What Happened?
Northeast Utilities (www.nu.com ) promoted Gregory Butler as General Counsel
About the Company
Northeast Utilities is a publicly traded, Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut,with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity and natural gas service to more than 2.1 million customers in New England. Even before the 2012 merger with NSTAR, NU was New England's largest public utility, with more than 3,140 circuit miles of electric transmission lines, 32,802 pole miles of distribution lines throughout the region, and a natural gas distribution system encompassing 2,088 square miles (5,000 km2) in Connecticut.
About the Person
Gregory B. Butler is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Northeast Utilities system (NU). Butler is responsible for Legal, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs, and Communications. Butler, a native of Cazenovia, New York, joined NU in 1997 as Vice President of Governmental Affairs. He assumed the duties as Vice President and General Counsel in May of 2001 and was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel in September of 2003. In addition, Mr. Butler was Secretary from May 2001 to December 2005. Butler earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1980 and a doctor of jurisprudence degree from the Albany Law School of Union University in 1988. He is admitted to the practice of law in New York and to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Prior to coming to NU, Butler was vice president of Federal Affairs at New England Electric System, and senior counsel for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. He was also a senior attorney with the United States Department of Justice and an associate counsel to the Minority Leader for the New York State Assembly. Butler serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Northeast Utilities Foundation. He also serves on the Boards of the following organizations: Connecticut Health Foundation; The Mark Twain House & Museum; Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity; the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network; Connecticut Public Affairs Network, and Connecticut Legal Services. He is also a senior fellow of The American Leadership Forum. In 2011, Greg was presented with the “Good Scout Award” by the Boy Scouts of America; in 2010 he was named a Lawyer of Distinction by In-House Counsel magazine. He has also been named a Distinguished Alumni by Onondaga Community College and Albany Law School. In 2002, Greg was named the Humanitarian of the Year by the Greater Waterbury National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 1999, he was appointed by Governor John Rowland to the Connecticut Board of Parole and served on that Board until 2005. He is the past President of Buckingham Congregational Church and a member of the Board of Advisors for the Albany Law School Government Law Center. Butler is a member of the Energy Bar Association and a Board member of the New England Council. Formerly, Butler served as Chairman of the Madison County Republican Party and has played roles in numerous political campaigns at state, local and national levels. Butler and his wife, the Reverend Nancy Butler, live in Glastonbury, Connecticut; they have two grown daughters, Liza and Sarah.
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