Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 15, 1997
CHARLES E. BAYLESS is Chairman, President and CEO of Tucson Electric
Power Co. Education: University of Michigan, MBA, Graduate of Business
Administration (1977); West Virginia University, Law Degree (JD) (1972);
West Virginia University, MSEE (1971); West Virginia Institute of
Technology, BSEE (1968). Business Career: 1972 - 81 Consumers Power
Company, Jackson Michigan; 1972 - 76 Attorney, Legal Department; 1976 -
78 Director of Nuclear Fuel Supply; 1978 - 81 Director of Special
Corporate Projects; 1981 - 89 Public Service Company of New Hampshire,
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; 1989 to present
Tucson Electric Power Company to 1989 - 90 Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer; Present 1990 - 92 President and Chief Executive
Officer; 1992 Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. Civic
and Professional Affiliations: Edison Electric Institute -Board Member;
Trigen Energy Corporation - Board Member; Philmont Ranch Committee,
Natl. Boy Scouts of America - Chairman; Catalina Council, BSA - Past
President, Board Member; Boy Scouts of America 1997 National Jamboree
Program Chairman; Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award and Silver Antelope
Award; University of Arizona National Board of Advisors - Member;
USAID/IIE Energy Training Program Advisory Committee - Member; West
Virginia University Engineering Academy - Member; Public Utilities
Reports, Inc. - Board Member; Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce -
Past Board Member & VP; Financial World - CEO of the Year, Bronze Medal
1993; Financial World - CEO of the Year, silver Medal 1995; Wall Street
Transcript - CEO of the Year, Bronze Medal 1993; American, West Virginia
and Michigan Bar Associations - Inactive Member; Tau Beta Pi Engineering
Honorary; Eta Kappa Nu Electric Engineering Honorary; Phi Delta Phi
Legal Fraternity' Eagle Scout; Instrument-rated Pilot. Profile
position it in today's market.
Mr. Bayless: TEP was in very deep financial trouble six or seven years
ago. In 1991, we had
