Curriculum Vitae August 2014

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1 Curriculum Vitae August 2014 Mark A. Harral Home th Street Lubbock, Texas (806) Work Group NIRE 5219 City Bank Parkway Suite 260 Lubbock, TX Phone: Fax: mark.harral@groupnire.com CURRENT POSITION Chief Executive Officer Group NIRE Lubbock, Texas PRIMARY EDUCATION B. B. A. Major in Finance and Minor in Accounting McCombs School of Business University of Texas (2007) Austin, Texas Doctorate in Jurisprudence Energy Law Certificate Specialization Texas Tech University School of Law (2010) Lubbock Texas OTHER EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES Continuing Legal Education Attended Wind Power CLE in Austin and Lubbock, TX, February 2007, April 2009, February 2010, February 2011, February 2012 Oil and Gas CLE in Midland, TX, February 2008 NAPE Expo, February 2012 Personal Experience with Mineral, Surface, and Wind Rights Assisted in negotiating Wind Power contract on family land near Fort Stockton with BP Worked on setting up a trust for proceeds of Wind Royalties Assisted in negotiating water use pooling agreement with Occidental Petroleum Assisted in negotiating oil and gas lease with TREK Oil Company Assisted in negotiating oil and gas lease with Independent Operator for 55 sections of land in Pecos County PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CEO, Group NIRE, June 2013 to Present Director of Commercial Development, Vice-President, Group NIRE, May 2011 to June 2013 Director of Development, National Institute for Renewable Energy, August 2010-May 2011 Expert Witness for Gamesa on Sand Bluff Wind Farm Dispute with EON, Nov 2012-Jan

2 Instructor, Texas Wind Energy Institute, TTU-University College, September 2012 to Present Adjunct Instructor, Texas Wind Energy Institute, TTU-University College, January to May 2012 Operations Manager, Alstom Wind Texas, August 2010 to October 2012 Wind Project Manager, Texas Tech University Office of Technology Commercialization, July August 2010 Financial and Policy Consultant, SKE Engineering, July 2009 to November 2009 REGISTRATION, J.D. Registered Attorney, Texas, License Number PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Wind Energy Association - present TEACHING ACTIVITIES Undergraduate: Wind Energy and Regulatory Law Graduate: Advanced Managerial Wind Energy, WE 5310,11;TTU 2012 (Distance) Wind Energy and Regulatory Law FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 1. Operations Manager, Alstom Wind Texas, Alstom Prototype Wind Project, May 13 th, 2010 to October 2012, $4,000, Director of Commercial Development, Group NIRE, Reese Prototype Wind Farm, May 13 th, 2010 to Present, $8,400,000 from Texas Emerging Technology Fund 3. Director of Commercial Development, Group NIRE, DOE/Sandia National Labs/Vestas Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility, January 2012 to Present, $3,000, Director of Development, National Institute for Renewable Energy, Condition Monitoring System with National Instruments, December 15 th, 2011 to Present, $20, Director of Commercial Development, Group NIRE, Samsung Prototype Wind Project, March 2012 to Present, $11,700, Director of Commercial Development, Group NIRE, Department of Energy and Center for Commercialization of Electric Technology Community of the Future Battery Project, August 2012 to Present, $2,150,000 Total $23,270,000 PUBLICATIONS 1. Subburaj, A. S., Kondur, P., Bayne, S. B., Giesselmann, M. G., & Harral, M. A. (2014, April). Analysis and Review of Grid Connected Battery in Wind Applications. In Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech), 2014 Sixth Annual IEEE (pp. 1-6). IEEE. 2. Subburaj, A. S., Bayne, S. B., Giesselmann, M. G., & Harral, M. A. (2014, May). Analysis of equivalent circuit of the battery connected to the grid. In Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Tehcnical Conference (I&CPS), 2014 IEEE/IAS 50th (pp. 1-7). IEEE. 3. Nimmagadda, Sandeep, Mark A. Harral, and Stephen B. Bayne. "CHALLENGES OF OBTAINING FINANCIAL TRANSMISSION RIGHTS FOR WIND PROJECTS." 2

3 4. Nimmagadda, Sandeep, Mark A. Harral, and Stephen B. Bayne. "QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF WIND FINANCIAL TRANSMISSION RIGHTS USING PROFORMA MODEL." International Journal of Power and Energy Systems 34.1 (2014). 5. Singarao, Venkatesh Yadav, Vittal Rao, and Mark A. Harral. "Review on engineering and regulatory aspects associated with frequency control capabilities of wind power plants." Energytech, 2013 IEEE. IEEE, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION LEADERSHIP Chief Executive Officer, Group NIRE, Present Developed and sold 80MW wind project to NextEra Energy Resources for a wind project valued at $142,000,000 Provide fiscal, strategic and operational leadership to reduce inefficiency while increasing operating results Serves as Principal Investigator on $2M subaward from TTU to accomplish Texas Emerging Technology Milestones Serves as Principal Investigator for Group NIRE on all Sandia National Labs and DOE funded projects amounting to $8.1M installed at Reese in Lubbock, Texas Expand Group NIRE available land by 4000 acres for use by National Labs, Texas Tech, and Industry Partners Reduce annual operating budget by 60% to match income projections Manage staff of 5 personnel and contractors to meet operation milestones of company Maintained former responsibilities of Director of Commercial Development position Director of Commercial Development, Group NIRE, Direct and develop all commercial and research wind projects at Reese Provide in-house legal advice with the support of outside counsel Negotiate and Execute term sheets, confidentiality agreements, power purchase agreements and interconnection agreements Work with Sandia National Labs, Vestas Technology R&D Americas, Samsung Heavy Industries, Alstom Power Inc., Texas Tech University and several wind turbine manufacturers to construct wind research facilities Create subsidiary companies and organizational structures to meet strategic goals of the NIRE, industry partners, and academic institutions Work with state entities, utilities, project owners, investors, and landowners to develop/construct wind farms. Direct and develop energy storage projects at Reese Review wind turbine placement to optimize annual energy production Supervise between 5-10 consultants to complete goals of Group NIRE Ensure Texas Emerging Technology Funds are properly documented and Group NIRE is compliant with all state requirements and milestones Work with researchers on key initiatives related to mechanical, electrical, civil, and atmospheric engineering/science Expert Witness in Wind Energy, Consultant, 2012 Present Provide independent third party opinion concerning litigation focused on wind farm failures Determine failure rates at wind farms looking for reasons for failures beyond computer simulations. Review SCADA data to determine exact point of failures 3

4 Determine if failure rates have decreased due to operational changes to wind turbines Review certification and industry standards for wind turbine designs and whether wind turbines met IEC standards Worked for King and Spalding on Gamesa vs. EON Arbitration case: $96 million dispute Operations Manager, Alstom Wind Texas, Provide in-house legal advice with the support of outside counsel Negotiate and Execute term sheets, confidentiality agreements, power purchase agreements and interconnection agreements Manage the construction activities of installing a 1.67MW wind turbine at the Reese Technology Center Created Alstom Wind Texas as a subsidiary company of Alstom Power Inc. to meet strategic goals of the project Work with state entities, utilities, project owners, investors, and landowners to develop/operate wind facility Work with researchers on key initiatives related to mechanical, electrical, civil, and atmospheric engineering/science with Alstom Power Inc. R&D department Faculty Instructor, Texas Tech University s Texas Wind Energy Institute, Create and teach first wind energy project management class in the United States for undergraduate and graduate courses Market wind energy courses to students and companies Teach undergraduate and graduate courses for wind energy law Mentor students taking wind energy courses Adjunct Instructor, Texas Tech University s Texas Wind Energy Institute, Created and taught first undergraduate wind energy law class in the United States Taught sixteen (16) undergraduate students the basics of wind energy law including nondisclosure, interconnection, power purchase, turbine supply, construction, warranty, operation and maintenance, and partnership/limited liability company agreements; Created and judged an undergraduate negotiation competition for students related to leasing land for a wind project Director of Operations, National Institute for Renewable Energy Texas Tech University s Texas Wind Energy Institute, Assisted managing general operations, projects, and initiatives for the NIRE Provided Draft proposals to internal policies and procedures Negotiated easement agreements with landowners to develop energy facilities Worked with the NIRE s regulatory and IP attorneys to meet the strategic goals of the NIRE Secured Texas Emerging Technology Fund Grant worth $8,600,000 with $2,000,000 going to NIRE Secured Alstom Power Inc. Prototype Project worth $6,000,000 for deployment at the Reese Work with researchers on key initiatives related to mechanical, electrical, civil, and atmospheric engineering/science 4

5 Wind Project Manager, Texas Tech University Office of Technology Commercialization, Discuss purchase terms with OEM s such as Hyundai, DeWind, Alstom, and Vestas Attend meetings with TTU, Pantex, Pattern Energy, Utility companies to build wind projects Submit federal and state grant applications for funding and support Develop organization structure for TTU to perform research on operational wind farms. ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP DOE/Sandia National Labs/Vestas Technology R&D Americas Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility at Reese in Lubbock, Texas 2011-Present Provided oversight for $3,000,000 initial project cost Negotiate agreement to ensure adequate wind flows between several partners at the Reese Review wake impacts of 6 wind turbine configurations Manage operations of facility once it is operational in 2013 Executed interconnection and power purchase agreements with South Plains Electric Cooperative and Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Led the development of a wind non-interference agreement to prevent obstruction of wind flow Manage the construction permits, contracts, and development of the project Samsung Heavy Industry Prototype 5MW Wind Project at Reese in Lubbock, Texas 2012-Present Provided oversight for $11,700,000 initial project cost Negotiate agreement to ensure adequate wind flows between several partners at the Reese Secured project for Group NIRE Department of Energy and Center for Commercialization of Electric Technology Community of the Future Battery Project, Texas 2012-Present Provide oversight for $2,150,000 initial project cost and research grant Manage environmental permitting for the project Develop PMU network in SPP for grid stability research Secured project for Group NIRE Secured R&D funding for Texas Tech University for PhD Students 5

6 Alstom Power Inc. 1.67MW Wind Project at Reese in Lubbock, Texas Present Provided oversight for $4,000,000 project cost Negotiate agreement to ensure adequate wind flows between several partners at the Reese Secure permits Secured project for NIRE Secured interconnection and power purchase agreement Built the project in 4 months Secured all permits and land rights to build the project 6