Mr Churchman’s responsibilities will include oversight of the company’s Iatan Construction Project, which involves constructing a new coal-fired power plant located near Weston, Missouri, as well as adding environmental retrofits to the existing power plant at Iatan, Missouri.
Mr Churchman has broad experience working on projects within the utility industry. He comes to Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) from Bechtel Power in Spring City, where he was construction completion director at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2.
Bill Downey, president and CEO of KCP&L, said: Maintaining steady progress on our comprehensive energy plan construction projects is extremely important. Carl’s experience managing high-profile, large-scale projects in the utility industry will continue the strong project leadership at Iatan. We welcome him to our team.