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Michael (Mike) J. Wallace is vice chairman of Constellation Energy and chairman of UniStar Nuclear Energy a strategic joint venture between Constellation Energy and the EDF Group an energy market leader in Europe.
Prior to joining Constellation Energy Group Mr. Wallace was managing director of Barrington Energy Partners LLC a strategic consulting firm specializing in energy industry transactions and advisory services. He co-founded the firm in 1998 and has advised energy company executives on mergers and acquisitions transaction financing and market and investment opportunities.
Before joining Barrington Energy Mr. Wallace had more than 25 years of senior executive and utility operations experience. From 1993 to 1999 he was senior vice president with Unicom/ComEd of Illinois a $7 billion utility serving 3.4 million customers. He was also ComEd's chief nuclear officer responsible for the operation of the company’s 12 nuclear generating units at six power plant sites.
Mr. Wallace began with Unicom/ComEd in 1974 as a principal engineer managing various responsibilities associated with the design procurement and construction of power plants. He became plant manager in 1979 then executive and manager in 1982 and vice president in 1990. In his tenure he had responsibility for the completion of the Braidwood and Byron Nuclear Stations of Commonwealth Edison.
Mr. Wallace has a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago with a specialization in finance. He also served as a naval officer in the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine force.
He is chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) Security Working Group chairman of the Nuclear Sector Coordinating Council under the Department of Homeland Security’s National Infrastructure Protection Plan chairman of the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security (PCIS) member of NEI’s New Plant Oversight Steering Committee director of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL) and chairman of UniStar Nuclear Energy.
He is active in a variety of boards and organizations including those associated with Boy Scouts of America Big Shoulders Fund of Chicago Catholic Charities of Maryland and Ocean Race Chesapeake.
Mr. Wallace is married to Victoria Lynn Wallace and resides in Annapolis Md. He has two married children and three grandchildren. Coastal and blue water sailing is a shared family recreational passion.
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