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James Kelly Merritt, Jr, is the Vice President of Engineering at Sithe Global Power, LLC in Houston, Texas, USA. He has been with the company since the acquisition of Steag Power, LLC in 2004 and continues the development of coal and gas fired power plants and performs due diligence on potential acquisitions. His experience is instrumental in analysis of the operational health of acquisition candidates. Prior to working with Steag, Mr. Merritt was the Global Asset Operations Manager for Enron for power and gas plants in North, South and Central America, Caribbean and Nigeria. The operating and under development assets reported to Mr. Merritt daily and under his supervision made capacity, availability and efficiency improvements. These assets are the final holdings of Enron as Prisma Energy. His work within Enron gained him experience in both construction and operations of coal, gas turbine, biomass, Rankin and reciprocating power plants and LNG storage and gasification, propane, and industrial gas companies. Mr. Merritt transferred from Portland General Electric to Enron International after its acquisition. At PGE, he was a CCGT plant operator and Chairman of the IBEW Local 125 until his promotion to Training Manager. Mr. Merritt was hired by PGE after his honorable discharge from the US Navy in 1991. While in the Service, he was a Graduate of the US Naval Nuclear Power School in Orlando, Florida and nuclear machinist mate Engineering Watch Supervisor aboard the submarine USS Alaska and USS Pogy during the Cold War and Desert Storm. Mr. Merritt has been active in management committees, community betterment, Habitats for Humanity, Stop Oregon litter and Vandalism, and the American Diabetes Association. | 