"Power Generation: The New Reality"

Tuesday. July 13
8:00am – 9:30am

We are very fortunate to have the following keynote speakers, each an expert in their field, to address power generation with their own unique perspective.

	Stephen Kuczynski, Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services, Exelon Nuclear Presentation Title: Excellence in Equipment Reliability: A Leadership Perspective Steve Kuczynski is Exelon Nuclear's chief engineer. He is responsible for providing governance and oversight in the areas of nuclear fuel, engineering, project management, power uprates, outages and license renewal for Exelon's 10 sites and 17 nuclear units. Professional History Kuczynski has more than 25 years of experience in the nuclear industry. Most recently he was the Senior Vice President of Exelon Nuclear's Midwest Operations. In that role, Kuczynski had oversight of all operational functions for Exelon Nuclear's six Illinois operating facilities and 11 reactors. Prior to that role, Kuczynski was the Senior Vice President of Operations Support in which he was responsible for the performance of Outage Services, Training, Emergency Preparedness, Security, Chemistry, Radiation Protection, Operations, Maintenance, Work Control and Industrial Safety for the Exelon Nuclear fleet. Previously, Kuczynski worked at Byron Station. He joined the Byron team in 1999 and held manager positions in Nuclear Oversight and Maintenance before becoming Plant Manager in 2001. He was named Byron Site Vice President in 2003. Kuczynski also worked at Exelon's Dresden Station from 1984-99. During that time, he played an integral part in the successful improvement effort to have the site removed from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Watchlist. Education Kuczynski holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and earned a Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) License from the NRC. Exelon is a utility holding company with the largest market capitalization in the electric utility industry. Exelon Generation constitutes one of the industry's largest portfolios of electric generating capacity, with a multi-regional reach. It operates the nation's largest fleet of nuclear power plants, and through its generation and trading organizations, controls more than 31,000 megawatts of electric supply. Exelon's retail affiliates serve 5.4 million customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
	Richard W. Knoebel, Senior Vice President and Project Director, Sargent and Lundy, LLC Richard W. Knoebel graduated from Bradley University (BSCE) in 1977 and began his career at Sargent & Lundy as a structural engineer. He completed his MS degree (Structural Engineering) from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1982. He has been at Sargent & Lundy for over thirty-two years. During that time he has been exclusively involved in providing engineering and consulting services for the electric power industry. Mr. Knoebel's work experience involves the design of new fossil fuel, nuclear and renewable power stations. He has been involved in countless modification projects for operating power stations. He has worked internationally in more than 40 countries on power and energy projects. For the last fifteen years Mr. Knoebel has been involved in providing technical consulting services to the power industry for project development and financing of new and existing power plants for major international banks. This work has involved providing technical advice to lenders, developers and contractors to assist in the successful development of energy projects. Mr. Knoebel also was largely responsible for the development of Sargent & Lundy's renewable energy services work. Currently, Mr. Knoebel is a Senior Vice President and Project Director at Sargent & Lundy L.L.C. in the consulting business group. He has been one of the owners of the firm since 2005.
	Gregory J. Snyder, Vice President, Region Executive, Central, U.S., Siemens Energy, Inc. Gregory (Greg) Snyder is Vice President and Region Executive for the Central Region of Siemens Energy. He currently oversees sales for both the new unit and service product lines. The Siemens Energy portfolio includes utility, IPP, industrial and renewable energy generation, environmental controls, I&C, transformers and other transmission and distribution high voltage products. He has also been active in the selection of U.S. manufacturing sites for Siemens Wind Energy. Mr. Snyder started his career in 1977 with Westinghouse Electric Corp. and has held a variety of sales, marketing, and project financing management positions with both Siemens-Westinghouse and Siemens Energy. Mr. Snyder's educational background includes a bachelors degree in environmental engineering and economics (double major) from Yale University. Greg and his wife, Pam, currently reside in Orlando, Florida with their one teenage daughter.
	Ed Tirello, Managing Director and Senior Power Strategist, Berenson and Company Edward J. Tirello, Jr., Managing Director and Senior Power Strategist, leads Berenson & Company's Power and Utilities Group. He joined Berenson & Company from the Utility Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank. Ed has spent 31 years of his career as a utility industry research analyst, moving over to the investment banking side as a strategist for the past six years. Beginning with his 1987 prediction that the industry would consolidate from 150 companies down to 50 in five years (giving rise to the famous "50 in 5" slogan), Ed has been frequently quoted in the financial and trade media on macro industry events and trends. He foresaw the convergence of natural gas and electric distribution companies in the mid-1990s. His latest prediction is that the industry will experience renewed growth by increasing rate base through massive new construction programs (new power plants and pollution control equipment) and a step up in merger and acquisition activity now that the Public Utilities Holding Company Act has been repealed. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Ed worked at two of its U.S. acquisitions, BT Alex Brown and NatWest Securities. Prior to that, he worked for Smith Barney and Lehman Brothers. He has a B.S. in Economics from St. Peter's College, an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and has completed course work towards a PhD at Penn State. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the Wall Street Utility Group.