Curriculum Vitae
DARRELL BISHOP________________________________
58 Derby Court
Fredericton, N.B.
E3B 6K6
PROFILE
An employee of NB Power having over 29 years of employment with the Crown
Corporation in various positions as set out below.
EDUCATION
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Chipman High School graduate - 1965
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Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from UNB – 1970
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Various short technical and management courses, the most recent being
“Accounting for Non Financial Managers” and “Natural Gas – Wellhead to
Burner tip”
EMPLOYMENT
(1971 to Present with NB Power)
1999 – present
• Director of (Power) Marketing, with the newly formed Generation Business Unit,
responsible for marketing and sales of electricity to customers outside New
Brunswick and electricity purchases from both outside sources and non-utility
generation in New Brunswick as well as daily economic dispatch of NB Power’s
generation.
Responsible for a staff of 6 marketers and analysts.
Year 2000 revenue from sales to customers outside New Brunswick exceeds $320
million.
1997-1999
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Director of Bulk Power Marketing, with the Customer Service and Marketing
Business Unit, responsible for marketing and sales of electricity to in-province
industrial and commercial customers and wholesale electricity sales to, and
purchases from, customers and suppliers outside New Brunswick.
Responsible for a staff of 22 customer service representatives and marketers.
1995-1997
• Regional Manager, with the Distribution division responsible for electrical
distribution and servicing customers through line workers and call center
personnel in the Central Region (Fredericton – Miramichi) of the NB Power
system.
1991-1995
• Director of Engineering responsible for providing direction to NB Power’s
engineering staff during the period when generating stations at Belledune,
Millbank and Ste Rose were constructed and the Dalhousie generating station was
converted to burn Orimulsion.
1989-1991
• Senior Director, Planning and Environment responsible for strategic planning and
environmental protection undertakings including directing the Environmental
Impact Study for the Belledune generation station.
1988-1989
• Director, Development Planning and Environmental Affairs responsible for
planning of generation to meet system load and initiating the Environmental
Impact Study work for the Belledune Generating Station.
1986-1988
• Manager of External Marketing, managing wholesale electricity sales to
customers outside New Brunswick.
1981-1986
• Director, Contract Development responsible for development and negotiation of
electricity sales contracts with customers outside New Brunswick; developed
National Energy Board export license application and appeared as a witness
before that Board.
1979-1981
• Assistant Manager, System Operations providing direction to system operating
staff responsible for economic dispatch of NB Power’s generation and reliable
operation of the transmission system.
1977-1979
• System Operating Engineer with primary responsibility in reliable and quality
production of electricity and delivery to in-province customers.
1974-1977
• System Performance Engineer responsible for (technical) control and performance
of the generation and transmission system.
1971-1974
• Electrical engineer with System Performance Section optimizing performance of
voltage and frequency control systems in the generating plants and in transformer
stations; in 1971 and 1972, I participated in commissioning of the High Voltage
Director Current Station at Eel River.
1970-1971
• Electrical Engineer with INCO in Sudbury with maintenance department at the
Creighton mine site.