Shelk, J

wreck:
2004 small # of big co spent 1.6m$ to lobby for loophole that saved 100Billion$ 200 roi 6 mill%

john shelk staffer lobby for mining and enron

---

bs

<h3>John E. Shelk

President & CEO</h3>

<p>Shelk is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electric

Power Supply Association (EPSA). EPSA is the national trade association

representing competitive power suppliers active in the U.S. and global

markets, including independent power producers, power marketers and

other energy service providers. Shelk is responsible for the overall

management of the association and its strategic direction, including

programs in the areas of legislative affairs, regulatory policy

development and public affairs. He serves as an ex officio member of

the association's Executive Committee.

Shelk has had a long and distinguished career in public service and

in the private sector with an emphasis on energy and environmental

issues. Prior to joining EPSA, he was the Senior Vice President of

Government Affairs for the National Mining Association, where he

directed a federal legislative advocacy team on behalf of the nation's

coal and hard rock mining sectors.

Shelk's government career was capped with service as Republican

Counsel to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, where he worked

on matters before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. These matters included

major responsibilities associated with the Clean Air Act Amendments of

1990 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

Following his government service, Shelk assumed a series of positions

with increasing responsibility in a variety of business sectors:

Federal Affairs Counsel for The Harford Financial Services Group;

Assistant General Counsel for ITT Corporation; Vice President of the

American Gaming Association; and Director of Federal Relations for

Calpine Corporation. He also worked in the private practice of law for

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Shelk earned his J.D. degree with honors from Georgetown University

Law Center and a B.A. degree in American Government from Georgetown's

College of Arts & Sciences, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa

and selected as a George F. Baker Scholar.</p>