Apogee Interactive, Inc. provides on-line courses for the electric and gas industry. They offer a wide variety of courses focusing on educating the energy employee in the areas of Customer Service, Energy Management, Residential and Account Managers and Field Operations. The courses meet the needs for training of new employees, meeting OSHA and Electrical Training requirements as well as refresher courses for veterans of the industry. Since the courses are offered on-line, the student can learn at their own pace and in their own environment. Companies may add courses to their Learning Management Systems with customized portals. Block purchasing of courses easily accommodated. For more information visit their eLearning portal as http://www.study-center.com/ or contact Theresa Lavoie at tlavoie@apogee.net or 800.322.9934

Center for Energy Economics at the University of Texas at Austin is an interdisciplinary research center that conducts strategic critical thinking and analytical research on the economics of the energy value chains and educates stakeholders to improve public policy and investment for economic development. CEE provides training programs on energy economics, energy value chain investment and associated frameworks. The CEE engages in professional training activities through both custom programs and ongoing offerings.  For more information, please visit www.beg.utexas.edu/energyecon/new-era or contact us 713-654-5400 or energyecon@beg.utexas.edu

Christensen Associates offer training seminars at large to the retail and wholesale energy industry at conference centers located around the world or at clients' on-site facilities. Insights and techniques gained at these sessions have helped utilities develop market strategies such as PBR plans, market management - both financial and physical such as transmission planning and pricing - and retail and wholesale pricing strategies. Visit Christensen Associates' website at http://www.lrca.com/.

The CWC School for Energy offers interactive training seminars for international oil and gas industry executives. We also work closely with organizations to identify internal training needs, sourcing the right industry expert to match their requirements to run in-house courses. Our clients include major IOCs and NOCs at all stages of the production and supply chains. By utilizing our industry knowledge and contacts we can provide specialists in a variety of disciplines. For more information visit our website www.cwcschool.com or contact Barris Sassa on +44 20 7089 0007 or bsassa@thecwcgroup.com.

Electric Power Training Center
Located in Golden Colorado, the EPTC offers various classes in power system operations - for both technical and non-technical students. One-of-a-kind, full size simulators of generation and substation control stations offer students opportunities to enhance their understanding of electrical theory with hands-on problem solving exercises. Visit www.eptc.wapa.gov/ for current information on facility, class description, schedules, online registration and payment information. Toll free telephone 800-867-2617.

Electric Utility Consultants, Inc (EUCI) is a Colorado Corporation formed in 1988. The firm promotes knowledge and expertise in the fields of Electrical Energy, Energy Resources, Energy Regulation, and Electric Industry Competitive Issues through Professional Conferences, Courses, Seminars, and Workshops. Visit their Web site at http://www.euci.com/

Enerdata provides training programs in energy markets, energy modeling, energy accounting and carbon management. Our training sessions are available for open registration, as well as corporate workshops & customized classes. For more information and our complete program(session) schedule, please visit our website:http://www.enerdata.fr/enerdatauk/services/training/training.html

Enerdynamics' training and education programs are focused on including all employees in your organization's marketing efforts. They provide an overview of the national energy marketplace or design a custom education program so that your employees understand the specific challenges facing them. By incorporating lecture with interactive exercises, students participate in building their own educational experience. The lectures, materials, and hands-on exercises are blended so that comprehension can be tracked at all times. For more details, visit their Web site at http://www.enerdynamics.com/

Energy Intelligence, has brought together years of knowledge and experience to offer you a tailor-made training program. You are invited to choose from a list of 50 tutorial topics that directly address the immediate questions that you have about the energy industry. For a complete listing of our tutorial topics and the biographies of our lecturers, please visit: http://www.energyintel.com/eir_executive.asp. Alternatively, you can email Nasri Atallah, Training Coordinator, at mailto:vfotuhi@energyintel.com with your direct queries.

The Energy Management Institute provides higher learning for energy professionals. The institute's education programs focus on downstream petroleum, alternative fuels, and natural gas and power. They offer intensive purchasing, risk management, and fundamentals curriculum from basic to advanced levels. The programs are available both at their venues or at your location.
For more information, call (410) 442-5757, e-mail: sales@energyinstitution.org, or visit their Web site at http://www.energyinstitution.org/.

Energy Seminars, Inc. creates and produces seminars, both public and in-house, on a variety of topics of interest to professionals in the energy producing, marketing, transportation, utility, and end-user industries. Courses include: natural gas basic and advanced topics, processing, contracts, hedging; electricity basic and advanced topics, purchase, and hedging; and so forth.
For more information, phone (281) 362-7979 or visit their Web site at http://www.energyseminars.com/

Euromoney Energy Training provides a full range of expert upstream and downstream training courses focused on the energy industry. These courses consist of practical and interactive lectures and workshops, providing professionals with the required skills and insight to further their hands-on business experience.
For more information please visit www.euromoneyenergytraining.com or either email us on energy@euromoneytraining.com or call +44 (0)20 7779 8601

Financial Accounting Institute offers utility finance and accounting seminars with CPE and CLE credit for financial and non-financial professionals. These workshops focus on how to use finance and accounting data to improve managerial skills. They specialize their topics to fit the company when they present the workshops inhouse.
For more information, phone (201) 568-0249 or visit their Web site at http://www.financialaccounting.com/

GE’s Power Systems and Energy Courses (PSEC)
In this challenging economy, the most successful businesses recognize the importance of providing their power systems and energy professionals with the quality education needed to make informative decisions. With a 61-year history, GE Energy’s Power Systems and Energy Courses are designed to provide valuable insights about industry trends, best practices, and the latest technologies through professional experts considered to be among the best practical engineers in the world.  Our courses and programs enhance learning through the use of the latest industry software and include tours of GE’s research centers, manufacturing facilities, and other industry businesses.
For more information, call us at (518) 385-2222 or visit our Web site at www.ge-energy.com/psec

Manufacturing Technology Strategies - MTS
Consultants and contractors in the areas of technical documentation, training systems and management systems for manufacturing industries. Four phase system focused on manufacturing and business management processes: 1) Align Processes, Organization and People (Planning Phase), 2) Documentation Phase, 3) Training/Transfer Phase, 4) Apply and Measure Phase. Each phase is customized to meet the customer’s needs or can run independently. Products and Services: Conduct Operations and Maintenance Training; Analysis of the Technology; Writing Documents and Training Writers; Technical and Administrative Document Development and Electronic Conversion; Comprehensive Training Program Design; Training Needs Assessments; Competency Matrix; Technology Audits; Gap Analysis; Customized Operations and Maintenance Training; E-Learning System (in development); Learning-How-To-Learn; Training Trainers.
For more information, phone (314) 298-0004, fax (314) 298-0006 or visit their Web site at http://www.mtsworld.com/ or http://www.mtsworld.com/mtssystem.php.

MIT Professional Institute 
The MIT Professional Institute (PI)  offers 40+ intensive short courses designed especially for professionals. Courses are from 2 to 6 days long and are taught on campus by MIT faculty from June through August. Several short courses are offered on energy / transportation topics each summer. Additional offerings include: biotechnology, computing, networks, communications, renewable energy, transportation, nanotechnology, lasers, lean enterprise, technology policy, systems engineering, data analysis and other topics of vital interest to today’s engineers and scientists. 
For more information, visit: http://professionalinstitute.mit.edu, Email: professionalinstitute@mit.edu or Telephone: 617-253-2101.

National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP) offers courses that are taught by subject matter experts and which have applicability to both Government and Commercial Environmental Management. The curriculum is broad with courses at both the introductory and advanced level. Several of the course offerings explore, in detail, lessons learned through DOE and EPA specific examples. All courses meet the TQP standards as set forth by the U.S. Department of Energy National Training Office (NETO) and are delivered by the same instructor pool.
For more information, contact Kristy at (865) 694-9826 or e-mail: nrep@etmdtraining.net or kristyd@etmdtraining.net, or visit their Web site at http://www.t-f-e.com/Environmental.htm

Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) provides executive education events across the U.S. and Webinars on a variety of energy-related topics including fuel purchasing, energy risk management, natural gas liquids, ethanol, biodiesel and more. OPIS also holds three large conventions each year providing unique learning and networking experiences for energy professionals. Our instructors are recruited from among the top experts in their fields. For more information and a full calendar of events, please visit: http://www.opisnet.com/conferences.asp or call 1-866-620-5940.

The Oxford Princeton Programme
This program was formed in July 2000 by the merging of The College of Petroleum and Energy Studies and Princeton Energy Programme and provides training to the energy industry and beyond. Web-based and instructor-led training aims to develop both individual and corporate skills. The Oxford Princeton Programme offers three levels of training:

1. PrincetonLive.com offers web-based training for the energy and commodity industries.
2. Princeton Energy Programme workshops offer delegates the opportunity to take an active role in their classroom training.
3. The College of Petroleum and Energy Studies offers an in-depth view of specific industry topics.

PGS Energy Training provides training programs in energy derivatives and electricity trading. PGS products and services consist of live on-site training programs, open registration public seminars, confidential training services for senior executives, and Seminars-on-DemandTM computer-based training programs. The company can be reached at Carnegie Office Park Bldg. II, Suite 2708, 600 N. Bell Ave., Carnegie, PA 15106. Telephone: (412) 279-9298; e-mail: info@pgsenergy.com.
Visit their Web sites http://www.pgsenergy.com/ and http://www.seminars-on-demand.com/.

Paradigm provides practical non-theoretical training in energy derivatives and their related risk management technologies. Programs are structured to the specific needs of today's dynamic energy industry.
For more information, visit their Web site at http://www.paradigmtraining.com/ or call 203-637-1092 (Connecticut office) or 281-360-7822 (Texas office); e-mail: info@paradigmtraining.com.

Patterson & Associates offers our extensive knowledge and expertise to assist companies in the energy industry by designing and providing companies with in-depth, customized, complete training programs to help a company's personnel thrive in the ever-changing energy industry. Our training programs are designed to help a company “Be Competitive” with greater efficiency and cost savings by providing employees with the skills necessary to help them perform their own jobs better and have a more valuable understanding of the business processes linked to their immediate job function. Please visit our website at www.patterson-associates.com.

Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education provides opportunities for participants to learn via Self Study (Purpose: Learn the basics); Large Group Experiences (Purpose: Create Community); Small Group Experiences (Purpose: Engage in Shared Experiences); and One-on-One Experiences (Purpose: Maximize our Human Potential). Some of the course topics include Drilling and Completions, Exploration (Geology/ Geophysics/Exploitation), Heavy Oil/Oil Sands/Other, Pipeline Design, Construction, and Operation, Production (Well and Gathering System Optimization), and so forth. The training is provided on-site at their training centers in Houston, Texas, or in Calgary, Canada, or off-site, i.e., at your business location.
For more information, visit their Web site at http://www.peice.com/?frfi=38519.

Petrostrategies, Inc. is a consulting, research, and training organization focusing on the oil and gas industry. Check out their Web site's training area at http://www.petrostrategies.org/Learning_Center/learning_center.htm. This company also offers Web-based training. For more information, call (972) 867-5950 or e-mail: allenmesch@petrostrategies.org

PIRA Energy Group is an international energy consulting firm specializing in global energy market analysis and intelligence. PIRA Energy Group conducts seminars year-round at various strategic locations. PIRA's Oil Executive Training Program offer one-on-one instruction on all facets of the international oil market.
For more information, please contact them at 212-686-6808 or visit http://www.pira.com/.

ProComply is a provider of energy and regulatory-related courses tailored specifically for natural gas and electric utilities, marketers and transmission companies in the US. Their highly customized content is based on the unique business model and operating conditions for each energy company. In addition to customized training programs, ProComply performs in-house compliance assessment and implementation services that also serve to train internal staff for developing compliance programs. FERC areas include Standards and Codes of Conduct, Market Behavior and Manipulation Rules, Gas Capacity Release and general FERC educational areas. NERC areas include Physical Access Cyber Security and Electronic Access Cyber Security.
For more information, ProComply can be reached at 661-714-2740, info@procomply.com, or visit their website at www.procomply.com.

Skipping Stone Inc.
Visit http://members.skippingstonellc.com/?page=TrngOverview for current information on a variety of energy training. These pages also provide course descriptions. All training can be held in Skipping Stone's training facility in their Houston Office, which is conveniently located near Bush Intercontinental Airport or at the clients facility. The Houston office address is 15311 West Vantage Parkway, Suite 350, Houston, TX 77032. Telephone: 281-902-5100 and e-mail: training@skippingstone.com.

SNL CFE, an affiliate of SNL Financial, LC, develops and produces sector-focused conferences and seminars for professionals who focus on the energy, financial services, real estate and media sectors. Attendees include corporate development, finance and investor relations professionals, Wall Street analysts and asset managers, investment bankers, private equity investors and industry regulators. Instructors for CFE programs are drawn from the ranks of active practitioners, industry executive and acknowledged experts with the goal of exposing participants to a variety of perspectives and approaches. Website: www.snlcenter.com.