Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> February 21, 2000
LARRY L. DEROIN is Chairman and CEO of Northern Border Partners, LP and
President of Northern Plains Natural Gas Company, operator of the
Northern Border Pipeline, the eastern United States leg of the Alaska
Natural Gas Transportation System. Northern Plains is an Enron Corp.
operating company. Mr. DeRoin joined the Regulatory Affairs Department
of another Enron Corp. subsidiary, Northern Natural Gas Company, in 1967
as a Certificate Analyst. In 1974, he moved to the Rate Section and was
named Manager of rates and tariff in 1977. In 1979, he became manager of
marketing operations for Northern Natural Gas Company. In 1980, he was
named vice president of the administrative services division. In 1982,
he was appointed president of Peoples Natural Gas Company, a former
retail natural gas subsidiary. In 1985, Mr. DeRoin was named president
of Northern Plains. Mr. DeRoin holds a bachelor's degree from the
University of Nebraska at Omaha. He maintains business affiliations in
the American Gas Association; Midwest Energy Association; National
Energy Services Association; Board of Trustees, Mid-America Council of
Boy Scouts; Board of Trustees, Nebraska Methodist Hospital; and Board of
Trustees, Nebraska Council on Economic Education. Profile
Northern Border Partners, and then tell us what you see as your business
and your company today.
Mr. DeRoin: As a brief
