Mark Your Calendar! Attend Platts 2008 Transmission Planning and Development Forum, September 15–16, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland and take advantage of the opportunity to network with high-level industry leaders and gain insight on interregional planning, use of the MLP/REIT for capital, cost allocation, meeting RPS benchmarks and much, much more... Don’t Miss This Opportunity! Hear Expert Opinion on the Following Topics: Interregional planning costs for interstate transmission — Connecting renewables to the transmission highway Securing ROW/permits and their impacts to transmission construction schedules and costs Queue backlogs — Threats to reliability and/or meeting renewable energy portfolio targets The Joint Coordinated System Plan with MISO, PJM, SPP, and TVA Building transmission to meet renewable portfolio standards Use of MLPs/REITs as alternative capital for transmission projects Managing contracts in the era of high demand for transmission construction and engineering resources Speakers Include: Hunter Hunt, President, Hunt Transmission Services, LLC Susan Tomasky, President, AEP Transmission Nicholas A. (Nick) Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. C. Gregory Harper, President and Chief Executive Officer, Spectra Energy Partners, LP Jolly Hayden, President, Lone Star Transmission, Inc.; Vice President, FPL Sarah Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer, Florida Reliability Coordinating Council Ben Haas, Director, Federal Tax Research & Planning, Exelon Corporation Kirk R. Oliver, Senior Vice President, Hunt Transmission Services, LLC W. Kirk Baker, Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Hunt Transmission Services, LLC Jim Avery, Senior Vice President, Electric Transmission, San Diego Gas & Electric Daniel Doyle, Vice President, American Transmission Co. Mario Villar, Executive, Transmission, Nevada Power Company Sierra Pacific Resources Mike Kormos, Senior Vice President, PJM Allen M. Freifeld, Commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission Kris Zadlo, Vice President, Transmission, Calpine Dale Osborn, Transmission Technical Director, MISO John Lawhorn, Chair, Joint Coordinated System Plan; Director, Regulatory and Economic Studies, MISO Tom Schneider, Managing Director, Planning and Standards, WECC Thane Thomas Twiggs, Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Direct Energy, LP Deidre Altobel, Senior Advisor, Energy Market Policy Group, Consolidated Edison of NY Paul D. Napoli, Director, Transmission Business Strategy, PSE&G Elliot Mainzer, Manager, Transmission Policy and Strategy, Bonneville Power Administration Robert J. Cupina, Principal Deputy Director, Office of Energy Projects, FERC Rob Gramlich, Policy Director, AWEA Roy Piskadlo, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch Patrick C. Eilers, Managing Director, Madison Dearborn Partners John Wilson, President, Electric Power and Natural Gas Operations, Quanta Services, Inc. Jack A. Halpern, Director, Transmission Services Division, Louis Berger Group For more information and speaking opportunities, contact: Galitte Den Tel: 610-228-4709 galitte_den@platts.com For sponsorship opportunities, contact: Joshua Vernon Tel: 781-430-2113 joshua_vernon@platts.com For media inquiries, contact: Christine Benners Tel: 781-430-2104 christine_benners@platts.com

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