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ROUNDTABLE FORUM: ELECTRIC UTILITIES

MICHAEL S. WORMS is a Senior Research Analyst in the New York office of Harris Nesbitt Corp., covering electric utilities and the independent power industries. Before joining the firm in 1998, Mr. Worms covered these industries as a Research Analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to that, he worked at Brown Brothers Harriman, Shearson Lehman Hutton and Moody's Investors Services in the same capacity. He is a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the Wall Street Utility Group and the Edison Electric Institute. Mr. Worms is a Wall Street Journal All-Star and earned a BA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Profile
Wynne, Hugh
Hugh Wynne is a Senior Research Analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, and a Senior Vice President of AllianceBernstein. He has covered the U.S. power industry since 2001 and is nationally ranked by Institutional Investor. Mr. Wynne has many years of experience with the power sector. Prior to joining Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, Mr. Wynne was Vice President of Finance for ABB Energy Ventures, an independent power producer and member of the ABB Group, where he was responsible for the nonrecourse financing of power generation and transmission projects. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President in Lehman Brothers' investment banking department, where he advised international utility companies on both debt and equity financing. Mr. Wynne graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and earned his master's in economics from Stanford University. Profile
DAVID M. SCHANZER is Vice President-Research of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Previously, he was associated with PECO Energy as Director of Investor Relations. He earned both his Bachelor's degree and his MBA from Temple University. Mr. Schanzer is married, has two children and includes travel, hiking and fishing among his personal interests. He is also the Treasurer of the Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival. Profile
TWST: David, what's gone on from a market perspective with the utilities

stocks so far this year?

Mr. Schanzer: From the perspective of someone who follows the electric,

gas and water group,