The Gas Company Appoints Mike Futrell As Executive Vice President
HONOLULU – The Gas Company, LLC (TGC), Hawaii’s clean gas energy provider, today announced the appointment of Mike Futrell to the new position of executive vice president.
Mike will report to the CEO and is responsible for leading company-wide operations to achieve strategic goals. He will oversee the company’s four business units, located on Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai, and manage the shared functions of human resources, legal, compliance, training and development, and sales and marketing.
“Mike’s extensive strategic and organizational leadership experience will help us continue to provide safe and reliable customer service and further align our resources to meet the energy needs of Hawaii,” said Jeffrey M. Kissel, TGC’s president and CEO.
Prior to joining TGC, Mike, a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, was director of the Commander’s Action Group (CAG) and a member of the leadership team at the U.S. Pacific Command. He previously served as the chief administrative officer for the City of Baton Rouge, La., where he led a workforce of 4,600 employees. Earlier, he held elected positions in the Louisiana House of Representatives and on the Baton Rouge City Council, and later served as a senior staff member in the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. Mike is licensed to practice law in Hawaii and Louisiana; he has practiced in the areas of corporate, environmental and regulatory law.
ABOUT THE GAS COMPANY
Overview
The Gas Company, LLC, (TGC) provides clean, reliable and efficient gas energy to residential, business and government customers in every community across Hawaii’s six major islands — Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Kauai, Molokai and Lanai. Next to the sun itself, gas is the most efficient way to heat water, cook food and dry clothes.
TGC makes synthetic natural gas (SNG) at the only facility of its kind in the United States and supplies it through a 1,100-mile pipeline network to nearly 30,000 commercial and residential utility customers on Oahu. TGC also supplies tank and bottled propane gas to more than 40,000 customers statewide.
Clean Energy
To help Hawaii’s state government meet its goal of 70 percent clean energy by 2030, TGC is producing renewable natural gas (RNG) from sustainable non-food-grade oils and fats at its RNG production plant on Oahu. TGC is working to produce at least half of its gas from renewable and sustainable sources.
Parent Company
The Gas Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure Company (NYSE: MIC — www.macquarie.com/mic). MIC owns, operates and invests in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses that provide basic services to customers across the United States.
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Mike Futrell, The Gas Company's Executive Vice President