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 vicki_peterson@platts.com 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 robin_mason@platts.com.
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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