I. PERSONAL BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS AS EXPERT

1. I am a Canadian lawyer with over thirty years of legal experience. My current position is Associate Counsel to Clark Wilson LLP, a Canadian law firm located in Vancouver, British Columbia. I received my law degree in 1976 from the University of British Columbia and have been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since 1979, and am a Member of the Canadian Bar Association. My curriculum vitae, which details my professional background, is attached.

2. I am a member of the Energy and Natural Resources and Infrastructure, Construction and Procurement Groups at Clark Wilson LLP. I specialize in the field of energy, and electricity in particular, and structuring private public partnership infrastructure projects, such as roads, bridges, water, and wastewater plants.

3. I have appeared frequently before Canadian and British Columbia regulatory bodies on energy matters. I have been counsel before the British Columbia Utilities Commission (the “BCUC”), and have represented clients as counsel on matters with the Ministry of Energy and Mines (the “Ministry of Energy”) and the Ministry of Environment. I also have extensive experience with energy project development, such as corporate structures, project finance, intertie access and formation of government policy. I advised on the development of B.C.’s first independent power project and wind farm.