Adrienne Cabral Email & Phone Number

Berlin, Ct

Serve as a key communications resource for the gas business in both CT and MA with direct responsibilities for daily and project-driven strategic communications.Provide communication counsel to senior management and leadership team.Plan, write, coordinate and execute a variety of internal and external communications -- marketing and sales communications, public relations, event management and customer-focused activities.

Served as company representative at various corporate and community events.Successfully managed Iroquois’ annual United Way campaign. Played a key role in increasing employee participation from 78% to 90% and total campaign dollars rose from $54,000 to $67,000 over past five years.Chaired Community Outreach Committee. Reviewed and administered funding requests for support of educational, cultural arts and civic programs. Reviewed grant proposals submitted for Iroquois’ Community Grant Program. Drafted summary for review by management, recommended funding allocations and managed the distribution of funds up to $100,000 annually.Initiated employee engagement in volunteer activities.Developed, planned and implemented celebrations and special events. Conceptualized and recommended details which included selecting site, menu, give-a-ways and itinerary based on event objectives.Produced and created ad copy for courtesy advertisements, PSAs and newspaper notifications.Managed, updated and reviewed company web site for content to ensure accuracy of posted information. Generated ideas and produced copy for quarterly publication geared toward providing company information to 850+ recipients.

Developed and implemented policies for "front-office" functions - service requests, open seasons, creditworthiness, etc., as well as, all aspects of contract administration for gas transportation contracts, service agreements, and capacity release transactions.Monitored contract expirations and communicated with Executive Management to remarket.Composed letter agreements, discount agreements, precedent agreements, and etc. for management signature. Analyzed risks associated with requested changes to clauses in contracts, precedent agreements, and rate letter agreements.Chaired the Credit Committee. Evaluated and established appropriate credit vehicles for new shippers. Analyzed and evaluated creditworthiness for all shippers to determine when service must be terminated or restricted due to lack of credit. Developed, planned and implemented dinner meetings and special events for Iroquois’ M,D&CO Department; conceptualized and recommended details include site, menu and itinerary based on event objective, theme and budget.Prepared and administered gas transportation contracts and agreements, utilized established databases, documented forms and contract logs.Initiated and recommended contract administration changes as a result of federal and state regulatory requirements.

Researched, analyzed and summarized regulatory and natural gas issues in order to provide infromational summaries to external and internal customers.Maintained various databases used to track required regulatory reports in the preservation of company-wide regulatory compliance.Performed electronic legal research via WESTLAW and the Internet.Prepared and finalized electronic filings for submittal to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).Organized the coordination of massive data requests during the discovery process.

Provided summaries of FERC filings and orders.Prepared FERC Form No. 549-ST reports, FERC Form 592 reports in compliance with Order 497 and the Discount Transportation Report for filing with FERC.Reviewed and summarized Order No. 636 restructuring issues.Coordinated the update and distribution of Iroquois’ effective FERC Gas Tariff.