ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHY

The majority of Mr. Drain’s career has been in the Natural Gas Industry having held senior positions with a number of major energy companies including Phillips Petroleum; Rosewood Resources (a Hunt Company); TransCanada; and AIG Trading.

For the last twelve (12) years, the Generation & Transmission segments of the Power Industry have been his major focus. His last full-time position was serving as the Executive Director of the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority reporting to a five-member Board of Directors appointed by the Governor of Wyoming, with the advice and consent of the Wyoming State Senate. He then served as a Senior Advisor/Consultant for Viridis Eolia, a Wyoming Corporation, were he was a member of a team of professionals engaged in the development of a 2,000 MW wind energy project located in south-central Wyoming.

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Loyd holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Tulsa, College of Law. Mr. Drain has been a member of the Texas Bar since 1983. In addition, Mr. Drain served on the Advisory Board of the Jackson Hole Center of Global Affairs and serves as Co-Chairman of the TransGrid-X 2030 Group which promotes a $trillion major power transmission & generation concept which would overlay the Eastern & Western Transmission Grids in the U.S. with bi-directional high-voltage transmission lines. A recently completed Seam Study, by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) which is part of the Department of Energy, is an integral part of such concept. One of the major study findings shows how the U.S. could reach a 50% penetration level of renewable-based power at little to no cost to the consumer.

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Loyd's law practice in the past includes many sectors of the oil & gas industry as well as power generation and transmission. He also has represented clients before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission--Oil & Gas

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