Platts Announces Finalists for the 9th Annual Global Energy Awards

Platts Announces Finalists for the 9th Annual Global Energy Awards

October 03, 2007

    NEW YORK, Oct. 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    Platts and principal sponsor Capgemini, along with
co-sponsor Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, today announce the
finalists for the 2007 Platts Global Energy Awards. 
Established in 1999, the Platts Global Energy Awards
recognize innovation, leadership, and superior performance
in over a dozen categories spanning the entire energy
spectrum. This year three new awards will be featured;
Green Energy Innovator of the Year, Energy Efficiency
Initiative of the Year, and Risk Management Innovator of
the Year. 

    "Each of this year's finalists is to be
congratulated for their important contributions as
innovators and exemplary performers in their respective
industry categories," said Platts President Victoria
Chu Pao. "We look forward to announcing the winners of
the Platts Global Energy Awards at the upcoming Gala. And in
recognition of the importance of energy's role in climate
change, we're pleased to be showcasing awards for Green
Energy Innovator of the Year and Energy Efficiency
Initiative of the Year in this year's competition." 

    Finalists in 16 categories were chosen from a list of
just under 200 nominees by a panel of judges including
former national regulators, past and present heads of major
energy companies, leading academics and international energy
experts,. The Energy Company of the Year, based on
performance criteria beyond financials, will be selected
from this overall list of finalists. Last year's Energy
Company of the Year winner was Iberdrola of Spain, whose
CEO, Ignacio Sanchez Galan also won CEO of the Year. 

    Winners of the 2007 Platts Global Energy Awards will be
announced at a gala celebration on Thursday, November 29,
2007 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Each year
more than 500 senior energy executives from around the
world gather to attend the black-tie awards ceremony. The
ceremony is also co-sponsored by Standard and Poor's,
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, and Spectra Energy. 

    In advance of the awards dinner, the inaugural Platts
Lecture will be presented by Mr. Gene Sperling, former
White House National Economic Advisor and former Director
of the USA's National Economic Council, who will address
the implications of climate change for the global energy
industry in a lecture entitled "Climate, Energy and
the Climate for Energy." Other notable global industry
executives will join the discussion on how this topic
relates to their segment of the energy world. The Platts
Lecture, sponsored by R.W. Beck and PACCAR, will take place
on November 29, 2007 at the Digital Sandbox, located at 55
Broad Street in New York, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 
Additional sponsorships are still available for the Platts
Lecture. Contact Vicki Peterson at
[e-mail] or at 970-461-1090 for more
information.

    Accredited media may attend both events as Platts'
guests with advance registration. Television cameras are
welcome.

    To make a reservation to attend the Platts Global
Energy Awards and Platts Lecture, go to
http://www.globalenergyawards.com .  For additional
information about attending the events contact Robin Mason
at 631-642-2600 or [e-mail]. 

    The finalists in each category are as follows:
  
    CEO of the Year
    Antonio Brufau - Repsol YPF 
    David Crane - NRG
    Douglas L. Foshee - El Paso Corporation
    Fulvio Conti - Enel SpA
    Gregory H. Boyce - Peabody Energy
    J. Wayne Leonard - Entergy Corporation
    Jim Rogers - Duke Energy
    Joseph L. Welch - ITC Holdings
    Lewis Hay, III - FPL Group
    Michael G. Morris - American Electric Power
    Mohamed H. Al-Mady - SABIC
    Mr. Fu Chengyu - China National Offshore Oil
Corporation (CNOOC) 
    Steve Malcolm - Williams

    Commercial Technology of the Year
    Black & Veatch
    Entergy Nuclear Operations/GE-Hitachi
    Hydro-Quebec
    Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and Criterion
Catalysts & 
     Technologies
    Site Controls
    
    Community Development Program of the Year
    Attock Refinery Limited
    Colorado Springs Utilities
    Duke Energy
    Entergy Corporation
    Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L)
    MidAmerican Energy Company
    Pearl Group Management, LLC
    Reliance Energy Limited (REL)
    Union Fenosa
    Xcel Energy

    Downstream Business of the Year
    Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
    Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
    Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
    S-Oil
    Valero Energy Corporation

    Energy Company of the Year
     (all finalist companies are also a finalist for this
top award of the 
      year)

    Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year
    Broward County School District
    CoalTek, Inc
    ELI Argentina
    Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
    Southern California Edison (SCE)
    Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited - Ontario's Smart
Metering 
     Initiative
    Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited - Peaksaver
Program 
    Union Fenosa

    Energy Transporter of the Year 
    California ISO
    ITC Holdings Corp.
    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
    Northern Natural Gas Company (NNG)
    RTE
    Sovcomflot
    Williams

    Engineering Project of the Year
    Black & Veatch - Samra Power Project 
    Black & Veatch - Shidongkou Power Station    
    Burns & McDonnell   
    Entergy Corporation
    Nexen, Inc.
    
    ENR Energy Construction Project of the Year 
    Alpha Petroleum Services
    Bechtel Power Corporation
    DTE/Detroit Edison/Washington Group International/Riley
Power
    MidAmerican Energy Company
    Northeast Utilities
    San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
    Southern California Edison (SCE)
    Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
    Washington Group International - DTE Energy's Enrico
Fermi Nuclear Power 
     Station
    Zachry Construction Corporation (ZCC) & Black &
Veatch 

    Green Energy Innovator of the Year
    ACCIONA Energia
    American Electric Power (AEP)
    Applied Materials, Inc.
    California ISO
    E+co
    Gridpoint
    INGENCO
    Morgan Stanley
    PACCAR
    Reliance Energy Limited (REL)
    UOP Renewable Energy & Chemicals
    
    Hydrocarbon Producer of the Year
    Chesapeake Energy Corporation
    China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)
    Nexen, Inc.
    Peabody Energy
    Repsol YPF
    Williams

    Industry Leadership Award
    Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
    Arch Coal
    California ISO
    Camara de Comercilizacao de Energia Electrica - CCEE
(Chamber of Electric 
     Energy Commercialization)
    Comverge, Inc
    Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
    EnerNOC
    ITC Holdings Corp.
    Peabody Energy
    STP Nuclear Operating Company
    Xcel Energy

    Lifetime Achievement Award
    Bob McGehee - Progress Energy
    Lord Ronald Oxburgh - Climate Change Capital
    Robert G. Jones - Tennessee Valley Authority/Browns
Ferry Nuclear Power 
     Plant
    Robert L. Parker - Parker Drilling Company
    William Macaulay - First Reserve Corporation

    Marketing Campaign of the Year
    API SpA
    E Wie Einfach/E.ON 
    Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
    Petron Corporation
    Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
    
    Power Company of the Year
    Entergy Corporation
    Integrys Energy Group
    MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company 
    NRG Energy, Inc.
    Tenaga Nasional Berhard (TNB)

    Rising Star Award
    AED Oil Limited 
    AES Andres
    Blue Source
    CoalTek, Inc
    EMFESZ
    Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
    Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited
    Stream Energy
    WhiteFence
    World Energy Solutions, Inc. 
    
    Risk Management Innovator of the Year
    Caesar Systems
    Constellation Energy
    FuelQuest
    OpenLink Financial
    Towers Perrin
    Triple Point Technology
    
    Fast Facts about the Platts Global Energy Awards:
     
    -- Platts receives around 200 nominations each year 

    -- This year's nominations have come from 27
countries:
       Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Canada, China, 
       Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India,
Italy, Malaysia, 
       Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Russian
Federation, Saudi 
       Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,
Switzerland, the 
       UK, the UAE, and the USA

    -- Platts is proud to count former OPEC energy
ministers, national 
       regulators, former heads of major energy companies
and leading 
       economists, academics and legislators among its
judges, past and 
       present. 

    -- Each category in the awards has 4-6 key criteria
against which the 
       judges will evaluate each nomination. 

    -- The Platts Global Energy Awards have been described
by past entrants 
       and winners as both the "World Series" and
"Academy Awards" of energy.

    -- This is the fifth year in a row that Capgemini is
the principal
       sponsor of the Platts Global Energy Awards; this is
the second
       consecutive year that Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
is a co-sponsor.

    Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of
Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, enables
its clients to transform and perform through technologies.
Capgemini provides its clients with insights and
capabilities that boost their freedom to achieve superior
results through a unique way of working, which it calls the
Collaborative Business Experience. Capgemini reported 2006
global revenues of EUR 7.7 billion (approximately US$10
billion) and employs more than 80,000 people worldwide.
More information is available at
http://www.us.capgemini.com .

    For information on the co-sponsors, go to:
http://www.platts.com/GEAWeb/resources/jsp/aboutsponsors.jsp

    Lead sponsor of the Platts Lecture, R. W. Beck, Inc.
(rwbeck.com), is a technically based business consulting
firm providing engineering, economic, financial and
planning solutions for the energy, water and solid waste
industries. Integrating business and financial acumen with
technical and engineering expertise, R. W. Beck works as
trusted advisors providing insights that positively impact
municipal utilities, public and private sector agencies,
the financial community and other industry partners.
Founded 65 years ago, R. W. Beck has more than 550
employees with 27 offices in the U.S. and one in Singapore.


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