Specialised business consultants for the electricity and gas industries.

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1 Specialised business consultants for the electricity and gas industries. E-Bridge connects. Strategy Business processes Planning Market Operational implementation IT support Operation Networks Our consultants are our strength. International expertise and many years of experience in the energy industry. That means professional support for our clients from people who really understand their questions. Independent, reliable, competent. E-Bridge operates independently of the individual interests of the parties on the market.

2 Who we are E-Bridge is one of the leading management consultancy companies in the European energy industry. This leading role derives from the combination of energy business know-how and practice-oriented implementation advice. This way, E-Bridge makes an important contribution to a secure, competitive and sustainable energy supply. Mission E-Bridge supports companies and public authorities that wish to develop and implement energy strategies. E-Bridge s most important asset is its first-class, highly qualified, experienced and implementation-oriented consultancy team. Furthermore, E-Bridge has access to the most recent data and information from the European energy industry. The combination of a multidisci plinary consultancy team, its vast up-to-date data base and the direct involvement of E-Bridge in numerous innovative projects in the European energy industry makes E-Bridge a strong and dependable partner for all its clients. Principles ¼ ¼We understand what our clients need and regard consultancy as a service. ¼ ¼We keep our promises and generally surpass the expectations of our clients. ¼ ¼We safeguard our market leadership through the stringent selection of our consultancy team members, ongoing expansion and updating of our database, as well as professional programme and project management. ¼ ¼We take pride in our loyalty towards both our clients and our colleagues. ¼ ¼We ensure a flexible working environment that meets the needs of our clients and our colleagues. ¼ ¼We offer our employees a high degree of independence and expect them to take responsibility. Board of Management Dr Jens Büchner ¼¼Corporate Strategy ¼¼Price and Quality Regulation ¼¼Investment Strategy Tuncay Türkuçar ¼¼Market Integration ¼¼Generation and Trading Jens Büchner has been working in the energy industry for more than 21 years. He is the first contact for regulatory authorities and public utilities on complex and delicate questions that require practical experience, as well as technical expertise. Dr Büchner obtained his doctorate from the Technical Uni ver sity (RWTH) of Aachen. Tuncay Türkuçar has been working in the energy industry for almost 20 years. At E-Bridge, he advises European transmission system operators and energy exchanges on the assessment, structuring and implementation of market coupling solutions. He also supports European transmission system operators on questions of system security. Mr Türkuçar studied at the Technical University of Dortmund.

3 Martin Ahlert ¼¼Due Diligences ¼¼Energy Markets ¼¼Trading & Distribution ¼¼Asset Management ¼¼Best-Practise Benchmarking ¼ ¼Transmission and Distribution System Operators Martin Ahlert has in-depth knowledge of the gas sector and is responsible for questions concerning energy trading and distribution, LNG, grid access and regulation. He advises energy traders, power station operators, regulatory authorities and distribution and transport systems operators. Before joining E-Bridge as a consultant, Mr Ahlert had already gained more than 20 years experience in the energy industry in various managerial positions. Martin Ahlert studied Business Engineering and Supply Technology at the Universities of Applied Sciences in Dortmund and Münster. René Beune ¼¼Energy Markets ¼Market ¼ Coupling/Congestion Management ¼ ¼Transmission System Operators René Beune, Principal Consultant at E-Bridge Consulting B.V., has almost 31 years experience in the energy sector. His in-depth knowledge and insight into technical, economic and business relationships forms the basis for his practical and implementation-oriented consultancy for transmission system operators, energy exchanges and regulatory authorities. René Beune holds a master s degree in Applied Mathematics/Operations Research from the University of Twente. Steffen Boche ¼¼Best-Practise Benchmarking ¼¼Distribution System Operators ¼¼Operational Regulation Management ¼¼Due Diligences ¼¼Model Development ¼¼Network Tariff Calculation Steffen Boche can base his consultancy on more than 16 years experience in the energy industry. His duties at E-Bridge include operational regulation management, elaborating business regulatory models and evaluating energy supply networks. From 1998 to 2004 he held various management positions at Verbundnetz Gas AG, a German gas distributor. Steffen Boche studied at the University of Rostock. Michael Bonda ¼¼Network Tariffs ¼¼Market Design ¼¼Competition ¼¼Network Regulation Michael Bonda has several years of experience in the electricity industry. His comprehensive and profound knowledge of industrial economics makes him an expert for issues in the areas of market design, competition and network regulation. Due to an increasingly misguided development of network tariffs he is currently focusing on their restructuring. Michael studied business administration and mechanical engineering at the RWTH Aachen University as well as Project Management for engineers at the Ecole Centrale Marseille in France.

4 Tjacka Bus ¼Market ¼ Coupling/Congestion Management ¼ ¼Programme and Multi-client Project Management ¼¼Distribution & Trading ¼ ¼Distribution and Transmission System Operators ¼¼Power Exchanges ¼¼IT Management Tjacka Bus is a specialist in designing and implementing European market coupling projects involving transmission system operators and energy exchanges. Furthermore, he has more than 7 years experience in the planning and implementation of energy data management (EDM) within the addedvalue chain of distribution, trading and application optimisation. Tjacka Bus has worked for over 3 years in the Dutch energy sector in the fields of accounting group management and sales processes. Before starting his consultancy career, he was engaged in the field of solid-state physics for 5 years, conducting research into materials for innovative energy systems and semiconductor applications. Tjacka Bus studied Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and Materials Science at the Delft University of Technology. Dr Dominik Dahl ¼¼Data Warehouse ¼¼IT Management ¼¼Network and Market Simulation Dominik Dahl has more than 7 years experience in conducting and managing IT projects. As software and information engineer, he has headed IT projects and most recently was responsible for the introduction of a finance and production reporting in a producing company. Dr Dahl has practical experience in the drawing up of requirement specifications for software systems, the RFQs for components and external implementation services, the choice of providers and the management of the procurement processes. Dominik Dahl studied physics at the University of Greifswald and received his doctorate at Zurich s Institute of Electrical Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering. Dr Arne Dammer ¼¼Incentive Regulation ¼¼Due Diligences ¼¼Trading & Distribution ¼ ¼Distribution and Transmission System Operators Susanne Dornick ¼¼Asset Management ¼¼Energy Markets ¼¼Renewable Energies ¼¼Programme and Project Management At E-Bridge, Arne Dammer is chiefly responsible for gas topics with a focus on the development of efficient market designs, market integration and strategic corporate development. He has profound theoretical and practical knowledge of regulatory and incentive models, both in national and international energy markets. His extensive experience with institutions and government agencies, as well as the management of interdisciplinary project teams form the basis for his advice. Before joining E-Bridge, Dr Dammer worked in the regulatory management department at E.ON Ruhrgas and was responsible for the supervision of foreign gas markets, in particular for the development and assessment of the regulatory framework. Arne Dammer studied at the University of Mannheim and received his doctorate in economics from the University of Münster. Susanne Dornick has been working in the energy industry for more than 11 years. The focus of her work includes European electricity market design, cross-border market integration, generation, and trading. Susanne Dornick also supports transmission system operators in the areas of system security, market integration and IT project management and implementation. Before working as a consultant, she was employed for several years in regulatory management at E.ON Global Commodities and for a number of years was responsible for energy contract management in the field of system operation at TenneT TSO, and worked on various projects as part of the European Regional Initiatives. Susanne Dornick studied energy and environmental engineering at the University of Applied Science Zittau/Görlitz.

5 Bart Franken ¼¼Best-Practise Benchmarking ¼¼Network Planning ¼¼Transmission System Operators Bart Franken has been a consultant in the energy industry for more than 14 years. Before becoming a consultant he worked for several years for a Dutch transmission system operator where he was responsible for network development planning and system operation. At E-Bridge he advises system operators on questions of market integration, system safety and asset management. In 7 years he has supported over 20 transmission system operators worldwide as part of a benchmark project. In addition, he has advised numerous power generators and regulators worldwide. Bart Franken studied Electrical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Dr Zongyu Liu ¼Market ¼ Coupling/Congestion Management ¼ ¼Network and Market Simulation ¼Network ¼ Planning ¼ ¼Programme and Project Management Zongyu Liu, Consultant at E-Bridge Consulting B.V., has been involved with the energy sector for more than 7 years. He has extensive experience from various EU projects which he conducted during his work at the Technical University of Delft (Netherlands) in cooperation with leading manufacturers of network systems, transmission system operators and leading technical universities in Europe. His expertise in the fields of system modelling, stochastic modelling of the infeed of renewable energies, modelling and optimisation outstandingly qualifies Dr Liu to support the E-Bridge team. Zongyu Liu studied electrical engineering at the Chalmers Technology University (Sweden) and electrical engineering and IT at the McMaster University (Canada). Dr Vigen Nikogosian ¼¼Energy Markets ¼¼Competition & Regulation ¼¼Market Design ¼¼Reserve Markets ¼¼Renewable Energies ¼¼Network Planning Vigen Nikogosian has been involved with specific economic questions in the electricity and gas markets for over 7 years. As Senior Consultant at E-Bridge he heads multi-client projects, looking after these in both the strategic and the operative sector. Apart from his successful external project management, Dr Nikogosian focuses in his practical and scientific work on the fields of competition and regulation in the energy market. Before moving to E-Bridge he was employed at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). Vigen Nikogosian studied Economics at the University of Hohenheim and obtained his doctorate from the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. Oliver Obert ¼¼Process Management ¼¼IT Management ¼¼Project Management ¼¼Asset Management Oliver Obert has been working in the energy industry for more than 14 years and joined the E-Bridge team in October His main work focuses on business process modelling and optimisation, specification and implemen tation of IT management (among others, for system security calculations, minute reserve marketing, electricity and gas processes) and project management/it project management for complex international cooperation projects with a large number of stake holders. He is currently also involved in the evaluation of incentive regulation. He mainly advises TSOs, DSOs and public utilities. Before joining E-Bridge he worked for almost 3 years for SWM Infrastruktur and 5 years for E.ON Netz (today TenneT TSO). Oliver Obert studied Electrical Power Engineering at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences.

6 Olaf Rhein ¼¼Incentive Regulation ¼¼Asset Management ¼¼Best-Practise Benchmarking ¼¼Distribution System Operators ¼¼Network Planning As Principal Consultant at E-Bridge, Olaf Rhein s consultancy focuses mainly on the development, structuring and implementation of regulatory concepts for distribution system operators. His other areas of expertise include processes adaption and asset management, as well as maintenance and service concepts for process management in incentive regulation. Olaf Rhein studied Electrical Engineering at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. Dr Pieter Schavemaker ¼Market ¼ Coupling/ Congestion Management ¼¼Network and Market Simulation ¼¼Network Planning ¼¼Transmission System Operators (TSOs) Pieter Schavemaker, Principal Consultant at E-Bridge Consulting B.V., has been working in the energy industry for more than 21 years. He combines outstanding analytical skills with extensive experience coordinating international working groups and stakeholders. In recent years Dr Schavemaker has played a leading role in international projects in the field of transmission systems and electricity markets. He is one of the founding fathers of the Central-Western European flow-based market coupling that is currently being introduced. Pieter Schavemaker obtained his doctorate from the Delft University of Technology. Dr Henning Schuster ¼¼Asset Management ¼¼Distribution System Operators ¼¼Generation Dispatch ¼¼Network Planning and Distribution Henning Schuster has more than 6 years of experience in the electrical energy industry and research. He worked in national and international projects for generation companies, network operators and authorities with a wide range of topics. He gained an excellent base of technical understanding concerning all interdependencies in the electrical energy system. In all of these tasks he is able to combine the technical understanding with market mechanisms and commercial issues. With his analytical approach and deep technical understanding qualified advisor for commercially sensitive and technically complex task. Henning holds a doctoral degree from RWTH Aachen University. Dr Tobias Veith ¼¼Energy Markets Tobias Veith has many years of experience in project management. As an economist, Dr Veith has in-depth knowledge of the central themes of European market integration. These include market design in regulated energy markets, pricing new products and solving questions from multi-market contacts of power generators. Before moving to E-Bridge, Dr Veith was involved in projects concerning regulation and competition questions for Federal ministries and companies at the ZEW for over 5 years. Tobias Veith studied Economics at the University of Mannheim and the Toulouse School of Economics. He obtained his doctorate from the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management.

7 Transmission systems and market integration The growing international cooperation between transmission and district gas system operators has led to an increased number of regional projects throughout Europe to promote European market integration, as well as European cooperation to ensure system safety. Our consultants support European system operators and energy exchanges with the evaluation, development, implementation and harmonisation of efficient bottleneck management processes and backup and balancing energy markets. They also help to develop effective cooperation to strengthen system safety. Market and portfolio analysis E-Bridge has been developing network and market access models in various countries for many years. Its knowledge of the local conditions, its extensive database and analysis tools and many years of experience in market analysis and the evaluation of gas procurement and power station portfolios make E-Bridge a reliable partner for energy-economic assessments of investment and cooperation projects in the European electricity and gas industry.

8 Distribution system operators Small and medium-sized public utilities Caught between cost pressure and sustainable quality assurance, the operators of electricity and gas networks need to continuously assess and adapt their system concepts, maintenance strategies and operating processes. The regulatory, economic and technical competence of E-Bridge combined with project management know-how and many years of implementation experience are guarantees for successful and efficient support for our customers and ensure that E-Bridge can provide optimum support for its clients in facing these challenges. E-Bridge supports small and medium-sized enterprises on all topics of energy market regulation. E-Bridge covers the whole spectrum of pending questions, such as network fee calculations, support in concluding unbundling contracts, identification of savings potentials, takeover of systems on expiry of concession contracts and organisational tasks. Furthermore, regular workshops and comparative data analysis are carried out in a joint project with more than one hundred companies.

9 Questions from current projects n Development of viable market coupling solutions between the regional markets in Central-Western Europe (CWE) and Scandinavia n Joint procurement platform for backup and balancing energy markets (electricity and gas) n Technical and economic assessment of network development and network connection variants and new interconnectors n Evaluation of the continued development of competition on the German gas market n Concepts for network utilisation and connection of power stations n Energy economic market analysis and future supply concepts n Planning and introduction of risk-based asset management (electricity and gas)

10 n Network assessment as part of due diligence and expiring concession agreements n Operational regulation management for some 120 distribution system operators n Technical strategies for planning, operation and maintenance of networks n Conceptional and organisational analysis of cooperations in the network sector n Process benchmarking and optimisation and development of control indicators between asset owner/asset manager and asset manager/network service n Potentials and implementation concepts for smart metering

11 Contact: E-Bridge Consulting GmbH Astrid Schada von Borzyskowski Meckenheimer Allee 67 D Bonn E-Bridge Consulting B.V. Jacqueline Gerritsen Utrechtseweg 159a NL 6862 AH Oosterbeek Please visit our website for more Information on our projects, customers and consultants: Phone: Fax: [email protected] Phone: Fax: [email protected]