2009 Wharton Energy Conference

Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon Corporation is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities with approximately $19 billion in annual revenues. It distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania, and gas to 485,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. In addition, for energy delivery Exelon’s operations include energy generation and power marketing.

Exelon has one of the industry’s largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon operates the largest and most efficient nuclear fleet in the United States and the third largest commercial nuclear fleet in the world.

Chevron is one of the world's largest integrated energy companies. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, it conducts business in more than 100 countries. Chevron is engaged in every aspect of the crude oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production, manufacturing, marketing and transportation, chemicals manufacturing and sales, geothermal, and power generation. The company is also investing in renewables and advanced technologies.

In 2008, Chevron produced 2.53 million barrels of net oil-equivalent per day. About 75 percent of that volume occurred outside the United States in more than 20 different countries.

Apollo Management L.P. is a private equity investment firm, founded in 1990 by former Drexel Burnham Lambert banker, Leon Black. The firm specializes in leveraged buyout transactions and purchases of distressed securities involving corporate restructuring, special situations and industry consolidations. Apollo is headquartered in New York City, and also has offices in Purchase, New York, Los Angeles and London. The firm has invested over $16 billion in companies.

Akeida Capital Management, LLC and the Akeida Environmental Funds invest in market solutions that combat climate change. As worldwide environmental commodity markets develop, Akeida is a vital link between investors, project developers and the environmental asset marketplace. Akeida originates and finances projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate alternative energy in industrialized and developing countries. In addition, it actively manages a portfolio of diversified environmental assets including Kyoto and voluntary carbon offsets, U.S. based renewable energy credits and emission reduction credits.

Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company (HFOTCO) is the U.S. Gulf Coast's largest black oil facility with 11.2 million barrels of tankage and 2 million barrels under construction. Since 1979 HFOTCO has been storing, blending and moving residual oil for carbon black manufacturers, refineries, bunker suppliers and oil traders. Starting in 1992 HFOTCO began storing and delivering crude oil and feedstock to area refineries.

HFOTCO is devoted exclusively to crude and residual oil. Its operations are not encumbered by equipment needed for chemical, vegetable oil or gasoline storage. All efforts are focused on highly efficient handling of black oil.

OwnEnergy partners with landowners to develop renewable energy projects, with an initial focus on 10-80 MW wind energy projects. Our partners take an active role in the development and installation process in return they are provided with a significant ownership stake in the resulting renewable energy project.

Today, OwnEnergy is teaming up with landowners and local developers to develop mid-size wind farms. OwnEnergy is capitalizing on the converging trends of consumers’ desire for clean energy and distributed generation.

PJM Interconnection is a regional transmission organization (RTO) that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Acting as a neutral, independent party, PJM operates a competitive wholesale electricity market and manages the high-voltage electricity grid to ensure reliability for more than 51 million people.

PJM’s long-term regional planning process provides a broad, interstate perspective that identifies the most effective and cost-efficient improvements to the grid to ensure reliability and economic benefits on a system wide basis.

Headquartered in Houston, Hart Energy Publishing’s market-leading publications include Oil and Gas Investor, E&P, PipeLine and Gas Technology and FUEL. Hart also offers online information services OilandGasInvestor.com, A-Dcenter.com, EPmag.com, and UGcenter.com, and produces newsletters, including Oil and Gas Investor’s A&D Watch, Oil and Gas Investor This Week and OilandGasInvestor.com Today, custom publishing products, conferences and electronic media. Hart Energy Consulting, a division of Hart Energy Publishing, offers a diverse array of informational products for the worldwide energy industry. Multi-client consulting services include the International Fuel Quality Center, the Global Biofuels Center and an annual Crude, Refining & Clean Transportation Fuel Outlook to 2030.

Greentech Media is a fully integrated online-media company comprised of cutting-edge news, in-depth market research, and focused industry events. Research and analysis is an important part of every facet of our business and underpins all our offerings. As the global greentech market grows, we plan to offer both critical business information and a platform that allows companies to communicate most effectively with their investors, partners and customers. Our editors aim to make Greentech Media the go-to source for independent and insightful news in the greentech space. Our research team is adept at creating technology- and trend-focused research based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. The research will help industry players clearly define greentech market segments, predict technology winners and analyze startup and incumbent players in the market. Greentech Media also is partnering with premier industry organizations to get the right information to the market at the right time.

Triple Pundit is the new conversation about integrating people, planet, and profits into today's businesses.

We are critical optimists who write about the creation and development of sustainable organizations, brands, and business cultures — innovative solutions to make business better. 3p covers the startups in garages, the corporate titans and the cube dwelling change agents — those who realize that true profitability is more than financial and material gain.

We strive to bring solutions to the forefront, but we don't have all the answers. You can help us shape the future of 3P — and conscious business — by joining in the conversation and sharing your ideas. Together, we can make business better.

CleanTechies is a leading green career site & environmental business network for the CleanTech community. It focuses on renewable energy, resource efficiency, green building, and sustainable transportation.  The trend towards sustainability is driving more and more professionals and students into CleanTech, and CleanTechies aims at guiding them by covering industry trends, giving career advice, and facilitating professional opportunities. It offers informed commentary, useful resources, and relevant services all on one site that is simple to navigate. CleanTechies was recognized as a “Best Business Blog” by the Weblog Awards and as “Best Blog of the Day” by the Blog of the Day Awards in 2009. The CleanTechies social network connects thousands of “CleanTechies” all around the world, including professionals and students on LinkedIn, Xing, Facebook, and Twitter.

SmartGridNews.com is the leading source of news and analysis for the modernization and automation of electric power. SGN was created to give utility professionals, vendors, and regulators unbiased, authoritative information to help them succeed in Smart Grid projects: Aggregate potential customers by providing those buyers with a trusted source of up-to-date reviews and reports that enable them to buy with confidence; Provide expert coverage and analysis of industry events and trends to help professionals keep pace with the latest advancements affecting their projects; Identify recent developments in both technology and regulation affecting grid modernization.

Skipso is a new online platform and business to business marketplace entirely focused on Cleantech and sustainability.  It aims to leverage the power of the Internet to accelerate the next wave of Cleantech Innovation. It brings together entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policy-makers, professionals and businesses from the global Cleantech arena and provides them with a platform that fosters open collaboration and innovation.  Members can build professional relationships; identify business opportunities; find resources more efficiently and at a lower cost; have easier access to capital and research grants; access new ideas, knowledge and information; outsource scientific and business challenges to a worldwide community of experts, and access new channels to promote their products and services.

TerraPass was founded to help everyday people reduce the climate impact of their driving. Within its first year, TerraPass registered over 2,400 members, reduced 36 million pounds of CO₂, and earned countless national press and blog articles. TerraPass has grown steadily over the past few years; we've helped individuals and businesses to reduce over 1 billion pounds of carbon dioxide. We work directly with carbon reduction projects, providing revenue to dairy farms, landfill gas installations and other projects that yield carbon credits. As of March 2009, we have 2.5 million tons of CO₂ under management for sale to wholesale and retail customers. Read more about TerraPass Carbon Management Services.