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Mexico’s Comision Reguladora de Energia has a new chairman thisweek, after President Vicente Fox appointed Dionisio P‚rez-JcomeFriscione to a five-year term. P‚rez-Jcome had headed the EnergyMinistry’s Investment Promotion Unit and had also served in theministry as executive director for Public Non-basic PetrochemicalCompanies.

Vector Pipeline has appointed Craig R. Fishbeck as president ofVector. Vector believes that Fishbeck’s extensive industryexperience and knowledge of Vector’s market area position him wellto lead the company through its December 2000 start-up and comingyears of growth. The pipeline also believes Fishbeck’s appointmentstrengthens Vector’s role as a vital link between the Chicago Huband Dawn, Ontario, to help meet the growing demand for natural gasin the U.S. Midwest, Eastern Canada and the U.S. Northeast.Fishbeck comes to Vector from CMS – Panhandle where he held theposition of vice president, marketing.

OGE Energy Corp. announced that E. Keith Mitchell has beenappointed to the position of vice president of gas services atEnogex Inc., OGE Energy’s natural gas pipeline subsidiary. Mitchellwill continue to report directly to Enogex President Roger A.Farrell and will ultimately be responsible for the marketing andsale of gas transportation, gas liquids, and related services.

El Paso Energy changed the name of Leviathan Gas PipelinePartners, L.P. yesterday to El Paso Energy Partners, L.P.,effective Dec. 1, and appointed Robert G. Phillips, who iscurrently president of El Paso Field Services and a director ofLeviathan, the company’s new CEO. Leviathan’s board accepted theresignation of CEO Grant E. Sims.

Daniel L. Larcamp was appointed director of the Office ofMarkets, Tariffs and Rates at the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission (FERC). The office and position were created as part ofinternal restructuring at the Commission under the FERC Firstprogram. Larcamp has served as senior counsel and policy advisor toFERC Chairman James. J. Hoecker on electric power issues sinceAugust.

Daniel L. Larcamp was appointed director of the Office ofMarkets, Tariffs and Rates at the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission (FERC). The office and position were created as part ofinternal restructuring at the Commission under the FERC Firstprogram.

Walt Rosenbusch, a native of Austin, TX, has been appointeddirector of the Minerals Management Service, succeeding CynthiaQuarterman who resigned in February. Rosenbusch takes office May17. Since July, 1996 he has worked as a senior tax manager forErnst & Young’s Houston Energy Service Team. Prior to thatRosenbusch was with the U.S. Dept. of Interior in the land andminerals management area, working to resolve royalty issuesinvolving on- and offshore leasing. He had worked in the TexasGeneral Land Office where he was responsible for the management andadministration of 13.5 million mineral acres.

Texas Gov. George W. Bush appointedBrett A. Perlman of Houstonto the Public Utility Commission of Texas to serve a term endingSept. 1, 2003. Perlman is a management consultant with McKinsey andCo. Inc., specializing in high technology and telecommunications.He is responsible for providing strategic planning advice to seniorexecutives of Fortune 500 companies. He was previously an attorneywith the law firm of Jenkens and Gilchrist in Houston and from1985-89, was an attorney with the Washington D.C. law firm of AkinGump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

The Board of Directors of KeySpan Energy appointed four newofficers. Frederick M. Lowther, 54, of Dickstein Shapiro Morin& Oshinsky has been named general counsel. Steven L. Zelkowitz,49, has been named senior vice president and deputy generalcounsel. Michael J. Taunton, 42, has been named vice president ofinvestor relations. Lawrence S. Dryer, 39, has been named vicepresident of internal audit.