Southern California Edison elected Stuart R. Hemphill as an SCE vice president, responsible for managing and administering SCE’s $2.5-billion portfolio of renewable and alternative power contracts. His organization also handles agreements related to customer
generation applications, including distributed generation, photovoltaic and wind technologies. Hemphill joined SCE in 1987 as an engineer in the company’s system planning organization. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from California Polytechnic State
University, Pomona and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University, Fullerton.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. named Barbara Barcon as vice president, finance and chief financial officer. She will be responsible for business planning, management reporting, performance management and coordination of the company’s operating plan. Barcon most recently was senior vice president of The Gores Group-Glendon Partners Private Equity Firm. Prior to that, she served in various roles at Northrop Grumman Corp. and as chief financial officer of the Space Technology Sector. Her previous experience includes serving as chief financial officer of Boeing Satellite Systems, in addition to more than 20 years at Hughes Electronics Co., including as vice president and chief financial officer of Hughes Space and Communications.
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General Physics Corp. (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corp., has acquired Performance Consulting Services Inc., a company specializing in performance engineering support, training, combustion optimization, implementation of smart equipment condition monitoring systems and testing services for power plants. PCS, based in Montrose, Colo., generated approximately $4.5 million of revenue in 2007. The purchase price consists of $1.0 million paid in cash and $1.0 million of guaranteed future payments. GP said it may pay an additional $2.3 million, contingent upon GP’s energy group achieving certain revenue targets.
Bruce Power Alberta completed its deal to buy the assets of Energy Alberta Corp. relating to nuclear power plant development. Bruce also filed an application with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to prepare a site for the potential construction of western Canada’s first nuclear power plant. Bruce is considering up to four reactors that could produce 4,000 MWe. The first unit could be ready as early as 2017. The company has not yet chosen a specific reactor design for the site.
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