AMARILLO, Texas (March 6, 2023) – Xcel Energy has expanded its Texas and New Mexico executive leadership team with the naming of Zoë Lees as regional vice president, Regulatory Policy.

Lees previously served the company as a principal attorney representing the General Counsel group in Xcel Energy’s southwestern region. In her new role, she is joining Brooke Trammell, regional vice president, Regulatory and Pricing, in providing leadership on all aspects of regulatory strategic planning, policy and pricing in Texas and New Mexico. Her team will lead regulatory activities related to rulemaking, customer growth initiatives, and new customer products under the leadership of Adrian J. Rodriguez, president, Xcel Energy – New Mexico, Texas. Lees assumed the new duties March 1 and will continue to be based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

“Zoë’s practice has given her a wide array of experience with the policy and legal issues Xcel Energy is addressing as we enter a time of significant transition,” Rodriguez said. “We are uniquely positioned to provide the solutions that will help our customers and communities succeed and adding Zoe to our team will ensure we remain focused on the future while taking care of our customers’ needs on a daily basis.”

Born and raised in Santa Fe, Lees graduated cum laude from Wheaton College in Massachusetts. After graduation, she spent a year in Malaysia as a Fulbright Scholar. She returned to New Mexico and graduated cum laude from the University of New Mexico School of Law, where she was the editor-in-chief of the Natural Resources Journal and the recipient of the Albert E. Utton Natural Resources Award. 

Lees is the past-chair of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division Committee on Infrastructure and Regulated Industries, the past-chair of the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (FNREL) Young Professional Committee and sat on the FNREL Renewable Energy Task Force. She currently sits on the FNREL Programs Committee and has presented on utility resource planning.

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