KEMA Executive Forum Provides Insight into Business and Policy Issues Facing Competitive Energy Markets

BURLINGON, Mass. - February 6, 2008 (News Release)

KEMA’s 19th annual Executive Forum, “Charting the Course for Competition and Clean Energy,” is gathering leaders from across North America to discuss critical strategic issues facing the merging retail power and clean energy industries. The Forum will be held March 11 and 12, 2008 at the Westin Stonebriar Resort in Frisco, Texas (north of Dallas).

The annual Executive Forum is the leading venue for addressing strategic, business and policy challenges facing retail energy markets. The program features a dialogue among key leaders in the evolving retail and clean energy industries, including senior industry executives, large energy buyers, policy makers, investors and thought leaders. The program opens with a keynote address by Jim Burke, CEO of TXU Energy. Other confirmed speakers include:

* Jim Ajello, Senior Vice President, Reliant Energy
* John Anderson, CEO, ELCON
* Rich Barnes, President, KEMA Services
* Julie Blunden, Vice President, SunPower Corporation
* David Brewster, President and Co-Founder, enerNOC
* Deryl Brown, CEO, Hudson Energy
* Hon. Garry Brown, Chairman, New York Public Service Commission
* Robert Chiste, President CEO, Comverge
* Maura Clark, President – C&I, Direct Energy
* Carrie Cullen Hitt, Vice President – Renewables, Constellation NewEnergy
* Vikas Dwivedi, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
* Lois Hedg-peth, COO, Direct Energy
* Chris Hendrix, General Manager – Competitive Energy, Wal-Mart
* David Hernandez, CEO, Liberty Power
* Rusty Hodapp, Vice President - Energy & Transportation, DFW Airport
* Hon. Paul Hudson, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Texas
* Mark Jacobs, President and CEO, Reliant Energy
* Michael Kagan, President, Constellation NewEnergy
* Bob Kahn, CEO, ERCOT
* Richard Kalmas, Energy Manager, Acelor Mittal
* Lynne Kiesling, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
* Ron Kirk, National Co-Chairman, COMPETE Coalition
* Steven Maslak, CEO, Econnergy Energy
* William Massey, former FERC commissioner and Partner, Covington & Buling
* Hon. Philip Moehler, Commissioner, FERC
* Diane Munns, Executive Director – Retail Energy Services, EEI
* Mark Radtke, President, Integrys Energy Services
* Martin Rosenberg, Editor-in-Chief, EnergyBiz Magazine
* Hon. Alan Schriber, Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
* Dan Sharplin, CEO, Site Controls
* Bill Starnes, Consultant, Cities Aggregation Power Project
* David Svanda, Svanda Consulting
* Taff Tschamler, Director - Retail Energy, KEMA
* Richard Vague, CEO, EnergyPlus
* Jeff Weiser, President, First Choice Power
* Tim Woodward, Managing Director, Nth Power (invited)

Additional information about the conference, including registration, is available at www.kemaseminars.com.

About KEMA

Founded in 1927, KEMA (www.kema.com) is a global provider of business and technical consulting, operational support, measurement and inspection, testing and certification for the energy and utility industry. KEMA employs 1,500 professionals in 20 countries. Its North American consulting operations are headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. KEMA’s global headquarters are in Arnhem, the Netherlands with offices worldwide.

For more information regarding this press release, contact KEMA media relations:


* North America: Kristen Brewitt (kristen.brewitt@kema.com), tel +1 781 418 5714

* Europe: Rolf van Stenus (rolf.vanstenus@kema.com), tel +31 26 3 56 2607