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Chair, CECA Distributed Energy Forum
Hon. Charles B. Curtis*
Executive Vice President
The United Nations Foundation 
Washington, DC
*From February 2001,
President and COO Nuclear Threat Initiative
Washington, DC

Vice Chair CECA Distributed Energy Forum
Hon. Ernest J. Moniz*
Undersecretary of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC
*From February 2001,
Professor of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Vice Chair CECA Distributed Energy Forum
Mr. Bob Anderson
Chairman, NARUC Committee on Energy Resources, and Commissioner, Montana Public Service Commission
Helena, MT
Vice Chair CECA Distributed Energy Forum 
Mr. Anthony Earley, Jr.
Chairman, President and CEO
DTE Energy Company
Detroit, MI
CECA President
Ms. Ellen Berman
Consumer Energy Council of America
Washington, DC
ABB Power T&D Company
Mr. Tim Laberteaux
Manager, Distributed Resources
Raleigh, NC
ABB Power T&D Company
Mr. H. Lee Willis
Director of Technology
Raleigh, NC
AES Corporation
Mr. Thomas A. Tribone
Executive Vice President
Arlington, VA
American Public Power Association
Mr. David W. Penn
Deputy Executive Director
Washington, DC
Bonneville Power Administration
Mr. Michael Hoffman
International Market Lead
Portland, OR
California Public Utilities Commission
Ms. Julie M. Halligan
Policy and Water Advisor to Commissioner Richard A. Bilas
San Francisco, CA
Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets
Mr. Ken Malloy
President
Burke, VA
Clean Energy Group
Mr. Lewis Milford
President
Montpelier, VT
Conservation Law Foundation
Mr. Stephen Burrington
General Counsel
Boston, MA
Conservation Law Foundation
Mr. Richard Kennelly, Jr.
Staff Attorney
Boston, MA
Consolidated Natural Gas Company*
Ms. Beverly Jones
Vice President
Washington, DC 
*Subsequent to Dominion's acquisition of CNG, Jones joined Adams & Reese, LLP
Consumer Action, Bedford Stuyvesant
Mr. Adolfo G. Alayon
President
Brooklyn, NY
Consumer Federation of America
Dr. Mark Cooper
Research Director
Silver Spring, MD
Distributed Power Coalition of America
Ms. Sarah McKinley*
Executive Director
Washington, DC
*Left DPCA on January 2001 and was replaced by Todd O'Connor
Distributed Utility Associates
Mr. Joe Iannucci
Principal
Livermore, CA
DTE Energy Technologies
Mr. Mark Fallek
Vice President
Farmington Hills, MI
Duane, Morris & Heckscher, LLP
Ms. Sheila Hollis
Managing Partner
Washington, DC
Edison Electric Institute
Mr. Louis Harris
Manager of State Retail Policy
Washington, DC
Edison Electric Institute
Mr. Thomas R. Kuhn
President
Washington, DC
Encorp, Inc.
Mr. Scott Anthony Castelaz
Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development
Chicago, IL
Environmental Defense
Mr. Mark MacLeod
Director of Special Projects
Austin, TX
EPRI
Ms. Barbara Bauman
Director of Washington Relations
Washington, DC
EPRI
Dr. Karl Stahlkopf
Vice President of Power Delivery and Utilization
Palo Alto, CA
Federal Trade Commission
Mr. Roger Boner
Economist
Washington, DC
Federal Trade Commission
Dr. John C. Hilke, Ph.D.
Economist/Electricity Project Coordinator
Denver, CO
Federal Trade Commission
Dr. John Simpson
Economist
Washington, DC
Florida Public Service Commission 
Mr. E. Leon Jacobs, Jr.
Chairman
Tallahassee, FL
Gas Technology Institute
Mr. Dan E. Kincaid*
Chicago, IL
*From January 2001,
Independent Consultant
Charlotte, NC
GPU, Inc.
Mr. John Cohen
Manager
Washington, DC
GPU Service, Inc.
Mr. Douglas Howe
Vice President, Regulatory Policy
Morristown, NJ
Kentucky Public Service Commission
Dr. B.J. Helton
Chair
Frankfort, KY
Keyspan Energy
Mr. James Cross
Lead Planner
Brooklyn, NY
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Mr. Mahmud A. Chaudhry
Assistant General Manager - Distribution
Los Angeles, CA
Maryland People's Counsel
Mr. Michael Travieso
People's Counsel
Baltimore, MD
Maryland Public Service Commission
Mr. Glenn Ivey*
Chairman
Baltimore, MD
*From January 2001, Partner, Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, LLP
Washington, DC
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Merwin Brown
Market Sector Manager
Golden, CO
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Mr. Jay Morrison
Senior Regulatory Counsel
Arlington, VA
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Mr. Edward Torrero
Senior Program Manager
Arlington, VA
Navigant Consulting
Mr. Richard Charles*
Principal
Deerfield, IL 
* From April 2001, Director at Excelergy Lexington, MA
Navigant Consulting
Mr. Barry Johnson*
Charlotte, NC
*After September 2000,
Independent Consultant to CECA
NCAT, Energy Center of Wisconsin
Mr. Tony Maggiore
Research Director
Glendale, WI
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Mr. Clement E. Nadeau
Vice President
Syracuse, NY
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Dr. Michael A. Stanton
Marketing Specialist
Syracuse, NY
Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation
Mr. Tim McClive
Strategic Planner
Syracuse, NY
North Dakota Public Service Commission
Mr. Bruce Hagen
President
Bismarck, ND
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mr. Joel Eisenberg
Program Manager
Washington, DC
Ohio Consumers Counsel
Mr. Larry Frimerman
Federal Liaison
Columbus, OH
Oklahoma Legislature
Mr. Lee Paden
Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau Consultant
Tulsa, OK
Oregon Public Utility Commission
Hon. Roger Hamilton
Commissioner
Salem, OR
Pace Energy Project
Mr. Edward Smeloff
Executive Director
White Plains, NY
PG&E Generating
Mr. Kent L. Fickett
Senior Vice President
San Francisco, CA
Plug Power
Ms. Jennifer Schafer
Director of Governmental Affairs
Washington, DC
Potomac Electric Power
Company
Mr. William R. Gee
Vice President, Resource
Planning & Marketing
Washington, D.C.
Public Citizen
Mr. Charlie Higley*
Director
Washington, DC
*Until January 2001
Radin & Associates
Mr. Alex Radin
President
Washington, DC
Renewable Energy Policy Project
Dr. Adam Serchuk*
Research Director
Washington, DC
From October 2000, Principal at Primen Madison, WI
Rocky Mountain Institute
Mr. Thomas Feiler
Managing Director, Corporate Consulting
Snowmass, CO
J.P. Spiers Company
Mr. James P. Spiers
Consultant/Attorney
Boulder, CO
State of New Jersey Division of Ratepayer Advocate
Ms. Blossom A. Peretz
Ratepayer Advocate
Newark, NJ
Statoil Energy, Inc.
Mr. Kjell Stautland
Vice President
Stavanger, Norway 
Swidler & Berlin
Mr. Steven Agresta
Partner
Washington, DC
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mr. James Keiffer
Senior Vice President
Nashville, TN
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mr. Thomas Swanson
Senior Strategy Advisor, System Planning
Chattanooga, TN
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Steve Crout*
Associate Director for the Office of Policy
Washington, DC
*Until January 2001
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Joe Galdo
General Engineer
Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Robert Gee*
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
Washington, DC
*Until January 2001
U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Tina Kaarsberg
Energy Technology Specialist
Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Energy
Ms. Melanie Kenderdine*
Director, Office of Policy
Washington, DC
*Until January 2001
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Marty Kurtovich
Special Assistant, Distributed Energy Research
Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. William Parks
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Dan Reicher*
Assistant Secretary
Washington, DC
*From January 2001, Visiting Fellow at WRI, Washington, DC
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Joe Bryson
CHP Program Manager
Washington, DC
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Kurt Johnson
Program Manager
Climate Policy and Programs Division
Washington, DC
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Tom Kerr
Climate Policy and Programs Division 
Washington, DC
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Paul Stolpman
Director
Washington, DC
Utility Consumers' Action Network
Mr. Michael Shames
Executive Director
San Diego, CA
Virginia Attorney General's Office
Mr. John F. Dudley
Senior Assistant Attorney General & Chief, Insurance & Utilities Regulatory Section
Richmond, VA

Weinberg Associates
Mr. Carl Weinberg
President
Walnut Creek, CA



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