Mr. Crowley has over 30 years of extensive electric utility industry experience including corporate
strategic planning, organizational development, new business development, regulatory affairs,
transmission system planning, and generation and resource planning. Mr. Crowley’s regulatory
experience includes the preparation and filing of testimony and exhibits before various regulatory
commissions including testifying as an expert witness before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the
Oregon Public Utilities Commission, the Nevada Public Service Commission, the Colorado Public Utilities
Commission, the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission, the Michigan Public Service Commission, the
North Dakota Public Service Commission, the Montana Public Service Commission, the Texas Public Utility
Commission, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The Energy Strategies Institute, Inc. (ESI) October 1999 to Present
Founder and Director of ESI, a network of experienced professionals with diverse interests specializing in
energy and utility matters, dedicated to developing and implementing practical solutions for energy
service providers and customers. The Institute offers experienced utility operation, planning and
regulatory expertise including the preparation of exhibits and testimony for jurisdictional separation and
revenue requirement studies, class cost of service studies, unbundled cost studies, and rate design
studies. Major clients include The Washington Group International, Boise, Idaho; Wisconsin Electric Power
Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Montana-Dakota Utilities Company, Bismarck, North Dakota; The US
Department of Energy, Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Washington, D.C.; The J.R.
Simplot Company, Boise, Idaho; The International Energy Agency, Paris, France; The Riley Creek Lumber
Company, Sandpoint, Idaho and The Allied Utility Network, Boise, Idaho.

 

Wisconsin Electric Power Company, State Regulatory Affairs
Prepared regulatory studies including:
• Unbundled cost study for the company’s Michigan jurisdiction retail customers which was filed
with the Michigan Public Service Commission
• A jurisdictional separation study for the company’s FERC jurisdiction including revenue
deficiency and revenue requirements for each of the company’s FERC customers
• Unbundled cost study for each of the FERC customers at issue for filing with the FERC.
• Designed and developed a PC-based jurisdictional separation study/model for use by the
company to determine its regulatory strategies for each budget or fiscal year.
• Prepared a multi-jurisdictional cost study (including testimony and exhibits) to calculate the
revenue requirements associated with the company’s participation in an RTO.
• Prepared an outline for a renewable energy plan for inclusion with the company’s most recent
resource plan filed with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission.
Washington Group International (WGI)
The Washington Group International is the fourth largest engineering and construction company
in the United States. As Director of Project Development, (International Group of the
Infrastructure and Mining business unit) responsibilities included:
• Identifying and developing new project opportunities for the WGI with emphasis on
infrastructure projects in the United States and Latin America.
• Analyses of various energy projects for presentation to senior management of the company
and identifying and developing strategic alliances and potential partners for infrastructure
projects located in the United States and Latin America.

 

R. J. Rudden Associates, a Black and Veatch Company and H. Zinder & Associates, Inc.
Contract associate of R. J. Rudden Associates and H. Zinder & Associates; providing professional consulting services to the energy and regulated utility industries with emphasis on ratemaking, economics, finance and accounting matters. As Senior Associate Consultant, responsibilities include:

• Preparation of regulatory studies including jurisdictional separation studies, revenue
deficiency/requirements studies, cost of service studies, and rate design studies
• Providing testimony and litigation support including testifying before regulatory commissions
• Providing assistance for strategic planning initiatives and studies
• Preparing analyses for proposed mergers and acquisitions.

 

Idaho Power Resources Corporation (IPRC) July 1996 to October 1999
As President of IPRC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Idaho Power Company, responsibilities included
establishing, organizing and leading a new independent business division including establishment of
the entity, selection and training of staff, systems implementation and day-to-day management of the
entity. Responsibilities also included preparation of annual operating budget, strategic plans,
business plans (including due diligence and analysis for mergers and acquisitions), as well as
research, development and deployment of new technologies such as PEM fuel cells and solar energy
systems.

 
Idaho Power Company March 1979 to October 1999
Idaho Power Company is the largest investor-owned electric utility serving in Idaho with 2004
revenues of $844.5 million, total plant investment of approximately $3.2 billion and over 440,000
customers.

 

Senior Manager, Strategic Planning January 1991 to October 1999
As Senior Manager of Strategic Planning, responsibilities included:
• Directing all corporate strategic planning activities of the company, including regulatory
initiatives and merger and acquisition activities
• Preparation of the annual economic forecast used by the major business units of the
company in the preparation of their annual business plans, operating budgets and capital
requirements.
• Overseeing the company’s research and development programs and projects dealing with
new technologies or improvements in operating practices.
• Developing a rate mechanism that tracks and recovers changes or fluctuations in the
company’s cost of production (PCA), including formulation of the concept, plan and the
regulatory strategy to secure approval of the regulatory commissions.
• Directed the litigation team that participated in the PacifiCorp/Utah Power merger appearing
before the Idaho PUC and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Negotiated the
settlement agreement between the parties, resulting in significant benefits to Idaho Power
Company including firm transmission service in Utah, ownership of a major strategic
substation, additional transmission revenue and favorable resolution of a number of pending
regulatory disputes.
• Negotiated a comprehensive transmission services agreement between the company and
Bonneville Power Administration that resulted in annual revenues of approximately $1.5
million.
• Identified new business opportunities for the company and prepared the requisite business
plans and analysis.
• Designed and implemented Idaho Power Company’s innovative “first-of-its-kind” solar energy
program that won unanimous approval from the regulatory commissions.
• Selected by the IEA Executive Committee to chair the Organizing Committee for the 1995
International Executive Conference on Photovoltaics (Solar Energy) sponsored by the
International Energy Agency and hosted by Idaho Power Company.
• Selected by the US Department of Energy to represent the United States on the Organizing

 

Committee for the 1999 International Executive Conference on Photovoltaics that was
organized under the auspices of the International Energy Agency.
Manager, Power Management 1986 to 1991
As Manager of Power management, responsibilities included:
• the management of a department consisting of 45 senior level engineers, analysts and
technical experts dealing with generation resource planning, transmission system planning,
wholesale power marketing and wholesale bilateral contract development and administration.
• Responsible for directing all regulatory activities with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission dealing with wholesale power and transmission services rates, terms and
conditions and related contract approvals.
• Responsible for negotiating wholesale power contracts and transmission service agreements
that generated $40MM in annual revenues.
Manager of Rates and Regulatory Affairs 1979 to 1986
As Manager of Rates and regulatory Affairs, responsibilities included:
• Preparing all materials required for the Idaho Power’s rate filings before the Idaho, Oregon
and Nevada state regulatory commissions having jurisdiction over the company, as well as
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
• Developed a multi-jurisdictional cost-of-service/revenue requirements model that was
accepted by all state and federal commissions having jurisdiction over the company.
• Developed a series of innovative class cost of service and rate design models.
• Developed and directed a load research program for the company.
Wisconsin Electric Power Company – Project Coordinator (Regulatory) 1978 to 1979
As Project Coordinator, responsibilities included:
• All rate and regulatory filings before the Wisconsin and Michigan Public Utility Commissions
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
• Preparing jurisdictional separation and revenue requirement studies, cost-of-service studies,
rate design studies, load research information and the testimony related to these studies as
required by the commissions in support of retail and wholesale rate filings.
• Developed the first computerized cost-of-service model for the company that was accepted
by all three commissions having jurisdiction over the company.

 

Southeast Colorado Power Association 1971 to 1978
General Manager
As General Manager, responsibilities included:
• Chief Operating Officer of an electric distribution company with 60 employees.
• Responsible to the Board of Directors for all matters relating to the operation of the company
including financial planning, marketing, budgeting, quality of service and all regulatory
proceedings before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.