Hartmut Müller

Professional Education

• Studies of industrial engineering with a specialization in mechanical engineering and business administration at Siegen University, graduated as “Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur” (business engineer)

Previous professional positions

• Senior Manager, expert and head of network consulting at BET Büro für Energiewirtschaft und technische Planung GmbH for the topics “network valuation, network planning and new technologies”
• Operational and strategic network planning at RheinEnergie AG and Rheinische Netzgesellschaft GmbH in Cologne, network liberalization, responsible for the representation of interests in various associations, company-wide and interdisciplinary projects
• Strategic network planning at GEW-Werke Köln AG (now: RheinEnergie AG), expert for profitability issues, company-wide projects

Key Areas of Expertise

• Strategic positioning of energy supply companies, network operators as well as municipalities during re-municipalization and re-licensing procedures
• Technical, regulatory and organizational due diligence, valuation of energy and water networks
• Licensing proceedings and network acquisitions, technical demerger concepts
• Optimization of networks and network operations
• Operational and strategic incentive regulation
• Holistic asset management pursuant to DIN ISO 55000