Raleigh, N.C. (Jan. 6, 2026) – North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives, the family of three organizations that serves the state’s network of 26 electric distribution cooperatives, has named Amadou Fall as its new executive vice president and CEO, effective April 8, 2026. Fall has served as chief operating officer of the cooperatives’ generation and transmission organization, North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC) since January of 2021.

Fall will succeed Joseph (Joe) P. Brannan, who has led all three organizations since May of 2012.

“North Carolina’s electric cooperatives have benefited from strong leadership under Joe Brannan for almost 14 years,” said Susan Flythe, NCEMC board president and EVP and general manager for Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative. “It was important to the search committee that our next leader build on the successes of the last decade, and after a comprehensive, national search, we have found that leader in Amadou Fall. Amadou was selected for the vision, experience and collaborative leadership style he brings to the state’s electric cooperatives during a time of unprecedented industry change.”

Throughout his career, Fall has led complex energy projects, spanning generation planning to the implementation of distributed energy resources. Since joining North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives, Fall has overseen NCEMC’s power portfolio, advanced the deployment of distributed energy resources and guided NCEMC’s capabilities as a distribution operator, coordinating and managing more than 600 MWs of distributed energy resources across electric cooperative distribution systems.

“North Carolina co-ops are national leaders in energy innovation, reliability and affordability because they put the needs of people and the communities they serve first,” Fall said. “I look forward to continuing to work with each of the state’s 26 electric cooperatives and our exceptional team of employees, leading together through industry changes on our path to a brighter future.”

Prior to joining North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives as COO, Fall was CEO of the National Renewables Cooperative Organization (NRCO), a role he held after his time in leadership roles with ACES Power, where he managed regulatory, scheduling and transmission services for the portfolios of ACES members and customers. He has extensive experience in diverse energy portfolio management, risk management, transmission modelling and congestion analysis, and renewable energy.

Brannan, who has served member cooperatives and their communities through various roles for more than two decades, will continue in his role and support an effective transition until his previously announced April retirement.

Fall holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the New York Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in engineering management from Drexel University.

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North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives includes the family of organizations formed to support the state’s 26 community-based electric cooperatives, which collectively serve more than 2.8 million North Carolinians. These organizations are North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, a generation and transmission cooperative; North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives, the cooperatives’ trade association; and Tarheel Electric Membership Association, Inc., a central purchasing and materials-supply cooperative.