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Dale Kelly-Cochrane

Vice President,  Budgets & Planning
Sempra LNG

Dale Kelly-Cochrane is vice president of budgets and planning for Sempra LNG, which leads Sempra Energy's efforts to develop, build and operate liquefied natural gas receiving terminals.

In his current position, Kelly-Cochrane is responsible for budgeting, strategic planning and financial analysis of LNG capacity and supply deals.

Previously, Kelly-Cochrane was vice president of operations for Sempra Energy International. Most recently he led the acquisition and development of Sempra Energy's Cameron LNG project. In addition, Kelly-Cochrane served as president of Bangor Gas and Frontier Energy, greenfield gas utilities located in Bangor, Maine and Elkin, North Carolina, respectively.

Before that, Kelly-Cochrane was president of Sempra Energy Information Solutions (SEIS), which provided web-based energy information and technological services to commercial and industrial markets. He was also president of Soliance Networks, a joint venture of SEIS, modis, Inc. and Cayenta.com.

Prior to that, Kelly-Cochrane was vice president of strategic planning for Sempra Energy's unregulated business operations. As vice president, his responsibilities included alliance/acquisitions and business plan development.

Joining San Diego Gas & Electric in 1977, Kelly-Cochrane has held numerous management positions including manager of business planning and budgeting, manager of pricing and rate design and manager of Enova Energy strategic planning.

Kelly-Cochrane holds a master's degree in economics from San Diego State University and a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of California at San Diego.

Kelly-Cochrane is a board member of both Energy for Others, an employee sponsored non-profit charitable organization and Sempra Atlantic Electric and Gas, an energy services provider with more than 200,000 residential, small commercial and industrial customers across the United Kingdom. He is also an instructor of economics at Mira Costa College.

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