Talen Energy Corporation
Andrew “Andy” Wright was appointed Talen Energy’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in June 2018.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Wright spent 14 years as in-house counsel for Energy Future Holdings (EFH) Corp., most recently serving as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
Mr. Wright has a wealth of experience in the power generation sector with an intimate knowledge of the financial, operational and regulatory challenges facing the industry. He has led numerous fleet and balance sheet restructuring efforts, complex acquisitions and divestitures, high-stakes litigation, and regulatory reviews. His experience includes being involved in the largest leveraged buyout in U.S. history and some of the largest financial restructurings in the industry. He also worked closely with the board of directors and private equity owners of EFH.
After receiving his Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame, Mr. Wright went into private practice with Vinson & Elkins in both Dallas, Texas and London, England with a focus on corporate securities, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.
Prior to pursuing his law career, he received a degree in Accounting from Southern Methodist University, obtained his CPA and practiced as an accountant with KPMG in Chicago.
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Talen Energy Corporation
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Talen Energy Corporation, through its principal subsidiary, Talen Energy Supply, LLC, is an energy and power generation and marketing company. The Company operates through two segments: East and West. The East segment includes the generating, marketing and trading activities in PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) and ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE). The West segment includes the generating, marketing and trading activities in Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), including the coal-fired facility, Colstrip, in Montana. The Company produces and sells electricity, capacity and ancillary services from its fleet of power plants totaling approximately 17,400 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. Its portfolio of generation assets is principally located in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions of the United States.