Background
Ferland, E. James was born on March 19, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ernest James and Muriel Ferland.
Electric power industry executive
Ferland, E. James was born on March 19, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ernest James and Muriel Ferland.
Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, University Maine, 1964; Master of Business Administration, U. New Haven, 1979; postgraduate in program management development, Harvard University Graduate School Business Administration.
Electric utility engineer HELCO, New London, Connecticut, 1964-1967. Superintendent nuclear operations NNECO, Waterford, 1967-1978. Director rate regulation Northeast Utilities, Berlin, 1978-1979, vice president, Chief Financial Officer, 1980-1983, president, chief operating officer, 1983-1986.
President Public Service Electric & Gas Company, 1986—1991, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, since 1986. Chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., Newark, 1986—2007. Former director Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation, Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company.
Former chairman New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, Metro Newark Chamber of Commerce, Public Affairs Research Institute of New Jersey, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, Electric Power Research Institute. Board directors subcommittee Public Service Enterprise Group.
Member of committee for economic development.
Married Eileen Kay Patridge, March 9, 1964. Children: E. James, Elizabeth Denise.