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Viets is the retired president, chief executive officer and director of CILCORP Inc. Since 1999, he is president of ROV Consultants, LLC.
Viets graduated from Washburn University in 1965 with a degree in economics. He received his law degree from Washington University School of Law in 1969. He is a certified public accountant.
After working for several years in St. Louis with Arthur Andersen & Co., a national accounting firm, Viets joined Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO) in Peoria to manage the company's regulatory and financial activities. CILCO is a regulated electric and natural gas utility serving customers throughout central Illinois. In 1985, Viets led the formation of CILCORP Inc., a non-regulated holding company that became the parent company of CILCO. Viets has served as president and CEO of CILCORP from 1988 until 1999. He was also CEO of the company's major subsidiaries -- CILCO and QST Enterprises Inc., which provides energy-related services and products throughout the U.S.
In May 1996, CILCORP and CILCO established the first pilot program in the U.S. to let local residential, commercial and industrial consumers of electricity choose their suppliers. The pilot program is designed to advance the pace of deregulation for all U.S. consumers of electricity and natural gas.
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