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Hubba Happenings page 8

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Fall 2006

it was decided to wait on the next flight into Los Angeles from Atlanta, which was in an hour. We found a very unique restaurant across the street from the airport,

which resembled George Jettson’s “home in the sky”. After lunch and a stress relieving beverage (mainly for Beverley), the search and find mission was back on. Standing in

the airport luggage receiving area Beverley and Jim, looking doubtful but hopeful, watch as the luggage comes down from the incoming flight. Then out of the crowd comes Ingrid smiling and pulling behind her the lost but now found luggage! Gleaming with joy, and after hugs and celebrations; we headed off to Camarillo, California, an hour’s drive from the Los Angeles Airport. Taking the scenic route (the coastal highway) proved to be a relaxing drive which was much needed after the horrifying scare of loosing our most prized possessions! The mountain air; the Pacific Ocean to our left; across Sunset Boulevard, we’re cruising the coast - but at aeronautical speeds – Jim is driving! Making record time; we arrived at our destination; only to find out that Beverley couldn’t check into

It’s Tuesday morning, August 15th, the sun barely rising on the eastern Atlanta skyline, Beverley Rodgers, PIC EHS Manager accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Flandreau set out on a three day fast track trip to Sunny California. The occasion - to award Bill Wimer and his O&M teams at Camarillo and Chino a long awaited, well deserved Safety Excellence Achievement Award. The morning starts out with lost wallets, Jim getting “whacked” by Ingrid on several occasions for various reasons and ends up with lost baggage in Los Angeles. Beverley is stressed out beyond imagination, as the lost baggage belonged to her and it contained the prestigious awards!

Jim and Ingrid were quick to react. Having summoned all airport personnel in sight, the

emergency search was on for the black bag which held the keys to the success of this mission.

Beverley of course had proceeded, along with over 100 other distraught flying patrons, to the lost baggage claim line, with a dreadful look on her face. After much deliberation and recommendations of airport personnel,

her room for another hour and a half. Should have stopped in Malibu for a beverage and soaked up some scenery!

After settling in, we enjoyed a late dinner that evening with Bill. Dining at the local “Whale’s Tail” Restaurant near Mandalay. Food and company were great. Well, almost, that is. Ingrid’s sea bass was so bad that Moby Dick would have spit it out. Not to worry; she nibbles off Jim’s and Beverley’s dinner until a more palatable main course could be served.

Wednesday morning; August 16th, bright and early we are off to breakfast and then on to the Camarillo site for a plant tour and then the luncheon celebration and awards. Ingrid – quick on her feet and using her killer smile to cut line; hits all four buffet lines in less than 6 minutes, and our breakfast table has a spread that is fit for a king! Jim and I are still in the coffee line!

Dress attire for the luncheon was mandatory “dressy/casual”; by order of Bill Wimer. In another words, Beverley could not wear her baggy work jeans and steel toed boots. Keep in mind she has never been seen by this group in a dress and high heels. There were laughs and snickers and comments such as “Beverley is a girl!”

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Jim’s News

Jeff Rock, Steve Hughes, Jeff Smith, Dale Helin, and Ben Barraza

Bill Wimer and Beverley Rodgers

INDUSTRIAL SERVICES

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This has been very a busy summer for Industrial Services. We participated in several activities, such as a hosting, supervisor training, a golf tournament and a Field Services team building afternoon. We just finished up the 4th Annual Summer Supervisor Training Session. This year we had more than 30 Field personnel in Atlanta for the training. Safety & Quality, as always, was the center of discussions matched with discussions on this past year’s outages and lessons learned.

Beverley Rodgers really stepped up to the plate and led several classes that included PIC’s EH&S Policies, Worker’s Comp,

Fall Protection, First Aid and CPR training. Paul Lentzer, Rich Saxby and Darron Pruitt reviewed Quality standards, improvements and requirements for this year’s outage season. Mike Hannaford and Darren Standifer covered Execution Management, Lessons Learned, Payroll and Time Keeping. Mike Thompson held discussions regarding Purchasing Procedures and Tool Trailer Inventory Control.

To relax and get a chance to meet everyone in the Department, a social gathering was held at Barnacles Restaurant in Kennesaw, GA. During the evening, Mr. Mike Barwick was presented with a PIC “Safety Excellence Award”. Mike received the award for achieving 63,278 man hours without a recordable incident. Congratulations Mike, and keep up the great work! Fun was had by all and we look forward to next year.

Because of the volume of work we have done with LG&E/KU (Eon), we wanted to show our appreciation by hosting a golf tournament in the Louisville Area. On July 14, 2006, PIC

successfully hosted the First Annual Kentucky Area Golf Tournament. What a huge success the tournament turned out to be. The PIC Team consisted of Sandy Kneeland, Jennifer Boyette, Brandi Brady, Julia Carpenter, Mike Thompson, Mike Hannaford, Rod Mize and Brad Adams.The tournament included a putting contest, raffles, on-course games, food and drinks. Even though the tournament was rained out after nine holes, we were able to use the extra time to raffle off lots of great prizes donated by vendors and PIC. Thanks to the PIC Energy Services Team for doing such a great job. The folks at LG&E/KU are already asking about next years’ tournament!

Finally to prepare for our busy fall outage season, Mike Hannaford decided to have a Field Service team building day at Andretti Speed Lab. The group spent the afternoon having lunch, racing go carts and climbing the rock wall. It was a great opportunity to have fun as a team. Final standings of the day were as follows: (See if you can figure out who they are) 1. Ragin Cajun 8. Mark W. 2. Mike T. 9. Dale Jr.3. Duece 10. Banchee4. Heavy D. 11. Killer5. Reckless 12 Hot Pants6. Mark M. 13. JU7. Shrek PIC Mechanical Services division has been awarded two large outages with Progress Energy. The Roxboro Station facility’s 770MW dual furnace boiler outage consists of replacing the high temp superheat panels, reheat hanger lugs, burner replacement and miscellaneous boiler repairs. The six week outage will require just over 5,000 welds and extensive rigging.

Progress Energy’s Anclote facility outage is similar to the Unit 2 outage PIC and Progress Energy successfully completed earlier this year. The four week outage consists of replacing the low temp superheat panels and miscellaneous boiler repairs in their 522 MW Oil Fired Unit.

PIC has also been awarded an outage in Louisville, KY. The four week outage will consist of removing and replacing 25 intermediate superheat panels and any modifications necessary to accommodate a new design in this 400 MW unit. This outage will be the 6th major boiler outage PIC has performed for LG&E this year.

PIC’s Turbine Services division is gathering momentum! In the past few months we’ve completed several major maintenance inspections including: • A turnkey “C” inspection on an Alstom 11N2 gas turbine at the Aquatyia Generating Station.

• Supervision and craft labor support for a “C” inspection on an Alstom 11N2 gas turbine at the SUEZ West Windsor Cogeneration Facility in West Windsor, Ontaro.

• A turnkey Emergency Combustion Inspection on a GE Frame 7EA gas turbine at Dominion’s Gordonsville Combined Cycle Facility in Gordsonsville, VA. • A turnkey Emergency Combustion Inspection on a Westinghouse W501D5 gas turbine at Progress Energy’s Darlington CT Station in Hartsville, SC. • A turnkey “C” inspection on an Alstom GT 24 gas turbine at American National Power’s Midlothian Generating Station, near Midlothian, TX.

Mike Barwick and Beverley Rodgers

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True Confesions of a Road Warrior

Almost Heaven...West Virginia...so sang the late John Denver. I have seen quite a bit of this old world over the past 60+ years. Some of it is stunningly gorgeous; some of it is stark and graphic and some is just plain uninhabitable. In most areas, however, the indigenous population will ask you, “Isn’t this the most beautiful place you’ve ever seen?” For any who have not seen West Virginia, I offer the opinion that this is certainly one of many beautiful places in the world.

I arrived here on May 15, 2006, at the “invitation” of Power Industry Consultants, Inc., to schedule their start up activities at the Mitchell Power Plant near Moundsville, West Virginia, just South of Wheeling on the East bank of the Ohio River. Our portion of the construction projects underway at Mitchell include a pair of scrubbers, also known as Flue Gas Desulphurization units which will remove sulfides from the flue gas after the coal is burned. Another system, Selected Catalytic Reduction, is best described as a large catalytic converter. The related sub-systems are too numerous to list. My involvement with the schedule was to take each system that is turned over to startup once construction is complete and then use that as a starting point to let the startup manager know how long he has to start it up and commission it. All systems have to be up and running by mid-December, so tracking is critical.

At first glance I thought I was looking at a nuclear power plant. The main cooling towers are exactly like I have always seen on the nuke plants. The two 850 mw steam boilers at Mitchell require that volume of cooling to dissipate the heat they produce. The coal they burn is brought up the Ohio River on barges or by rail then off-loaded for use by the plant. One rail hopper car holds 110 tons of coal . . . which will run one boiler for less than one hour. The volume of coal brought into one of these plants in mind-boggling. The process uses radiation and convection to heat the water enough to make steam to turn the turbine, which turns the generator. Each step requires a great deal of energy to produce electricity.

When I was first offered this job, it was presented as four to maybe six weeks of work on site and then a possibility of working out of “the home.” When I left Moundsville on July 7th, I was at site, working on the project for eight weeks.

It has been my experience that the general rule of thumb is a really good project has a really frustrating manager and the really frustrating project has a super management team. There never seems to be a harmonic balance.

And then there’s Moundsville and the Mitchell Plant. Some facets of this job could be better, but the management team is one of the best I’ve ever worked with. These guys all specialize in power plant Startup Activities. They have worked together for years, all get along well and they really know their business. In simple terms. . .startup is the fun part where construction is all done and the system has been turned

over to the startup team to check it out, make sure it’s all good and turn it over to the client. Maybe one of these days I’ll get on that one super project with a really good job, great management team and a longer duration than a couple of weeks.

For the next few weeks I’ll be working out of home and will likely go to the field after July. My next newsletter will be from...oh...I don’t know...someplace really neat.

I hope this finds all well and happy . . .

Cheers, Paul D. Huffman(aka بال ںفماں)

- by Paul Huffman

Ashley is excited about joining the PIC family and is eager to learn and contribute. His hobbies include basketball, golf, and home improvement.

Mr. Jeff Pippin has recently taken a position in PMEG as Director of Fleet Technical Support. Jeff has been with the company on various projects since 2000, including mobilization, start-up, and commissioning of several of our previous and existing O&M contracts. Prior to joining our corporate team, Jeff served as our Asset Manager for two Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

facilities in central & northern Virginia, consisting of a combination of GE Frame 7EA & 7FA units totaling 1100 MW.

Prior to joining the company in 2000, Jeff held various positions in biomass and large combined cycle cogeneration facilities. He is an 11-year veteran of the United States Navy where he served as a Boiler Technician on various shipboard and shore facilities. Jeff has a total of twenty four years of industry experience.

Mr. Jeff Jones has recently joined us as Fleet Technical Support, Thermal Plants. Jeff has been with the company in various assignments for the past ten years. He has over twenty two years experience in the industry with a strong emphasis in thermal power facility construction, commissioning, and initial operations.

Jeff’s facility experience includes coal, RDF, CFB and oil fired conventional thermal plants, as well as combustion turbine combined and simple cycle power plants. His previous positions include Project Site Manager, Commissioning Manager, Lead Commissioning Engineer, Owners Representative, and Project Engineer.

PMEG is presently engaged in several conventional thermal power plants, and Jeff’s contribution and leadership are key to the success of these facilities.

Please join us in welcoming Ashley Kelly, Jeff Pippin, and Jeff Jones to our corporate organization. Please also join us in congratulating Carl Lockhart, Bill Wimer, and Carlos Lopez for their well-earned promotions to Regional Management.

As always, PMEG will continue to measure our success by our customers’ financial returns. Our actions will continue to be driven to meet the needs of our customers. Optimum long-term financial returns are guaranteed through the implementation of effective programs by a team of highly motivated professionals who are working in a safe environment that promotes open communications.

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The O&M team continues to grow and provide a wide range of support for the current market. New contracts are pending in the U.S., South America, and Asia. This controlled industry growth is expected to continue throughout the next several years.

PIC-Marubeni Energy Group (PMEG) has established itself, domestically and internationally, as the “go to” group for projects in development and the early stages of construction.We are currently involved as technical advisors and the O&M service provider of choice for three separate projects that are in the final stages of development. PMEG continues to expand it’s involvement in alternate energy sources.We are working closely with investors and officials in the United States and Europe to facilitate the development, installation, and operation of cutting edge biomass generation facilities.

We have restructured the corporate O&M organization a bit to coincide with our updated approach to managing power generation assets. The revised organizational structure includes the recent appointment of several Regional Field Managers; Carl Lockhart now fills the position of Eastern North America Regional Manager, William “Bill” Wimer now fills the position of Western North America Regional Manager and the appointment of Carlos Lopez as South America Regional Manager rounds out the team. The regional managers are an additional direct link between the corporate office and assets under management. Our goal is to provide a seamless, transparent link between the corporate support network and the managers in the field.

We also take the opportunity to welcome the following new members to the O&M team:

Mr. Ashley Kelly has joined PMEG as Commercial O&M services. Prior to joining the team, Ashley was a Regional Sales Representative for Smith-Gray Electric Company, an industrial construction and repair shop located in Columbus, Georgia. He previously worked as a project manager for ChoicePoint and NetBank, both located in Alpharetta, Georgia. Ashley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and System Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University. He was a member of the Georgia Tech men’s basketball team from 1996-2000.

Ashley currently resides in Sandy Springs, Georgia along with his wife, Ashley, (not a typo) and his dog, Grace. He and his wife welcomed the arrival of their first child, Charles Ashley on July 26th.

Ashley Kelly

Jeff Pippin

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Jim’s Travels (continued from Page 1)

Lunch for the Camarillo Group was held at the Olive Garden. Lunch for the Chino Group was held on Thursday at “On the Border”. Client representatives, Robert Logan and Kevin Fullerton of OLS Energy were among the guests. Bill Wimer and the O&M Teams of Camarillo and Chino were presented with plaques made of cherry wood and gold inlay engraving commemorating their achievements. A good meal and a good time were had by all; the CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer) – and I’ll let you guess who that might be – kept the laughter rolling.

In the words of Tom Paul, President, PIC-Marubeni Energy Group, “the entire PIC Family applauds their safety performance and results. We did not give them these awards; they earned them and we simply presented them. They are a special team and we are proud to serve as their colleagues; their safety performance raises the bar and elevates us all”!

As for the last leg of the trip. The flight home was the “red – eye” leaving Los Angeles at 9:55 p.m. on Thursday night. The threesome feeling tired but elated, the mission was accomplished, settled onto the plane for the long nap back to Atlanta. With blood shot eyes, bad hairdos and in the same clothes for nearly 24 hours – we exit the plane Friday morning 5:00 a.m. ATL time – What a great trip - It’s good to be home!

PIC Turbine Services was given verbal acceptance of its proposal to complete a Combustion Inspection on a GE Frame 7F gas turbine at Mirant’s Station H CT Facility in Dickerson, MD. The contract documents for this work

are currently under review. Work is expected to start at Station H on or about October 6th and be complete by mid-November.

Turbine Services’ increasing work load warranted the addition of one full-time Craft Supervisor. On September 1, 2006, PIC Turbine Services welcomed Jeff Townley, of Calcasieu, Louisiana to its team. Jeff brings 15 years experience with gas and steam turbines including extensive training and experience with the installation of new turbines, as well as with the complete overhaul of operating turbines.

With the contract’s listed above, PIC Turbine Services has achieved a solid base from which to grow its business operations. The Entegra and Mirant contracts will give us a front runner status amongst 3rd-party field service providers for GE Frame 7F gas turbines. We have recently implemented a new Quality Assurance Program to ensure that our performance meets PIC’s “The Best of the Best”® standards on these early projects, and we will continue to be very aggressive in this market.

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PIC Turbine Services was awarded a contract worth approximately $5M to complete the mechanical installation of two Westinghouse 501FD2 gas turbine/generator sets and two Ansaldo steam turbine/generator at the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Generating Station near San Juan, Puerto Rico. PIC Turbine Services is joined in this effort by its alliance partner, Atlantic Projects Company (APC). APC is providing technical direction and PIC Turbine Services is providing supervision, craft labor, tools and equipment. Mobilization to the site began in June 2006 and the estimated completion date is sometime in July 2007.

PIC Turbine Services was given verbal acceptance of its proposal to complete successive hot-gas-path inspections on four (4) GE Frame 7FA gas turbines at Entegra’s Gila Bend Generating Station near Phoenix, AZ. Mark Wright, Vice President of Turbine Services and Darron Pruitt, Field Services Director are working with Entegra’s plant management team to finalize the contract, the work-scope and the schedule for each of these inspections. Work is expected to begin in January of 2007 and be completed by March.

These first four inspections will be followed by similar

inspections on four additional units at the Gila Bend site and eight additional units at Entegra’s Union County site in Arkansas.

Safety Matters . . . .

Cup of Coffee - Waffle House...$1.19

NCAA Tournament-Men’s Final Four...$4,080

Family Vacation to Disneyworld...$5,000

2007 Jaguar XK-Series...$75,500.00

Your Safety...Priceless

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TECHNICAL & CONSULTING SERVICES

This year has been very successful for the Technical & Consulting Services (TCS) Department. We completed our work for Bechtel in Iraq, began initiation of our contractual obligations with American Electric Power (AEP) as part of our Blanket Agreement, and continued to support our long-standing customers with the provision of high quality consultants. And that’s just the beginning. Our reputation for providing the highest quality consultants backed by our proven programs and processes is receiving rave reviews in the marketplace and is leading to a tremendous amount of backlog work. This is where we need your help.

When PIC started, Jim initially chose 12 employees who were “The Best of the Best”®. However, PIC needed more than just 12 employees. Jim went to each of those individuals and requested, not to be introduced to their best friend, but rather to be introduced to the best consultants that they had ever worked with within the industry. PIC carefully tracked these consultants until we could see a break in their job schedule. It all comes down to networking from the first 12 employees. Find the best two they know and continue to network the best two that those 24 knew. That was the beginning of PIC’s network to find “The Best of the Best”®.

The power industry must build a lot of generating capacity over the next quarter century. According to market

research, utility companies and energy producers across the country are continuing to develop strategies to meet the future demands. Energy demands must be met by a variety of fuel sources including fossil, nuclear and renewables. There is a need for new coal generating capacity, however, natural gas will remain the dominant fuel of choice for the next few years. Along with these expectations, environmental compliance is a must. Needless to say, with billions of dollars targeted for domestic capital projects through 2010, the need for staffing personnel will be astronomical.

Growth is a wonderful problem, and just like in PIC’s formation, we need your assistance. There are well more than 12 employees today, but PIC already has a great deal of work scheduled for 2007 and beyond!! Our commitment is to provide only “The Best of the Best”® personnel to our clients, and this requires additional consultants to continue our tradition. Think of the two people you have worked with that would fit our trademark, “The Best of the Best”®. Please contact Jenny McAstocker or Carrie Alfred (770.850.0100) or send an email to referredby@picworld.com. Thank you for your help and great work. We look forward to wonderful growth by continuing to provide services that are unrivaled in the industry.

What’s New In Benefits?Effective September 1, 2006, Open Enrollment took effect for all employees elegible for benefits.

If you have moved and have not provided us with your new address, please call 678-627-4188 or email ndaniel@picworld.com to request a new W-4.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Nicole Daniel in the HR/Benefits Department.

Picture drawn by Bailey Gorzelski, Age 9, Steve Gorzelski’s daughter.

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PIC EMPLOYEE NEWSFLASHG R A D U A T I N G C L A S S O F 2 0 0 6

Rachel, Rich Hogan’s daughter, graduated from Etowah High School. Rachel will attend Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas this fall.

Bryson, Sarah Means’ son, graduated from Kennesaw Mountain High School. Bryson will attend Full Sail, School of Film in Orlando, Florida this fall.

Jeromy, Donald Lovett’s son, graduated from Banneker High School. Jeromy will attend Clayton State Univerity in Morrow, Georgia this fall.

Stephanie, Bruny Queen’s daughter, graduated from Wheeler High School. Stephaine will attend Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia this fall.

Kristy, Ray Olson’s daughter, graduated from Northwest Cabarrus High School. Kristy will attend North Carolina State Univeristy in Concord, North Carolina this fall.

Ray Olson’s daughter, Amy, married Ken Dunphy

May 19, 2006

Tonya Thornton and Chris Smith were married

August 19, 2006

Charles Ashley Kelly, III son of Ashley Kelly, was born July 25, 2006

Jadon Thai, first grandchild of Brian Lemmonds was born on May 5, 2006

Fall 2006

H u b b a H a n g i n g O u t i n P u e r t o R i c o . . . .

Eating chicken

Playing a little pool

Riding around at the beach

Playing Golf and Hide ‘n Seek in Tennessee

So, Where’s Hubba?

Hubba’s enjoying a little golf!

Cold Weather Treat -Submitted by Brad Adams

CHICKEN & SAUSAGE GUMBO 1 whole chicken Celery (Use 2 stalks in the chicken cavity, chop the rest) 3 Large Onions (Use 2 onions in the chicken cavity, chop the rest) 1 Chopped Red Bell Pepper 1 Cup Flour 1 Cup Oil 1 Package of Andouille Sausage 1 Package of Smoked Sausage Salt Pepper Garlic Powder Cayenne Pepper

Kitchen Bouquet

Stuff chicken with celery and onions and boil in large pot for approximately 30 minutes to one hour, depending upon the size of the chicken. (You can buy a whole chicken already cooked, if you do, buy 1 can of chicken broth and chicken bouillion cubes). While the chicken is boiling, add one cup of oil and one cup of flour to skillet (Best to use cast iron skillet, if available). Stir constantly on medium - medium high heat until the roux is dark brown in color, will take about 30 to 45 minutes of constant stirring. (You can buy roux in a can and use instead of making your own.) Once the roux is dark brown, add the chopped onions, celery, and bell pepper and cook until onions and celery are clear in color. Transfer into large pot, use chicken stock and water and fill pot about half way full. Add kitchen bouquet to darken. Add seasonings to taste and let cook about 2 hours on medium, stir occasionally. In 2 hours, add de-boned chicken and sausage. Add seasonings to taste. Cook another hour on low. Enjoy over rice.