 Daniel
A. Curto is a partner in the Trial Department of McDermott
Will & Emery LLPıs Boston office. He has represented energy companies
in civil proceedings and in regulatory matters involving the FERC,
the CFTC, and various regional system operators.
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 Peter
C. Fusaro is chairman of energy and environmental risk management
consulting firm Global Change Associates in New York. He is the author
of eight books, including six on energy and environmental trading,
including the New York Times best seller What Went Wrong at Enron.
Global Change Associates and Utilipoint have undertaken the first
sponsored multiclient study on energy hedge funds, entitled "Hedge
Funds Enter the Energy Trading Space." Further information on
this study can be found at www.global-change.com.
Fusaro can be contacted at petefusaro@global-change.com.
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 Peter
Jazayeri is an associate in Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP's
Los Angeles office and a member of the Board of Directors for the
Western Chapter of the Energy Bar Association. He advises energy companies
on commodity and trading issues, including insolvency and regulatory
matters. He has counseled power marketers in merchant energy restructurings
and provided guidance on market disruptions, liquidations, and master
agreement setoffs. In addition, he defends trading firms against allegations
of market manipulation and fraud.
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 Doron
F. Ezickson is a partner in the Trial Department and partner-in-charge
of McDermott Will & Emery LLP's Boston office. He is co-chair of the
firmıs Energy Practice Group and serves on the firmıs Management Committee.
His energy practice involves a wide array of federal and state regulatory
issues and litigation relating to the development and operation of
the wholesale and retail electric markets.
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 Jack
Hawks is vice president of public affairs and planning for
the Electric Power Supply Association. He has worked in the energy
industry for more than 25 years in a variety of regulatory, legislative,
and public affairs positions. He was a member of the Electric Reliability
Council of Texas Board of Directors from 1999-2002, serving as vice-chair
and chair. Currently, he is a member of the North American Electric
Reliability Councilıs Reliability Assessment Subcommittee. Hawks holds
a BS degree from the University of Kansas and a masterıs degree in
business administration from George Mason University.
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 Kevin
R. Rose, a principal and cofounder of Ensight Advisors, an
independent energy management consulting practice, has over 21 years
of professional achievements in the energy industry. His domestic
and international career includes knowledge of and experience in strategic
business planning, risk/credit management, and trading controls, including
enterprise exposure management, physical and financial trading of
energy commodities, and risk/energy management systems (front, mid,
and back office) for electric and gas (wholesale and retail) operations.
He can be reached at krose@ensightadvisors.com.
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 Benjamin
Schlesinger, PhD, founding president of BSA Inc., is one
of North Americaıs leading independent energy consultants, with 32
years in consultation on gas and electricity marketing, pricing, infrastructure,
trading practices, strategic planning, and power plant development
worldwide. A former vice president of the American Gas Association,
he has advised more than 400 clients in the U.S., Canada, and 25 other
countries, including the top utility, energy trading and producing,
lending, regulatory, educational, private power, and manufacturing
firms.
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 Alan
Z. Yudkowsky, who is chair of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP's
Los Angeles Energy Practice Group, regularly counsels energy trading
companies regarding contract disputes, insolvency and restructuring
issues, litigation and regulatory matters. He has acted as counsel
to major power marketers in numerous state and federal court actions,
at both the trial and appellate level, arising out of Californiaıs
energy crisis, related bankruptcy proceedings, various state and federal
administrative agency investigations, and before the California PUC
and FERC.
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