FirstEnergy Names New Chief Legal Officer, Elevates Two More (1)

FirstEnergy Corp., one of the largest U.S. electric utilities, has announced a new legal chief and roles for two other top in-house lawyers.

Robert Reffner, who has worked at FirstEnergy since 2007 and became senior vice president and general counsel in 2018, was appointed chief legal officer. He will report to FirstEnergy president and CEO Charles Jones, the company said Tuesday.

FirstEnergy said in a statement that Reffner will also oversee efforts to develop an in-house innovation center, a “new venture that will apply data analytics, technologies, and creative problem-solving to accelerate innovation” within the Akron, Ohio-based utility.

The innovation ...