Marty Buckley’s career in the electric power industry spans more than 32 years. He has been involved with most all facets of the industry while working for a regulated gas and electric utility, an unregulated wholly owned electric utility subsidiary, a chemical company and a merchant energy and gas company.

Mr. Buckley began his career with a 10-year tenure in Syracuse, NY, at Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation working in generation and transmission planning, while also working with the New York Power Pool on strategic planning and contractual agreements between members of the pool, as well as other power pools. In his next assignment, Mr. Buckley was selected as one of four professionals to serve on the startup team for Niagara Mohawk’s unregulated power subsidiary, HYDRA-CO Enterprises Incorporated. During his 13 years with HYRRA-CO, the company grew to over 275 people. Mr. Buckley served as Secretary/Treasurer for two years and as the VP of Corporate Development for 11 years, a position in which he was responsible for business planning, development and financing of all projects.

In 1993, Mr. Buckley joined Air Liquide America Corporation in Houston, TX. As VP Energy, he established and managed a group of professionals in power and gas purchasing and sales. He was also responsible for cogeneration development with industrial hosts tied to the air separation business. In addition, he worked on several gasification projects.

In 2001, Mr. Buckley joined El Paso Merchant Energy in Houston, TX. As Senior Vice President, he was responsible for origination and trading of power and gas transactions for power plants and large customers. By restructuring old QF contracts, he was able to substantially increase their value by unlocking the options contained in these agreements.

Mr. Buckley has formed three separate LLC’s through which he provides consulting services on power and gas transactions, and also serves as a broker in project sales and purchases. Through these entities he also performs project due diligence for utilities, lenders and purchasers of projects.

Mr. Buckley holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Tri-State University and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of New York.

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