Ken Yagelski

Current

Executive Positions at Concentric Energy Advisors

Past

Management Positions at Washington Gas
Management Positions at Illinois Power (now Ameren)

Education

University of Illinois at Springfield
Purdue University
Michigan City Rogers High School

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Industry

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Ken Yagelski’s Summary

Ken Yagelski has managed various functions in both the electric power and natural gas industry for more than twenty years. He has been responsible for capacity and commodity planning, contracting, sourcing, optimization, engineering and operations activities; with particular emphasis on Midwest and Mid-Atlantic natural gas markets.

Mr. Yagelski received his Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University and is registered by the Gas Technology Institute as a Gas Distribution Professional. His career has spanned three decades critical to the evolution of the natural gas industry. Ken has participated in establishing policy for interstate pipeline deregulation (1980s), created programs for competitive retail service markets (1990s), and changed the utility’s capacity cost management function into a revenue center through asset optimization (2000s).

Ken has been an expert witness in several regulatory proceedings and government hearings, a regular guest instructor for courses conducted by the American Gas Association, the Wisconsin Public Utilities Institute and the Gas Technology Institute and a speaker at energy industry events.

Throughout his career, Ken has held various leadership and committee positions with professional and community organizations, including the American Gas Association (AGA), the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG).

Ken Yagelski’s Specialties:

Proven leadership, direction and supervision
Honesty and integrity in building relationships and teams
Successful negotiation and contract management
Experienced process design, development and control
Efficient administration of vendors and contractors
Persuasive and professional communications and presentations
Effective management of projects and resources
Innovative vision and application of technology
Resourceful business plan and strategy development
Positive, winning attitude

Ken Yagelski’s Experience

Executive Positions

Concentric Energy Advisors

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

Marlborough, Massachusetts and Washington, District of Columbia

Assistant Vice President
February 2008 to Present
Management Positions

Washington Gas

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WGL; Utilities industry)

July 1999 — February 2008 (8 years 8 months)

Washington, District of Columbia and Springfield, Virginia

Director: Energy Acquisition
September 2004 to February 2008

Department Head: Regulatory Affairs
July 2000 to September 2004

Area Head: Energy Acquisition
July 1999 to July 2000
Management Positions

Illinois Power (now Ameren)

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AEE; Utilities industry)

December 1985 — July 1999 (13 years 8 months)

Decatur, Illinois

Project Manager: Executive Projects
December 1998 to July 1999

Information Technology Manager: Interactive Services Group
February 1997 to December 1998

Team Leader: Information Technology, Distributed Computing
December 1995 to February 1997

Administrator - Gas Supply: Gas Supply Services
February 1995 to December 1995

Lead Gas Planning Engineer: Gas Supply
August 1991 to February 1995

System Planning Engineer: Electric System Planning
February 1990 to August 1991

System Planning Engineer: Electric System Planning
June 1988 to August 1989

Engineer: Information Technology
December 1985 to June 1988

Ken Yagelski’s Education

University of Illinois at Springfield

Executive MBA Program 1986 — 1986
Purdue University

BSEE , Energy and Power Systems , 1981 — 1985
Michigan City Rogers High School

1978 — 1981

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Ken Yagelski’s Interests:

Caribbean living. Chemnitzer concertina historian.

Ken Yagelski’s Groups:

Purdue Alumni, Purdue Sports List, American Gas Association, Energy Bar Association, Natural Gas Industry, Wall Street Journal Network, MS Excel, Polka Musicians,