PETER A. BRADFORD

P.O. BOX 497

PERU, VERMONT 05152

(802) 824-4296

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

March 1996- Energy and Regulatory Advisor

U.S. - Advised on utility restructuring in Washington, D.C., Kansas, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin, and Utah; Testified in Vermont, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, New Jersey, Maryland and Connecticut (for legislative committees, regulatory commissions or customer representatives) and Massachusetts (for Cablevision Systems Corporation and for the Attorney General).

International - Taught and/or advised abroad in Armenia, Russia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Canada, South Africa, Georgia, Trinidad and Tobago. Member, Policy Advisory Committee of the Packard Foundation's China Sustainable Energy Project. Served as one of two U.S. representatives on international panel advising European Bank for Reconstruction & Development on least cost alternatives in Ukraine to continued operation of Chernobyl (1996-97) and on an international expert panel assessing the safety of the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia (1998);

Other - Visiting Lecturer, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Energy Policy and Environmental Protection) . Adjunct Law Professor, Vermont Law School (Energy and Regulatory Law). Associate, Regulatory Assistance Project.

February 1995 - March 1996 Fellow, Regulatory Assistance Project

Project funded by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and foundations to provide assistance to state and federal regulatory commissions on energy and environmental matters.

June 1987- January 1995 Chairman, New York State Public Service Commission, Albany, New York

Chair of state agency charged with overseeing $29 billion annual revenues of New York utilities. Responsible for developing and implementing consumer and environmental protection policies, transitions from monopoly to competition in energy and telecommunications industries. 700 employees, $65 million budget.

July 1982- June 1987 Chairman, Maine Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, Maine

Chair of state agency charged with overseeing $2 billion annual revenues of Maine utilities. Responsible for developing and implementing consumer and environmental protection policies, including competitive bidding for independent power production and energy conservation services as well as adjusting to the break-up of AT&T. 60 employees, $4 million budget.

March 1982-June 1982 State of Maine Public Advocate

First full-time Maine public advocate; intervened on consumers' behalf in telephone and electric cases; oversaw staff of 6; prepared briefs; cross-examined witnesses.

Aug. 1977-March 1982 Commissioner, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.

One of five commissioners in the federal agency whose responsibilities include safety of nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities; preparing licensing criteria for a nuclear waste repository; licensing exports of nuclear fuel and reactors pursuant to Nuclear Nonproliferation Act; assisted in major upgrades of regulatory and enforcement processes in wake of Three Mile Island accident. 3000 employees, $250 million budget.

Dec. 1971-Aug. 1977 Commissioner, Maine Public Utilities Commission, Chairman (9/74-7/75).

Sept.1968- Dec. 1971 Federal-State Coordinator, State of Maine

Responsible for many oil, power, environmental and housing matters. Assisted in preparation of landmark Maine laws relating to oil pollution and industrial site selection. Staff Director, Governor's Task Force on Energy, Heavy Industry and the Coast of Maine.

Aug. 1964-June 1965 Athens College, Greece, Teaching Fellowship

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

1998- Member, Advisory Council, New England Independent System Operator

Nov. 1986-Nov. 1987 President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

1977-1995 NARUC positions, Member, Executive Committee; Member, Electricity Committee (1977-1989); Member, Gas Committee (1989-1993); Member, Communications Committee (1975-1977); Board of Directors, National Regulatory Research Institute (1985-1987).

1975-1977, 1982-1986. Advisory Council, Electric Power Research Institute

1987-1995, Member of New York State Energy Planning Board

1987-1995, Member, Board of Directors, New York State Energy Research and Development Administration

!987-1995, Member, New York State Environmental Board

1992-1994, State co-chair, New York State Task Force on Telecommunications Policy

Board of Directors, Nuclear Control Institute

Board of Directors, Union of Concerned Scientists

BOOK

Fragile Structures: A Story of Oil Refineries, National Security and the Coast of Maine, 1975, Harpers Magazine Press.

EDUCATION:

1964 B.A. History, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1968 L.L.B., Yale University School of Law, New Haven, CT

AWARDS:

Honorary Degree, Unity College, 1981.

Environmental Award, Natural Resources Council of Maine, 1979.

PERSONAL:

Married (Susan Symmers Bradford)

Three children (Arthur, Laura, Emily)