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Carl Wilkins joins Quanta Technology  

September 2008 – Carl L. Wilkins, P.E. joined Quanta Technology as the Director of Renewables and Energy Efficiency

With over 30 years experience working in the electric utility industry in a variety of managerial, research and consultative roles, Carl brings a wealth of knowledge and ability to his role as Director of Renewables and Energy Efficiency for Quanta Technology. Combining experience in engineering, sales, marketing and project management with applied technical skills, he brings a wide array of talents to the renewables team.

Bringing a unique utility insider perspective to the task of delivery of products and services to the utility industry, Carl is focused on building relationships with utilities and on providing innovative strategic support and consultative services. Acting as a conduit between utilities' executive and management teams and Quanta Technology, he oversees the development of services to utilities in areas of RPS management, renewable business case development, carbon strategies, renewable engineering and design, system planning and analysis and EPC services.

Carl was directly involved in the coordination and development of North Carolina's green power program, NC GreenPower, and renewable energy resources. Currently, Wilkins is developing new strategies for implementing renewable energy, planning and energy efficiency programs for utilities. He has worked with utilities in areas of smart utility grid, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and policies to address climate change and environmental sustainability.

Prior to joining AE, Carl served at Advanced Energy as the Director or Utility Services where he managed the senior management relationships and the delivery of energy efficiency and renewable energy services to electric utilities.  As manager with Progress Energy Carl had responsibility for national accounts, military, federal and state government accounts. Previous positions with Progress Energy include division marketing, distribution automation R&D, AMR and customer support.

Wilkins holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from N.C. State University and an associate of applied science in computer technology from Wake Technical College. He has completed executive education work at Harvard Business School, and is a registered Professional Engineer.

About Quanta Technology

Quanta Technology is a consulting firm headquartered in Raleigh, NC and provides a wide spectrum of services to utility and energy companies dealing with physical power system business and technical issues.