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Virgil Rose has 38 years of experience in the electric utility industry in various consulting, engineering, system operation, and management capacities, including 27 years with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Since 2004 he has been an independent consultant providing advisory services that include working with the US Department of Energy, California Energy Commission, California ISO, Bonneville Power Authority, National Labs, and west coast utilities. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Rose was Senior Vice President and Director of Energy Delivery and Management at Nexant, an international energy industry consulting company. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Rose was co-founder and president of Energy Information Technologies, a power meter development start-up. While at PG&E, Mr. Rose held various positions including Senior Vice President for Distribution, heading PG&E's largest business unit with over 15,000 employees and an annual budget of $800 million, and Senior Vice President for Electric Supply, managing one of PG&E's four utility business units with responsibility for power generation, high voltage transmission, power contracts, and system dispatch. Mr. Rose's professional affiliations include Past Chairman, US CIRED Committee, (International Electric Distribution); Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); and Member, Engineering Advisory Board, Fresno State University. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Fresno State University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University, and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. | 