Resume for Gary Hinners

GARY A. HINNERS

***** **** ***** ***** / *******, Texas 77062

HM: 281-***-**** / Cell Phone: 281-***-****

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SUMMARY

Energy Management Professional, highly adaptable, with extensive experience in the power, oil & gas industries, its regulatory framework, petroleum engineering, financial trading/hedging and natural gas buying and scheduling seeking position in a progressive company focused on expanding current base of operations, curtailing costs and entering emerging markets. Demonstrated ability to build internal and external consensus and to develop and lead efforts to achieve successful outcomes. Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to prepare and present policy, technical documents, contracts, regulatory filings and proposals in understandable ways to a broad range of audiences (e.g., management, peers, public, regulators, utilities and outside stakeholders). This diverse background for strategic problem solving will be applied to achieve success via economically and technically feasible processes managed individually or through a team process.

• Strategic Negotiations • Key Industrial Energy Buyer • Supportive Team Player

• Complex Contracting • Petroleum Engineer • Global Thinker

• Regulatory Expertise • Hedging/Risk Discipline • Creative Problem Solver

EXPERIENCE

RELIANT ENERGY INC., Houston, TX 1999 - 2009

Director, West Regulatory Issues, 2006 – 2009

Director, Gas Regulatory Issues, Reliant Energy Inc., Houston, TX, 2003 – 2006

Manager, Storage, Regulatory and Transportation, 1999 – 2003

Core responsibilities included preparation and presentation of Company’s preferred energy policy positions and active participation in business and regulatory forums to create positive outcomes in market rules and decisions and to challenge those that do not. All efforts aimed at increasing the value of the Company’s wholesale and retail business interests. Key areas of responsibility and acccomplishments include:

 Identified opportunities (i.e., business, regulatory and legislative) to better the Company’s asset and trading positions.

 Supported, as well as advised and communicated information to, the Origination and Trading groups concerning the development and on-going operation of power and natural gas markets.

 Improved rules for increased profits from WECC/CAISO: backstop capacity mechanisms, RA, capacity market development.

 Achieved significant improvements to the must-offer waiver denial process prior to MRTU implementation realizing over $6 million.

 Chaired a multi-department task force that identified and developed internal policies and advocacy positions for emerging risks and opportunities affecting gas-fired generation regarding the integration of renewable and intermittent resources, demand response, new ancillary services products and scarcity pricing to annually capture $20 million.

 Successfully managed various gas pipeline rate case interventions that achieved lower costs and expanded services valued in excess of $300 million.

 Developed and managed the company regulatory policies for gas transportation and delivery within the Southern California Gas intrastate pipeline system with contemporary focus upon BCAP and FAR issues saving in excess of $50 million per year.

 Held leadership positions on numerous decision-making committees, groups and task forces to guide their direction.

 Over $1.5 million generated through the arbitrage of NYMEX natural gas futures and option using market technical and fundamental analysis

 Work on a team to develop gas storage opportunities in salt domes, bedded salt and depleted reservoirs.

TERRA INTERNATIONAL INC., Tulsa, OK and Sioux City, IA 1988 - 1999

Manager, Energy Supply

Successfully managed an energy budget of over $300MM for natural gas and power procurement for multiple industrial facilities. A broad understanding of the natural gas markets and the market dynamics affecting its price, supply, transportation and regulation. Skills mastered include negotiation, contracting, technical and fundamental analysis, nominating, scheduling and balancing the flow of gas.

 Fostered solid relationships with producers, markets, brokers and pipeline representatives.

 Mastered the rules for pipeline interstate, intrastate, US and Canada for ammonia and methanol process and fuel needs.

 Successfully secured energy budget every year and continually lowered fuel costs via the use of derivative products, basis differential swaps, NYMEX options and futures trading.

 Generated over $350 million in value.

 Worked with a utility to create an in-kind payment to lower transportation costs more than 50% saving $10 million per year.

 Lowered interstate pipeline rates through tactical rate-case intervention saving over $1 million per year.

AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, Corpus Christi and Houston, TX 1981 – 1986

Petroleum Engineer

Highly successful and creative engineer challenged with high profile assignments, training of new hires and management of hundreds of oil, gas and service wells. 100% success rate with hydraulic fracture stimulation design and implementation. Designed and successfully administered a unique dual-zone recompletion of gas well that resulted in the most profitable well in District history.

 Lead engineer responsible for the most important fields and most challenging issues.

 Designed and oversaw the performance improvement for new and existing oil, gas and service wells along the Texas Gulf Coast to enhance revenue and cost reductions.

 Evaluated and designed successful initial completions, complex repairs, recompletions, salt water disposal improvements, and secondary recovery optimization including gas lift and beam pump, and well abandonment.

 Designed and managed of detailed on-site operations of hydraulic fracture stimulation, well logging, perforating, acidizing, and wireline procedures to insure accurate administration and quality control.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS

Board Member, Western Power Trading Forum, WECC Region;

Board Member, Independent Energy Producers Association, WECC Region;

Company Representative, Market Interface Committee, WECC Region;

Executive Committee, Wholesale Electric Quadrant, NAESB;

Past Executive Committee, Wholesale Gas Quadrant, NAESB;

Chair, Fuels Working Group, EPSA;

Company Representative, Southern California Gas Coalition

EDUCATION

B.A., Business Management, University of Texas at Austin, August 1988

B.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 1981

Continuing Education and Management/Leadership training

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Active volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America. Currently District Vice Chair, Assistant Scoutmaster and past Committee Chair, Cubmaster, and Den Leader. Recipient of the highest award given by a District – The District Award of Merit.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE

Licensed Professional Engineer/Texas No. 64158

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