Calpine names Brad Barnds director of fuels program.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1997--Calpine Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPN CPN Communist Party of Nepal CPN Commercial Property News CPN Civic Practices Network CPN Calling Party Number CPN Community Psychiatric Nurse (UK) CPN Cisco Powered Network CPN Connaitre et Proteger la Nature ) today announced the appointment of Brad Barnds, Director, Fuels Management for the San Jose, California-based power company. In managing Calpine's fuels program, Barnds is responsible for the acquisition and management of proven natural reserves, as well as purchasing short and long-term natural gas supplies for the Company's gas-fired plants, including 881 megawatts (mw) in operation, 195 mw in near-term acquisitions, 240 mw under construction and 480 mw under development. Peter Cartwright
Barnds brings to Calpine nearly 20 years of fuel management and procurement experience. Most recently, he was responsible for gas supply and pipeline services for Washington Natural Gas Company, a Seattle-based local distribution company. In addition, he directed the development of a diversified portfolio of roughly 100 billion cubic feet (bcf) per year of natural gas throughout the Western U.S. and the sale of approximately 75 bcf per year through various wholesale arrangements. He also held management positions with Phillips Petroleum, Petro Lewis and Berry Petroleum. Barnds holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Environmental Studies from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . Calpine Corporation is a leading power company, providing electricity and thermal energy thermal energy Internal energy of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium (see thermodynamics) by virtue of its temperature. A hot body has more thermal energy than a similar cold body, but a large tub of cold water may have more thermal energy than a cup of boiling to customers in the U.S. and selected international markets. CONTACT: Calpine Corporation, San Jose Katherine Potter, 408/995-5115 X1168 katherip@calpine.com |
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