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Public Power Weekly <br />Fortune 500 company serving customers in national security, energy and the <br />environment, critical infrastructure and health markets. <br />R.W. Beck will join SAIC's Infrastructure, Logistics and Product Solutions <br />Group, which provides technical and engineering services for a variety of <br />clients and mission areas, including all hazards preparedness and logistics; <br />energy management services; and environmental support. R.W. Beck's core <br />consulting and engineering organization will join the group's Energy, <br />Environment, and Infrastructure business unit. <br />Beck Disaster Recovery, Inc., of which R.W. Beck Group Inc. is the majority <br />owner, will join the SAIC group's Homeland Protection and Preparedness <br />business unit. <br />The acquisition is expected to close in early August. <br />Efficiency efforts in Burlington yield 'compellin;' results <br />otiTer t~~~o decades <br />Annual electricity consumption in Burlington, Vt., last year was only 1% higher <br />than it was 19 years ago, Mayor Robert Kiss told a Senate hearing. <br />The results of the Burlington, Vt., Electric Department's energy efficiency <br />programs over the last 19 years "are compelling," Burlington Mayor Robert <br />Kiss told a Senate hearing July 21. Annual electricity consumption in 2008 <br />was about 1% greater than in 1989, he told the Senate Environment and Public <br />Works Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy. "Even with <br />substantial local economic growth over the last 19 years, Burlington has met <br />demand with about the same amount of electricity used in 1989." <br />Energy efficiency investments save Burlington consumers over $8.9 million <br />http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppw/printFriendly.asp?projID=3214 (8 of 21)7/28/2009 3:37:08 AM <br />