CL&P has new president

Northeast Utilities named Bill Herdegen III as president and chief operating officer of Connecticut Light & Power, a year after CL&P struggled to restore power to Connecticut homeowners and businesses beset by Tropical Storm Irene, and later the October 2011 nor”™easter.

Most recently, Herdegen was vice president of transmission and distribution operations at Kansas City Power & Light, having contributed to KCP&L”™s storm response plan that has won plaudits from federal agencies.