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Commissioners Emeritus at NARUC 123rd Annual Meeting Inside this issue:

SNJ BUSINESS PEOPLE 2 IMPACT AWARDS

SWEENEY SPEAKS AT 3 UNION LEAGUE

215TH NJ LEGISLATURE 3

MARSHALL APPOINTED 4 TRUSTEE OF NJSEED

2012 SOUTHERN NJ 4 SPRING HEART WALK

Commissioners Emeritus: Front Row: Paul Foran (IL); Terry Deason (FL); Ed Salmon (NJ); Dave O’Brien (VT); Robert Clayton (MO); Jim Fischer (MO) and Richard Mathia (IL). Second Row: Don Mason (OH); Carl Wood (CA); Katrina McMurrian (FL); Wendell Holland (PA); Jim Roth (OK); Krista Tanner (IA); Dianne Munns (IA); Arnetta McRae (DE); Kim Pizzingrilli (PA); Tom Dunleavy (NY); Rus Frisby (MD); Bob Keating (MA); Bob Gee (TX); Larry Dority (MO); Cathy Riley (MD). Back Row: Carl Calibose (HI); Dave Hadley (IN); Greg Coker (KY); Bob Nelson (MI); Bob Rowe (SD); Emitt George (IA); Curt Stamp (OK); Jim Sullivan (AL); Randy Bynum (AR); Glen Thomas (PA); and Paul Suskie (AR). St. Louis, Missouri hosted the NARUC’s Committee on Energy Formed in 1979, NARUC 123rd Annual NARUC Convention Resources and the Environment Commissioners Emeritus represents from November 13th through 16th, (ERE) presented Commissioner Rick former state public utility 2011. Morgan (DC) with the Mary Kilmarx commissioners from around the

Representatives from state utility Award. The award is presented to country and serves as a resource and commissions, consumer groups and individuals whose work promotes network of experience for NARUC, its the utility industry attended. Topics good government, clean energy and officers and members. Also elected as the environment. officers of NARUC’s Commissioners that highlighted the agenda included interconnection issues, alternative In addition, Ed Salmon was reelected Emeritus were Vice-President Jim fuels, and hydraulic fracturing. The to his eleventh term as President of Sullivan of Alabama and Secretary/ 2012 election of NARUC officers NARUC Commissioners Emeritus. Treasurer Sandra Hochstetter Byrd of was successfully completed and the Dr. Salmon served six years as a State Arkansas. results are as follows: The utility regulator and three years as Honorable David A. Wright, President of the Board of President (North Dakota); the Public Utilities. During that time he Honorable Philip B. Jones, First became a highly active member of Vice President (Washington); the NARUC, and served as Vice Honorable Colette D. Honorable, President, President of Great Lakes Second Vice President (Arkansas); Conference (16 states), Chairman of and the Honorable David Ziegner, NARUC Executive Committee, and Treasurer (Indiana). Founder of the Washington Action Committee. Dr. Salmon addressing Commissioner Emeritus during their event. The Consultant Quarterly Newsletter Winter 2012 SNJ Business People Impact Awards The NextGenAviation Research Park was honored by SNJ Business People at its 2nd annual Impact Awards. The award recognizes organizations for their contributions to economic growth in South Jersey. Dr. Salmon, Chairman of the ARTP, and Mr. Ron Esposito, Executive Director were present to accept the award.

Other Impact Award honorees included Cooper’s Ferry Partnership, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Joint Base McGuire - Ft. Dix, NextGenAviation Research Park, Paulsboro Port, Rowan Boulevard, South Jersey Tourism Corporation, Virtua, and South Jersey Transportation Authority. Left to Right: Anthony Perno, Coopers Ferry Partnership; John Sheridan, The ARTP is a nonprofit corporation Cooper University Hospital and Dr. Edward Salmon, Salmon Ventures tasked with developing a Next (Photo Courtesy of SNJ Business People) Generation Aviation and Technology Research Park on the campus of the William J. Hughes FAA Technical Center in Atlantic County, NJ. The ARTP's mission is to leverage the core expertise at the FAA Tech Center with academic and private sector expansion of aviation technologies, making this area the epicenter for the transformation of the National Airspace System.

Left to Right: Bart Mueller, SJTA pictured with Kimberly Downes, CEO of Salmon Ventures www.snjbp.com (Photo Courtesy of SNJ Business People)

Page 2 The Consultant Quarterly Newsletter Winter 2012 Sweeney Speaks at Union League 215th NJ Legislature Leadership

Senate Republican Leadership Minority Leader Thomas Kean Jr. (D-21) Dep. Leader Diane Allen (D-7) Conference Leader Robert W. Singer (D-30) Dep. Conf. Leader Chris Bateman (D-16) Minority Whip Kevin O'Toole (D-40) Budget Officer Anthony Bucco (D-25)

Assembly Republican Leadership Leader Jon M. Bramnick (D-21) Conference Leader David Rible (D-30)

Senate Democratic Leadership Salmon Ventures was on hand for the Annual President Stephen Sweeney (D-3) Philadelphia Union League breakfast with NJ Senate Majority Leader (D-37) President Steve Sweeney on November 7th. President Pro Temp Nia Gill (D-34)

Sweeney spoke in front of over 40 CEOs and other Dep. Majority Leader Paul Sarlo (D-36) Conference Chair Robert Gordon (D-38) distinguished guests about the upcoming election and Asst. Maj. Leader Linda Greenstein (D-14) issues facing the new legislature. Deputy Assembly Asst. Majority Leader Donald Norcross (D-5) Speaker John Burzichelli also appeared and addressed the Asst. Majority Leader M. (D-29) attendees. The legislators offered an inside view of New Majority Whip Sandra Cunningham (D-31) Jersey politics and legislative priorities.

All incumbents in the New Jersey State Legislature were Assembly Democratic Leadership returned to office. In the State Senate, Democrats Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-34) maintained a 24 to 16 advantage. The Democrats picked Majority Leader Louis Greenwald (D-6) up one Assembly seat in the 4th District for a 48 to 32 Speaker Pro Tempore Jerry Green (D-22) edge in that house. However, that seat is now in court due Maj. Conf. Leader Gordon Johnson (D-37) to candidate residency concerns. Dep. Speaker John Wisniewski (D-19)

Left to Right: Senator , 6th District; Jim Left to Right: Dr. Edward H. Salmon, Salmon Ventures; Benton, Petroleum Council; Senate President Steve Senate President Steve Sweeny, 3rd District; David Sweeny, 3rd District Moore, Salmon Ventures Page 3 The Consultant Quarterly Newsletter Winter 2012 Marshall Appointed Trustee of NJSEED

NJ Society for Environmental, Economic Development (NJSEED) recently named Bob Marshall of NJ Energy Coalition and Salmon Ventures as a trustee.

Marshall, Executive Director of the NJ Energy Coalition and Senior Vice President of Salmon Ventures, will serve as a trustee and on NJSEED’s energy committee. Marshall was named at this year’s KEP Governmental Affairs Seminar at the Board of Trustee’s Annual Meeting in Trenton.

NJ SEED is a leading voice in New Jersey for environmental balance and economic growth. Issues such as maintaining our state’s vital transportation infrastructure and its all-important port facilities, seeking to create a more efficient regulatory process, strengthening our essential telecommunications industry and providing for our security in these threatening times are the focus of NJ SEED. www.salmonventures.com Save the Date 2012 Southern NJ Spring Heart Walk Saturday, May 19, 2012 6th and Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ

SVL serves on the Heart Walk Executive Committee and helps recruit participants. In lieu of holiday gifts this past year, SVL made a contribution to the American Heart Association in the sum of $2,250. The American Heart Association is the largest voluntary health organization working to prevent and treat heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. For more information contact Tony Surace at [email protected].

Salmon Ventures Ltd. is a national consulting firm providing professional services to utilities, government agencies, educational institutions, trade organizations and businesses. For any questions or comments on the content featured in this newsletter, please contact David Moore at 856-825-0500 or [email protected].