The Energy Consulting Group Your partner for the energy business August 2009.

The Energy Consulting GroupYour partner for the energy business

August 2009

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The Energy Consulting Group, ECG

ECG was founded 1999 based on the knowledge from the competition in the power plant market and the experiences of liberalization in the energy sector (USA/GB) as an ABB spin-off.

ECG stands for expertise. Our employees and associates offer you many years of management experience in power plant industry and energy supply.

ECG is an independent corporation based in Zurich, which holds the management, operating confidentially and reliably, representing the interests of their customers.

ECG disposes of an international network. For each task a specific team is built; Therewith highest expertise and creativity is guaranteed. We offer individual solutions, which perfectly fit to the customer's requirements.

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ECG Market Segments:Industry, Power plants and Utilities

Resources, Concession Power plants Trading Transmission

& DistributionSales &

Marketing Client

ECG expertise and consulting services – along the supply chain – from manufacturing industry over power plants to the end customers, covering the complete added value chain of the energy business.

Component Manufacturer

Power Plant Industry Industrie Kraftwerke Energieversorgung

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ECG Competence: Industry

Take advantage of our expertise and profit from our experience in the industry sector. ECG has a wide experience in advising the power plant supply industry ranging from strategic activities over process improvement, plant optimization and standardization, to supply chain management.

ECG Topic, Industry

Market analysis Standardization Supply chain management Quality assurance Improvement of efficiency Process optimization "Make or buy" analysis M&A, due diligence Trouble shooting

Example: Development of a supply chain for GT blades

Industry Power Plants Utilities

Engineering

specification

Superalloy

castings

Machining

processes

Protective

coatings

Finishin

g processes

Repair

and overhaul

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ECG Competence: Power Plants

Take advantage of our expertise and profit of our vast international experience for many years in the power plant business.We combine knowhow overall responsibility from the power station construction with a capacity of over 80‘000 MW(diverse technologies) – conclusion and implementation of O&M contracts for more than 30 power plants and the conclusion of project financings for a total value of more than 15 billion euros.

ECG Topic, Power Plants

Project development EPC, O&M specifications and contracts Owner's engineer Banker's engineer Risk management M&A, due diligence Second opinion (concept, contracts) Operation & maintenance Trouble shooting

Industry Power Plants Utilities

Example: Power Plant Development

Financing contract

Fuel contract

Investm.-/participation agreement

EPC contract

Insurance policies

Electricity supply contract

O&M Contract

Approval / public

Overall coordination

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ECG Competence: Energy Supply

Take advantage of our expertise and benefit from our experience in the energy supply sector.ECG helps energy supply companies with its know-how of the electric power supply sector . Thereby we offer our extensive market knowledge regarding the portfolio management of the electricity supply, unbundling of networks, product management, etc.

ECG Topic, Energy Supply

Portfolio management Sales planning Risk management Strategic unbundling Regulation management Cost calculation & analysis of the grid Models for distribution Product management, pricing Asset management Organizational improvement

Example

Portfolio management

RiskManagement

Potentials, scopeof actions

SaleForecast, scenarios

AnalysisMarkets environment,

SWOT

ProcurementProduction,purchase

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ECG Competence: Strategy, Cooperations, M&A

ECG – tailor-made consultancy and expertise for the energy business.If you plan investments in a new market, buy or sell a company or power plant, look for possible cooperation partners,

question your existing strategy and the historically grown structures – we will support you.

ECG Topic, Energy Business

Development of strategies Sales of companies or power plants Due diligence Analysis, benchmarking Cooperations Risk management Merger and acquisition

Industry Power plants Utilities

Example: Acquisition of a participation of 50 % in a 400 MW Power Plant

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ECG Core Team

Rolf KehlhoferFounder and Executive Partner,Industry and Power Plants

Peter WielandPartner,Energy Supply

Franz StirnimanSenior Consultant

Dr. David OrzanSenior Consultant

Fergus LaversSenior Consultant

Cedric MooserLawyer, Management Consultant

Dominique PollachExecutive Assistant

Management historyExtract, ECG core team

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ECG Global Network

Extract ECG Network Partner

Alice Berger, Human Resources André Beyeler, Site - Project Management Rod Burrough, Operation & Maintenance John Cuthbert, Manufacturing & Repair Thomas Etter, IT Services Bruno Odermatt, M&A, Corp. Finance, Corp. Recovery Jean-Pierre Rickli, Power Plant Expert

Heinz Roembell, Project Management Jean Rosa, Project Management, Project Development Werner Schmidhofer, Power Plant Engineering Giovanni Schnyder, Project Management Darren Shipley, Hot Gas Path Turbine Manufacturing … and approx 30 further network partner

Jakarta

Hongkong

Tokyo

Bang-kok

Bejing

São Paulo

Princeton

BuenosAires

Mumbai

Dubai

TripoliAlger

Casablanca

MadridGenuaSchweizBrüssel

Istanbul

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ECG References, Electricity

Aare-Tessin AG für Elektrizität, CH

AEK, CH

Alpiq

American National Power, USA

Axpo Holding, CH

Banque extérieure d’Algérie,

BHP Billiton, ZA

BKW FMB Energie, CH

Bundesamt für Energie, CH

Cimo, CH

Dynegy, NL

EKZ, CH

Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft Laufenburg, CH

Elektrizitätswerk Zürich, CH

Enel Energia, IT

SET, IT

Service intercommunal del'électricité, CH

Services Industriels de Genève

SKH, Algeria

Stadt Zürich, CH

Swissasset, CH

Technische Betriebe Wil, CH

Teldafax International, CH

The Tata Power Company, India

Tractebel Electricity & Gas, BE

Transgas Energy, US

Unit International, BE

Vasa Energie, DE

Ville de Lausanne, CH

Energie AG Oberröstereich, AT

Energie Ouest Suisse, EOS, CH

Energie Wasser Bern, CH

Etat de Vaud, CH

EW Vaz/Obervaz, CH

Flims Electric AG, CH

Forces Motrices Valaisannes, CH

Gecol, LY

Groupe E, CH

International Power, GB

IWB Basel, CH

Mark-E, D

Rätia Energie, RE, CH

Romande Energie, CH

SBB, CH

الكهرباء شركةالنوس حجرة

swissasset

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ECG References, Industry

ABB Schweiz AG, CH

Alstom Power, US

Amdocs, IL

Ansaldo Energia, IT

Axair, CH

Babcock Borsig Power, BBP, DE

Bilfinger Berger, DE

Energietechnische Anlagen, EAV, DE

GenPower, IT

Hitachi, JP

Marubeni, JP

Mikron, CH

Sappi Schweiz AG

Siemens Building Technologies, DE

Siemens, DE

SIG Beverages International, CH

Sultex, CH

Sulzer, CH

Tessag, DE

Tetra Pak, SE

Uhde, DE

Voith Riva Hydro, IT

Voith Siemens Hydro, DE

Zürcher Kantonalbank, CH

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