As vice president, regulatory affairs, Scott Carter is responsible for insuring that the natural gas utility, pipeline and storage operations of AGL Resources are in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations. He is also responsible for maintaining positive relationships with state regulators and their staffs as well as for regulatory filings that affect the rates charged to customers of AGL Resources’ regulated utilities in six states on the East Coast.
Carter has extensive regulatory knowledge relevant to AGL Resources’ utility operations in Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. With AGL Resources’ expansion in 2004 through the acquisition of NUI Corporation and Jefferson Island Storage and Hub, Carter’s regulatory oversight responsibilities expanded to include AGL Resources’ operations in New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, and Louisiana. In addition, Carter is responsible for representing the company’s interests in matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Before joining AGL Resources in 2001, Carter developed his regulatory affairs expertise as a senior accountant at Deloitte & Touche and Conn & Company P.C., where he specialized in gas and electric utilities. He provided consulting services to clients on such matters as regulatory filings, rate case forecasting, billing pro-ration, debt structuring, centralized service allocation, derivative transactions and other business matters.
A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Carter holds a bachelor of business administration in accounting from Valdosta State University, where he was vice president of the Honorary Accounting Organization and a student member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is a member of the Georgia Society of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Carter is a native of Georgia. He and has a wife, Tanya, have two daughters, Hannah and Brooke. |