Danielle S. Powers, Assistant Vice President, has over 19 years of experience in the wholesale and retail electricity market design and operation, power generation, and energy consulting fields. Ms. Powers has considerable expertise in electric market operations, generation asset sales and acquisitions, asset valuation, wholesale and retail energy planning and procurement, energy market analysis, and power plant operations. Ms. Powers has been extensively involved in the design, implementation, and operation of the installed capacity market and Forward Capacity Market in the New England power region. She has experience in executing both regulated and unregulated fossil and renewable generation asset sale transactions in the areas of regulatory analysis, policy development, due diligence analyses, energy market assessment, and business unit strategy. Ms. Powers has significant experience in preparing market assessments and forecasts, and has advised several clients on the procurement of competitive electricity in deregulated markets by developing strategic procurement strategies, preparing solicitation packages, evaluating supply and service proposals, and negotiating contracts with retail energy suppliers. Ms. Powers has worked as a Senior Engagement Manager at Navigant Consulting, and most recently as a Principal Analyst at ISO New England. Ms. Powers has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an M.B.A. from Bentley College.