Edison Electric Institute

Steve Rosenstock is the Manager of Energy Solutions at the Edison Electric Institute, working with member companies and government agencies on technical applications and studies of end-use equipment, such as distributed generation, building and appliance codes and standards, and Internet data centers. He works with energy managers from National Accounts (multi-site commercial customers) on technical and energy efficiency issues. He is also responsible for cataloging and benchmarking of efficiency and demand response programs. He is a Mechanical Engineer with more than 21 years experience in the energy management field.

Allen R. Larson, an attorney, MBA and political strategist, brings considerable Federal credentials to Corry Associates. His service on the U.S. Senate staff and later as an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission provides clients of Corry Associates with a broad spectrum of regulatory and legislative contacts in Washington. Larson continues to effectively represent AARP and the Edison Electric Institute on several major regulatory matters in Washington, D.C.

Jewel Smith is a graduate of Texas Southern University and holds a BA degree in Math with a minor History and an M.ED. in Secondary Education. Jewel has over 20 years of electric utility experience, which includes the areas of power consulting, customer service management, and supplier diversity. As manager of supplier diversity for CenterPoint Energy Inc., she is responsible for providing strategic guidance towards enhancing the company's supplier diversity initiatives as well as directing the integration of supplier diversity into the company's overall corporate strategies and culture. Jewel is responsible for designing and implementing processes and procedures to grow MWBE supplier relationships and opportunities at CenterPoint Energy. Jewel is very active and serves on numerous committees involving supplier diversity related issues through such councils and organizations as The Houston Minority Business Council, Women's Business Enterprise Alliance, The Association of Electric Companies of Texas, The Edison Electric Institute, and The Texas Association on Minority Business Enterprises. Through the Houston Minority Business Council, Jewel has been recognized as the Corporate Advocate of the Year for both 2001 and 2002, Professional Services Advocate of the Year for 2000 and 2002, and Helping Hands Award Winner for 2000. She was also selected by Minority Business News Magazine as one of the "The Best Of Decade" in the category of Supplier Diversity Directors/Managers. Jewel is married to James W. Smith and they have two wonderful daughters, J'Mill and Jennerette.

John Turney is the Executive Vice President and co-founder of Human System technology. He is a licensed psychologist and has served on the Graduate Psychology and Management faculties of The George Washington University. Dr. Turney has published over fifty professional articles. His areas of expertise include selection and placement testing, human resource program design, managerial and supervisory skills development, employee motivation programs and organizational assessment tools and methodologies. Dr. Turney manages a wide range of projects from the validation of selection tests to the establishment of skill-based compensation programs. He recently completed a highly successful project where he was responsible for designing competency-based career progression ladders and assessments for all corporate non-exempt jobs. His advice on testing policies and practices is sought regularly by long-term clients. He also serves as testing specialist for Edison Electric Institute tests at several utility companies. Dr. Turney received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. His prior experience includes work on pioneering organizational change and management development projects at Corning Glass Works and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Dr. Turney is a member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington.

For over the past decade, John Tolo has directed the development and completion of hundreds of financial community meetings that have resulted in millions of dollars of share value enhancement for both companies and shareholders. Other responsibilities included development and implementation of focused investor relations programs to reach key members of the financial community; audience targeting and management of financial community contact lists; evaluation of financial community meeting results by conducting feedback interviews and summarizing the findings and providing recommendations for improvements. He also developed and managed distribution of two industry calendars which were distributed to thousands of financial analysts, portfolio managers and corporate investor relations professionals. Prior to the sale of Christensen & Associates, a leading international investor relations firm, John was Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the firm. He is a graduate of Arizona State University where he received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. John has been an active member of the National Investor Relations Institute for the past 12 years, currently serving as President of the Arizona Chapter. He is also actively involved with the American Gas Association and the Edison Electric Institute.

Thomas M. O'Flynn was named executive vice president and chief financial officer for Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG), in July 2001. He is also the chief financial officer of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), PSEG Power (Power), and PSEG Energy Holdings (Holdings). Mr. O'Flynn had been president and chief operating officer of Holdings, overseeing the operations of its two main subsidiaries: PSEG Global and PSEG Resources. Mr. O'Flynn is responsible for all financial functions as well as planning, strategy and development across PSEG, PSE&G and Power. Mr. O'Flynn came to PSEG with 15 years of experience at Morgan Stanley, where he specialized in corporate finance for electric and gas utility and power clients. As a managing director in Morgan Stanley's global power and utility group and head of the North American region, he worked with major energy companies on many strategic advisory and financing transactions; including mergers and acquisitions, IPO offerings and capital raising assignments. Also, while at Morgan Stanley he served as a financial advisor to PSEG, prior to becoming the managing director of Morgan Stanley's global power and utility group. Mr. O'Flynn holds a degree from Northwestern University in economics and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago. He currently serves as the chairman of the finance executive advisory committee of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and also serves on the board of directors for Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and The Newark Museum.

Anthony F. Earley, Jr. has been chairman of the board and chief executive officer since 1998 and was also DTE Energy’s president and chief operating officer from 1994 – 2004. He joined the company in 1994, and that same year was elected to the board.

"Deborah C. Hoffman is Vice President of Audit Services and Chief Compliance Officer of UIL Holdings Corporation. She is responsible for internal audit, corporate compliance, and records management. Ms. Hoffman joined The United Illuminating Company in 1994 as Director of Audit Services. She formerly served as Audit Manager for Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance in Hartford, CT. Prior to that, she served in internal audit positions in the banking industry. She is a native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics-Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. Additionally, Ms. Hoffman serves on the Internal Auditing Committee of the Edison Electric Institute. She is also a member of the Board of Directors and is Assistant Treasurer of the Combined Parishes Action Committee which runs the Beth-El Center in Milford, CT. She is a trustee for Holy Infant Church in Orange, CT. She and her husband reside in Orange and have three children."

Gloria C. Ogenyi is Vice President, Energy Policy, for Conectiv Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc., that operates in the deregulated energy industry. Conectiv safely and responsibly manages power plant assets and buys and sells fuel and energy in the wholesale marketplace. She heads up Conectiv Energy's regulatory group, which supports the company's generation and trading business-providing advocacy, risk, deal support and regulatory representation at FERC, PJM and elsewhere in the energy industry. Ms. Ogenyi joined Conectiv Energy in 2002 and has held her current position since 2005. Ms. Ogenyi was born in Nigeria. As a British Chevening Scholar, she earned a master of laws degree from the University of Leicester in England and is licensed to practice law in the state of Texas. She is also a graduate of the Thunderbird Executive Finance and Accounting Program. Ms. Ogenyi is a board member of the North American Energy Standards Board and chairs the Board Resources Committee. She is a member of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Stakeholders Committee and was elected to represent the Generation sector. She is also vice chair of the Edison Electric Institute's (EEI's) Energy Supply Executive Advisory Committee, which provides policy input to the EEI CEO group, and was selected as the inaugural chair of the EEI Alliance Supply Policy Task Force, where she served for several years. In December 2004, Ms. Ogenyi received the prestigious 2004 Award for Black Achievers in Business and Industry.

Previous Positions: * President and Chief Operating Officer of Domestic Operations, Entergy Corporation (1998) * President and Chief Operating Officer of International Operations, Entergy Corporation (1998) * President, Energy Commodities Strategic Business Unit and Cinergy Capital & Trading (1996-1997) * Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cinergy Corporation (1994-1996) * Board of Directors of PSI Resources (Parent) and subsidiaries (until merger) * Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, PSI Energy (1989) * Vice President, Corporate Planning, PSI Energy (1987) * Executive Director, Corporate Planning, PSI Energy (1986) * Assistant to Regional Manager, PSI Energy (1985) * Executive Director, Internal Audit, PSI Energy (1982) * Financial and Operational Audit Manager, PSI Energy (1981) * Corporate Accounting Manager, PSI Energy (1979) * Various supervisory and analytical positions, PSI Energy (1973-1979) Business Affiliations and Community Organizations: * Tidewater, Inc., Board of Directors * Edison Electric Institute, Board of Directors * Mississippi River Delta BusinessLINC (appointed in 2000 by former President Bill Clinton) * Committee for a Better New Orleans * Business Council of New Orleans * New Orleans United Way Board of Trustees (Chairman, 2001, 2002) * National D-Day Museum Foundation Board of Trustees * American Institute of Certified Public Accountants * Ball State University College of Business Advisory Board Education: * Ball State University, B.S., Accounting and Political Science, 1973 * Indiana University, M.B.A., 1987 Accomplishments: * Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree, Ball State University, 2004 * Ball State University College of Business Hall of Fame, 2002 Personal: * Married * Three daughters

Mr. Pignatelli joined TEP as Senior Vice President in August 1994 and was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 1996. He was named Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of UniSource Energy in January 1998, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TEP in March 1998. On June 23, 1998, Mr. Pignatelli was named Chairman, President and CEO of UniSource Energy and TEP. Prior to joining TEP, he was President and Chief Executive Officer from 1988 to 1993 of Mission Energy Company, a subsidiary of SCE Corp. Mr. Pignatelli was awarded Independent Energy's Executive of the Year in 1992. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of UniSource Energy and TEP. Additionally, Mr. Pignatelli serves on the Board of Directors of TMC Healthcare, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Habitat for Humanity Advisory Board, INNCOM International Inc., and AZ Council on Economic Education. Mr. Pignatelli has degrees in Accounting/Economics and Law.

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Mr. John M. Derrick, Jr. is retired Chairman, CEO and President of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (formerly Potomac Electric Power Company ("PEPCO"). He joined PEPCO, its predecessor, in 1961 and served as President and CEO from 1997 until 1999 and as Chairman and CEO from 1999 until July 2003, and Chairman until May 2004. From 1992 until 1997, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Derrick is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Washington Society of Engineers. He is past Chairman of the United States Energy Association and he has served as a Director of the United States Chamber of Commerce, a trustee of the Federal City Council and Chairman of the Greater Washington Initiative. He is past Chairman of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Washington Board of Trade.

President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Delgado worked to create the company he now leads, American Transmission Co. ATC became operational Jan. 1, 2001 as the first multi-state transmission-only utility in the U.S.; it currently has transmission facilities in portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois. Previously, Delgado spent 27 years at Wisconsin Electric Power Co. starting as an electrical engineer and ending as Vice President of Electric System Operations, when named CEO of ATC in late 1999. Delgado serves on the Edison Electric Institute board of directors and co-chair of the CEO Task Force on Reliability & Infrastructure Protection. He is chairman of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's Transmission Owners and Operators Forum. He also serves on the advisory board of the Consortium for Electrical Reliability Technology Solutions. Delgado has served as chairman and president of MAIN, the regional reliability council for eastern Wisconsin, Illinois and western Missouri. He is also a former trustee of NERC and was a member of the Department of Energy Electric System Reliability Task Force and the board of directors of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, the advisory board to the Department of Energy laboratories as well as other positions on various committees within the utility industry. Delgado currently serves on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor's Council of Corporate Sponsors and the School of Business Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Marquette University School of Engineering National Advisory Council and the Greater Milwaukee Committee. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the United Community Center and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. Delgado graduated cum laude from Marquette University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Delgado is a member of two engineering honorary associations, ETA KAPPA NU and TAU BETA PI.

Kevin Burke is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Consolidated Edison, Inc., the holding company, and chairman and chief executive officer of its largest subsidiary, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, the regulated utility. Mr. Burke joined Con Edison in 1973 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in system planning, engineering, law, nuclear power, construction, and corporate planning. Notably, he served as senior vice president, with responsibility for customer service and for Con Edison's electric transmission and distribution systems. In 1999, Mr. Burke was elected president of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., also a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. He was elected president and chief operating officer of Consolidated Edison Company of New York in 2000, was appointed president and chief executive officer of Consolidated Edison, Inc., in 2005, and elected chairman in 2006. Mr. Burke serves on the boards of directors of many industry and nonprofit organizations, including the American Gas Association, Edison Electric Institute, the Energy Association of New York, the New York Botanical Garden, the New York State Business Council, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Partnership for New York City, and the YMCA of Greater New York. Mr. Burke holds a master's in business policy from Columbia University, a Juris Doctor from Fordham University, a master's in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a bachelor's in engineering from The Cooper Union. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in 2005.

J. LaMont Keen assumed the responsibilities of president and chief executive officer of IDACORP on July 1, 2006. He has been president and chief operating officer of Idaho Power since January 2002 and was appointed chief executive officer of Idaho Power in November 2005. Keen also has served on the IDACORP and Idaho Power board of directors since July 15, 2004. Keen joined Idaho Power in 1975. He has served as an officer of Idaho Power and/or IDACORP since 1988. He has filled numerous positions of responsibility including controller, chief financial officer, as well as senior vice president of Administrative Services for Idaho Power where he had responsibility for all administrative areas of the company including Finance, Information Services, Corporate Services, Human Resources, Legal, Legislative Affairs and Corporate Communications. Keen also has played an active role in developing IDACORP's subsidiaries, being involved at either the officer or director level in all the company's diversified business ventures. Keen is a graduate of Albertson College and has completed the Harvard Graduate School of Business Advanced Management Program. He is a board member and a member of the executive committee for the Western Energy Institute. He is also a board member and former chairman of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry. Keen began serving a three-year term on the Edison Electric Institute's board of directors in June 2006.

Lewis Hay III, 52, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FPL Group, Inc., a public utility holding company, and is Chairman of both Florida Power and Light Company and FPL Energy, LLC. He joined FPL Group in 1999 as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. From March 2000 until December 2001, he served as President of FPL Groupa s competitive energy subsidiary, FPL Energy, LLC. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of FPL Group in June 2001 and relinquished the title of President in December 2006. He was named Chairman in January 2002. Mr. Hay has been a member of our Board since February 2002 and is Chairperson of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. In addition to being a director of FPL Group, Mr. Hay is also a director of Capital One Financial Corporation, Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, a director of the Florida Council of 100, a member of the Business Roundtable and a member of the Business Board of Advisors of the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

Ric Gale assumed the position of Idaho Power Vice President of Regulatory Affairs in March 2001. Gale has been with Idaho Power since 1983. Gale is responsible for development of jurisdictional revenue requirements and customer class cost-of-service studies, preparation of rate design analyses and administration of tariffs and customer contracts. His duties include administration of the Power Cost Adjustment tariff, regulatory policy development, guidance on restructuring activities and resource planning for the company's Integrated Resource Plan. Gale holds a bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing and a master of Business Administration degree from Boise State University. In addition, he has completed the Edison Electric Institute's Advanced Rate Course and University of Idaho's Public Utility Executive Course

Mr. Young joined the Company in 1987. He was elected Senior Vice President - Finance and Administration in 1988. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) commencing in 1993 and was elected Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) commencing in 1995. Mr. Young also serves as President, CEO, and Chair of the following CVPS subsidiaries: Connecticut Valley Electric Company Inc.; CVPSC - East Barnet Hydroelectric, Inc.; CV Realty, Inc.; Custom Investment Corporation; Catamount Resources Corporation; Eversant Corporation; and, SmartEnergy Water Heating Services, Inc. He is also Director of the following CVPS affiliates: Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc., Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation; Vermont Electric Transmission Company, Inc.; and, The Home Service Store, Inc.

Roger Woodworth is vice president for Avista Corp. and vice president for Sustainable Energy Solutions for Avista Utilities. Previously, he was vice president of operations for Avista Utilities and vice president for corporate business development. Woodworth received his Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife biology from Washington State University in 1978. He is also an alumnus of Columbia University’s Senior Executive Program. Woodworth began his career at Avista Corp. as a fish and wildlife biologist in 1979. He was later promoted to hydro license coordinator and then served as the administrator for all facility licensing and related regulatory and resource management agency relations. In 1990, he was tapped to help facilitate corporate business planning and subsequently appointed as strategic counsel to the company’s executive officer team. He remained in this role while managing the company’s corporate communications department, starting in 1992. He was appointed as director of corporate development in May 1998 and vice president of corporate development that same year. Woodworth chairs the President’s Advisory Council for Washington State University-Spokane. He is a director on the board and past chair of Foundation Northwest, a non-profit community foundation. He serves on the Electric Power Research Institute’s executive steering committee for energy efficiency initiatives, chairs Edison Electric Institute’s customer service executive advisory committee, and he is vice chair of the board of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. In addition, Woodworth chairs the Mayor’s Task Force on Sustainability in Spokane, Wash.

Skiles Boyd, 53, is vice president of environmental management and resources at DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE), a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Boyd is responsible for managing the company’s environmental issues which include setting environmental policy, representing the company on environmental issues with the public and in environmental regulatory and legislative development, coordinating environmental studies and conducting environmental audits. He manages a department of approximately 77 people. Boyd has worked in DTE’s environmental department for over 27 years. Boyd earned a bachelor of science degree in environmental resource management from Pennsylvania State University and a master of business administration degree from Wayne State University. Boyd is active in the Air and Waste Management Association and the environmental committees of the Michigan Manufacturers Association, the Michigan and Greater Detroit Chambers of Commerce, the Electric Power Research Institute, The Edison Electric Institute (vice chair of the Executive Environmental Advisory Committee), the Center for Energy and Economic Development, and the Business Environmental Leadership Council of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. He is also on the board of the Council of Great Lakes Industries, and the Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum.

Anthony J. Topazi became Mississippi Power's tenth President and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2004. Previously, Topazi was executive vice president at Southern Company Generation & Energy Marketing, responsible for Southern Company's energy trading and wholesale marketing, as well as its fuel services and generation planning and development departments. He also served as senior vice president of Southern Power, which owns and manages new generation assets dedicated to the wholesale markets. Topazi began his career with Alabama Power in 1969 as a cooperative education student engineer. He held a number of positions at Alabama Power, including Western Division Vice President and Birmingham Division Vice President. While at the Western Division, he served as chairman of the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority and had a primary role in recruiting the first Mercedes Benz automotive assembly plant outside of Germany to the state of Alabama. Topazi is chairman of Momentum Mississippi, a public-private partnership appointed by the Governor to enhance the State's economic development future. He previously served on the steering committee of Blueprint Mississippi and co-chaired its economic development work group. He serves as chairman of the Gulf Coast Business Council. Topazi is a member of the Mississippi Economic Council's board of directors and vice chairman of the Mississippi Partnership for Economic Development. Topazi is a member of the United Way deTocqueville Society and serves on the board of directors for the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. He also serves on the board of directors for Hancock Bank, Infinity Science Center, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce and on the board of trustees for the Nature Conservancy of Mississippi. Topazi previously served as vice chairman of the Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal. A Birmingham native, Topazi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University and also completed the advanced management program at Harvard University. He is a member of the Engineering Council at Auburn University.

Bruce Peterson, 52, is senior vice president and general counsel for DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Peterson has overall responsibility for the management and direction of the legal affairs of DTE Energy, as well as its regulated utilities, Detroit Edison and MichCon, and its non-regulated companies. Prior to joining DTE Energy in 2002, Peterson was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Hunton & Williams, a national law firm specializing in energy industry matters. Peterson spent 14 years with the firm focusing on energy and infrastructure project finance transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, and related contract structuring and regulatory matters. He also served as administrative partner for the firm’s project finance, development and leasing team. Previously, he was a Foreign Service Officer of the U.S. Department of State for six years. Peterson earned a bachelor of arts degree from North Park College and a juris doctor degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School. He completed the Nuclear Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Peterson is a member of the Board of Directors of the DTE Energy Foundation and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cranbrook Educational Community and a member of the Board of Governors of Cranbrook Institute of Science. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School. He is also a member of the Corporate Counsel Committee of the United Way for Southeastern Michigan and the Legal Committees of the Edison Electric Institute and the American Gas Association. DTE Energy Company One Energy Plaza, Detroit, MI 48226-1279 Bruce D. Peterson Senior Vice President and General Counsel DTE Energy

Clinton E. Childress is Senior Vice President Corporate Services and Chief Human Resources Officer of TECO Energy. He began his career with Tampa Electric Co. in 1970 as a laborer, and soon advanced to a lineman in Energy Delivery. Childress joined the management team in 1983 as a technician in Standards. During these early years, he also attended the University of Tampa where he received a bachelor's degree in professional management. Childress also attended the University of Michigan School of Business specializing in negotiating and administering labor contracts He made a career move to the Human Resources team in 1985, as coordinator of Safety and Industrial Health, responsible for safety training and development, equipment and programs.

Dana Bausback is Director of Portfolio Strategy & Compliance with responsibility for the performance and compliance of the Accounts Receivable Division including the acquisition, valuation and subsequent performance of all purchased debt portfolios. In addition to the acquisition and management of the purchased debt portfolios, Dana also works closely with contingency clients to ensure the best recovery percentages possible. Dana has a diverse background in account receivables management and began her career with the Internal Revenue Service as a Federal Revenue Officer. She has spent the majority of her professional career in the public utilities industry where her roles have ranged from front-line contact center supervisor at Vectren, a publicly held utility, to her current position as an outsourcing executive in the utilities space. Dana was one of three founding executives of the IEI organization in 1998. Dana is a graduate of Ball State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in English; she received a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Indianapolis. Dana is active in professional trade groups including the American Gas Association, Edison Electric Institute, National Association of Credit Management, DBA International and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Collectors Association, Inc. which is an affiliate member of ACA International.

Gary G. Ely is chairman of the board and chief executive officer for Avista Corp. Ely joined Avista Corp. in 1967. During his years with the company, Ely has worked in several areas including engineering, operations, marketing and natural gas. In 1986 Ely was named vice president of marketing and has had various other assignments including vice president of natural gas, responsible for the company's overall natural gas systems in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and California. In 1995, Ely's responsibilities included the overall management of Avista Corp.'s hydro production and construction, transmission and generation engineering, rate and regulatory matters at both the state and federal levels, and government relations. In 1996 he was named senior vice president with responsibility for the overall management of the company's hydro production and thermal generation. He also led the wholesale marketing and energy resource management for both the electric and gas lines of business. Ely served as executive vice president of Avista Corp. from January 1999 through October 2000, before being promoted to his current positions. Ely also chairs the boards of Avista Corp.'s subsidiaries Avista Energy and Avista Advantage. Since receiving his bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University, Ely has participated in several executive-level courses including the Public Utilities Executive Course at the University of Idaho, and post-graduate courses through the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Edison Electric Institute Leadership, and Kidder Peabody School of Financial Management. In addition to his work at Avista Corp., Ely is an active member of various professional and business organizations. He is a board member of the American Gas Association, the Edison Electric Institute, the Western Energy Institute, and the Washington Roundtable. He also serves on the executive board of the Inland Empire Council of Boy Scouts of America.

Bill serves as General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer at Great Plains Energy, inc. His previous experience includes Vice Prsident of Legal and Environmental Affairs at KCP&L, the first Consumer Counsel for the State of Kansas and Assistant Public Counsel for the State of Texas.