/24-7PressRelease/ - CHICAGO, IL, April 20, 2008 -- ALERT! Is now the time to change cost management to risk management in the Illinois market? Here's your chance to assess whether you belong in the Illinois market.
The number of companies selling energy in Illinois has gone up from about a half dozen to 20 firms recently. Leaders want competition to shine, to serve the public. The word has gotten out. It's going to be a big market and marketers know it.
Join Restructuring Today, your colleagues and this panel of Illinois energy industry experts on May 2 from noon to 1:30 PM CDT for a live, interactive audio discussion on the changing Illinois market dynamics with ABCs and retailers:
• DERYL BROWN is the CEO of HUDSON ENERGY SERVICES, a fast growing energy provider in Texas, New York and Illinois. Brown is a proven energy business executive with a track record of value creation in the competitive retail energy industry. He has broad experience in retail energy including strategy development, engineering, operations, customer service, technology, marketing and sales. Prior to his current position he was vice president and general manager for Direct Energy Business Services, a leading retail energy provider in North America. Before that, Brown had a long career at TXU playing a leadership role in establishing their retail energy business and he held a variety of senior positions in TXU's regulated utility business, serving TXU for some 28 years.
• BRIAN GALLAGHER is a vice president at ENERGYCONNECT, a leading provider of demand response and energy efficiency solutions. Gallagher has over 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate and energy industry as a CPA, attorney, entrepreneur and sales executive. He is a frequent speaker at energy industry events and is a member of BOMA Chicago and the Illinois Manufacturing Association.
• CRAIG SCHUTTENBERG is a vice president and one of the founders of ENERGY CHOICES, a consulting and procurement services provider to commercial, industrial, organizational and municipal clients. Schuttenberg has over thirty years of experience in the energy industry in various capacities including electricity and natural gas purchasing, administration, energy management, financial analysis, project management, process engineering and operations engineering. By utilizing his financial, technical and negotiating skills, he has initiated and implemented changes that have resulted in multi-million dollar savings for his clients and employers. With responsibility for new product development at Energy Choices, Schuttenberg has initiated and implemented unique purchasing and risk management processes for their clients.
• DAVID WIERS is the president of SATORI ENERGY, a Chicago-based firm providing supply-side procurement, risk management, market monitoring services and overall energy management solutions to clients in deregulated markets nationwide. Wiers is also a founding member and president of the Texas Electricity Professionals Association (TEPA), a non-profit organization aimed at upholding the integrity and maintaining honor in the deregulated electricity business in Texas with a roster of more than 35 aggregators, brokers, consultants and retail electric providers. With over ten years of consulting experience, including over eight years in the energy business, Wiers has participated in many deregulated markets since the inception of electric deregulation. Wiers launched his career in deregulated power markets in 2000 with Chicago-based Sieben Energy Associates where he conducted and supervised supplier negotiations, reviewed contracts, performed rate optimization studies and undertook billing audits for a variety of clients.
Ask your own questions during the live Q&A and hear answers to questions like these:
• What are the extra benefits of marketing in Illinois?
• What's ahead for those who deal with aggregators, brokers and consultants?
• What happens to those who choose to buy green fuel?
• How do marketers avoid being exposed to the highest prices of summer?
• How are marketers rewarded when they cut demand if the grid is under stress?
• What are the prospects for a stepped-up supplier count and what will be the impact on suppliers and margins?
• When exactly does the market open?
For details and ways to register, please visit:
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