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Keynote Speaker
Brad C. Jones
President & Cheif Executive Officer
New York Independent System Operator
Bradley C. Jones became President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) on October 12, 2015. He is a distinguished energy industry executive with 29 years of wide-ranging experience, including grid operations, power plant operations, generation development, project finance, wholesale and retail market design, and regulatory and legislative affairs.
Prior to joining the NYISO, Mr. Jones had been with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) since 2013, where he was a Senior VP and Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for Operations, Grid Planning, and Commercial Operations. He had previously served as VP for Commercial Operations at the ERCOT.
Before joining ERCOT, Mr. Jones was VP for Government Affairs at Luminant, the competitive generation subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings. Prior to that, Mr. Jones worked at TXU Corporation where he began as a Plant Engineer and rose through the organization to become VP for Generation Development.
Mr. Jones earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University at Lubbock and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a licensed Professional Engineer.
Opening Session Speaker
Bill Magness
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bill Magness became ERCOT's president and chief executive officer in January 2016, after more than five years as ERCOT's general counsel.
Mr. Magness has been in the utility business for 25 years, working with electric and telecommunications companies nationwide. He held executive management positions in the public and private sectors, and served as lead counsel in regulatory cases before utility commissions in 16 states. Early in his career, Mr. Magness served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's office.
Mr. Magness grew up in Orange, Texas, received his bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is the father of two daughters.
Jessica Adkins
Bracewell LLP
Jessica Adkins is a partner at the law firm of Bracewell LLP with over 15 years of experience advising clients in the electric power and renewable energy sectors on complex commodity and hedging matters in markets across the U.S. and Mexico. She has advised on some of the most innovative structures in the market, including the long-term wind hedge arrangement named "2016 Commodity Deal of the Year" by Energy Risk Magazine. She also regularly works on a wide range of other offtake structures to finance new renewable generation, from traditional power purchase agreements to hedges and synthetic PPAs, and is a frequent speaker on such topics. In May of 2016, she was named to a list of "Energy and Environmental Trailblazers" by the National Law Journal for her work. Jessica holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rice University and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. She was also Fulbright Scholar in Spain.
Hala Ballouz
Electric Power Engineers, Inc.
Hala N. Ballouz is the President and owner of Electric Power Engineers, with multiple offices in the U.S. and internationally. She is also founding partner and Director of the International Institute of Geotechnics and Materials.
Miss Ballouz has over 20 years' experience in integration of energy resources in transmission and distribution networks all across North America. She is an expert in transmission system analysis, substation and distribution system design, resource and grid feasibility studies, energy storage, renewable energy, as well as distribution system planning and operations. Recently she is very active on utility sector reform to open the barriers to facilitate market readiness for distributed energy resource integration, as well as the study and introduction of new models for T&D expansion. An industry leader in renewable energy integration, Ms. Ballouz currently serves as international consultant in this capacity in the Caribbean, Hawaii, Africa and Middle East.Before practicing professional engineering consulting, she earned her Bachelor of Science (1989) and Master of Science (1991) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. An Aggie at heart, Ms. Ballouz learned to also love the City of Austin where she resides and currently is the proud owner of the old Backyard concert venue which hosted Willie Nelson and other legendary bands throughout the 1990's.
Fred C. Beach, PhD
Associate Director for Energy Technology & Policy
Energy Institute
Dr. Beach is the Associate Director for Energy & Technology Policy at the Energy Institute. He is responsible for supervising and conducting research and studies related to the interplay between the development of Energy Policy, Environmental Policy, and Technology Policy. Dr. Beach also teaches Energy Technology Policy and International Energy Policy in the Cockrell School of Engineering and McCombs Business School.
Prior to joining The University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Beach served for twenty-five years in the United States Navy where he was a qualified Submariner, Naval Aviator, Surface Warfare Officer, and Acquisition Professional. Since retiring in 2003 he has also served as a consultant on defense-related topics for the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, MITRE, Naval Research Advisory Committee, Naval Research Laboratory, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Defense Science Board.
Dr. Beach holds a Ph.D. from the LBJ School of Public Policy, University of Texas at Austin an M.S. in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He is also a graduate of the Defense Acquisition University and Certified Level III DoD Acquisition Professional and Program Manager.
Mark Begert
Executive Vice President and Director
Meridian Solar
Mark Begert serves as Executive Vice President and Director of Meridian Solar responsible for operations, corporate strategy, and financing. Mark joined the company to develop the business strategy and to help execute Meridian Solar's shift from a residential and commercial solar installer to a leading Engineering, Procurement, and Construction company focusing exclusively on solar in the commercial, public and utility-scale market segments. Mark led the financing of approximately $5 million in growth equity for the Company.
Previously, Mark served as Chief Financial Officer of Linktone Ltd., a leading wireless technology developer based in Shanghai, China successfully leading the company in its private financing activities, strategy decisions, major acquisitions and to its $86 million Nasdaq initial public offering in March 2004. Prior to that, Mark was a Vice President in the fixed income capital markets group of Merrill Lynch in New York, London and Tokyo. Mark also serves as advisor and seed investor to several young companies in China and the United States.
William O. Bojorquez, P.E.
Vice President
Hunt Power, L.P.
William (Bill) Bojorquez joined Hunt Power in 2008 and has over twenty five years of leadership responsibility in electric transmission engineering, planning and operations with senior management roles at Southern California Edison, Cal-ISO, ERCOT and Hunt. Bill is recognized as an expert in multiple areas of electric system planning and reliability, competitive electric market operations, resource adequacy and the efficient integration of renewable technologies in Texas and North America. He is currently responsible for directing long and short range transmission planning and development activities, evaluating new techniques and preparing implementation plans for project deployment for Hunt throughout North America. Bill represents Hunt and Sharyland Utilities at regional ISOs/RTOs, government and regulatory bodies.
Prior to joining Hunt, Bill served as ERCOT's Vice President of System Planning and was responsible for the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) definition and transmission optimization studies approved by the PUCT in 2008. While at ERCOT, Bill represented the US RTO segment at the NERC Board and served as the Chairman of the NERC Reliability Assessment Subcommittee.
Prior to joining the ERCOT staff, Bill worked at the California ISO as Director of Market Operations. Bill began his career at Southern California Edison in various positions in System Operations and Transmission Planning. Bill earned his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is also a certified Professional Engineer and a Senior IEEE member.
Patricia Sherman Bruce
Senior Counsel, Energy & Natural Resources
Husch Blackwell
Patricia has years of experience working in commercial real estate transactions. Her substantial background in real estate includes title, survey and due diligence review; title insurance coverage, rules and procedures; and property development, with an emphasis in contract drafting and negotiations. Additionally, she is knowledgeable about drafting easements, restrictions, joint use agreements and other documents related to the development, acquisition, construction, operation and disposition of commercial property, including subdivision developments and retail centers. A member of the firm's Energy & Natural Resources team, she is experienced in working on development projects from beginning to end, representing lenders and borrowers, preparing and negotiating loan documents, and representing developers in the development of commercial projects. Patricia has drafted easements for development of land, and has worked with energy companies to amend easements areas; obtain consents to encroach; and enter into agreements related to driveways and streets crossing gas pipelines. Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Patricia practiced at DuBois, Bryant and Campbell and held executive positions and served as in-house counsel to the LandPlan Development Corp., Republic Title of Texas and Fidelity National Title.
Josh Bryant
Sandia SWiFT Testing Coordinator
Sandia National Labs
Josh is a mechanical engineer with a BS from UCF, spending seven years of his career in the wind industry focused on technology development. He led the Vestas effort to convert the V27 turbines into a research platform for the Department of Energy's Scaled WInd Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility. Josh also has a background using numerical solving methods in simulation and modeling for the design of wind turbines. His current work for SWiFT is the Testing Coordinator, planning and executing research at the facility.
Marc Burns
Deputy General Counsel of Regulatory Affairs
Marc Burns is Deputy General Counsel of Regulatory Affairs for SunStreet, a solar technology company and subsidiary of Lennar Corporation -- one of the leading home builders in the U.S. He works closely with industry leaders, regulatory bodies, utilities, and other stakeholders to foster policies, programs, and laws that reflect the value of rooftop solar energy. Before joining SunStreet in 2014, Marc spent more than ten years in the energy sector while serving as an administrative law judge, working at a large utility, consulting established and emerging leaders, and working for the Texas Public Utility Commission. Marc's career also includes serving as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas, executive director of the Texas High-Speed Rail Authority, and a Chief Committee Clerk the Texas House of Representatives.
Eric Cotney
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Axium Solar
Eric Cotney has nearly 10 years experience in the energy industry and has previously held positions at Schneider Electric and Gridpoint. Eric has been leading commercial business development at Axium Solar since 2010 and is responsible for some of Axium Solar's largest projects to date.
Eric has experience developing solar PV projects in many market segments including utilities, state and local governments, federal government and corporations. His experience and knowledge of PV applications covers everything from large scale ground mount systems to parking canopies to rooftop systems.
Eric travels throughout the State of Texas and beyond speaking to members of the design community and other industry related organizations about theproper design and application of solar PV.
Eric is a LEED AP, has received a certificate from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners in PV Technical Sales and holds a Solar Executive MBA Certification through the Heatspring Learning Institute. Eric has a BA from Midwestern State University and an MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
J. Calvin Crowder
President, South Central Region
Calvin Crowder brings 25 years of electric utility industry experience, including expertise developing long-term expansion and regulatory and legislative approval plans as well as strong relationships with RTO officials and state and federal regulators.
Previously, Mr. Crowder served in roles of increasing responsibility at American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S., serving nearly 5.4 million customers in 11 states. Most recently, Mr. Crowder served as Executive Director, Electric Transmission Texas, LLC (ETT) for AEP and President of ETT, where he led the establishment of AEP's first transmission joint venture and its growth to $3 billion in assets. Mr. Crowder also led negotiations on a $4.9 billion ERCOT CREZ transmission expansion plan, securing a $1.5 billion investment for ETT. During his tenure at AEP, Mr. Crowder also led the RTO and Public Policy team, which was responsible for the development and advocacy of policy positions across an 11-state AEP footprint.
Prior to AEP, Mr. Crowder held a variety of executive and policy leadership roles at Central and South West Corporation (CSW), including Director, Restructuring Support Team and Director, Regulatory Services. During his time at CSW, Mr. Crowder played a critical role in helping to integrate CSW following its $14 billion merger with AEP, including working closely with management to develop and execute regulatory policies and plans for corporate restructuring. Mr. Crowder began his career in the electric utility industry at Central Power and Light Company in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he served as a regulatory analyst.
Mr. Crowder earned his B.A. in Economics and his M.A. in Regulatory Economics from New Mexico State University.
Steve Davis
Alliance for Retail Markets
Steve J. Davis graduated with Highest Honors from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications in 1979. He attended the University of Texas School of Law and graduated with Honors in 1983.
After graduation from law school, he joined the Office of Attorney General of Texas as an Assistant Attorney General in the Public Utility Section of the Energy Division until 1987. Steve represented the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("Commission") in federal and state court during his tenure there. In his last two years at the Attorney General's Office, he served as Section Chief.
After leaving the Office of Attorney General, Steve served as a regulatory attorney for a telecommunications utility for a two-year period. In 1989, he joined the Hearings Division of the Commission as an administrative law judge. After the restructuring of the Commission in 1995, he served as Deputy Chief and then Chief of the agency's Office of Policy Development. He also served as an Assistant Executor Director for the agency from 1998 to 2000.
After an eleven-year tenure at the Commission, Steve started his own legal and consulting practice in 2000, representing clients in both the telecommunications and electric industries. In 2002, he began representing the Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM), an incorporated coalition of retail electric providers, in Commission rulemaking and contested case proceedings. Today, he serves as president of the organization and represents ARM before the Commission and the Texas Legislature.
Nisha Desai
Managing Director
Aurora Clean Energy Partners
Nisha is the managing director of Aurora Clean Energy Partners, a provider of growth strategy, business development, and project development services in renewable energy and clean technology. Previously, Nisha served as the Vice President, Distributed Generation for NRG Energy. In that position, she led a team of project development and engineering professionals to identify and create resilient and sustainable on-site energy solutions for commercial, industrial and institutional clients. Prior to NRG, Nisha had a number of leadership roles in the energy and water industries, with a significant focus on business model and technology innovation. Her development expertise included solar power, water infrastructure, energy storage, CHP, and fuel cell projects. Nisha has also served several years as a management consultant with Booz & Company's energy practice, and she has held finance and business development roles with Enron and Mobil. She holds an economics degree from Yale and and MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was an American Association of University Women Selected Professions Fellow.
David Dixon
Business Development Manager
David has been with NATiVE since 2008 and is responsible for marketing and business development. David earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science degree from the University of Connecticut in 1994. After five years in the HVAC industry, he returned to the University of Texas at Austin and earned a Masters in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus in environmental science and solar design in 2000. The next decade was spent in the semiconductor equipment space, before David joined two of his co-workers to form two companies that eventually evolved into NATiVE. A younger David was heavily involved in ultimate frisbee and mountain biking, but those days have been mostly supplanted with coaching his daughters' sports teams and watching them grow too quickly.
T.J. Ermoian
Founder & President
Texas Energy Aggregation
T.J. Ermoian is the founder, owner and president of Texas Energy Aggregation. He has served as a pioneer and innovator in Texas deregulation since 2002 and today operates one of the largest privately-owned energy aggregator/broker/consultant companies in Texas. His focus has remained on serving clients to simplify decisions regarding electricity choices, while working to promote ethical standards in the industry. He has served in various board positions with the Texas Energy Professionals Association (TEPA) and is a member of the National Solutions Council with the Rocky Mountain Institute, focused on sustainability. Texas Energy is also a member of the Texas Energy Manager's Assn. (TEMA), Texas Rural Education Assn. (TREA), and the Texas Renewable Energy Industry Assn. (TREIA) and the Old Farmers' Institute (EIEIO).
Texas Energy Aggregation was voted #1 by the top 30 TEPA energy providers in the nation for innovation, contract negotiation, customer service and ethics, and in a separate independent study, is ranked in the top 3 consultants nationally for overall satisfaction.
Texas Energy currently serve over 100 public schools, colleges, cities, and State of Texas clients using interlocal agreements with TIPS, the Region One Texas Energy Center, and State of Texas Council on Competitive Government. In 2015, Texas Energy netted the lowest contracted energy rate for any public entity for the Texas Dept. of Transportation, and it was accomplished using 100% renewable sources. T.J. was instrumental in the growth of the world's largest solar energy company during the 1980s.
Bradley Feuge
Head of Project Management
Bradley Feuge is the Head of Project Manager for KACO new energy, Americas with responsibility for all utility projects in the Americas with over nineteen years of Project & Program Management experience.
Before joining KACO new energy, Bradley was a Project Manager for JPMorgan Chase responsible for ATM installations throughout the United States, a Program Manager for Consert Inc. managing the implementation of the CPS Energy Home Manager system in residential customer's homes, and responsible for operations management at Universal Hospital Services managing facilities in San Antonio, Austin and McAllen, Texas.
Prior to this Bradley was on active duty in the United States Coast Guard for over 20 years with assignments as the Electronics & IT Division Chief aboard the USCGC DALLAS, Executive Officer of LORAN Station Dana, as the Electronics Material Officer & Communications Officer aboard USCGC OAK, along with numerous other assignments prior to his retirement as a Chief Electronics Technician.
Kevin Fok
Senior Project Manager
LG Chem
Kevin Fok, Senior Project Manager, leads the LG Chem project management and execution in North America for electric grid energy storage systems. He is responsible for end-to-end project management, which includes onsite project execution, installation, commissioning, field deployment, and ongoing deployment support. He has over 20 years of sales, business development, marketing, engineering, and project management experience in renewable and alternative energy, including lithium-ion batteries, solar photovoltaics (PV), nickel-metal hydride batteries, fuel cells, and hydrogen storage. His customers have included the military, state governments, systems integrators, and utilities. Mr. Fok has presented at numerous conferences and moderated and served on several conference panels. Mr. Fok is a co-inventor of 13 U.S. patents.
He has Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Master of Business Administration degrees, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Chris Foster
CFGO, Manager of Resource Planning and Integration for Georgetown Utility Systems
City of Georgetown
Currently the Manager of Resource Planning and Integration for the City of Georgetown, and has served in the capacity since 2008, with a primary role of managing the City's Municipally Owned Utility power supply. Previous work includes managing payroll for the Health and human Services Commission, fixing computer equipment for CVS and Walgreens, and running his own tech repair company. Chris is a graduate of Georgetown High School, holding a bachelor's in Economics/Finance from the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor, and a Master's in Public Administration from Texas State. Chris is also a Certified Government Finance Officer through the Government Finance Officers Association. Chris is best known for orchestrating the successful transition of Georgetown's power supply from a single provider that was over 90% fossil fuel based, to being 100% wind and solar powered by 2017. Outside of energy Chris acts as the City's economist and lead contract negotiator including water rights, garbage contracts, technological systems, development agreements, etc.
Ran Fu, CFA
Senior Analyst
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Ran Fu is a Senior Analyst and is leading the system cost modeling efforts at NREL. He focuses on the techno-economic analysis of solar PV, solar + storage, and clean energy manufacturing financial analysis. His work has been widely cited by influential parties such as IEEE, Bloomberg, GTM, SEIA and Public Utilities Commission. Prior to NREL, he worked as a Project Engineer at Array Technologies, Inc. and had extensive knowledge in development of commercial and utility-scale solar PV projects: developed more than 600 MW solar projects worldwide in U.S., China, Canada, Spain and Chile.
Mike Grunow
Vice President of Marketing
With more than 15 years of experience, Mike Grunow has a strong record of commercial leadership within rapidly expanding businesses focused on deploying unique and differentiated clean energy technologies. Previously, as Vice President of Marketing for Moventas, he worked with the world's largest utilities to enhance the profitability of their existing wind energy fleets. Grunow previously served in executive marketing and sales leadership roles for Trina Solar, helping them grow into the world's largest solar panel manufacturer. Prior to Trina Solar, he served as a product line manager for General Electric's wind energy business which grew 10X during his tenure. Grunow graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and received his MBA in Finance from Columbia University
Malcolm Harkness
Director, Development
NRG Business Solutions
Mr. Harkness leads a national team concentrating on the development and acquisition of combined heat and power and microgrid assets. During his 8 year tenure and NRG, he has also held positions in NRG's retail electricity companies in both portfolio management and strategy. Prior to NRG, Mr. Harkness developed diesel and natural gas power plants for Aggreko International Power Projects, completing projects in the Caribbean, West Africa and Asia. He holds degrees from Queen's University, The University of British Columbia and Cornell University.
Mark Harral, JD
Chief Executive Officer
Group NIRE
Mark Harral's introduction to renewable energy was negotiating a wind lease with BP to deploy thirty-four 2.5MW wind turbines in Pecos County, Texas. Subsequently, Texas Tech University employed Mr. Harral to develop an organizational structure for a testing and certification site at a former Air Force base – the Reese Technology Center in Lubbock, Texas. The organizational structure was implemented by Texas Tech to create The National Institute for Renewable Energy with a for-profit wholly owned subsidiary known as Group NIRE. This structure enabled Alstom Power Inc. to deploy a 1.67MW Eco 86 wind turbine at the Reese Technology Center. The testing and certification site has continued to expand to include a 1MW/hr Utility-Scale Battery, Gamesa's G114 2MW Prototype, as well as the DOE-SNL Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility initiative. Mr. Harral oversaw project development, construction and management activities for the majority of the site. Mr. Harral has developed a commercial 80MW wind farm and negotiated the sale of the asset to a leading owner/operator of wind farms in the United States. Since May 2013, Mr. Harral has served as the CEO of Group NIRE. He also serves as an expert witness in wind energy litigation cases. To date, Mr. Harral has testified in arbitration cases concerning warranty disputes between manufacturers and owners with over $90M in disputes. Mr. Harral graduated from Texas Tech School of Law with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence after receiving a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Darrell Hayslip
Founder, President
Narrow Gate Energy, LLC
Darrell Hayslip is the founder and President of Narrow Gate Energy, LLC providing executive advisory and strategic consulting services focused in the areas of business development, outsourced power origination, and asset management services to participants in the US power industry since 2011. He is also a principle at Narrow Gate Energy Development, a developer of advance energy projects, with primary focus on energy storage technologies. Mr. Hayslip has more than 30 years of experience in numerous areas of the power industry, including sales & marketing, asset management, public relations, regulatory affairs & market policy, business development, and project development for leading gas-fired, renewable, and energy storage companies.
Prior to founding Narrow Gate Energy, Mr. Hayslip served as Chief Development Officer at Xtreme Power; SVP of Marketing & Trading for EON Climate & Renewables North America; and held various executive capacities at Calpine, Dynegy, Destec Energy, and Westinghouse Electric.
Mr. Hayslip holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and resides in Burnet, TX.
Charlie Hemmeline
Executive Director
Texas Solar Power Association
Charlie Hemmeline is the Executive Director of the Texas Solar Power Association. A native Texan, he returned to Austin after more than 8 years with the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, DC leading innovative programs for solar and energy efficiency. Serving originally under President George W. Bush and later President Obama, Charlie led wide-ranging efforts to break down the barriers to mainstream solar and reduce the soft costs of implementation. Charlie holds a master's degree in Public Service & Administration and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from Texas A&M University.
Raina Hornaday
General Manager
Caprock Renewables
Raina is currently a partner and the General Manager of Caprock Renewables, a renewable energy start-up focused on developing mid-market solar projects for C&I customers in Texas. Raina has worked closely with the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance (TREIA) over the past year through a rebrand and helped organize TREIA's annual conference in November 2015. For the past 10 years, Raina was the co-owner of Cielo Wind Power and has been involved in every aspect of wind energy development.
Michael Kleinberg, PhD
Senior Consultant, Distributed Energy Resources Group
Michael Kleinberg, PhD, is a Senior Consultant in the Distributed Energy Resources group at DNV GL. His work focuses on energy storage and smart grid analytics, procurement, and testing. Michael has assisted California utilities developing and assessing their recent energy storage request for offers (RFOs) and has led development of DNV GL's energy storage cost-effectiveness model, ES-Grid. In 2013, Michael led DNV GL's efforts for the CPUC to assess the cost-effectiveness of distribution connected energy storage in support of the CA AB2514. He has led multiple technical due diligence efforts to support investments in both large-scale and distributed energy storage projects being developed across the US. Michael has experience with laboratory and field testing of energy storage systems including performance and abuse testing. Michael received his M.S and PhD. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in 2007 and 2015, respectively.
Rick Luna
Senior Manager of Product Development
CPS Energy
Rick manages a product portfolio that includes energy efficiency, demand response, distributed solar, electric vehicles and rate and billing options. He has 20 years of experience in the electric utility industry in account management, rate design, and economic development. Rick joined CPS Energy in 2005. Prior to CPS Energy, Rick worked at TXU Energy and the Brownsville Public Utilities Board. He holds a B.A. in economics from Columbia University.
Thomas McAndrew
Enchanted Rock
Thomas McAndrew founded Enchanted Rock in 2006. Mr. McAndrew brings over 30 years of experience in energy asset management ranging from large, complex nuclear plants to small distributed generation.
Mr. McAndrew's introduction to energy was in engineering and operations on two US Navy nuclear power surface ships, the USS Eisenhower and USS South Carolina. He spent six years operating and maintaining nuclear propulsion plants and qualified as a Naval Nuclear Chief Engineer for the Nimitz Class aircraft carrier. After his time in the US Navy, McAndrew worked as a maintenance support engineer for the Southern Company at their Plant Farley nuclear power station. His grounding in reliability systems came from this time in the nuclear business, where the cost of loss of electricity to critical loads is extremely high. He then shifted to the financial side of energy, helping several energy merchants build highly profitable trade floors. At his last merchant energy company, Calpine, Mr. McAndrew also supervised the commercial startup of many new natural gas combined cycle power plants.
He founded Enchanted Rock in 2006, focusing on technologies at or close the point of final electric consumption that increase reliability, decrease cost and decrease carbon footprint.
Mr. McAndrew received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M, Masters Equivalent in Nuclear Power Operations from the US Navy and Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Neil F. McAndrews
Senior Principal
Enterprise Risk Consulting
Mr. McAndrews has over 30 years of experience in the energy industry. He was a founder and later Chief Operating Officer of one of the first integrated risk management programs for an electric utility in the US. This program was innovative because it applied risk management controls and techniques to both financial and physical market risks. Risk metrics included financial derivative performance, physical supply uncertainty and risk reporting and control. Later he assisted in establishing enterprise wide energy risk management and power trading programs at utilities in several NERC regions, working with both executive staff and boards of directors. He has extensive energy risk management experience with some of the largest wholesale power transactions in Texas and in PJM over the last five years. He has conducted risk management training at the Texas Public Power Association and the American Power Association membership seminars, and is the author of numerous technical papers and economic and financing studies related to the subject of risk management in power markets.
Mr. McAndrews holds a BS in Geology from the University of Iowa and a MA in Energy and Mineral Resources from the University of Texas.
David McCalla
Director of Electric Utilities
Lubbock Power and Light (LP&L)
David McCalla serves as Director of Electric Utilities of Lubbock Power and Light (LP&L), City of Lubbock, Texas. LP&L is the third largest municipally owned electric system in Texas, has peak demand of 640MW, and serves 2.7 GWh of energy to 103,000 electric customers. David has over 36 years of experience in the electric utility industry. Prior to LP&L, David served as General Manager of Greenville Electric Utility System in Greenville, Texas, Milford Engineering, Abilene, Texas and West Texas Utilities. Abilene, Texas. David holds a BSEE from Texas Tech University and is a registered professional engineer. He is a Board Member and Past President of Texas Public Power Association. He and his wife Janet have two sons and two grandchildren.
Hugo Mena
Vice President of Business Development
Electric Power Engineers (EPE)
Hugo E. Mena graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 2007 with a background in power systems and power electronics. After obtaining his Master's degree, Mr. Mena went on to work in the manufacturing field. In 2009 he joined Electric Power Engineers, Inc. to work in energy resource project design and consulting throughout the US and internationally. As an electrical engineer, Hugo Mena has extensive experience in generation project integration and design of generation and energy storage systems. He has worked with renewable energy developers providing support in the generation interconnection and study process. He has experience assisting in the electrical balance of plant installations for projects during construction, commission and testing stage, as well as completing substation inspections. Additionally, Mr. Mena has extensive experience in completing compliance testing for demonstration of generation compliance with grid codes. He is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and he is licensed as a professional engineer in the States of Texas, California, Utah, Illinois, Minnesota and Arizona.
Brandon Middaugh
Senior Program Manager for Distributed Energy
Brandon Middaugh is the Senior Program Manager for Distributed Energy at Microsoft. In this capacity, she leads the company's strategy for optimizing on-site energy resources at Microsoft Cloud datacenters globally. Before joining Microsoft, Brandon was a Vice President in the Global Asset Management division at SunEdison. She has managed distributed generation project finance, development, and operations portfolios at SunEdison and at Bloom Energy. Earlier in her career, Brandon led strategic consulting engagements for multinational energy clients as a Vice President at the Albright Stonebridge Group. Brandon earned a Master of Business Administration degree at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Master of Environmental Science degree at Yale University.
Melissa Miller
Project Development Manager
EDF Renewable Energy
Melissa Miller, Project Development Manager at EDF Renewable Energy, has experience developing Texas renewables since 2002. At EDF, Melissa's primary focus is in the development of large scale wind and solar in Texas.
As former President of Miller Wind + Renewables and Vice President of Texas Development for Cielo Wind Power, Ms. Miller has diverse experience in large-scale commercial wind project development, including the operational 161MW Brazos Wind Project, 78MW Golden Spread Panhandle Wind Ranch, 161MW Spinning Spur Wind Ranch, and the 161MW Spinning Spur Two Wind Ranch and the development of the 200MW Unity Wind Project.
Through Miller Wind + Renewables, Ms. Miller consulted in the areas of tax abatement and real estate negotiation for a number of renewable energy developers and developed large-scale wind and solar projects for landowners in Texas. As a longtime advocate for Texas economic and energy initiatives, Melissa currently serves as a TREIA's board President. She is also the former Executive Director for the Austin Independent Business Alliance.
Peter Muhoro, PhD
Director of Energy Research and Strategies
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Dr. Peter Muhoro is the Director of Energy Research and Strategies at Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), the largest electric distribution cooperative in the United States. Peter works to strategize on the implementation of cutting-edge, cost-saving technologies such as energy storage, demand response, advanced lighting, and micro-grids, to mention a few. His role oversees initiatives that help the cooperative advance in technology while keeping rates affordable for the members.
Prior to PEC, peter served as an Advisor at the Cooperative Research Network (CRN), the technology research arm of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). Peter worked with the whole CRN research portfolio providing both technical and project management support. His specific areas of research were in Renewables, Power Generation, and Environmental Issues. His goals were to find innovative ways to advance technology in power generation while keeping rates low and addressing environmental issues.
Peter is an entrepreneur at heart. He has launched two small businesses, a consulting firm focused on addressing bottom of the pyramid issues and poverty reduction through the access of electricity and serves on the board of directors of two not-for-profit organizations and several committees. He is a sought after speaker both on the national and international arena.
Peter holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics with an emphasis in energy policy from the University of Michigan.
Murvat M. Musa
Executive Director
Reese Technology Center
After serving as the Deputy Executive Director of the Reese Technology Center; a technology, education, and energy research facility located in Lubbock, Texas, Murvat Musa was appointed as its Executive Director on July 1, 2016.
Murvat's prior position was as city manager for the City of Ransom Canyon, Texas. She is originally from the Washington D.C. area and has over 20 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. Murvat's background and work experience includes executive management positions in such industries as defense, mortgage banking, and public administration.
Murvat has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from George Mason University, and Master of Public Administration from Texas Tech University, she is also a Certified Public Manager.
Drew O'Bryan
Clean Energy Coordinator, Lone Star Chapter
Sierra Club
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A King's Decision
Chapter Three
"Samuel and our knights haven't treturned for two days now," Queen Isabel was saying to her husband. King Steven sat on his throne with Seth and Isabel standing next to him.
"I wonder if..." Maralyn trailed off.
"I'm sure they're fine," Steven said. Although it didn't make anyone feel better. Samuel... where are you? Seth thought.
"Father!" The four of them looked up to see Prince Adrien standing before them. Just by his face, they knew something was wrong.
"What is it?" Steven said standing from his throne immediatly.
"Some of the knights have returned!"
"What do you mean some?" Seth asked and then demanded, "What about Samuel?"
The four kings and queens followed Adrien into the training grounds to find a group of knights covered in dirt and what seemed to be ashes. Samuel was no where.
Steven went up to one of the knights.
"What happened?" The knight's eyes met his. It was Cynric, he realised.
"A rust dragon attacked our camp burning with flames.We decided to come back here."
"What about Samuel?" Seth asked him. His voice wavered with nervousness and he felt cold sweat. He felt sorrow and despair when Ceynric looked in his direction.
"We couldn't find him." Seth just stared at him and the knights as if it were a tragedy no one could bear. Isabel touched his shoulder gently with tears beginning to form. Adrien went over to Ella who stood nearby. He noticed she was shivering and her face was white as snow. He pulled her into a soft embrace. She sobbed.
Samuel's sisters, Silia and Sariah also stood beside her tears glinting in their eyes.
"Samuel," Sariah muttered. "I hope he's alright."
"I know he is," Silia replied trying to remain calm.
"First Danielle and now Samuel? Why is this happening?" Ella wondered. Adrien shook his head.
"I don't know, but we will get through this together, right?" He said wiping a tear from her cheek.
"You should all go get cleaned up," Maralyn told the knights. She watched them leave the training grounds. Some of them were coughing or maybe injured. Anger seemed to build inside of her. Why? She asked herself. She turned to see her husband and Seth standing there unknowingly what to do next.
What should I do? Steven wondered. Danielle was gone, captured by Andorra or otherwise dead. Samuel was lost in the forest or maybe killed by the rust dragon.
Hmmm, seems you're having alot of problems brother. Steven flinched when the voice entered his head.
Andorra, what do you want? He thought back.
Just my rightful throne to the kingdom. She replied.
It won't happen.
Really? Why don't we just have a little battle over it then.
I-I can't do that. No war. Steven answered.
You are afriad then? I thought you said you would defend your kingdom no matter what!
It took a while for Steven to reply.
Will Danielle come back?
Only if you beat me.
If it's the only way to get my daughter back and defend this kingdom... then I will go to war with you.
Wonderful was the last word her heard from Andorra.
Andorra smirked. Her plan was working exactly as she wanted it. She laughed as she stared out her window.
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Home > Diabetic Recipes > Cranberry Cracker Spread
Cranberry Cracker Spread Recipe
Diabetic Friendly Recipe
Fat free cream cheese mixed with cranberry chutney or sweetened fruit juice to top water crackers with. A delicious Cranberry Cracker Spread. You can use your favorite chutney to customize this recipe, if desired.
Recipe Ingredients
1 package (8 ounce) of fat free cream cheese, softened slightly
1 cup cranberry chutney, fruit juice sweetened (or your favorite flavor chutney)
Recipe Directions
In center of serving platter, mound cream cheese into ball with top slattened slightly. Pour chutney on top of cream cheese.
Nutrition Nibbles
Cranberries are a great source of vitamin C, are low in calories (25 calories per one-half cup), high in fiber, contain no fat, are low in sodium, high in potassium, and can be used in many forms of cooking!
Nutrition Information
Yield: 48 snacks
Serving Size: 1/4 ounce
Calories: 13; Protein: 1g; Carbohydrates: 2g; Cholesterol: 1mg; Sodium: 28mg
Dietary Exchanges: 1 Free Food
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Provost's Annual Call for Tenure and Promotion Recommendations
Reference Materials for the Online Tenure & Promotion System
Dean's Memo on External Evaluators
Template for Submitting External Evaluator Recommendations to Dean's office
The Provost sends a memo to the Dean in March listing the faculty eligible for tenure review in the upcoming academic year. The Dean's Office compares the list to its records and routes the list to all chairs and directors for verification. Departments also should advise the Dean's Office at that time of any faculty to be considered for promotion during the upcoming year.
The Dean issues a memo in March with details regarding external letters of evaluation. At that time, the departments should begin working with the candidate to prepare a list of appropriate external evaluators. The list of proposed reviewers must be sent to the Dean's office for approval no later than June 30.
The Provost issues the "Call for Tenure and Promotion Recommendations" in March to deans and chairs/directors. The College then forwards this document to tenure and promotion candidates when they are added to the review list. This document details the procedures and timetables for tenure and promotion review. Tenure dossiers with the department's recommendations must be uploaded to the online review site by November 1. Dossiers for promotion-only candidates must be uploaded by December 1. The CAS Tenure and Promotion Committee then meets to review the dossiers and makes recommendations to the Dean, who makes his recommendations and submits the dossiers to the Provost and Campus Tenure Committee by mid-January. The promotion-only dossiers are due to the Provost in early March because they do not have to go through the Campus Tenure Committee.
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"The Mette Rape Scandal, first investigated and revealed by the Lakota People's Law Project in the report "Abandoned, Not Forgotten", is the most shockingly egregious instance of the state cover up of child sexual abuse in the history of the United States," said Chase Iron Eyes. "MarkBlack's recent comments not only reveal that the perpetrators, Richard and Wendy Mette, of these horrible crimes against innocent Indian children received dramatically reduced or nulified sentences, but the only people who defended these abused children, Brandon Taliaferro and Shirley Schwab, were retaliated against by corrupt state officials essentially because they refused to compromise their moral compass and participate in criminal acts."
Let's not get this wrong, the state was embarrassed because the Department of Social Services, which was already under attack for its blatant violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act, did everything in their power to cover up the fact that they placed Lakota children in a house with a sexual predator," Iron Eyes continues. "Then they compounded their mistake by keeping them in the same house for more than a decade despite a preponderance of evidence that gross sexual misconduct was happening on a consistent basis. If this wasn't despicable enough, when the state justice system found out about it, they raced to cover their tracks and hide the truth rather than bring accountability to the inept officials within the DSS who were responsible for such a travesty. It is clear, from today's revelations by DCI Investigator Mark Black that Marty Jackley was complicit in this corruption and that he views himself as an advocacy lawyer for South Dakota's racially biased institutions rather than an independent arbiter of justice elected by all members of the state, white, black, Indian and otherwise."
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I can't stop reading Michael Eury's Krypton Companion. Well written, well researched and a damn good read. Finally a Neal Adams interview that's interesting and not the standard fawning stuff that I've been reading for the past few years (ie: no great mention of his Batman work). In amongst the interviews and articles lurks an interview with Jim Shooter that really raised my hackles. Shooter's story is fairly incredible. For one thing he broke into DC as a writer at the age of thirteen. Amazing really, but that's where the problems for me start. You see Shooter has always been a highly frustrated artist, and not a very good one at that. I can remember asking Don Perlin about an issue of Ghost Rider that Shooter laid out and Perlin finished, Perlin told me that the book needed a lot of work to get it up to publication standard. Shooter had his run ins with Gene Colan, telling him how to draw at Marvel in the early '80s, resulting in Colan leaving Marvel for DC, along with his legendary battle with Jack Kirby over Kirby's artwork. So how does that figure into the Krypton Companion?
I'd always thought that Shooter's arrogance began to bloom when he became the Marvel Editor In Chief in 1978. It appears that it was always there. There's no denying that Shooter was, and probably still is, a gifted writer, his work on The Avengers tells us that. However his skills as an artist are highly questionable and I doubt highly that there's anyone on the face of the planet who collects comics drawn by Shooter. So imagine how stunned I was when I read this exchange from the Krypton Companion:
MICHAEL EURY: In addition to your age, the other hallmark of your nascent career was your drawing your scripts in layout form. Did Curt Swan and Jim Mooney closely follow your layouts on your first Legion and Supergirl tales?
JIM SHOOTER: Curt followed my layouts pretty closely, making improvements in the angles and composition here and there. And of course, the way he caught the sense of what I was trying to indicate with my crude scribbles and turned them into beautiful illustrations was amazing. Jim Mooney was great, and he followed my layouts for the most part, I think, but not like Curt. I don't think we communicated quite as well. If Curt changed something, it was always for the better. Sometimes, I felt that Jim had missed the point, changed something to no advantage, or had chosen an angle that was easier to draw but less effective.
To my eyes that's arrogance of the highest extreme. Shooter broke into DC in 1966 and began scripting and offering drawings to Swan and Mooney in around 1967. Shooter was born in 1951. By the time he came to DC Mooney had been drawing comics professionally since 1940, including a long stint at DC where he was one of the better of Bob Kane's Batman ghosts. Curt Swan had been drawing comics professionally since 1945. Between the two men they had just under fifty years of experience in the industry, at the top level. Hell, between them they had fifteen years in the industry before Shooter was even born. Shooter had none, yet here he was trying to dictate to both men how they should be drawing and getting peeved when Mooney - the more senior of the pair - didn't stick to his (Shooter) layouts. Now I know that Shooter's famed arrogance didn't just develop over time, it was always there.
To be fair the Shooter/Mooney Supergirl tales were good, but they weren't as good as the material produced by Otto Binder and Mooney, or Jerry Siegel and Mooney. And Curt Swan always did his best work when he was given free reign to draw what he visualized. Both men were highly professional, both men always hit the deadline and could be depended upon to deliver quality work at the drop of the proverbial hat. Mark Evanier once said to me, about Jim Mooney, that he read some bad books that Mooney had drawn, but they weren't bad because of Mooney. The same applies for Swan - I've read some horrid books that featured Swan's art, but they weren't horrid because of Swan. However I have read crap that Shooter has written and it was crap because of Shooter. Shooter does deserve respect for his achievements in the industry, but his treatment of those who were, and remain, his superior in some aspects shows some serious flaws in his character makeup. One day Shooter may wake up and realise that he was damn lucky to have worked with some of the giants of the industry and stop putting them down, or attempting to downplay their contributions in order to pump his own up. That he continues to downplay the talents of his artistic betters speaks volumes. There's a long list of artists and other professionals that Shooter has denigrated over the years - Gene Colan and Jack Kirby are two - and now you can add Jim Mooney and Curt Swan. Mind you I don't know why I was surpsied to read this, knowing what I know about how Mooney was treated during his last days at Marvel, when Marvel was ran by Shooter. Shooter has a lot to answer for there.
Given the chance of working with Shooter or Kirby, Colan, Mooney or Swan, well it's a no brainer. Give me any of those artists any day of the week and twice on weekends. There's a regular publication and a few books about Kirby. Colan and Swan have beautiful books detailing their careers and art. Mooney's book is months away from release. Bill Schelly's brilliant book on Otto Binder has shown that a book about a comic book/science fiction writer can be an amazing read. When's the book about Jim Shooter appearing?


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� Share the joys of praising God with the very youngest children
� Praise and worship songs and choruses for babies and 0s to 3s
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If you are looking for an extra special gift for a newborn you will be delighted with this gift box package. The collection makes it easy for you to collect the entire set of Praise Baby titles and build family favourite praise and worship songs for a long time to come.
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Disc 1I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever
Open The Eyes Of My Heart
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God Is Love
Lord I Lift Your Name On High
Awesome God
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Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
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Shine, Jesus Shine
Oh My Soul
You Are My All In All
Here In His Place
Holy, Holy, Holy
Disc 2God Of Wonders
Hallelujah (Your Love is Amazing)
Be Thou My Vision
We Fall Down
Be Unto Your Name
This Is My Father's World
Give Thanks
Our God Reigns
As The Deer
All Creatures Of Our God And King
Fairest Lord Jesus
Great Is The Lord
You Created Me
Agnus Dei
Disc 3Step By Step
Here I Am To Worship
Come, Now Is The Time To Worship
Made To Praise
A Simple Prayer
You Alone
We Bow Down
Lord Most High
Oh How I Love Jesus
Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting
Born To Worship
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He Is Exalted
How Great Is Our God
Blessed Be Your Name
Great Light of the World
You Are My King (Amazing Love)
O Worship The King/This Is My Father's World
This I Our God
You've Given Life To Me
Your Love, Oh Lord
Praie to the Lord, the Alimighty
God of All I Am
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Q. For the past few years my 10-year-old daughter has suffered bullying at school. It mainly takes the form of exclusion and constant undermining. The bullies are ostensibly her friendship group, but they constantly mock and undermine her with cruelty that is sometimes astounding. I have had endless meetings with her teachers and the head. They are sympathetic and talk the talk, but will never do the one thing that would surely help: talk to the parents of the bullies.
There are two girls in particular who are clearly the ringleaders. One teacher seemed to take the problem seriously and came down hard on these two, but I heard other parents saying she was 'over-involved'. My daughter is a really kind and sensitive girl. It breaks my heart to see her so sad and confused. I'm at a loss to understand why she is always a target (this is her second school, because we moved house, but the problem moved with her) and why it is the nasty girls who are so popular.
A. First of all, do let's define "popular". In the Lord-of-the-Flies world of school playgrounds, this is not about being liked but being dominant. In the US, where high-school culture seems to hold such a grip on the nation's psyche, they have a better understanding of this. The website Urban Dictionary defines "popular girls" thus: "Popular girls are the people who make you feel like yor [sic] worthless."
Why do children bully? It's always said that bullies have been bullied themselves – to which I say, what rot. But given that bullying behaviour is about the need to test the limits of your control over people, it seems likely that bullies are compensating for feelings of powerlessness in other areas of their lives.
Well, poor old them. But what you want to know is why it is your daughter they pick on. The answer is that as a kind and sensitive type, she simply makes the perfect victim. Primary schools are claustrophobic places. Both my daughters were bullied, too, and the same kind of psychological sadism is probably taking place all around the country. Boys often use violence instead, which is at least tangible, so teachers are more inclined to step in.
I don't know why schools are so reluctant to confront actual cases of bullying when they all trumpet their "anti-bullying policies". I am regretful, and still rather baffled, that I never squared up to the bullies' parents myself, and I see from your letter that you have not done so either. But there is something about the parallel claustrophobia of the school-gate that makes this almost impossible. One mother I know had the brilliant wheeze of contacting all the parents in the class, repeatedly. Genius! No one is singled out, but all are given pause to consider that their children might be involved.
It's less likely than you may think that the problem will follow her to secondary school, where cliques will be diluted. My daughters emerged sensitive, perspicacious, and, rather poignantly, wise beyond their years. Or were those the traits that led them to be bullied in the first place? I'm still not sure, but they are qualities that are worth having.
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Bradders, I'm from West Yorkshire, ran it last year and confirm that its hilly. Having said that, you do get opportunities for respite (downhill sections) so all is not so bad. Do make sure you get in your miles and your hills.
got a slight knee problem only hurts when i get up over 10miles only on down hills dont know weather to miss spen an concentrate on my london attempt and hope my knee doent get any worse dont think spen will help (
have you ran this before nelly?
Wish i could do it but i just darnt risk it with london being so close managed a pretty flat 18 mile in 3hr.10mins last sunday with slight pain so think spen would just be that bit to much pain with hills round there ( will be back next year .