– Edited By Chris Reed –
James H. Lash of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been promoted to president, FirstEnergy Generation for Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp. Lash, who is currently president and chief nuclear officer for FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), will assume his new position following completion of the proposed merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy. In addition, he will remain the chief nuclear officer for the company.
Lash joined the company in 1989 as Safety Engineering manager for FENOC's Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. He was promoted to plant manager in 1996. Following a stint as a loaned executive with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, he became director of Site Operations at FENOC's Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport, Pa., in 2003 and site vice president in 2005. He was named FENOC senior vice president of Operations in 2007 and to his current position in 2010.
Prior to joining the company, Lash was with Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation. Between 1973 and 1981, he was an officer in the United States Navy, serving on the nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers USS Mississippi and USS Long Beach.
Lash earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Naval Academy.