BOISE, ID — (Marketwire) — 11/16/12 — (PINKSHEETS: AEHI) today announced AEHI founder Don Gillispie will step down as Chief Executive Officer and Director after seven years effective immediately. The decision was made amid ongoing health concerns, although Gillispie will assist the company part time as a consultant only as his health allows going forward.
In his place, the AEHI Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Pete Honeysett, AEHI Director of Nuclear Projects, as interim President.
Honeysett is a 30-year veteran of the nuclear industry and began working for AEHI in October 2011. He spent most of his career with Florida Power and Light working in operations at the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant in Jensen Beach, Florida. As a senior licensed operator he has been involved in all aspects of plant operations throughout his career including the responsibility of overseeing operations of both nuclear reactors at St. Lucie.
— Alternate Energy Holdings develops and markets innovative carbon-free energy sources. The company is the nation–s only publicly traded independent nuclear power plant developer seeking to build a new nuclear power plant; Idaho Energy Complex is the lead project. Other business units include Energy Neutral®, which reduces energy demands for homes and businesses using primarily renewables () and Green World Water, which markets nuclear desalination reactors primarily to developing countries for production of potable water, power generation and other suitable applications ().
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