Sarah Novosel — Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Managing Counsel at Calpine Corporation

Ms. Sarah Novosel has been Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Managing Counsel at Calpine Corp. since May 21, 2007. Ms. Novosel has been practicing energy law for more than 15 years and joined Calpine Corp. in April 2004, as a Senior Regulatory Counsel. She began her career in 1991 with the law firm of Bracewell & Patterson in Washington, D.C., focusing on natural gas restructuring issues for local distribution companies and natural gas marketing clients. In 1996, with FERC's issuance of its electric transmission open access rule, she directed her practice to electric regulation issues for power marketing and generation companies. She is a premier Washington energy attorney with significant knowledge of regulatory law and experience both in private practice and as a regulatory lawyer for several major 2energy companies. Ms. Novosel is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a Bachelor's degree in Government and Politics and also earned her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.