Stephen Byrd to Become President and CEO of Energy Storage & Power (ES&P)
June 10 2009 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Randall Mehrberg named chairman of ES&P and president of PSEG
Energy Holdings NEWARK, N.J., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
PSEG and Energy Storage & Power, LLC (ES&P) jointly
announced today that Stephen C. Byrd will become president and
chief executive officer for ES&P, effective June 22. Byrd will
oversee ES&P's efforts to bring the advanced, second generation
compressed air energy storage (CAES 2) technology and related power
augmentation to the market. The move is driven by PSEG's belief in
the value and need for energy storage technology and an increased
commitment to see it successfully added to the nation's energy mix.
Byrd had been senior vice president of finance, business
development and M&A for PSEG, as well as president of PSEG
Energy Holdings. Prior to joining PSEG, Byrd had been executive
director of the global energy and utilities group at Morgan
Stanley. In related moves, Randall (Randy) Mehrberg, executive vice
president of strategy and development for PSEG, will become
chairman of ES&P and president of PSEG Energy Holdings.
ES&P is a joint venture between PSEG and Dr. Michael Nakhamkin,
chief technology officer of the joint venture, the world's leading
CAES technology expert and the holder of patents on the second
generation of CAES technology and related power augmentation
technology. "As a former investment banker and with experience
developing renewable energy projects as the head of PSEG Energy
Holdings, Stephen is the right person to lead this exciting joint
venture," said Ralph Izzo, president, chairman and CEO of PSEG.
"Large-scale energy storage is a critical missing piece of the
energy puzzle; as renewable generation sources become an
increasingly large source of power supply, the importance of energy
storage will increase dramatically," Izzo said. "This game-changing
technology greatly enhances the value of renewable generation
sources, particularly wind generation, by addressing the
intermittent nature of these sources, as well as by shifting wind
energy from the evening to peak day time hours. ES&P's CAES 2
product is low-cost, large scale, highly reliable and flexible. It
uses less fuel and emits less carbon. We believe it will play a
strong role in the continued growth of renewable generation and in
the nation's efforts to reduce carbon emissions." ES&P's
patented technology stores off-peak energy, in the form of
compressed air in underground or above ground reservoirs, and
releases this energy during peak hours. CAES can be used for load
management of intermittent renewable energy resources, to increase
the load factor of base load plants, or as a stand-alone
intermediate generation source for capturing energy arbitrage,
capacity payments and ancillary services. ES&P exclusively
markets, licenses and supports the development and supervises
project execution of the second generation of compressed air energy
storage technology. In addition to energy storage, ES&P
possesses a related power augmentation technology that can increase
power output of a variety of fossil fuel-fired plants for a
fraction of the cost of constructing a new power plant. This power
augmentation technology provides an attractive alternative for
power plant owners that are considering expansion of their
generation fleets. "We already have proven CAES 2 technology that
is based on existing and tested components, ensuring high
reliability and availability. We have unique expertise in
development and execution of the first generation CAES plant. With
Stephen, we gain an executive with the experience and skills to
grow our business," said Dr. Nakhamkin. "With the rapid growth of
wind power, energy storage will be vital to ensuring the
reliability of the electric grid as well as maximizing the economic
value of wind generation and base load power plants. Stephen's
strong financial and project management experience will help ensure
that ES&P succeeds in bringing the second generation of CAES to
the market." Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG) is a
publicly traded diversified energy company with annual revenues of
more than $13 billion, and three principal subsidiaries: PSEG
Power, PSEG Energy Holdings, and Public Service Electric and Gas
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DATASOURCE: Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) CONTACT: Paul
Rosengren, +1-973-430-5911, for Public Service Enterprise Group
(PSEG) Web Site: http://www.pseg.com/
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