From 1991 through 2003, Mr. Stern was employed by Enel North America, Inc. (a subsidiary of Enel SpA, an Italian electric utility company) and its predecessor, CHI Energy, Inc., an energy company which owned or operated nearly 100 power plants in seven countries, specializing in renewable energy technologies including hydroelectric projects and wind farms. While at Enel North America, Inc. and CHI Energy, Inc., Mr. Stern served as General Counsel and, commencing in 1999, as President, Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to joining CHI, Mr. Stern was a Vice President with BayBanks, Inc., a Boston-based $10 billion financial services organization, where for six years he specialized in energy project finance, real estate restructurings and asset management.

Mr. Stern currently serves on the Boards of Directors of EPV Solar, Inc., a manufacturer of thin-film solar energy products and systems; Rentech, Inc. (AMEX: RTK), a global leader in the development of ultra-clean fuels and chemicals; and Capital Access Network, Inc., a small business lender. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC, a private equity firm specializing in energy and infrastructure investments.

Mr. Stern received B.A., J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Boston University and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar and the Federal Energy Bar.

Wood has nearly 20 years of experience in project finance with involvement in raising more than $7 billion in debt and equity. Most recently, he was a Senior Vice President with Noble Environmental Power of Essex, Connecticut, where he was responsible for raising more than $700 million of non-recourse debt and $200 million of tax equity for a portfolio totaling 330 MW of windpower in New York State. His finance experience also includes positions with J.P. Morgan Chase and Wachovia Securities, where he has been active in the financing of major energy projects both in the U.S. and internationally.

Wood graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude; he also holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Mr. Nash’s professional career includes multiple assignments while with the New England Electric System (NEES, now National Grid US) including its Global Transmission group. Mr. Nash was Project Director for the Cross Sound Cable Project, later purchased and developed by TransEnergie US, which Mr. Nash joined in 1998. He was NEES Project Manager for the first 26-mile Nantucket Submarine Cable Project and Project Engineer for the 800-ampere Lisbon Ground Electrode serving the New England - Hydro Quebec HVDC Intertie.

With EBASCO (now Washington Group) from 1987 to 1993, Mr. Nash’s substation projects included the NYPA to Long Island Y-49, 345 kV Submarine Cable and the 345 kV cable interconnection for Consolidated Edison’s Goethals Substation to the Linden Cogeneration Facility in New Jersey.

Mr. Nash received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University in 1982, is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and a Senior Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society.

As project manager for both projects he had overall responsibility for achieving safety, productivity, quality, schedule and financial goals.

Mr. Micciche previously served as Manager of Construction for Public Service Electric and Gas in New Jersey. In this capacity he managed a $1.5 billion, five-year repowering program. He also was a plant manger and served in a variety of department head roles involving maintenance, controls and operations at conventional and nuclear facilities.

Mr. Micciche graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Engineering and has attended the Rutgers Senior Management Program and the Texas A&M Construction Executive Program.

With CHI, he initially focused on licensing, planning, and government and community relations for a proposed 1500-MW power project, responsible for preparing a successful siting application for the project generating facility as well as a separate siting application for a related 345-kW transmission line.

He later served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, for CHI and Enel North America, part of the senior management team responsible for corporate development. He served on the board of directors of the National Hydropower Association, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association of utility and independent hydropower owners, for nine years, including one year as president of the association in 2000-2001.

Previously, Mr. Hocker was a communications consultant for companies involved in the engineering, energy, and environmental fields and a Contributing Editor of Independent Energy magazine for several years, writing numerous articles on various business aspects of the independent power industry. Mr. Hocker holds a BA degree from Stanford University.

Previously, Mr. Beaumonte served as Director of UBS Warburg, Inc. of New York, Treasurer and Assistant Controller of Republic New York Securities Corporation of New York, Vice President of Lehman Brothers Holdings of New York, and Supervisory Senior at Ernst & Young of New York.

Mr. Beaumonte is a graduate of Lehigh University (B.S.), a Certified Public Accountant and is licensed by the National Association of Securities Dealers (Series 7).

While at New England Power Co., his responsibilities included project management of Phases I and II of the 2,250 MW HVDC Interconnection between New England and Hydro-Quebec, oversight of a 1,200 MW hydroelectric system, and project management of the Bear Swamp hydroelectric pumped storage project.

Mr. Griggs graduated from Vermont Technical College with a degree in Electromechanical Engineering and from Lesley University with a degree in Management.