve customers and build strong
communities, is an energy-services provider with utility
subsidiaries serving approximately 985,000 electric and 425,000
natural gas customers. Providing its customers in the Midwest with
regulated electricity and natural gas service is the Company’s
primary focus. Alliant Energy, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin,
is a component of the S&P 500 and is traded on the Nasdaq
Global Select Market under the symbol LNT. For more information,
visit the Company’s Web site at www.alliantenergy.com.
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