Dive Summary:

• Atlantic Power announced Wednesday that Edward Hall, the former executive vice president and COO Global Generation at the AES Corporporation, will take over as COO, effective April 2.
• The move comes as Atlantic Power revealed a "poison pill" plan, which it said was unrelated to any perceived or anticipated takeover attempts, earlier this month.
• The appointment will put Hall in charges of operations and assets throughout the company, which owns assets in the U.S. Canada.

From the article:

"... As COO, Hall will be responsible for Atlantic Power Corp.'s operations, asset management, environmental health and safety and engineering functions. He will also play a role in the development and execution of the Boston company's operational and strategic initiatives. ..."