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PROPOSAL Louisiana Public Service Commission Prudence

Review of the Cleco Power LLC St Mary Clean Energy Center – Docket No. U-35544

Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC Innovative Ideas for Shaping the Future

February 24, 2021

Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC

Kathryn H. Bowman Executive Counsel Louisiana Public Service Commission 602 North Fifth Street (Galvez Bldg) P.O. Box 91154 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-9154

February 24, 2021 Dear Ms. Bowman, We are pleased to submit this Proposal to the Louisiana Public Service Commission for Independent engineering and project management services related to a Prudence review of the Cleco Power LLC St Mary Clean Energy Center in accordance with Docket No. U-35544.

Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC, (CTC) located in Mesa, Arizona, and is registered as a small woman-owned USA business that specializes in engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPC) consulting power projects. We are made up of a group of highly specialized professionals. As a team, CTC personnel have worked together on numerous projects over the past 20 years as you will see in our proposal. We certainly feel we have the knowledge and understanding of the appropriate costs, installation methods, and operational issues facing the power industry today.

Our expertise and experience working with Owners and our extensive Engineering/Procurement, Construction Management, and Operations experience with numerous power projects will ensure that we will deliver the best value for this assignment.

Sincerely, _____________________________________ Ben Hill, President Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC.


Innovative Ideas for Shaping the Future Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management,

Scheduling, Estimating, Cost, and Risk Management

Critical Technologies Consulting

2369 Dogwood Trace Blvd 2 Hopkinson Court Lexington, KY 40514 Marlboro, N.J. 07746

Phone – 859-533-2367 Phone – 732-209-1147 2238 S. Duval

Mesa, Arizona 85209 Phone – 859-533-2367

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Proposal of Services For this assignment, we have developed the following information and offer:

Background The Louisiana Public Service Commission and Staff are seeking the services of an expert to provide assistance in the review and analysis of Cleco Power’s filings and associated testimony; preparing data requests; review of all testimony’s filed related to the project; participating in status conferences; attending site visits as needed; and preparing any required technical analysis as requested by the PSC Staff. Additionally, the Commission is seeking a firm with the capabilities to provide both written and oral testimony and to support the Commission and Staff in all related matters to bring closure to the issues. A detailed Prudent review will also be performed including the following:

1. The decision-making structure of Cleco Power for the Waste Heat Recover (WHR) Project, and whether decisions were informed and reasonable based on the information available at the time.

2. A determination on Cleco Power’s overall management of the WHR Project, including, but not necessarily limited to, construction, the Project management team’s assessments throughout, cost management, and completion schedule.

3. Cleco Power’s success in achieving the stated objectives of the WHR Project. 4. An assessment of the engineering areas of WHR Project, such as, but not

necessarily limited to, site preparation and water source changes. 5. A determination of whether Cleco Power’s WHR Project contracts were

drafted such that they appropriately and prudently contemplated risks/setbacks associated with undertaking the WHR Project and contained adequate protections with regard to those risks.

6. Whether, if any resolutions were reached with third party, Cleco Power negotiated those resolutions to result in the best possible outcome for Cleco Power and its ratepayers.


Understanding of Requirements

Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC (CTC) is pleased to submit this proposal to the Louisiana Public Service Commission for performance of Professional Independent Consulting Services for the overall review and prudence determination of the Cleco Power Waste Heat Recovery Project located at the St. Mary Clean Energy Center. Our team has a history of representing the Public Service Commissions, Staffs, and Consumer Advocates as you will see in this proposal. It is CTC’s intent, based on this proposal, to respond to all aspects of the Request for Proposal (RFP).

Each of our personnel have extensive years of power plant experience in the engineering, construction, management, operations and maintenance of all power plants including nuclear, coal, gas, hydro IGCC and geothermal. Our Consultants average a minimum of 35 years in the Power industry with the majority of that experience directly involved with power plant designs, installations, operations and maintenance.

CTC represented the Mississippi Public Utility Staff (MPUS) throughout the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction of the Kemper Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power generation facility as well as an adjacent lignite mine, 36 miles of water pipeline, 86 miles of transmission lines, and numerous modifications to seven (7) substations. The project is located in Kemper County, Mississippi. Our role was to provide onsite construction monitoring, cost and financial monitoring and evaluations of project expenditures, evaluations of to-go costs and analysis as to the effectiveness of the adherence to the scheduled activities, and ultimately prudence testimony during regulatory hearings and all other efforts in support of the MPUS. Additionally, CTC represented the MPUS in the addition of Scrubbers at the Danial Coal Plant and offered prudence testimony related to the successful installation. CTC is also under contract with the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office to provide Nuclear expertise in the evaluation and prudent decision making by Entergy related to cost impacts related to extended refueling outages at their Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) facility as well as costs incident to a 2013 accident related to a dropped stator. CTC is also representing the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Arkansas Public Service Commission and the Public Utility Commission of New Orleans in evaluation of the prudence decisions by Entergy during the operations and outages at the Grand Gulf Nuclear facility. A detailed report of technical deficiencies at Grand Gulf as well as a detailed Prudence review and written as oral testimony is being performed.


Additionally, CTC, through its subsidiary Vogtle Monitoring Group (VMG) is providing expert witness testimony, on-site construction monitoring, and evaluating services as well as reviewing and evaluating the reasonableness of the costs and schedule in an ongoing basis at the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 and 4 Project for the Georgia Public Service Commission Staff. Additionally, each of our consultants were part of the team for the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction of conversion units for the dispose of weapons program by-product waste materials (i.e., the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Project) for the DOE at their Gaseous Diffusion plants in Paducah, KY and Portsmouth, OH. Critical Technologies Consulting was contracted to the Arizona Corporation Commission to conduct an independent financial and performance review of the Selective Catalytic Reduction (“SCR”) Project at the Four Corners Generating Station (“Four Corners”) located in Fruitland, New Mexico. Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”) is a 63 percent equity owner of the station and is responsible for its operations and maintenance. The Four Corners Generating Station had consisted of five generating units, Units 1, 2, and 3 were previously retired, and the remaining units 4 and 5 are rated at 770 MW (for a total of 1540 MW net). These two units are projected to operate until 2038, and a condition of continued operation is to implement further air emissions modifications to reduce NOx emissions in order to comply with Regional Haze Regulations. Further, the SCR project is the means by which this is to be accomplished. APS’s Four Corners station is a regulated generating station, and as such APS had sought to put the cost of the SCR project into the rate base. As part of that process, CTC performed an independent review of the project, prepared a report of its findings, and then provided both written and oral testimony to the Arizona Corporation Commission.

CTC has a history of protecting not only the Public Service Commissioners and regulatory agencies, but also their constituents, the States Ratepayers and Citizens. We have the experience and the track record to protect the interests not only of the ratepayers, but to also assure compliance with regulated Orders in protecting the interests of the Public Service Commissioners and Staffs of various States. On numerous occasions CTC personnel have been called upon to perform financial assessments of major engineering companies, construction companies, and power plant facilities to determine the viability and stability of those companies for acquisition.


As you can see, CTC has the experience and expertise to provide the quality service needed and required by the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Staff for the detailed prudence review decommissioning of the Cleco Power Plant.

Statement of Qualifications CTC is a multi-services professional consulting firm that focuses primarily on the Power Industry and technically complex, First of a Kind (FOAK) projects, and new Power Construction Projects. CTC is registered as a small business. It is comprised of a core team of highly experienced professionals that cover the spectrum of project required capabilities, and average over 42 years of hands-on experience in all phases of project planning and execution and facility operations. All key personnel utilized by CTC have at least 35 years of experience and have worked together in both planning and executing projects, and in bringing their individual expertise together in independently reviewing, advising, and reporting on the performance of numerous client projects. Major industry projects CTC personnel have been actively involved in, include coal, natural gas (primarily combined cycle plants) nuclear (both Pressurized Water Reactors, and Boiling Water Reactors, and Water and Wastewater Projects. Several of our current CTC personnel were previously called upon by the US Department of Energy to provide independent baseline financial and schedule related reviews of its major Projects. These multi-billion-dollar projects involved a variety of highly complex technologies. Examples include the National Ignition Facility (the world’s largest and most energetic laser facility, with a goal of creating a fusion reaction by the simultaneous firing of 192 lasers into an eraser sized Hydrogen/ Helium target), and the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Lab (a facility that accelerates protons up to 90% of the speed of light, directs them onto the nuclei of mercury atoms which then “spalls” neutrons out of the nuclei, and pulses resultant neutron beams at materials to observe and learn more about material science at the atomic level. These same personnel, prior to performing these complex FOAK project reviews, had hands on experience as designated project “key personnel” in planning and executing high technology FOAK projects (e.g., the Accelerator Production of Tritium Project; the Modular High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Project; and a project to dispose of weapons program by-product waste materials (i.e., the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Project).


In performing reviews of major projects, and as is the case with all projects, the focus of the reviews has been to evaluate the ability of the project team (a) to achieve the project defined technical objectives, and to do so (b) within budget, and (c) on schedule. The final reports prepared by our team are written to be understandable even for non-technical personnel and are of publication quality. CTC consultants, depending on their area of expertise, will be used to support the unique requirements of whatever our efforts may require. We have a highly experienced staff that will produce the desired results while using a low amount of labor hours. We do not use junior level personnel for critical assignments, as such, only senior level personnel who have been actively involved in power plant technology and are fully capable of providing the expertise required for this assignment. Senior level personnel are the leaders of our team.

Our Services CTC, with its highly qualified pool of personnel resources, is capable of providing services for any and all aspects of an industrial process facility life cycle. The process begins with preliminary planning and due diligence reviews of whether or not the project should proceed, and carrying through with licensing/permitting activities, conceptual/ preliminary/and detailed engineering and design, contracting and procurement activities, quality assurance, construction, start-up/test and turnover, and operations activities. Our experiences have shown us that proper planning (to include due consideration of risks, and some level of contingency to accommodate them), and then executing and measuring progress against the Plan, are essential elements for successfully managing industrial facility projects. We also understand that depending on the level of project complexity, and the associated risks, that different projects can warrant different levels of management controls to be applied (i.e., a “graded approach”). We at CTC have highly qualified personnel with hands on experience with all phases of a power facility project life cycle. We are highly qualified to assist on specific aspects of a project; e.g., serving as (a) Owners’ Engineer; (b) Independent Consultant (c) Independent Monitor, or (d) as a specific situation may warrant, supplying “seconded” employees to serve as an integral part of an established project organization.


Reference Projects CTC has selected four (4) recent projects which correspond to the Cleco Power Project: Kemper Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Project The “Kemper County” Project consists of an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power generation facility as well as an adjacent lignite mine, 36 miles of water pipeline, 86 miles of transmission lines, and numerous modifications to seven (7) substations. The project is located in Kemper County, Mississippi. The Project has a nameplate electrical capacity of 800 MW gross. The Project utilizes the Transport Integrated Gasifier (TRIG) gasification technology developed by Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) in cooperation with Southern Company, to convert the lignite fuel to a synthesis gas (syngas) for use as the main fuel in a combined cycle power block. The Project also includes carbon capture technology to remove 65% of the CO2 releases from the gasification process. Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC was retained by the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff as Independent Monitor and was responsible for providing onsite monitoring, status reviews, cost and schedule reviews, quality reviews, and all other aspects of project development and completion. CTC was also responsible to provide prudency reviews and offer written and oral expert testimony. Reference Contact Information: Mr. Virden Jones, Executive Director, MPUS 501 N. West St, Suite 301B Jackson, MS 39201 [email protected] 601-720-7903 Mobile Four Corners SCR Project Addition In 2018, Critical Technologies Consulting was contracted to conduct an independent financial and performance review of the Selective Catalytic Reduction (“SCR”) Project at the Four Corners Generating Station (“Four Corners”) located in Fruitland, New Mexico.


Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”) is a 63 percent equity owner of the station and is responsible for its operations and maintenance. The Four Corners Generating Station had consisted of five generating units, Units 1, 2, and 3 were previously retired, and the remaining units 4 and 5 are rated at 770 MW (for a total of 1540 MW net). These two units are projected to operate until 2038, and a condition of continued operation is to implement further air emissions modifications to reduce NOx emissions in order to comply with Regional Haze Regulations. Further, the SCR project is the means by which this is to be accomplished.

APS’s Four Corners station is a regulated generating station, and as such APS had sought to put the cost of the SCR project into the rate base. As part of that process, CTC performed an independent review of the project, prepared a report of its findings, and then provided both written and oral testimony to the Arizona Corporation Commission. Reference Contact Information: Ms. Kerri A. Carnes Manager, State Regulation & Compliance 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004-3902, M.S. 9712 602 250 3341 Office 602 761 0618 Mobile [email protected] Plant Daniel Desulfurization (Scrubber) Project

The Project consists of an installation of a flue gas desulfurization system, commonly called FGD “scrubber” as well as necessary ancillary items which include a new wastewater treatment plant, a limestone silo, deep well injection system for wastewater, and a nearby gypsum storage and retention pond. The project located in Jackson County, Escatawpa, Mississippi, at the existing Victor J. Daniel Plant site is a major 2-gigawatt, four-unit fossil fuel power plant, generating approximately 1 GW from two coal-fired subcritical drum-type units and 1 GW from two newer, gas-fired combined-cycle units. Jointly owned by Southern Company subsidiaries Mississippi Power and Gulf Power, it is the largest generator of electric power in the State of Mississippi.

CTC’s scope of work included the performance of an independent due diligence of the status of the project (as of April 2015) and a summary review of the historical progress. The due diligence included a detailed review of the status of construction, cost

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estimates, schedules, contracts and open permits. Additionally, a historical review of the engineering and design, and procurement status of the project was performed. A detailed prudence review followed the due diligence with subsequent written and oral testimony during the rate hearings.

Reference Contact Information: Mr. Virden Jones, Executive Director, MPUS 501 N. West St, Suite 301B Jackson, MS 39201 [email protected] 601-720-7903 Mobile Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant The Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant (“GG”) consists of a General Electric Manufactured Boiling Water Reactor with a capacity output of 1,443MW, making it the largest commercial nuclear power plant in the United States. GG, located in Port Gibson, Mississippi provides approximately 33% of its power to the State of Arkansas. Recently, GG experienced a forced outage requiring the plant to be out of service for approximately five months. The Arkansas Attorney General engaged CTC to perform a due diligence review of the outage and subsequent causes and provide opinion on the prudence of requiring the rate payers of the State of Arkansas to absorb these costs through rates. CTC worked closely with the Attorney General’s office and provided written as well as oral testimony. Reference Contact Information: Ms. Sarah Tacker Senior Assistant Attorney General [email protected] 501-682-1321 Direct


Approach to this Project

CTC proposes this assignment be approached in four phases as briefly described below: Phase I Scope: Preparation and Desk Top Reviews CTC will establish a formal meeting with the LPSC Staff to review this approach and adjust the steps as necessary. Additionally, CTC will meet with Henderson Ridge Consulting to review the current status of their reviews and involvement with the Project. The following steps will be followed during Phase I:

• CTC to review in the public domain all applicable documents/reports/data

available for the subject matter under review. • Development of a list of documents required from Cleco Power, LPSC Staff,

and Henderson Ridge Consulting. • Develop Lines of Inquiry (questions – Data Requests) and submit to the LPSC

Staff. • Based upon availability of information, CTC will perform a detailed review of

all information gathered and perform an analysis of potential imprudent actions on the part of the Cleco Power Project team.

Information gathered and reviewed will include, but not limited to the following:

• Cleco Power documents and analysis used to make the determination that a

power plant was necessary, including any Decision of Records (DOR’s) used by senior and executive management in this decision-making process.

• Any documents presented to the LPSC and the resulting Order(s) issued by the Commission.

• Any applicable design/engineering documents (requested by CTC) • Original Risk Register reflecting the Risk, Mitigation, Cost Impacts, etc. • Original Project Execution Plan including how the Project is to be managed

and executed. • Original Project Schedule (Contract Schedule). • Original Cost estimate and forecast of expenditures. • All Prime and Subcontracts used throughout the Project. • All Procurement documents and supplier Purchase Orders.


• Change Orders and Claims by Subcontractors • Back Charges from Owner to Subcontractors and Suppliers • All testimonies rendered regarding the Project. • Closeout report generated by Cleco Power.

CTC will generate a Sharepoint Repository for all documents which will be used throughout the Prudence process. Access to the Sharepoint will be available to CTC personnel, LPSC Staff personnel as well as Henderson Ridge Consulting personnel, based upon approval by the LPSC. Based upon the detailed review of documents, CTC will produce additional Document Requests and submit the same through the PSC Staff to Cleco Power. Typically, CTC maintains an Action Item Listing of all outstanding issues to be resolved and addressed. Additionally, we maintain a log of all Data Requests generated by CTC during the performance of the review.

Phase II Scope: Facility Review A site visit will be required by CTC (up to four CTC personnel) which will include interviews of Cleco Power personnel. Prior to the site visit, those personnel to be interviewed will be informed and questions will be sent prior to the interviews. Operations and maintenance records will be requested and reviewed to determine the plant is operating as originally designed and envisioned and can adequately meet the original intended lifecycle of the facility.

Following the site visit, CTC will meet with the LPSC Staff and share our findings and potential imprudence discovered.

Phase III Scope: Preparation of Report A technical report of all findings will be developed and will be the basis of the written testimony developed in Phase IV. The resultant report will focus on two primary areas described below:


1. Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC)

This section will describe all findings related to the original decision to build and operate a power plant including the development; engineering/design phases; procurement of all long lead items as well as bulk and non-designed components/equipment; installation and construction of the facility; start up and commissioning of all systems and ultimate transfer of Care and Custody of the Facility to the Operations group. Professional determinations will be made as to the Prudent decisions throughout the EPC phase of the project with a focus on the decisions that were deemed to be imprudent. Cost impacts will be shown with each imprudent action by the Company (Cleco Power). Typical comparisons will be made to other similar facilities as to time (Schedule) and associated costs for the EPC phase. Comparisons will be made of Final Cost versus Industry Benchmarks.

2. Prudency of Operations and “Used and Usefulness” of the Asset

This section will show the following items related to the Operations and Maintenance of the facility. This is critical for the ratepayer assurance that the facility can and does produce the performance parameters originally designed and forecasted for the Plant: Identification and assessment of economic performance factors to include

Capacity Factor, Availability Factor, and other factors that may be used by the Cleco Power, and comparisons of these measures against a) original performance measures, b) industry benchmarks.

Issues that may have impacted economic performance outside the average

expected industry ranges (e.g., regulatory required modifications requiring plant shutdown to perform, etc.)

Identification and assessment of environmental performance factors such as

compliance with air emissions permits and water discharge permits (where applicable).

Identification of the 2020/2021 Operations & Maintenance expenses versus

industry benchmarks.


Phase IV Scope: Written and Oral Testimony

Preparation of a draft written Testimony will be submitted to the LPSC Staff for comments and discussions prior to the final issuance.

Attendance at negotiation meetings and hearings is currently envisioned to be by two (2) to four (4) CTC representatives based upon actual findings and the expertise required.

Organizational Structure

PresidentBen Hill

Finance & PC- ExVPDinos Nicolaou

Financial DirectorRosalie Mannarino

Financial SupportTara Jenkins

Regulatory - VPDon Grace

IT/RecordsChris Hill

Director ofEngineeringAlex Kravets

Director of SchedulingSerghios Serghides

Other Personnelas Required


Key Team Members

Ben Hill, President, BS Business Management As an Executive Project Director in the Power market, he provides all project related activities as well as Owner Engineering, Independent Engineering, and Project Management services. He provides consulting and management services in the power (coal, nuclear, gas, IGCC, renewables), construction, water, and wastewater industries as well as the Government sectors. Typical activities include overall project management, pre-construction studies such as labor analysis, cost studies and analysis, economic impacts, development of project plans and procedures, nuclear

plant outage coordination, project layout and reviews of conceptual designs, constructability reviews, preparation of bid documents, evaluation of bids, contracts, and other related project documents, and provides all required Engineering and Construction Management and Owner Engineering Services.

Dinos Nicolaou, CTC-VP, MBA Has over 40-year experience in all areas of project controls, Financials, Earned Value Management System, Cost, Planning and Scheduling, Scope Control and Risk Management for all phases of a project, at home and field offices. His background encompasses several industries with most in power generation including Nuclear, and transportation projects. He has reported to all levels of Management including Presidents of major Companies and Deputy Secretaries (DOE) He has been an Executive Consultant representing

the Public Service Commission of Mississippi, Arizona, Georgia and Attorney General for the State of Arkansas as an Independent Monitor on a multi-billion-dollar projects. He has been part of and lead External Independent Reviews and Independent Cost estimates for DOE for 15 years throughout the USA.


Don Grace, VP Engineering/Regulatory, P.E., MBA Over 50 years of hands on technical, management and executive experience with all Life Cycle Phases of major facility project (i.e., due diligence economic evaluation, design, licensing, construction, start-up and testing, commissioning, operations and decommissioning). Many of the project experiences were First of a Kind (FOAK). Graduated Cum Laude from US Naval Academy and served as a nuclear qualified submarine officer. Awarded fellowship to attend Harvard Graduate School of Business and from there earned an MBA

degree. Registered Professional Engineer. Worked at progressive levels of management (including President of a company to develop FOAK facilities to dispose of US Nuclear Weapons Program By-Product Wastes). Worked 17 years for an electric utility, and another 17 years for an Architect Engineering firm, and am highly experienced in all phases of electric power plant development and operations. More recently have functioned primarily as an Executive Consultant, during which time I have (a) led Project Management Reviews of multi-billion-dollar FOAK US Department of Energy Projects, (b) worked for the Thailand nationalized utility in leading a study of alternative means of meeting future energy demands, and (c) more recent assignments have included testifying as an expert witness for various state Public Utility Commissions.

Alex Kravets, Director of Engineering – MS in Power Plant Engineering Over 35 years experience in engineering, construction, and commissioning of new and retrofit projects for centralized and distributed power generation with major emphasis on improved fuel utilization, combustion optimization, and multi-pollutant emissions control. Numerous senior and lead engineering and project management positions at Foster Wheeler, Shaw Stone and Webster,

and Mitsubishi/Hitachi Power Systems where his experience included fuel utilization systems engineering and development, technical and commercial risk assessment, projects management and construction/commissioning supervision on multi-million contracts for major US power generating companies. Alex led engineering and design, coordinated engineering subcontractors’ activities, was responsible for procurement and construction support supplying Combined Heat and Power Generation packaged systems for industrial and commercial customers under Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Build-Own-Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) contracts, was heavily involved in risk assessment, project permitting, construction sites development and preparation.


Serghios K. Serghides, Manager, Project Controls Over 35 years Project Controls Management, schedule, cost engineering and estimating experience for Power Plants, Petrochemical, Refinery, Fine Chemical and Pharmaceutical engineering, procurement, and construction projects (EPC). Responsible to supervise the implementation of company’s Project Control Procedures and Practices modified to accommodate the

project contractual requirements. Work with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to define contracting strategies. Develop thorough understanding of contract provisions, scope of work, estimate and execution strategies for assigned project, detail EPC schedules and cost projections based on the Earned Value Management System, incorporate contract requirements to produce schedule, staffing, and cost baseline documents; monitor, analyze and report periodic progress against the baselines; and coordinate development of corrective action plans to address management decisions. Participate in preparation of project execution plans, formulation of relevant sections of subcontracts and in negotiations. Establish and maintain WBS, project coding structures. Coordinate and direct project controls team on assigned project, supervise project setup. Analyzed a wide variety of EPC projects, Performed CPM schedule analysis to negotiate project schedule and cost issues, involving construction delay claims, schedule extensions, back charges, owner claim defense, damage claims, change orders, escalation, and preparation and/or defense of construction delay claims.

Rosalie Mannarino, CPA As a Certified Public Accountant, she has counseled Clients in various industries with a focus on implementing Financial Management and Controls Development Strategies in the power industry. She has been part of CTC’s successful team in the support of detailed analysis, modeling, and reporting actual cost associated with capital expenditures on major projects in which CTC is under Contract. Her years at PricewaterhouseCooper LLP, New York, NY coupled with her Power industry experience enables her as a unique asset to CTC

in the Engineering, Construction, and Operations Power arena.


Financial Personnel efforts required (in terms of man-hours and rates) to complete the Project effort are provided in the table below. Further, this cost is a Time and Materials estimate, but is believed to be an accurate representation of the required effort, and the client will be advised well ahead of time if actual expenditures are expected to exceed this amount, and – in the unlikely case that additional efforts are required – to seek prior approval before continuing to proceed.

Notes: Not included in the above, we estimate 7 trips to the site or LPSC offices at a cost of $2,200 per trip. Travel will be billed at cost or in accordance with Louisiana State travel policies. Travel Costs typically include airfare, meals, lodging, car rental, taxi and other travel related costs for local or long-distance travel directly related to the Services. Other Direct Costs including phone, fax, printing, plotting, copying, software, computers, postage, overnight express mail, and other office related expenses will be billed as a flat rate of $5.00 per manhour charged. (Shown above) CTC has no other overhead, which is not included in the rates above.

Rates Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Total Total Per Hr Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Cost

197$ 40 40 30 20 130 25,610$

190$ 60 55 50 40 205 38,950$

195$ 40 40 30 20 130 25,350$

190$ 60 55 30 20 165 31,350$

Serghios Serghides - Scheduling Specialist 190$ 60 55 30 20 165 31,350$

135$ 30 0 16 0 46 6,210$

130$ 30 0 16 0 46 5,980$

Chris Hill - IT Manager 145$ 40 10 10 4 64 9,280$

$5 4,755$

360 255 212 124 951 178,835$ Total Task

Rosalie Mannarino - Cost Specialist - Support

Tara Jenkins - Cost Specialist - Support

CTC Estimate

Don Grace - Regulatory/Testimony

Alex Kravets - Engineering Specialist

Communications/IT/Phone Billed @ $5.00/Hour

Ben Hill - Oversight/Construction Specialist

Dinos Nicloaou - Cost & Schedule Specialist


Statement - Conflict of Interest

Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC nor any of its affiliates, have had any engagements, projects, contracts, personal or business relationships with Cleco Power or their affiliates. Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC have no known or potential conflicts that would prohibit accepting the award of this Project. Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC, hereby certifies the following: Have not given, offered to give, nor intends to give at any time hereafter any

economic opportunity, future employment, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, trip, favor, or service to a public servant in connection with this proposal.

Have not received compensation from the LPSC, or any agent, employee, or person acting on the Commissions behalf for participation in the preparation of this proposal; and

Acknowledges that any contract may be terminated, and payment withheld if the certification is inaccurate.

Statement of Criminal Conduct Critical Technologies Consulting LLC, nor any of their affiliates have had any criminal charges (State or Federal) nor government debarments from Contracts.

Federal Identification Number

Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC – Federal employer identification number – EIN-47-0990433.

Primary Contact Information Mr. Ben Hill, President

Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC 2238 S. Duval

Mesa, Arizona 85209 859-533-2367

[email protected]


Attachment A Resumes


Ben Hill Managing Director/President

Education Bachelor of Science, Business Management – Stony Brook University

Certificate in Construction Project Management: University of Florida

Career Highlights

As an Executive Consultant for Construction and Project Management in the Power market, provided all construction and project related activities as well as Owner Engineering, Independent Engineering, and Construction Management Services.

Provided Construction and Project Consulting Services in the power arena including IGCC, coal, nuclear, gas, and renewables. Typical activities included overall project management, pre-construction studies such as labor analysis, cost studies and analysis, economic impacts, construction development of plans and procedures, nuclear plant outage coordination, project layout and reviews of conceptual designs, constructability reviews and preparation of bid documents. Performed post-construction claims mitigation and analysis to determine prudency of performance. Also performed acquisition due-diligence studies.

Prior Project Experience

(Partial Listing)

Louisiana PSC; Arkansas PSC, City of New Orleans Commission – Grand Gulf Prudence Review Represent the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Arkansas Public Service Commission and the Public Utility Commission of New Orleans in evaluation of the prudence decisions by Entergy during the operations and outages at the Grand Gulf Nuclear facility. A detailed report of technical deficiencies at Grand Gulf as well as a detailed Prudence review and written as oral testimony is being performed.


Georgia Public Service Commission – Vogtle Nuclear Construction Project CTC, through its subsidiary Vogtle Monitoring Group (VMG) is providing expert witness testimony, on-site construction monitoring, and evaluating services as well as reviewing and evaluating the reasonableness of the costs in an ongoing basis at the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 and 4 Project for the Georgia Public Service Commission Staff.

Mississippi Public Utility Staff (MPUS), 582 MW Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Facility, Meridian, MS Represent the MPU Staff and Citizens of the State of Mississippi, monitoring the engineering, procurement, and construction activities by the project participants to assure compliance with their execution plan, budget, and timeframe approved by the MPU Staff. Recently performed detailed cost and schedule reviews/analysis for prudency relative to a Motion submittal by the Owner to the MPUS to increase the approved recoverable budget for the project. Also monitor ongoing construction, engineering, and procurement activities to assure they were within industry standards and methods.

Braunig Peaking Turbines Project, Owner Engineer for a 200

MW peaking facility for City Public Service in San Antonio, Texas. Performed all Pre-Project development activities, ie Development and Review of Design Criteria, preparation of Bid Document for Major Equipment as well as the EPC Contractor, Evaluation of Potential Bidders, which included visiting Reference Plants to determine Contractor capabilities and detailed review of the execution schedule and monitoring of progress. Performed sequence of construction analysis, approval of execution plans, monitoring construction progress as owner engineer, Claims Mitigation analysis, and final close out of the project.

AEI Energy – Jaguar Project – 300 MW CFB Coal Plant Antigua, Guatemala- Performed all Independent Engineers reviews, reports and studies necessary to represent the Lenders in the design, construction, and operation of the facility.

AEI Energy – El Arrayan Project – 115 MW Wind Farm (50 Units)

La Serena, Chile- Performed all Independent Engineers reviews, reports and studies necessary to represent the Lenders in the


design, construction, and operation of the facility. AEI Energy – Fenix Project – 520 MW Combined Cycle Plant,

Lima, Peru - Performed all Independent Engineers reviews, reports and studies necessary to represent the Lenders in the design, construction, and operation of the facility.

Wolverine Clean Energy Venture, 600 MW greenfield coal project

Owner Engineer Construction Representative. Performed contractor analysis, traffic study, economic impact study for the community, major equipment layout and sequence of construction, and execution plans, schedule monitoring for successful completion.

Starwood Solar One Project, 290MW Concentrated Solar Facility

Performed a detailed Labor and Productivity Study and detailed sequence of construction due to extremely restricted site. Proposed methods of construction contracting, prepared construction execution plans, and performed a detailed sequencing of component deliveries and assembly at the offsite facility, as well as the on-site installation process. Due to restricted site conditions, the detailed site assembly process, component and material deliveries, site assembly and final installation were all critical to schedule achievement.

Imperial Valley Project, 300 MW CSP Electric Generation Facility

Performed a detailed Due Diligence for International Power America (IPA) to determine viability and credibility of the project. Performed analysis of the sequence of construction, including detailed review of the proposed automated on-site fabrication facility and sequencing of product delivery and assembly.

Kennecott Utah Copper Project, 250 MW Phased Upgrade Power

Project - Performed a detailed Labor and Productivity Study for the Greater Northern Utah Area. Evaluated various locations for specific equipment selections, sequenced the construction process, as this was an extremely restricted site, and performed preliminary schedule and detailed cost study.

Taylorville Energy Center, 716MW Integrated Gasification

Combined Cycle (IGCC) facility Performed Independent


Engineering and Construction analysis services for the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program to determine the viability and achievability of the execution of this project. Project execution, cost analysis, potential site analysis of conditions, and procurement of components were all reviewed for achievability and applicability. (The project was later canceled prior to the start of construction.)

South Texas Nuclear Project, Units 3 and 4 Performed

Independent Engineering and analysis services for the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program to determine the viability and achievability of the execution of this project. Performed Construction Management oversight services for the project. Project Execution, detailed cost analysis, and procurement of components, as well as site conditions, were reviewed for achievability. (The project was later canceled prior to the start of construction.)

Florida Power and Light - Performed a detailed review of

“decisions” relative to the EPU uprates at the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant and Saint Lucie Nuclear Power Plant to determine prudency of major decisions prior to presentation to the Public Service Commission for rate increase approval. Also performed detailed reviews of the EPU Uprate plans for both outages at each site.

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Project, Unit 3 & 4 - Performed Independent Engineering and analysis services for the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program to determine the viability and achievability of the execution of this project. Performed Construction Management oversight services for the project. Project execution, cost analysis, and procurement of components as well as site conditions, were reviewed for achievability.

Rocky Flats Engineers and Constructors, LLC (Stone &

Webster). As Vice President, responsibilities included the overall management of the Design/Build, Firm Fixed Price, and Unit Rate contracts. This included the over site of design and construction efforts of major modifications to existing facilities as well as demolition, removal of nuclear waste materials, and characterization of many major buildings and components. This was for the Department of Energy at the Rocky Flats Environmental


Technology site. This contract included over 400 task orders ranging in value from a few thousand dollars to over 50 million dollars. The majority of these task orders, were performed on a Firm Fixed price basis and were competitively bid. The total value of this contract was approximately $350 million. Held a “Q” Clearance.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. As Superintendent of Construction, I served as the Shift Site Manager, responsibilities included the overall site management to support the successful restart of Browns Ferry Unit 3. Management included all field supervision, work plan writers, field engineering, cost and scheduling, interface with design engineering group and Senior Site Representative. Later, responsibilities included oversight of the Maintenance and Modification activities. Also, responsible for Outage Coordination for refueling outages and detailed planning and implementation for all major upgrades to the facility.

Quad Cities Nuclear Station. As Chief Construction Supervisor – Mechanical, served as a work plan writer.

Clinton Nuclear Power Station. As Chief Construction

Supervisor Mechanical, responsibilities included management of all Mechanical Department activities including corrective maintenance to plant components and modifications to various plant systems as well as the detailed planning and execution of Clinton’s Maintenance Outages.

On special assignment to Illinois Power Company, responsibilities included coordination of all pre-outage, outage, and post-outage activities. Position required an extensive amount of interface with all Illinois Power departments. Major pre-outage efforts included the development of execution schedules, manpower requirements, and mobilization. Major outage efforts involved coordination of all activities including status and tracking of all work as well as continued interface with owner personnel. Post-outage requirements involved the formulation of the Outage Critique.

River Bend Nuclear Station. As Senior Construction Supervisor – Mechanical responsibilities included installation of all ductwork, equipment, and seismic supports for the HVAC systems in all Category I, safety-related areas of the plant. Included the direct


supervision of the fabrication, installation, testing, and successful completion of the systems.

Shoreham Nuclear Power Station. As Construction Engineer,

responsibilities included coordinating activities of structural steel contractor for the installation of the CO2 Fire Protection System. Duties were to identify and solve technical problems associated with the above-named contractors; check and validate contractors’ claims for back-charges and progress payments; monitor schedule and progress of same contractors; initiate work directives to contractors or work to be performed outside scope to assure that all specifications are met; and all other duties assigned by the Structural Supervisor.


Constantinos (Dinos) Nicolaou VP and Director of Project Controls & Cost

Education Master of Business Administration – University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington

Bachelor of Science, Economics and Accounting – Staten Island College (CUNY)

Career Highlights

Mr. Nicolaou has over 38 years’ experience in project controls and construction planning and scheduling for engineering, construction, start up and outage projects, within both home and field offices, for major energy projects. His background encompasses IGCC, nuclear and fossil generating stations, with extensive hands-on experience in the use of PRIMAVERA and several other scheduling tools.

Prior Project Experience

(Partial Listing) Louisiana PSC; Arkansas PSC, City of New Orleans Commission

– Grand Gulf Prudence Review Represent the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Arkansas Public Service Commission and the Public Utility Commission of New Orleans in evaluation of the prudence decisions by Entergy during the operations and outages at the Grand Gulf Nuclear facility. A detailed report of technical deficiencies at Grand Gulf as well as a detailed Prudence review and written as oral testimony is being performed.

Georgia Public Service Commission – Vogtle Nuclear Construction Project CTC, through its subsidiary Vogtle Monitoring Group (VMG) is providing expert witness testimony, on-site construction monitoring, and evaluating services as well as reviewing and evaluating the reasonableness of the costs in an ongoing basis at the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 and 4 Project for the Georgia Public Service Commission Staff.

Mississippi Public Utility Staff (MPSC) 600 MW Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Facility, Meridian, MS - Represent the MPU Staff and Citizens of the State of Mississippi, performing an Independent Review and providing comments regarding the Project Schedule prepared by Southern Company and


KBR. Attend regular meetings with MPUS and Southern Company Staffs in order to reconcile variances in the Project Schedule.

Participate in site construction inspections in order to validate work progress and labor productivity to measure against the Project Schedule. Advise MPUS staff of any issues.

Taylorville Energy Center, 716MW Integrated Gasification

Combined Cycle (IGCC) Facility - Performed Independent Review and provided comments regarding the Project Schedule prepared by the KBMD team. Prepared the Project Schedule section of the detailed report issued to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the DOE’s evaluation of the project for the Loan Guarantee Program. (The project was later canceled prior to the start of construction.)

South Texas Nuclear Project, Units 3 and 4 – Prepared an

Independent Project Schedule Review and Analysis for the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program. Attended meetings on a regular basis with the Project Team to discuss findings. Prepared the Project Schedule section of the detailed report issued to the DOE. (The project was later canceled prior to the start of construction.)

MNPC (Malaysia) and EGAT (Thailand) Feasibility Study - Project

Controls Manager responsible for developing baseline cost and schedule, establishing performance measurement system and monthly reporting on an Integrated Resource loaded schedule.

Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL) U.S. EPR Bell Bend Project

- Lead Scheduler

MNES US-APWR Project - Lead Scheduler for the EPC level II schedule. Validated both cost and schedule including declared critical paths.

Calvert Cliffs EPR Project - Lead Scheduler in an Independent

Engineer DOE-sponsored review of the Calvert Cliffs project’s EPC Level II schedule, including interviews and meetings with Bechtel and Unistar.


Westinghouse AP1000 - Lead Scheduler in the External

Independent Review of the Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant. This level III EPC Integrated Project Schedule had over 65,000 activities, was Engineering resource loaded, and included a series of interviews with Westinghouse.

Indian Point NPP, Units 2 and 3, New York – Served as Engineer

for several refueling outages, starting in 1998. Responsible for project schedule and cost control, including development of detailed level II and III Primavera schedules, collection and control of all labor, and material costs, weekly monitoring of project outage work.

Served as Lead Scheduler on the Burns and Roe Independent

Review Team of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored programs which included Independent Cost Estimates (ICE) and External Independent Reviews (EIR) for the following:

• The Columbus Closure EIR Project – Columbus, Ohio • Yucca Mountain EIR - Las Vegas, Nevada (Baseline, CD-1 and

ICE) • The Mound (MEMP) Closure – Dayton, Ohio (PRS 66 and total

Project EIR) • The Neutrinos Project (NuMI) at Fermi Lab in Illinois • The Hanford Project Clean-up EIR in Washington • The Oak Ridge Cleanup EIR in Tennessee • Review of National Ignition Facility (NIF), at DOE’s Lawrence

Livermore National Lab in California • The EIR of Sandia’s MESA Project - Albuquerque New Mexico

Vogtle Nuclear Power Station - Responsible for project controls

assignments including all phases of schedule development, maintenance and reporting for the plant. Prepared schedules involving engineering, construction, pre-operations, startup and testing, pre- fueling, and refueling outages. Also used Project/2 scheduling system and maintained overall database.

Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor Project - Responsible for

the development of integrated project schedules, WBS, cost plans, and performance reports required for decommissioning.


Yucca Mountain Project - Responsible for the review of integrated schedules, cost plans and cost performance reports. Also prepared External Independent Reviews on this project.

La Salle Nuclear Power Station - Responsible for providing overall

supervision establishment of scheduling and cost control required WPPS Nuclear Project Units 3 and 5 - Responsible for engineering,

construction interface, and project controls coordination.


DONALD GRACE, PE

Education and Certifications

Master of Business Administration, Project Management Harvard Graduate School of Business (Awarded Fellowship to

Attend)

Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering and Mathematics United States Naval Academy (Graduated Cum Laude)

US Naval Polaris Missile Officer School, US Naval Submarine School,

US Naval Nuclear Power School, and US Naval Scuba Diver School

Professional Engineer (Pennsylvania), Power Generation

Career Highlights

• Over 45 years of hands on technical, management and executive

experience with all phases of the Plant Life Cycle (design, licensing, construction, start-up and testing, commissioning, operations and decommissioning). Also, highly experienced in performing economic analyses of projects, facilities, and processes.

• Development of New Facilities – Seventeen years of experience with a major

U.S. Architectural Engineering firm, Burns and Roe Enterprises (BREI), in the positions of Project Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Executive Consultant, and President of a company formed by BREI, AREVA and Duratek. Nearly all of these experiences entailed First of a Kind (FOAK) projects which involved new Nuclear Power Plant Projects and FOAK Chemical Process Projects.

• Directing Major Project, Independent Reviews - As an employee of BREI, contracted by the Department of Energy (DOE) to assemble project review


teams which I then directed to provide independent project management reviews of multi-billion-dollar DOE projects. Nearly all of the projects were FOAK, and the reviews were total scope reviews (i.e., reviewed ability to achieve technical objectives, within the forecast costs and schedules). Subsequently, and as an independent consultant, was contracted by DOE to work as the technical lead working as part of DOE teams that reviewed and certified DOE contractors Earned Value Management Systems. Reviews per the 32 criteria of ANSI Standard 748.

• Upgrades to Operational Facilities – Seventeen years of experience with

General Public Utilities (GPU) in designing, constructing new or modified systems, testing, training plant operators and turning systems over to plant operations. Also, worked with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and state environmental agencies in support of the nuclear and fossil plant licensing and permitting activities.

• Economic and Costing Studies: Performed many such studies, examples of which include developing a return of investment model for the DOE Waste Management Office, computing asset value for an existing operating power plant, computing component costs of power plants generating electricity, computing component costs of fabricating nuclear fuel (did this for Westinghouse).

• Skilled Communicator: Highly experienced in analyzing and presenting complex technical and economic issues to executive levels of various government agencies (e.g., US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, US Department of Energy, Thai Government, and International Atomic Energy Agency), and responding to questions in articulate and professional manner.

Prior and Current Project Experiences

(A Partial Listing)

• Louisiana PSC; Arkansas PSC, City of New Orleans Commission – Grand Gulf Prudence Review Represent the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Arkansas Public Service Commission and the Public Utility Commission of New Orleans in evaluation of the prudence decisions by Entergy during the operations and outages at the Grand Gulf Nuclear facility. A detailed report of technical


deficiencies at Grand Gulf as well as a detailed Prudence review and written as oral testimony is being performed.

• Georgia Public Service Commission – Vogtle Nuclear Construction Project CTC, through its subsidiary Vogtle Monitoring Group (VMG) is providing expert witness testimony, on-site construction monitoring, and evaluating services as well as reviewing and evaluating the reasonableness of the costs in an ongoing basis at the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 and 4 Project for the Georgia Public Service Commission Staff.

• BREI, GPU, and Independent Executive Consultant project experiences have included:

• President of a company created from merging personnel from BREI, Duratek (a nuclear waste management company), and AREVA (a fabricator of nuclear fuel), and contracted to the DOE to design, construct, and operate facilities for disposing of depleted uranium hexafluoride (a by-product of the uranium enrichment process). Project entailed utilizing a patented, FOAK chemical process for taking uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas, and converting it to Uranium Oxide (UOx) with usable Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) as a by-product. Two full scale facilities were designed, have been constructed, and are functioning at the Paducah, KY and Portsmouth, OH uranium enrichment facilities.

• Director of a Nuclear Power Feasibility Study conducted for the nationalized electric utility of Thailand (EGAT) and the Thai government. Study entailed evaluation of commercially available Nuclear Power Plant alternatives, estimates of their capital costs, operating costs, and forecasts of their bus bar costs (in terms of Levelized Cost of Electricity); plant licensing/construction/start-up schedules all leading to licensed plant operations; evaluation of nuclear safety issues and risks; and approach to educating and training of personnel. Study entailed evaluation of various commercially available nuclear plant types (i.e., a Boiling Water Reactor, as proposed by Japan/ Hitachi; and four separate types of Pressurized Water Reactors, as proposed by (1) Toshiba/ Westinghouse, (2) Japan/ Mitsubishi, (3) France/ AREVA, and (4) Korea/ KEPCO. Also involved economic studies of alternative electrical energy sources.

• Executive Consultant / Director of DOE Project Independent Reviews: The DOE, in pursuit of improved management practices, established an office independent of those managing major DOE projects (i.e.,


established the Office of Engineering and Construction Management). They then contracted with BREI and others to perform full scope (i.e., technical, cost and schedule) reviews of its projects. All major projects (i.e., larger dollar values) were assigned to BREI, and I assembled the required personnel expertise and directed all of these reviews. Example projects (most of which are FOAK) that were reviewed include the following:

• Yucca Mountain Project: This is the highly political project of the first facility to permanently store High Level Wastes (from both DOE facilities, and mostly Spent Nuclear Fuel from operating nuclear plants). Included in this effort was the first project Life Cycle Cost Estimate.

• The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory: This project consists of 192 high energy pulse laser beams, all fired at the same time at a target the size of a bee-bee. Its purpose is to do research regarding fusion reactions in support of predicting the performance of fusion weapons as they age. The facility is now operational, but actual costs greatly exceeded the budget and schedule, and it is still not functioning at the desired level.

• The Mixed Oxide Fuel Facility (MOX Facility) at the Savannah River Site. This project is based on a French technology and its purpose is to take plutonium from excess nuclear weapons and combine plutonium oxide with uranium oxide to make fuel for commercial nuclear reactors.

• The Neutrino Project at Argonne National Laboratory: This project consists of an accelerator located at Argonne (in the Chicago area) shooting neutrinos through the earth’s crust to a target located in a mine shaft in Minnesota, to study the properties of neutrinos.

• Numerous Site Cleanup Projects: During the cold war many of the materials for nuclear weapons were developed via reactors and other facilities, and with the primary criteria being schedule, environmental controls (although somewhat effective) were not nearly as strict as they are today. As a result, there are numerous “legacy wastes” in need of treatment and / or disposal. Cleanup projects reviewed include: (a) Fernald, (b) Rocky Flats, (c) Mound, (d) Oak Ridge, (e) Brookhaven National Laboratory, (f) the Nevada Test Site, (g) Pantex, (h) the Savannah River site, (i) the Hanford Site, and (j) Idaho National Laboratory.


• Director for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant Safety and Reliability Upgrade Program: Valued at over one billion dollars (in current year dollars). Work over a roughly 10 year period included nearly 100 separate projects which were largely the result of Three Mile Island Lessons Learned, NRC Appendix R (fire protection related requirements), required upgrades to the Torus (i.e., part of the containment), and plant reliability projects. Efforts resulted in keeping oldest publicly financed U.S. Nuclear Power Plant operational (has been operating since December 1969).

• Project Engineering Manager for the Modular High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor First-of-a-Kind Project. Contracted to the DOE, the objectives of this FOAK project were to produce tritium in support of U.S. Department of Defense missions, and to demonstrate a new commercial reactor technology.

• Project Operations Manager for the Accelerator Production of Tritium Project: This was another DOE contracted FOAK project whose mission was also to produce tritium in support of DOD missions. Project was valued at three billion dollars.

• Served as the first utility elected Chairman of the Boiling Water Reactor Owners’ Group (BWROG), and in working with GE, other nuclear industry groups, and the BWR owners developed generic design upgrades to address NRC identified safety issues.

• Served as on-site manager during completion of construction and demonstration testing of a FOAK proof of concept chemical process for disposing of chemical weapons.

• Worked as a team with Cost Plus Consulting, a certified Appraiser, and legal-council, to develop Fitzpatrick Nuclear Station asset values. Working through legal-council, the ultimate client consists of local municipality taxing authorities, with their objective being to receive favorable and fair taxing of the facilities within their jurisdiction. Early in my career, I worked in the GPU Plant Licensing Group, and worked with legal-council, state and federal environmental groups, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and nuclear and fossil plant personnel to develop, implement and maintain acceptable liquid discharge permits (i.e., National Pollution Discharge Elimination System; NPDES permits) and air emissions permits.


• Also, early in my career I worked within the Comptroller’s Office and performed economic analysis of the various elements of a power plants costs (i.e, Fixed, Variable, Fuel, and Recovery of Capital Costs). This was done for fossil and nuclear plants. Also, worked with coal fired plant personnel to develop and implement Corrective Maintenance and Preventative Maintenance Programs.

• US Navy, Nuclear Plant Operations Experience: Five years as a submarine naval officer in the U.S. Nuclear Navy as a nuclear trained and qualified Engineering Officer of the Watch (equivalent to a commercially licensed Nuclear Plant Senior Reactor Operator). Also served as Weapons Officer responsible for operational readiness of Polaris-missile and torpedo weapons systems.

Positions Held

• US Navy: Served as a naval officer aboard submarines for 5 years following graduation from the US Naval Academy. Positions included engineering department head, weapons officer, and stood watches as Officer of Watch and Engineering Officer of the Watch. Retired from service as a Lieutenant, Sr. Grade (O-3).

• General Public Utilities: In 17 years held positions of increasing responsibility, several of which are summarized below (and for which the roles and responsibilities are also described):

• Lead Licensing Engineer: Responsible for licensing and permitting activities for a pressurized water reactor nuclear plant and several coal fired plants.

• Senior Analyst, working for the Comptroller: Analyzed the component costs of the company’s generating plants. Also, did efficiency studies of how plant outages were conducted, and working with fossil plant personnel developed and implemented corrective maintenance and preventative maintenance program.

• Project Engineering Manager: Responsible primarily for Electrical and Instrumentation & Controls Upgrades to a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Nuclear Plant.


• Director, Engineering Projects: Responsible for all major projects (both capital, and O&M) for a BWR Nuclear Plant. Also, responsible for developing, prioritizing, and managing the over-all capital budget.

• Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc (BREI): In 17 years with BREI positions of increasing responsibility, several of which are summarized below.

• BREI Site Manager (working at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, for proof of concept testing of a new method of treating/ disposing of Chemical Weapons).

• Project Engineering Manager (for the Modular High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (MHTGR) Project).

• BREI Site Manager (working with Booz Allen Hamilton, in support of the DOE Office of Waste Management, in Germantown, Md.)

• Project Operations Manager (for the Accelerator Production of Tritium Project).

• Project Manager and Executive Consultant (for the Independent Project Management Reviews of Major DOE Projects)

• Director, Thailand Nuclear Feasibility Study

• President & Project Manager, Uranium Disposition Services, Inc.

• Management Consulting Services: For 11 of the past 13 years have had my own consulting company, and have served in various capacities either on my own (Grace Management Consulting Services, LLC) or as part of Cost Plus Consulting, LLC or Critical Technologies Consulting, LLC on many assignments, some of which are summarized below:

• Executive Consultant

• Worked in support of a General Electric (GE) proposal to the DOE: The effort resulted in the award of a contract to the GE team to pursue fuel reprocessing studies in support of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership initiative of the U.S. Government.


• Worked under contract to NuScale in support of their development of a “Small Modular Reactor” proposal to the DOE: The effort has resulted in NuScale having been awarded a contract to further pursue the effort.

• Worked under contract to the DOE, functioned as part of a team of personnel reviewing and certifying major DOE contractors Earned Value Management Systems against the criteria of ANSI Std 748

• More recently completed working with Cost Plus in support of providing a bottoms-up estimate of what it would cost today to build the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant. Also, developed a report of that same cost, based on the forecast cost and schedules of other US Nuclear Plants under construction.

• Currently working with Critical Technologies Consulting as follows:

• Independently monitoring for the Vogtle Nuclear Plant construction effort, offering Testimony for Prudence every 6 months through out the construction phase of the project.

• Prudency of Operations Review of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (contracted to the Louisiana PSC, Arkansas PSC, and the City of New Orleans Commission.)

• Independent Monitor for the Kemper Integrated Gasification and Combined Cycle Project (contracted to the Mississippi Public Utility Staff).

• Prudency of Operations Review of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (contracted to the Arkansas Attorney General).


Alex Kravets Senior Engineer (Mechanical)

Education

Polytechnic University, Kiev, Ukraine, 1970-1976 MS in Power Plant Engineering and Automation • Postgraduate Ukrainian Academy of Science, 1977-1980 • Efficiency of Fossil fuel utilization and Environmental protection for

Industrial applications • 35 years of experience in Industrial and Utility Power plant design,

development, construction, and commissioning • Fossil Fuel Combustion Systems Design • In-Furnace NOx Emissions Control • AQCS systems & balance of plant design • Power Plants performance analysis • Process automation (DCS/Logic) • Problem solving skills/EPC projects • Project management skill

Prior Project Experience (Partial Listing)

Consultant, Veritask Energy Systems, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ

At the order of customers (industrial and power companies) provided reviews, design, and analysis of the fossil power and waste heat to power systems with emphasis on cost effectiveness through improved design, fuel, and Air Quality Control (AQC) efficiency: • Validation of Power and AQC Systems Design, Construction,

and Performance • Development and Validation of alternative multi-pollutant

emissions control systems • Development and Validation of High-efficiency fossil power

systems (advanced steam and gas cycles, combined cycles, Organic Rankine and sCO2 cycles)

• Prepare technical documentation, papers, proposals, test and commissioning reports presentations for external customers and at USA/International conferences.


Application Manager, Sterling & Wilson Ltd., Parsippany, NJ Led and coordinated Engineering and Procurement, supported Construction/Operation for the distributed power generation systems (up to 60 MW) for industrial plants, commercial facilities (hospitals, universities, data centers, etc.) that included:

• Proposals development for combined heat and power (CHP) generating systems supply under either EPC or BOOT (Build-Own-Operate-Transfer) Contracts

• Technical and commercial risk assessment based on state, county, and site-specific conditions (e.g., fuel/thermal energy resources, modes of operation - both island and interconnected modes)

• Systems design, modeling, and technical documentation development.

• RFP preparation for CHP and BOP equipment, and construction services.

• Communication and joint project reviews with customers, equipment and services providers, Construction support.

Chief Combustion Engineer, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Power Systems

Americas, Inc Responsible for preparation of technical proposal, review of internal and vendors’ engineering documentation, fabrication drawings, procedures, construction plans, and schedule for multiple Coal-to-Natural gas conversion projects for large and medium size steam power plants. Field liaison during construction and commissioning activities. For world-wide MHPSA internal competition of business development provided engineered concepts of Zero-Emissions Fossil Power Plant, and High Efficiency Gas Turbine Cycle.

Project Engineer, Hitachi Power Systems America, LLC Responsible for execution of project and coordination of internal company’s engineering activities, coordinated and reviewed vendors and Customer submittals, maintained project scope and schedule for large utility units, both new constructions and retrofits. In coordination with project control oversaw company’s multiple engineering disciplines to maintain effective project execution against planned activity, resolved numerous fields’ and clients RFIs on various technical and construction issues, assisted project managers in solving engineering, fabrication, and commercial


issues. Participated in Construction and Commissioning, worked with subcontractors and General contractors.

Senior Engineer, Shaw Stone and Webster, Trenton, NJ

Responsible for auxiliary combustion and AQCS equipment performance evaluation, and selection of individual equipment and sub-systems. As responsible engineer was involved in various calculations of complex hydraulic system with different rheological fluids properties, reviewed vendors’ submittals and schedule, was heavily involved in projects’ technical review, analysis of design feasibility and constructability.

Consultant, Green Energy Inc, Bridgewater, NJ For AERCO, International, Inc., NY – provided services to improved combustion stability and NOx reduction for commercial water heaters. For ARCHON, Industries, Inc., NY- modified design of a hot wash-down station to improve safety, reliability and simplified shop assembly. For Cidra Corp, CT – provided services for development and implementation of SONAR flowmeter for utility applications For TODD Combustion, CT – provided conceptual design and engineering information for Ultra-Low-NOx burner firing Natural gas and liquid fuels

Principal Engineer, Foster Wheeler Development Corporation,

Livingston, NJ Responsible for engineering, design, construction, and demonstration of new equipment and systems for internal and external R&D projects, including Ultra-Low NOx coal burners, Oxi-fired combustion, combustion systems for bottom cycle of IGCC and HIPS projects sponsored by DOE, and liquid oil combustions system for supercritical water oxidation under auspice of DOD.

Senior Engineer, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Clinton, NJ

Executed Low-NOx coal-fired burners retrofit projects, supported plant design activities, selected various vendors on competitive


basis, provided field support on various projects and during proposal preparation for new and existing Client. Was responsible for company’s development activity of combustion equipment and marketing activity support.

Burner Engineer, Tampella Power, Williamsport, PA Was responsible for Ultra Low NOx Oil and Gas fired burners engineering, directing design and fabrication activity, I&C equipment selection and procurement for packaged and fluidized bed boilers. Developed burner scaling procedures to ensure consistent Low-NOx performance, engineered an extended array of existing burners from 150 to 300 MMBTUH. First 300 MMBTU burner was implemented at Exxon Mobil.

Consultant, Private Consulting Co, Kiev, Ukraine Responsible for preparation of proposals, selected and managed project teams of consultants to executed industrial size projects for improved fuel utilization efficiency and NOx reduction. Personally, was responsible for combustion systems and burners engineering, documentation preparation and review. Projects were executed on scheduled and budget, and included fabrication, parts, material and I&C equipment procurement and supply, supervision during construction and commissioning.

Senior Engineer (last), Gas Combustion Corp, Kiev Ukraine

Responsible for execution of retrofit and new projects delivering fossil firing equipment and systems for Industrial and Power generating plants. Developed special class of flat-flame burners for industrial application for low-NOx combustion of various grades of liquid fuels, Developed fully reactive CFD code to predict performance of flat-flame burners burning various gaseous and liquid fuels. Professional info: 12 patents and 4 International, 25 articles


Serghios Serghides Senior Engineer (Chemical)

Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology Bachelor's Degree, Chemical Engineering Rutgers University, (Graduate School of Management) Lockheed Management Institute William Paterson University of New Jersey Bachelor's Degree, Chemistry William Paterson University of New Jersey Certified Completed Coursework for Mathematics

Prior Project Experience (Partial Listing)

PSEG Power, LLC, NJ, Project Controls Manager Projects Controls Manager for a combined cycle plant designed, procured, and constructed in an EPC environment. In this assignment, he is acting as a consultant and responsible to supervise the implementation of the PSEG Power Project Control Procedures and Practices modified to accommodate the project contractual requirements. Develop thorough understanding of contract provisions, scope of work, estimate and execution strategies for assigned project. Participate in preparation of project execution plans, formulation of relevant sections of subcontracts and in negotiations. Coordinate and direct project controls team on assigned project, supervise project setup. Establish and maintain WBS, project coding structures. Work with engineering, procurement and construction teams to define contracting strategies, owner claim defense, managing contractor invoice payment issues, back charges to contractors, and counterclaim assertion to contractors. This includes supporting bid package; incorporate contract requirements to produce staffing, and cost baseline documents; monitor,


analyze and report periodic progress against the baselines; and coordinate development of corrective action plans to address management decisions. Manager, Projects Controls at Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems America – Energy & Environmental, Ltd Projects Controls Manager for various Coal Fire Plants and Air Quality Control Systems designed, procured, and constructed in the Power Industry. For these assignments, Mr. Serghides is responsible to supervise the implementation of the MHPSA Project Control Procedures and Practices modified to accommodate the Clients’ contractual requirements. This includes:

• Develop coordinating plans and a thorough understanding of contract provisions, scope of work, estimate and execution strategies for assigned project.

• Participates in the preparation of project execution plans, formulation of relevant sections of subcontracts and in negotiations.

• Coordinates and directs the project controls team on assigned project and supervises project setup.

• Establishes and maintains Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) including project coding structures.

• Works with engineering, procurement and construction teams to define work packages and contracting strategies.

• Owner claim defense, managing contractor invoice payment reviews & including back charges to contractors, and counterclaim assertion to contractors.

• Analyzed a wide variety of EPC projects involving delay, damage claims, change orders, escalation and project management issues.

• Develop detail EPC schedules and cost projections based on the Earned Value Management System,

• Supporting bid package; incorporate contract requirements to produce schedule, staffing, and cost baseline documents.

• Monitor, analyze and report periodic progress against the baselines; and coordinate development of corrective action plans to address management decisions.

Some of Mr. Serghides’ recent projects include the following:

• KCP&L La Cygne, Kansas


1500 MW plant (Units 1 & 2) two wet FGD scrubbers, two fabric filters SCR system, low-NOx burners on Unit 2 of the facility.

• Duke Energy Corp. – Duke Cliffside Unit 6 900 MW Coal Fire Plant North Carolina

• Boswell Unit 3 – Minnesota Power 350 MW Combined AQCS Retrofit

Chief Project Controls Engineer at Burns and Roe, Inc. Responsible for all the Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects for all the Fossil and Nuclear Projects. This includes:

• Coordinating construction and engineering plans to develop schedules and cost projections based on the Earned Value Management System

• Coordinates and directs the project controls team on assigned project and supervises project setup.

• Supporting bid package management • Works with engineering, procurement and construction teams to

define work packages and contracting strategies. • Incorporation of contract requirements to produce schedule, staffing,

and cost baseline documents • Monitoring, analyzing and reporting periodic progress against the

baselines • Coordination of development of corrective action plans to address

management decisions • Owner claim defense, managing contractor invoice payment reviews

& including back charges to contractors, and counterclaim assertion to contractors.

• Analyzed a wide variety of EPC projects involving delay, damage claims, change orders, escalation and project management issues.

Projects include the following: Calpine - Greenfield Energy Center 800 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant Ontario, Canada South Houston Green Power – Texas City CHP Project 650 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant, Texas City, TX


Calpine – Decatur Energy Center 750 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant Decatur, AL Calpine – Baytown Energy Center 800 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant Baytown, TX Senior Project Controls Manager at Lockwood Green Engineering Senior Project Controls Engineer for construction of T-27 and Y-29 pharmaceutical projects and fine chemical projects. Responsible for schedule management and cost engineering efforts including supervision, review, and analysis of cost documents and reporting project status. Reviewed and supervised preparation of weekly and monthly field cost reports, cash flow forecasts, cost variance analysis, construction manpower planning, production and productivity analysis, and craft man-hour distribution reports. Prepared EPC cost reports with variance and root cause explanations. Project Controls Manager – BASF Projects controls Manager for Engineering and Procurement for the Acronal expansion plant capable of producing 100,000 metric tons (wet) per year of S504 and S728 Acronal Latex. Responsible for all schedule and cost engineering efforts including supervision, review and analysis of cost documents, and reporting project status. Review and supervise preparation of weekly and monthly cost and schedule reports, cash flow forecasts, cost variance analysis, and productivity analysis. Estimate and prepare all engineering changes. Senior Project Controls Engineer at Foster Wheeler USA Corporation Managed schedule and cost engineering efforts including personnel supervision, review and analysis of cost documents and schedules and reporting project status for refinery, cogeneration, power plant, petrochemical, environmental, and infrastructure projects. Prepare and review cost reports with explanation of variances and root causes. Develop presentation materials and participate in the client and internal Project Management meetings. Responsible for integrity and accuracy of cost forecast and cash flow projections. Perform cost and quantity trend


analysis, and manpower productivity. Assist in training and supervision of subordinates. Representative assignments included:

• High Quality Polysilicon Production Facility for Advanced Silicon Materials, Inc. (AsiMI)

• Four Drum delayed Coker Unit involving Coker gas plant for Lyondel-

Citgo Refining Co.

• RCCU expansion project for Shell Oil Company,

• Coal Fire Plant Prototype for an Advanced Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion Power Plant for Southern Company Services,

• Alabama 640MW Coal Fired Plant for Sierra Pacific Power Reno, NV

Principal Cost Engineer at Lockheed Electronics Company, Inc. Responsible for cost administration and cost reporting of major company programs. This included continuous reporting of evaluation of program positions, schedules, and cost variance reporting to senior management, pricing of estimated program of costs completion and the development and review of program breakdown structures. Represent the Finance Organization at presentations to senior management on the status of program costs, schedules, and technical accomplishments. Additional responsibilities included complete program budgetary control and variance analysis, monitoring of funding levels and limitations, review of customer billings, internal and external cost reporting, and interface daily with company contract personnel to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and program management to ensure financial and schedule stability. Developed and implemented a sophisticated earned value reporting and cost monitoring program utilizing various computer related resources. Reporting system has been well received by both company and customer senior management. Senior Cost Engineer at Analytics Inc. Performed detailed Life Cycle Cost Estimates for major electronic communication systems for the U.S. Department of Defense. Responsibilities included bottoms-up engineering cost, piece part procurement strategies and operating and maintenance support cost


projections. Other projects included writing programming code for an Automated Life Cycle Estimating Model, developed a standardized cost database, performed various cost reduction, feasibility, and showed cost studies on major defense systems. Project Cost Engineer at C.E. Lummus Overall project responsibility for cost engineering activities. Worked on preparation of control and definitive estimates, feasibility studies, and engineering g scope changes. Project Planning and Scheduling responsibilities and defined activities required for execution of project in a timely manner. Responsible for recasting of project estimate into baseline budget and implementing systems to monitor cost and quantity and their comparison to the budget.

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