Ronald J. Hrehor

POSITION
        Principal, H&H EnergyConsultants

EDUCATION
        M.B.A., The University of Houston, Houston, Texas
        B.S., Civil Engineering, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS HISTORY
        H&H Energy Consultants, Present
                    Principal

        Harrington & Hrehor Energy Consulting Group, 1994 – 1999
                    Co-founder and Principal

        Price Waterhouse, 1994
                    Senior Manager, Gas Consulting

        Brown Williams, Scarbrough & Quinn, 1993
                    Vice President, Gas Consulting

        United Gas Pipe Line Company (UGPL), 1987 - 1992
                    Vice President, Operations Control 1981 - 1992
                    Vice President, Marketing 1989 - 1992
                    Assistant Vice President, 1987 - 1989
                        Transportation and Exchange

        MidCon Services / Natural Gas Pipeline (NGPL), 1968 – 1987
                    Assistant Vice President, Transportation and Exchange, 1996-1997
                    Director, Gas Supply Operations 1983 – 1986
                    Manager, Gas Supply Operations 1981 – 1983
                    Area Operations Superintendent of Gulf Coast, 1978 – 1981

Range of Experience

        Mr. Hrehor has thirty years of diversified experience in the energy industry. Mr. Hrehor left Price Waterhouse Energy Utility Consulting practice in 1994 and co-founded Harrington & Hrehor Energy Consulting, an independent energy consulting practice. His extensive industry experience includes the management and strategic direction of the marketing, transportation, energy supply operation, gathering and con­struction functions of energy entities, in addition to skills and discipline associated with budgeting, long-range planning and restructuring activities arising from mergers and consolidation. Ron’s broad professional strengths include successful negotiation, conceptual, analytical, and strategic planning skills backed by a comprehensive techni­cal knowledge of the energy industry. Mr. Hrehor has conducted consulting engagements throughout the world focusing on initiatives to implement retail customer choice including the associated market reformation, operations, infrastructure and energy trading issues that must be addressed.  He provides expert testimony on operational, gas transportation, rates and asset valuation matters.

Professional and Business Experience

        In Mr. Hrehor’s consulting capacities, he provides business, technical, regulatory and expert advisory services to primarily clients in the natural gas sector of the energy industry. One area of focus is emerging domestic and international market reformation initiatives designed to introduce competition and accomplish customer choice at the retail level.  He has performed work such as the following:

• Development operational control – British Gas TransCo

• Business definition and functionality assessments for information systems – PwC

• Outlined functional operations group – Gas and Fuel

• Network code strategic review – British Gas TransCo

• Formation of energy trading units – PG&E Australia & Duke Australia

• Electric/gas convergence – INGAA

• Organizational issues and controls – US Marketing Companies.

Mr. Hrehor provides expert analysis and testimony in litigation and regulatory proceedings in the areas of strategy, operations, trading and valuations.    

At Price Waterhouse, Mr. Hrehor was responsible for the Houston office of the Firm’s Gas Practice.  In addition to directing and participating in numerous client engagements, Mr. Hrehor established new markets related to end-user procurement strategies and natural gas futures.

At Brown, Williams, Scarborough and Quinn, Mr. Hrehor provided consulting services to numerous gas clients in areas such as the following:

• Gas Gathering

• Gas Processing

• Transportation Services and Rate Studies

• Gas Procurement and Logistics

At United Gas Pipe Line, Mr. Hrehor was responsible for directing the activities of the following areas:

• Transportation and Exchange Department

• Transportation and Exchange Administration Department

• Market Development Area

• Market Planning and Research Area

• Reservoir and Geological Department

• Storage Management Area

• Gas Control Unit

In addition to the department activities, Mr. Hrehor was engaged in a variety of other activities and assignments including the following:

• Chaired restructuring task force

• Chaired open access task force

• Assisted in asset sales

• Developed market-based storage proposal

• Developed long range restructuring plans and presented to financial institution.

• Chaired tariff review committee

• Developed capacity brokering proposal

At MidCon Services, Mr. Hrehor, in addition to his department head responsibilities, was Chairman of the Transportation and Exchange Restructuring Task Force.  This group’s work scope was to present a plan to management for the combination of the transportation departments of United Gas PipeLine, United Texas Transmission, and Natural Gas Pipeline.

At Natural Gas Pipeline, in addition to his department head responsibilities, Mr. Hrehor was active in the engagement of a variety of other assignments, such as follows:

Co-chaired open access task force and presented report to senior management

• Participated in acquisitions

• Negotiated take or pay settlements

• Development of the transportation area

Presented paper on the Transportation Function in Interstate Pipeline at an AGA seminar in Seattle, Washington (1985)

Professional Presentations

Panelist at Executive Enterprises conference on transportation in Houston, Texas (1988)

Presentation to mid-west natural gas client on Natural Gas Marketing Transaction Risks and Risk Management (1996)

Training seminar to Russian client on natural gas from the wellhead to the final burnertip for their definition of the business requirements and functionality needs in the development of an information system (1998)

Expert and Regulatory Litigation Testimony and Court Appearances

Regulatory - FERC Proceedings

        Company witness for United Gas Pipe Line on filed transportation levels
        (1988)

        Company witness for United Gas Pipe Line on through-put levels -- sales &
        transportation (1989)

        Company witness for Sea Robin Pipeline on through-put levels (1989)

        Company witness for United Gas Pipe Line on Company Restructuring and
        asset sales filing - (sales and transportation through-put, and gas supply)
        (1990)

Regulatory – International Market Proceedings

        Development and Network Code for British Gas TransCo. (1995)

        Victoria Australia, advisory to representatives of state owned gas company
        in formation of retail competitive market, operational and supply security
        matters and energy trading (1996 – 1998)

Expert Testimony and Regulatory Interventions

        Mountaineer Gas intervention to Columbia Gas rate proceeding concerning
        postage stamp vs zone based rates (1996)

        West Tennessee Gas Utility vrs. Teco Gas Marketing expert testimony in
        contract dispute (1997)

        Koch Gateway market based rates proceeding on behalf of Indicated
        Shippers (1997)

        SoCal Edison intervention into El Paso rate proceeding (1998)

        Massachusetts LNG vrs. Industrial National Leasing lease valuation dispute
        (1999)

Florida Public Utility Commission

        Company witness for Sunshine Pipeline on supply and transportation issues
        (1993)

Court Appearances

        Supply witness deposition Anshutz vs. Natural Gas Pipeline, (take or pay) in Houston,
        Texas (1988)

        Operations and transportation deposition in Sugar Bowl v. Natural Gas
        Pipeline (contract issues) in Houston, Texas (1985)

        Operations witness in T. Wright v. NGPL (labor issues) (1980)

        Koch Gateway market based rates proceeding (1997)

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