President of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, National Fuel Gas
Search every verified Donna Decarolis interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Donna DeCarolis, president of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, has been active in community and policy discussions regarding energy in Western New York. In a December 2024 interview, she stated that proposals to allow the discontinuation of gas service to existing customers were "a bad proposal" and said her company advocated for customers to be able to keep their gas service. She argued that policies pushing electrification mandates "don't make sense" for Western New York, noting that the grid would need to be "quadrupled" to electrify heat. DeCarolis has promoted a website called "betterplannobans.com" to raise awareness about energy policy proposals, saying she believes "the average consumer doesn't know what's being proposed." DeCarolis has also highlighted the company's investments in system modernization and its work on emerging energy technologies. In a 2022 interview, she described the energy sector as undergoing a transition and said National Fuel engineers are working on making systems "hydrogen ready" and exploring renewable natural gas and carbon capture. She has emphasized the company's community involvement, including a program called "Days of Doing" that offers employees a paid day off for volunteer work. DeCarolis serves on the board of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, which she called "the gold standard of chambers" in the region.
“I came out of school fresh out of UB, which is the State University of New York at Buffalo, with my MBA and I was in a number crunching job in our rates and regulatory affairs department.”
“The people in our industry are just truly remarkable. And I think what we all have in common is we care about making sure our communities are taken care of. We want our customers to be safe, warm; we don't want them to have to worry about energy or reliability.”
“Operate, we're very careful about our planning for our gas supply, of course, to make sure that the gas will be available when needed.”
“What's critical is to just recognize that our reliability for our delivery system is very, very high, and that's because we've been investing year after year in modernizing our system to make sure it's going to operate safely and reliably even in the coldest of winters.”
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