Michael J. Hamilton, CPA, ABV, CFF, CTP
Mr. Hamilton is currently a Senior Vice President for Powerlink Transmission
Company. Powerlink is a private equity sponsored company that looks to invest in
electric power transmission assets. Previously he had been Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of MMC Energy, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company which he
took through liquidation, ending in December of 2009. He was the non-executive
Chairman of the Board of MXenergy, Inc., a retail gas and electric marketing
company with operations in 14 states in the U. S. and two Canadian provinces,
which was successfully sold to Constellation Energy in 2011. Prior to these
assignments, he was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and a senior
managing director at FTI Consulting, specializing in the energy industry, which
he joined upon his retirement from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in February
2003.
Michael has been involved in virtually all of the utility and energy industry
restructuring and bankruptcy situations since 1989. He has served as the
financial advisor to numerous interest groups where he brings his knowledge of
both utility finance and his restructuring skills to maximize recovery for his
clients. In this regard, his activities include due diligence, sophisticated
computer modeling, creditor committee management and transaction negotiation. He
has also served in an interim management capacity for a troubled gas
distribution company and assisted a district heating and cooling company to
develop accounting and budgeting controls and refinance its business.
Mr. Hamilton has been continuously involved in regulated industry-related
activities since 1972. He has worked with numerous regulated industry companies,
including companies in the electric, gas, water and telecommunications
industries. He has been substantively involved in issues related to the
competitiveness of the electric utility industry as it fundamentally
restructured from a monopoly position to a competitive position. His activities
have included a wide range of advisory, special studies, rate-making, tax and
testimony activities. He has also been responsible for the day-to-day operations
in virtually all of the financial operations of an investor-owned electric
utility.