CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION

Position Title: Director - Cost, Rates & Forecasts

Job Number: 25025

Group: General Accounting

Reports To: Vice President Regulatory Affairs

Job Family: Finance & Accounting

Date: May 1, 2001

Corporate Mission: “We will consistently exceed the expectations of our customers for the delivery of natural gas and electricity.”

Family Contribution / Finance & Accounting: In support of the Corporate Mission; Responsible for applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports. Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions. Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position. Audits contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement. May establish, modify, document, and coordinate implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures. May approve transactions and make recommendations to operating management regarding project progress. In addition to accounting functions, this job family includes budgeting, taxes and internal audit functions. Accounting for gas and electric energy as well as setting tariff rates for these services is also included. Risk Management activities are also part of this family.

Individual Contribution: In support of the Corporate Mission and Family Contribution; Manage the planning, development and coordination of the activities and performance of the work of the Costs, Rates and Forecasts Division, including: the research and design of appropriate electric and gas prices and services; the maintenance of contracts and agreements for supply of services and leases; the review and study of data and information regarding economic conditions and trends affecting gas sales and revenue budgets for the Company; the preparation of long-range electric and gas sales forecasts and related revenues, including sensitivity analyses of alternative conditions; and the preparation of embedded and marginal costs of service studies for both electric and gas service in support of regulatory proceedings, marketing and contract preparations.

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