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Greg Tyson Vice President

Greg Tyson, Vice President of Gabel Associates, has over 23 years of energy modeling experience. Mr. Tyson assists clients with the analysis of wholesale and retail power market issues and the implementation of business ventures in the energy industry. He is adept in conducting advanced energy price forecasting, modeling, and data analysis.

Mr. Tyson actively supports clients with energy project development and strategic power issues. He conducts in-depth long-term tariff modeling and wholesale power forecasts for all regions of the country. He also provides comprehensive modeling and economic and financial analysis, which includes internal rate of return calculations, environmental, social, and economic costs and benefits of policy proposals, payback forecasting, and sensitivity analyses. He provides cost/benefit analyses that identify the full value proposition of energy projects.

Mr. Tyson is also skilled at utilizing various modeling platforms including AURORAxmp, an established energy model that accounts for all fundamental market drivers and can provide long range power pricing.

In addition, he assists clients in successfully navigating utility and regional transmission organization issues, including the interconnection process. He is also engaged in environmental matters that affect the power generation industry and forecasts the supply, demand, and price of environmental attributes.

Richard Preiss Vice President

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Richard Preiss Vice President

Richard Preiss, Vice President of Gabel Associates, has over 35 years of experience in the electric utility industry and previously worked for several large electric utilities including American Electric Power, General Public Utilities, and Jersey Central Power & Light/FirstEnergy.

Mr. Preiss’ background encompasses a broad spectrum of functional areas of responsibility including utility regulation, rate strategy, power contracting analysis, cost of service studies, transmission services and power markets. He has extensive ratemaking expertise and serves as an expert witness in electric and water utility matters.

Mr. Preiss actively supports the successful development of renewable energy projects and is proficient at detailed economic and cost/benefit analysis. He also excels in managing procurement and analytical activities for electric generation.

Travis Stewart Vice President of RTO Services

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Travis Stewart Vice President of RTO Services

Travis Stewart, Vice President of RTO Services, advises clients on a variety of wholesale market matters including energy and capacity market design and rule development. He is also engaged in various RTO committees that help shape wholesale power markets.

He assists clients in monitoring the evolving business practices of various regional transmission organizations and understanding their economic and business implications.

Mr. Stewart actively monitors issues at PJM (the largest grid operator in the country), MISO, and SPP. Specifically, he participates in various committees and working groups that focus on a range of issues including energy and capacity markets, demand response, and reliability. These groups are integral to the development and refinement of RTO rules, policies, and processes as well as the resolution of difficult market and technical issues. Through his active participation, Mr. Stewart provides frequent reports to clients on various issues. He is also well-versed on PJM’s Capacity Performance model and its impact on generation resources.

Prior to joining Gabel Associates, Mr. Stewart worked within the Office of Chief Counsel for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. In this role, he provided guidance to senior legal staff and the New Jersey Governor’s Office on a number of matters impacting energy markets in New Jersey.

Andrew Conte, CEM, CEA & CMVP Vice President of Advanced Energy Solutions

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Andrew Conte, CEM, CEA & CMVP Vice President of Advanced Energy Solutions

Andrew Conte, Vice President of Advanced Energy Solutions, of Gabel Associates, has more than 13 years of environmental and energy consulting experience. Mr. Conte brings expertise in energy efficiency and distributed generation project development, technical studies, and sustainability planning.

Mr. Conte is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Energy Auditor (CEA), and Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP).

Mr. Conte has extensive experience working with public and private sector clients. He has been integral in assisting clients achieve sustainability, economic, and carbon reduction goals through energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Mr. Conte also has a deep working knowledge of multiple state incentive programs, which help to enhance the economic outlook of energy initiatives. This includes a strong understanding of the programs offered through the New Jersey Clean Energy Program (CEP).

Mr. Conte supports renewable energy projects including RFP development and administration, proposal evaluation, contract negotiations, and performance monitoring. He also works closely with clients to ensure they remain educated and well-informed throughout the process.

Prior to joining Gabel Associates, Mr. Conte was part of the outreach team for the NYSERDA Existing Facilities Program and Demand Management Program. In this role, he assisted non-profit institutions with evaluating and developing energy efficiency and storage projects for potential funding through these NYSERDA incentive opportunities.

In addition, he has worked closely with local and county governments to create energy master plans. When structuring energy master plans, Mr. Conte prepares an infrastructure baseline analysis and works diligently to identify a comprehensive list of energy conservation measures that best align with the unique needs of the client.

Loren Altshuler Vice President of Energy Procurement

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Loren Altshuler Vice President of Energy Procurement

Loren Altshuler has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. As Vice President of Energy Procurement, Ms. Altshuler ensures that aggregated customer groups and individual customers obtain energy supply at competitive market prices and that customers are satisfied they have received the level of customer service they expect.

Ms. Altshuler has a comprehensive background in natural gas and power energy supply gained from working in various energy companies. She has held operational and financial roles in three publicly traded energy firms including at a customer operations division of an international retail energy supplier, at a retail energy sales division of an international oil and gas company, and at an energy broker division of a smaller international energy firm. Among her specialties are energy contracting and pricing, contract and tariff interpretation, savings assessments, customer onboarding and enrollment, customer and utility supplier relationships and communications, and energy choice billing issue resolution.

Ms. Altshuler is a well-respected energy expert, and she also has a strong analytical, operations and finance background. She has held leadership roles in both operations and finance. She has led direct reports and project teams in the areas of retail energy contracts administration, customer onboarding and utility enrollment, invoicing and collections, planning and budgeting, analysis, project management and process improvement.

Ms. Altshuler maintains a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute and has performed project manager responsibilities. She has also completed Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean certifications and looks for opportunities to deploy process improvement, lean thinking, KPIs, and “mistake proofing” into daily operations.

Ms. Altshuler started her career at an electric and gas utility where she performed project engineering for both power plant environmental system improvements and environmental permitting efforts. She has also worked in both a power generation division’s and a retail supplier’s planning and budgeting departments.

Ms. Altshuler’s extensive expertise in the energy industry, in conjunction with her unique retail energy, economic, financial, project management and improvements experience proves invaluable to clients interested in engaging in retail energy choice projects.

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