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New CEO at UPPCO

MARQUETTE, MI--   Upper Peninsula Power Company has a new chief executive officer. 

James Larsen started his new job Monday. He comes to UPPCO from SEMCO Energy Gas Company in Port Huron, where he served as president.  Larsen held a number of positions in his 17 years at SEMCO before he was appointed president in 2010.

He also spent more than 10 years at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory near Saratoga, New York.

UPPCO serves about 54,000 customers in ten of the U.P.’s 15 counties and owns and operates nine generation facilities.  

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.