SDDC The Journey Celebrating 10 Years of Diversity in a Regulated Environment

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SDDC The JourneyCelebrating 10 Years of
Diversityin a Regulated Environment
November 2006
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1985

• California based utilities begin reporting M/WBE
  tothe CA Public Utilities Commission

1994
Governor Whitman appoints Herbert H. Tate, Jr.
Presidentof the New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities Nationally, the Department of
Energy establishes MBE Roundtable to level the
playing field for doing business with major
energy companies
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1997

• NJ BPU Resolution issued to encourage minority
  and women-owned businesses to forge effective
  working relationships with members of the public
  utility business community
• 1st Annual Opportunity Conference for Minority
  Women-owned Business Enterprises
• President Tate meets with Regulated company
  leadershipat Executive Roundtable
• NJ BPU Resolution establishing the SDDC

Charter

• A Council consisting of regulated company
  representatives/M/WBE advocacy organizations
• The Council will focus on developing working
  relationships between
• M/WBEs and regulated companies with revenues over
  10 million
• The Council will organize and run an annual
  business opportunity conference and workshops

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1997

• 11/97 NJ BPU Commissioners voted to approve
  appointments to the newly formed Supplier
  Diversity Development Council
• 12/97 The SDDC holds its inaugural meeting

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1998

• Samuel A. Pignatelli, South Jersey Gaselected
  first SDDC President

• SDDC Operating By-laws adopted
• Mission Statement drafted and adopted
• Committees Conference, Best Practices,Seminars
  Support, Statewide Assessment, Nominating, and
  By-Laws

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1999

• Declaration of Interdependence signed
  byRegulated Company Presidents

• Key aspects
• Business policy for doing business with M/WBEs
• Periodic reporting of M/WBE Program progress
• Regulated company associate accountability
• Encourage outreach targeted at the M/WBE
  community
• Encourage and support second tier reporting

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1999

• 3rd Business Opportunity Conference held
  Building Strong Partnerships

2000

• Ms. Avis Yates Rivers, owner Technology Concepts
  Group, Inc., elected President of the SDDC

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2000

• 4th Business Opportunity Conference Riding the
  Wave of Change Winning in a Deregulated
  Environment

• Workshops
• E-Commerce
• Certification
• Access to Capital
• Negotiation Skills

• National Association of Regulatory Utility
  Commissioners establishes Energy Marketing
  Access Partnership with a focus on natural gas
  providers

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2001

• 1st Regulated Company Statewide
  Assessmentreports solicited

• Key areas for reporting
• Internal efforts
• External efforts
• Subcontracting (2nd tier) efforts
• M/WBE Program Reports MWBE expenditures
• of total expenditures
• Model Program component implementation

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2002

• Scott R. Williams, PSEGelected President of the
  SDDC

• Ms. Jeanne M. Fox named President NJ Board of
  Public Utilities

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2002

• 5th Business Opportunity ConferenceSuccess
  through Strategic Opportunities

• M/WBE Workshops
• E-Supply Chain, a Second Look
• A Marketing Primer
• Simple Steps to an Effective Marketing Program
• The "New" New Jersey State Small Business
  Certification Process
• Joint Ventures and Subcontracting

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2002

• Regulated company workshops held and benchmark
  studies conducted annually
• Developing a Supplier Diversity Plan/Program
• Best Practices
• 2nd Tier Reporting format and overview of report
  format

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2003

• 6th Business Opportunity Conference held
  Rebounding Survival Skills for Tough Times

• M/WBE Workshops
• Negotiation Skills
• Electronic Auctions

• Regulated Company Best PracticesMentoring
  Program introduced ? sharingbest practices
  company to company
• Nationally, EMAP passes and adoptsNational
  Supplier Diversity Resolution

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2004

• Linda A. Rueda, Founder, President CEO Ideal
  Data, Inc. elected SDDC President

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2004

• 7th Business Opportunity ConferenceMany Voices
  One Vision

• Workshops
• Reverse Auction Training
• Million Dollar Publicity Secrets for a Small
  Business
• Simple Steps to an Effective Marketing Program
• 2nd Tier

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2004

• SDDC Website www.SDDC-NJ.org created

• SDDC Council Newsletter established

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2004

• EMAP evolves into the Utility Market Access
  Partnership, expanding beyond natural gas focus
  to include electricity, gas, water and telecom
  industries

• SDDC instrumental in evaluating the California
  Model and New Jersey Model and in establishing
  the UMAP Supplier Diversity Program Model
• NARUC endorses a model set of standards as a
  guide to State Commissioners and utilities to
  increase procurement opportunities for women and
  minority business owners

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2005

• 8th Business Opportunity ConferenceSelling
  Tips for Success

• M/WBE Workshops
• How to Sell to Corporations
• Government Contracting

• SDDC assists in the establishment of the Public
  Utility Commission of Ohios Ohio GATE Advisory
  Council

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2006

• Tabitha Stanislaw, JCPL/FirstEnergy electedSDDC
  President

• NJ BPU reissues Resolution, incorporating UMAP
  model standards as part of the SDDC model

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2006

• 10th Business Opportunity Conference The
  Journey

Celebrating 10 Years of Diversity in a
Regulated Environment
Panel/ Mergers Acquisitions Securing
Inclusion after the Merger

• Workshops
• Im Registered Now What?

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2006

• Declaration of Interdependence redrafted to
  incorporate UMAP standards and signed
  byRegulated Company Presidents
• SDDC/UMAP presentation at the Edison Electric
  Institute Supplier Diversity Conference
• The Journey continues . . .