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SEMCO ENERGY Elects Alaska State Sen. Ben A. Stevens to the Board
of Directors
PORT HURON, Mich., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SEMCO ENERGY, Inc. today
announced the election of Alaska State Sen. Ben A. Stevens to the Company Board
of Directors, effective immediately. He fills the Director vacancy created by
the October 2004 resignation of former Company Chairman John R. Hinton. John
M. "Jack" Albertine succeeded Mr. Hinton as Chairman.
"We are happy State Sen. Stevens is joining the SEMCO ENERGY Board and welcome
his contribution to the Company and to our continuing efforts to enhance
shareholder value," Mr. Albertine said.
State Sen. Stevens had served as a member of the ENSTAR Natural Gas Company
Advisory Board since 2001. ENSTAR, the Alaska division of SEMCO ENERGY, Inc.,
provides natural gas service to approximately 117,000 customers in the
Anchorage area. He is resigning that position to move to the corporate Board
of Directors.
"We welcome State Sen. Stevens to the SEMCO ENERGY Board of Directors. He will
provide valuable insight with his experiences as a businessman as well as his
service as a member of the ENSTAR Advisory Board," said George A. Schreiber,
Jr., Company President and Chief Executive Officer.
State Sen. Stevens was appointed to the Alaska State Senate in 2001. He was
elected to a full term in November 2002. In addition to serving as state
Senate Majority Leader, he is a member of the Finance, Resources, Legislative
Budget and Audit, and Joint Armed Services committees. He also is a member of
the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics and the Legislative Council.
He served as President and CEO of the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games,
and was owner and Managing Director of Stevens & Associates, a Washington,
D.C.-based government relations consulting firm.
Earlier in his career, State Sen. Stevens had worked for 15 years in the Alaska
fishing industry, including nine years captaining various Bering Sea crab
vessels. He also holds a U.S. Merchant Marine Masters license and is licensed
to operate a commercial hovercraft.
State Sen. Stevens is a graduate of Arizona State University and has completed
studies for a Masters of Business Administration at George Washington
University.
SEMCO ENERGY, Inc. distributes natural gas to more than 394,000 customers
combined in Michigan, as SEMCO ENERGY GAS COMPANY, and in Alaska, as ENSTAR
Natural Gas Company. It also owns and operates businesses involved in propane
distribution, intrastate pipelines and natural gas storage in various regions
of the United States.
DATASOURCE: SEMCO ENERGY, Inc.
CONTACT: Analysts Contact: Thomas Connelly, Director of Investor
Relations, +1-248-458-6163, or Media Contact: Timothy Lubbers, Director of
Marketing & Corporate Communications, +1-810-966-4208, both of SEMCO ENERGY,
Inc.
Web site: http://www.semcoenergy.com/