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Luisa Freeman Joins Black & Veatch Management Consulting Division's Business Strategy & Planning Practice

Overland Park, Kan. (September 16, 2008) -- Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced today that Luisa Freeman has joined its Enterprise Management Solutions (EMS) Division as a Managing Director in its Business Strategy & Planning Practice.

Freeman, a nationally known expert in the market dynamics of demand-side (DSM) management for energy, has completed extensive market research on changing electricity end-use consumption patterns and the implications for designing cost-effective DSM programs.

She has more than 25 years experience in market intelligence, energy efficiency, renewable energy technology and distributed generation program planning and evaluation for government and private industry clients.

“Luisa is a highly respected consultant in one of the fastest growing areas of energy market research and technology,” said William Kemp, Black & Veatch’s Associate Vice President of Business Strategy & Planning Practice for EMS. “She has strong knowledge in the planning and deployment of energy efficiency (EE) and DSM initiatives for utilities. Her expertise will help our clients incorporate these leading-edge concepts into their DSM/EE programs.”

Freeman is a co-chair of the National Capitol Region Chapter of the Association of Energy Services Professionals and a member of the Qualitative Research Consultants of America. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s in economic geography and earned a bachelor’s in economics from Mary Washington University. She has previously served with other nationally known management consulting companies.

About Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops tailored infrastructure solutions that meet clients’ needs and provide sustainable benefits. Solutions are provided from the broad line of service expertise available within Black & Veatch, including conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, program management, construction management, environmental, security design and consulting, management consulting and infrastructure planning. With $3.2 billion in revenue, the employee-owned company has more than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents. The company’s Web site address is www.bv.com.

Enterprise Management Solutions (EMS) is the management consulting division of Black & Veatch. EMS provides tailored strategic, process and technology solutions to deliver improved operations, cost savings, new revenue streams and greater customer loyalty. For more information on EMS, go to www.bv.com/consult.

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