The Energy Consulting Group
Your partner for the energy business
August 2009
The Energy Consulting Group, ECG
 ECG was founded 1999 based on the knowledge from the competition in the power
plant market and the experiences of liberalization in the energy sector (USA/GB) as
an ABB spin-off.
 ECG stands for expertise. Our employees and associates offer you many years of
management experience in power plant industry and energy supply.
 ECG is an independent corporation based in Zurich, which holds the management,
operating confidentially and reliably, representing the interests of their customers.
 ECG disposes of an international network. For each task a specific team is built;
Therewith highest expertise and creativity is guaranteed. We offer individual
solutions, which perfectly fit to the customer's requirements.
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ECG Market Segments:
Industry, Power plants and Utilities
Component
Manufacturer
Power Plant Industry
Resources,
Concession
Power plants
Industrie
Trading
Transmission
& Distribution
Kraftwerke
Energieversorgung
Sales &
Marketing
Client
ECG expertise and consulting services – along the supply chain – from manufacturing industry over
power plants to the end customers, covering the complete added value chain of the energy business.
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ECG Competence: Industry
Industry
Power Plants
Utilities
Finishing
processes
Repair and
overhaul
Example: Development of a supply chain for GT blades
ECG Topic, Industry
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Engineering
specification
Superalloy
castings
Machining
processes
Protective
coatings
Market analysis
Standardization
Supply chain management
Quality assurance
Improvement of efficiency
Process optimization
"Make or buy" analysis
M&A, due diligence
Trouble shooting
Take advantage of our expertise and profit from our experience in the industry sector.
ECG has a wide experience in advising the power plant supply industry ranging from strategic activities over process
improvement, plant optimization and standardization, to supply chain management.
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ECG Competence: Power Plants
Industry
Power Plants
Utilities
Example: Power Plant Development
ECG Topic, Power Plants
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Project development
EPC, O&M specifications and contracts
Owner's engineer
Banker's engineer
Risk management
M&A, due diligence
Second opinion (concept, contracts)
Operation & maintenance
Trouble shooting
Investm.-/participation agreement
Insurance policies
Financing contract
Fuel contract
Electricity supply contract
Overall coordination
O&M Contract
EPC contract
Approval / public
Take advantage of our expertise and profit of our vast international experience for many years in the power plant business.
We combine knowhow overall responsibility from the power station construction with a capacity of over 80‘000 MW
(diverse technologies) – conclusion and implementation of O&M contracts for more than 30 power plants and the conclusion
of project financings for a total value of more than 15 billion euros.
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ECG Competence: Energy Supply
Example
ECG Topic, Energy Supply
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Portfolio management
Sales planning
Risk management
Strategic unbundling
Regulation management
Cost calculation & analysis of the grid
Models for distribution
Product management, pricing
Asset management
Organizational improvement
Procurement
Analysis
Production,
purchase
Markets environment,
SWOT
Portfolio
management
Risk
Management
Potentials, scope
of actions
Sale
Forecast, scenarios
Take advantage of our expertise and benefit from our experience in the energy supply sector.
ECG helps energy supply companies with its know-how of the electric power supply sector . Thereby we offer our extensive
market knowledge regarding the portfolio management of the electricity supply, unbundling of networks, product
management, etc.
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ECG Competence: Strategy, Cooperations, M&A
Industry
Power plants
Utilities
Example: Acquisition of a participation of 50 % in a 400 MW Power Plant
ECG Topic, Energy Business
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Development of strategies
Sales of companies or power plants
Due diligence
Analysis, benchmarking
Cooperations
Risk management
Merger and acquisition
ECG – tailor-made consultancy and expertise for the energy business.
If you plan investments in a new market, buy or sell a company or power plant, look for possible cooperation partners,
question your existing strategy and the historically grown structures – we will support you.
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ECG Core Team
Rolf Kehlhofer
Peter Wieland
Dominique Pollach
Management history
Founder and Executive Partner,
Industry and Power Plants
Partner,
Energy Supply
Executive Assistant
Extract, ECG core team
Franz Stirniman
Dr. David Orzan
Fergus Lavers
Cedric Mooser
Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant
Lawyer, Management Consultant
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ECG Global Network
Bejing
Brüssel
Madrid
Casablanca
Hongkong
Schweiz
Genua
Istanbul
Alger
Tripoli
Tokyo
Bangkok
Princeton
Mumbai
Jakarta
Dubai
São Paulo
Buenos
Aires
Extract ECG Network Partner
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Alice Berger, Human Resources
André Beyeler, Site - Project Management
Rod Burrough, Operation & Maintenance
John Cuthbert, Manufacturing & Repair
Thomas Etter, IT Services
Bruno Odermatt, M&A, Corp. Finance, Corp. Recovery
Jean-Pierre Rickli, Power Plant Expert
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Heinz Roembell, Project Management
Jean Rosa, Project Management, Project Development
Werner Schmidhofer, Power Plant Engineering
Giovanni Schnyder, Project Management
Darren Shipley, Hot Gas Path Turbine Manufacturing
… and approx 30 further network partner
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ECG References, Electricity
Aare-Tessin AG für Elektrizität, CH
Energie AG Oberröstereich, AT
SET, IT
AEK, CH
Energie Ouest Suisse, EOS, CH
Service intercommunal de
l'électricité, CH
Alpiq
Energie Wasser Bern, CH
American National Power, USA
Axpo Holding, CH
Banque extérieure d’Algérie,
BHP Billiton, ZA
BKW FMB Energie, CH
Etat de Vaud, CH
Flims Electric AG, CH
Forces Motrices Valaisannes, CH
Gecol, LY
Groupe E, CH
Cimo, CH
International Power, GB
Dynegy, NL
IWB Basel, CH
EKZ, CH
Mark-E, D
Elektrizitätswerk Zürich, CH
Enel Energia, IT
‫شركة الكهرباء حجرة النوس‬
EW Vaz/Obervaz, CH
Bundesamt für Energie, CH
Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft Laufenburg,
CH
Services Industriels de Genève
Rätia Energie, RE, CH
Romande Energie, CH
SKH, Algeria
Stadt Zürich, CH
swissasset
Swissasset, CH
Technische Betriebe Wil, CH
Teldafax International, CH
The Tata Power Company, India
Tractebel Electricity & Gas, BE
Transgas Energy, US
Unit International, BE
Vasa Energie, DE
Ville de Lausanne, CH
SBB, CH
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ECG References, Industry
ABB Schweiz AG, CH
Sappi Schweiz AG
Alstom Power, US
Siemens Building Technologies, DE
Amdocs, IL
Siemens, DE
Ansaldo Energia, IT
SIG Beverages International, CH
Axair, CH
Sultex, CH
Babcock Borsig Power, BBP, DE
Sulzer, CH
Bilfinger Berger, DE
Tessag, DE
Energietechnische Anlagen, EAV, DE
Tetra Pak, SE
GenPower, IT
Uhde, DE
Hitachi, JP
Voith Riva Hydro, IT
Marubeni, JP
Voith Siemens Hydro, DE
Mikron, CH
Zürcher Kantonalbank, CH
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The Energy Consulting Group Ltd
Freigutstrasse 40
8001 Zürich • Schweiz
Phone +41 43 299 66 64 • Fax +41 43 299 66 77
contact@the-ecgroup.com • www.the-ecgroup.com