NEPPA Welcomes New Affiliate Members

EDF Trading of 4700 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N., Suite 250, Houston, Texas, has joined NEPPA as a corporate member. The contact person is Ben Rich and he can be reached at (281) 653-1736. EDF Trading is a provider of power and gas energy management and retail supply services to North America. Their business platform enables them to originate structured transactions, produce competitive pricing and effectively manage risk for their clients. Their strength comes from operational excellence, state-of-the-art IT systems and a strong credit rating.

Evluma of 624 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, Wash., has joined NEPPA as a corporate member. Keith Miller may be reached at (206) 720-1798. Evluma manufactures rugged solid-state illumination products that save energy, reduce light pollution and curtail maintenance costs. The Clearlight line of luminaires for dusk-till-dawn fixtures replaces mogul base 50-175W Mercury Vapor and 70-150W High-Pressure Sodium bulbs.

Thermal Energy Storage of Maine of Biddeford, Maine, has joined NEPPA as a corporate member. The contact person is Samuel Zaitlin and he can be reached at (207) 283-4448. TESM works with public and private utilities to establish space and hot water heating programs using electric thermal storage (ETS) technology. TESM is the manufacturer's representative for the Steffes Corporation, North America's sole manufacturer of ETS systems.

World Energy has joined NEPPA as a corporate member. Andrew Thomas is the main contact and he can be reached at (508) 459-8100. The firm provides utilities, municipalities and other wholesale energy buyers with more efficient and transparent ways to source their energy needs. More than 65 top utilities are under contract with World Energy for help when buying and selling power, natural gas, capacity and other physical and financial products. They offer an array of wholesale transactions, from spot market buys to seasonal capacity and annual energy procurements and they are helping utilities manage tactical and strategic programs with increased efficiency, transparency and success. They understand that each utility brings its own methodology and experience to energy transactions. Their role is to support and enhance these existing processes. The merits of this approach have helped their customers win the praise of independent industry monitors and achieve a perfect record of PUC rate-case approvals.

Century Fiberoptics of 79 Lowland St., Holliston, Mass., has joined NEPPA as an associate member. Harry Tiberio can be reached at (508) 429-4011. Century Fiberoptics manufactures a complete line of Fiberoptic interconnect products. Wall, Rack Mount and Outside plant NEMA Designed Enclosures are all standard and readily available for immediate shipment. All products are produced locally in Holliston. Century also offers engineering and application expertise assistance if required.

E.L. Howard Utility Services of 2 Center Plaza, Suite 510, Boston, Mass., has joined NEPPA as an associate member. The contact person is Eugene Howard and he can be reached at (781) 718-9026. E.L. Howard does installation and maintenance of underground high voltage distribution services.