NRG Energy names first CEO of its Home division

NRG Energy on Thursday announced that its NRG Home unit will have its first CEO and president, effective Dec. 1.Steve McBee, founder and CEO of Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm McBee Strategic Consulting, will take over the unit tasked with empowering residential energy consumers to generate their own electricity.

“Steve McBee has a proven ability to change industries, create an innovative business approach and drive reinvention,” David Crane, CEO and president of Princeton-based NRG Energy, said in a prepared statement. “He is just the leader we need to untether Americans from the socket and all that lies behind it.”

McBee was chosen after a crowdsourcing initiative launched earlier this year, which received more than 700 nominations.

“The world’s biggest problems need the world’s biggest solutions – and addressing global energy challenges is no different,” said McBee. “I am excited to join a company that, under David Crane’s leadership, understands that today’s global energy challenges represent an opportunity to build our business and change lives.”

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