Presentations from the 119th Annual Convention 2007
Experience with Getting Retail and Wholesale Incentives Aligned for Customers
Current Group LLC
Linking Generation, Demand Response, Energy Efficiency, Consumer Advocacy, and Measurement Policies for Optimal Social and Economic Outcomes
Mike Gordon; Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, ConsumerPowerline
Making the Wholesale Market Work for Retail Customers: Connecticut Municipal System Experiences
Brian E. Forshaw, Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative
Midwest ISO
T. Graham Edwards, President & CEO
Site Controls
Chris Hickman - President, Energy Services
2007 Annual Convention Program
Electricity Technology in a Carbon-Constrained Future
Electricity Technology in a Carbon-Constrained Future
Hank Courtright, Senior Vice President. EPRI
Hacker’s Chess in Cyber-Space: Protecting the Final Frontier…Checkmate?
Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience
Rita Wells, National & Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Protection/Resilience
Hacker’s Chess in Cyber-Space: Protecting the Final Frontier…Checkmate?
Joe Weiss, Applied Control Systems
How Should Utility Generation Planning be Conducted in an Era of Econonmic and Environmental Uncertainty?
Generation Planning in an Era of Economic and Environmental Uncertainty
Doug Esamann-Senior Vice President, Strategy & Planning, Duke Energy
Meeting Future Demands for Energy In A World Facing Climate Change
Steve Winn
Resource Choices in a Carbon-Constrained World
Richard Cowart, The Regulatory Assistance Program
Risk-Constrained Least-Cost Planning
Michael Schilmoeller, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)
Competing for LNG in the Global Gas Market
Mike Zenker, Barclays Capital Research
The Past, Present & Future of Gas Quality: A Utility Operations / End Use Perspective
Robert D. Wilson, Director of Environmental Operations, KeySpan
More Than a Tin Can on a String: Disaster Communications In the 21st Century
Loop Preservation
Allan Isfan
The Role of the Communications Sector
J. Michael Hickey, Vice President - Government Affairs,
Tim Peterson, Chief of Staff, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
The Evolving Roles and Responsibilities of Gas Utilities In Today’s Markets: Giving Customers More Choices, Options, and Opportunities
Commerce Energy
Anthony Cusati
Evolving Roles and Responsibilities of Gas Utilities in Today’s Markets: Dominion East Ohio
Jeffrey A. Murphy - Director, Rates & Gas Supply, Dominion East Ohio
Hess: Your Energy Partner
Randy Magnani
How Georgia Is Giving Customers More Choices, Options and Opportunities
Hank Linginfelter, Executive Vice President, Utility Operations, AGL Resources
IGS Energy
Vincent A. Parisi, Interstate Gas Supply, Inc.
To "De-Couple": Decoupling and Other Potential Regulatory Mechanisms in Efforts to Achieve Efficient Water Usage and Additional Societal Benefits
United Water at a Glance
Walton Hill, United Water Resources
Understanding Spectrum
Spectrum 101
Bryan Tramont, Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer LLP
Water and Energy Interdependencies: How Convergences Can Lead to Efficiencies and Respond to Global Climate Change
Being Proactive on Climate Change: Tracking and Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Wayne D. Morgan, President, West Virginia American Water
Water and Energy Interdependencies: How Convergences Can Lead to Efficiencies and Respond to Global Climate Change
Robert Wilkinson
Water, Energy and Sustainability
Bruce A. Macler, PhD - USEPA Region 9
What is the Role of Federalism in the Context of Greenhouse Gas Regulation?
Greenhouse Gas Regulations: Policies & Progress in California
Nancy Ryan, California Public Utilities Commission
U.S. Climate Policy: It Takes a Martyr
Cathy S. Woollums, Sr. V.P. Environmental, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System
Andrea Coons, WREGIS Administrator
What is the Role of Federalism in the Context of Greenhouse Gas Regulation?
Jeanne Fox, President New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
What Obstacles Exist Concerning the Siting of Wind Generation
FPL Energy
Mike O’Sullivan, Senior Vice President, FPL Energy
Industrial Wind Action Group
Lisa Linowes, Industrial Wind Action Group
Minnesota's Wind Site Permitting Experience
Bob Cupit, Manager, Energy Facility Permitting, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Siting and Policy Wind Power Plants*
Bob Anderson, West Wind Wires
What Obstacles Exist Concerning the Siting of Wind Generation?
Steve Lindenberg, Department of Energy
Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications
Forebearance and Competition
Cox Communications: A Cable CLECs' Perspective on Competition
Doug Garrett, Cox Regulatory Affairs
Facilities-based Competition In Mass Market Telecom: A Period Of Rapid Change
Dave Teitzel, Staff Director - Public Policy, Qwest Communications
Industry Perspective on Competition
Integra Telecom, Inc.
Omaha, NE: First Victim of FCC Forbearance
Presentations from the Winter Committee Meetings 2008
2008 Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report and Survey
David Kathan - FERC
Demand Resource Participation in Recent Capacity Market Auctions
Demand Response as Capacity in New York
David J. Lawrence - Manager, Auxiliary Market Products, New York Independent System Operator
Demand Response Participation in Capacity Markets
Andrew Ott - Vice President, PJM Markets
Update on Demand Resource Participation in New England?s Forward Capacity Market
Henry Yoshimura - Demand Resources Department, ISO New England, Inc.
Demand Response in Market Operations: Experience and Cost-benefits
Demand Response in Midwest ISO Markets
Midwest ISO
Demand-Side ManagementInfluence on Reliability
Mark Lauby - Manager, Reliability Assessments
New England Demand Response Resources: Present Observations and Future Challenges
Henry Yoshimura - Demand Resources Department, ISO New England, Inc.
General Session
2008 Natural Gas Outlook
David McClanahan - Chairman, American Gas Association; President and CEO, CenterPoint Energy
Challenges to Climate Change Legislation
David L. Sokol - MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
The Multi-Billion Dollar Question: Reforming the Universal Service Fund
Joint Board Recommendation USF Reform
Ray Baum - Commissioner, Oregon Public Utility Commission. State Chair USJB
Staff Subcommittee on Water
Small Water Systems: Challenges and Recommendations
Melissa J. Stanford - National Regulatory Research Institute
Understanding Public Health Risks and Putting it into Context
Peter E. Shanaghan ? USEPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
Committee on Water
A Safe Harbor for Water Companies That Comply with Safe Drinking Water Standards: State Legislation
William K. Koska and Michael K. Stagg - Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
Nutrient Trading and the Chesapeake Bay
Paul K. Marchetti - PENNVEST
Understanding Public Health Risks and Putting it into Context
Peter E. Shanaghan ? USEPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
Pricing Considerations Related to Reclaimed Water
Overview of Water Reuse Technology: Pricing Considerations Related To Reclaimed Water
Mark LeChevallier, Ph.D, Director of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship-American Water Works Service Company
State Drinking Water Administrators' Current Issues and Possible Impacts Upon Economic Regulators
State Drinking Water Administrators' Current Issues
Jim Taft, Executive Director, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
The Impact and Spirit of Sarbanes-Oxley: An Evolving Best Practice
"The Impact of Sarbanes Oxley, An Evolving Best Practice"
Ellen C. Wolf - Senior Vice President and CFO, American Water
Underground Water Storage Research and Other American Water Works Association Research Foundation Projects
AwwaRF: Underground Water Storage Research
Awwa Research Foundation
Committee on Consumer Affairs
Energy Efficiency: Will A "Just Do It" Approach Get it Done for Consumers?
Developments and Issues in Utility Energy Efficiency - 2008
Peter Fox-Penner - Co-Chairman and Principal, The Brattle Group
Will A "Just Do It" Approach Get it Done for Consumers?
Katrina McMurrian - Commissioner, Florida Public Service Commission
Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accesibility Act
Accessible Communications in the 21st Century
Karen Peltz Strauss - Coalition of Organizations for
Committee on Critical Infrastructure
Water Security Metrics
Water Security Metrics
Mr. Cade Clark
Water/Energy Interdependency Issues in the Southeast
Drought in the Southeast/Electric Issues
Mr. Steve Jester
Interdependencies, Security & Growing Resource Constraints
Mr. Paul Foran
Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal
Interim Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel
Marshall Cohen - Senior Director, State and Local Affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute
New Nuclear Generation
Ellen Ruff - President, Duke Energy Carolinas
Yucca Mountain Project Update
Edward F. Sproat, III - Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of Energy
Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal
Planning for Success: Reasoned Expectations For New Nuclear Plant Construction
Paul Genoa, NEI
Regulating the Rest of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Michael Weber, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Staff Subcommittee on Electricity
Business Session
20% Wind Vision
Rob Gramlich - Policy Director, American Wind Energy Association
Interconnection Queing Practices
SuedeenG. Kelly - Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Renewable Power from Poultry Litter
Eric Jenkins - VP Commercial Development, Fibrowatt LLC
Committee on Electricity
Electric and Natural Gas In A Carbon Constrained World
Direct Use of Natural Gas: An Assessment Prepared for the American Gas Foundation
William N. Cantrell - President, TECO Peoples Gas Systems
Electricity and Natural Gas in a Carbon Constrained World
Donald L. Mason, Esq. - Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Fitch Ratings: Know Your Risk
Ellen Lapson - CFA, Fitch Ratings
Natural Gas Markets Enter an Era of Unprecedented Uncertainty
Jennifer Snyder - Head of North American Gas Research Practice, Wood McKenzie Inc.
The Power to Reduce CO2 Emissions: The Full Portfolio
Revis W. James - Director, Energy Technology Assessment Center
Staff Subcommittee on Electricity
Transmission for Renewables
Integration of Variable Generation
Mark Lauby - Manager, Reliability Assessments, NERC
New Transmission Initiatives for Renewable Energy and Some Thoughts on Wind Integration
Kevin Porter - EXETER Associates
Queue Reform at the Midwest ISO
Midwest ISO
Transmission for Renewables
Kristine Schmidt - Director, Transmission Business Development, XcelEnergy
Wind and Transmission
Rob Gramlich - Policy Director, American Wind Energy Association
Committee on Electricity
Update On EPA Climate Actions
Cap and Trade Programs for Air Emissions
Sam Napolitano - Director, Clean Air Markets Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Air Interstate and Visibility Rules Update
Sam Napolitano - Director, Clean Air Markets Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Energy Efficiency's Role in Greenhouse Gas Policies
Kathleen Hogan - Director, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lessons learned from EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
Dina Kruger - Director, Climate Change Division
Subcommittee on Clean Coal and Carbon Sequestration
Working Together: The Pew Center And Coal Energy Representatives Discuss State Options For Low Carbon Coal Policy
Accelerating Deployment of CCS
Judi Greenwald - Director of Innovative Solutions, Pew Center On Global Climate Change
Electricity Generation in a Carbon Constrained World & the Role of CCS
Ben Yamagata - Executive Director, CURC
State Policy Options for Accelerating CCS
Richard Cowart - The Regulatory Assistance Project
Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment
A Lower-Cost Option for Substantial CO2 Emission Reductions
Ron Edelstein - Gas Technology Institute
Achieving the Full Portfolio: Climate Technology Demonstration Initiatives
Ellen Petrill - Director, Public/Private Partnerships, EPRI
Customer and Societal Benefits Of AMI: From Smart Meters To A More Efficient Power System
Hon. Paul A. Centolella, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Renewable Power from Poultry Litter
Eric Jenkins - VP Commercial Development, Fibrowatt LLC
Accelerating the Ramp Up Of Energy Efficiency Programs
Energy Efficiency in Alabama
Minnesota Energy Efficiency
Ohio: New Developments related to Energy Efficiency
Ramping Up Energy Efficiency - Oregon
Vermont's Recent Energy Efficiency Activities
Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology
Advanced Reactors and Government Support for New Nuclear Plants
Rebecca Smith-Kevern - Office of Light Water Reactor Deployment, Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE
New Reactor Licensing
R. William Borchardt, Director, Office of New Reactors, US NRC
The Power to Reduce CO2 Emissions: The Full Portfolio, Perspectives on Nuclear Power
Revis W. James - Director, Energy Technology Assessment Center, EPRI
Update On EPA Climate Actions
Cap and Trade Programs for Air Emissions
Sam Napolitano - Director, Clean Air Markets Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Air Interstate and Visibility Rules Update
Sam Napolitano - Director, Clean Air Markets Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Energy Efficiency's Role in Greenhouse Gas Policies
Kathleen Hogan - Director, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lessons learned from EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
Dina Kruger - Director, Climate Change Division
Committee on Gas
Electric and Natural Gas In A Carbon Constrained World
Direct Use of Natural Gas: An Assessment Prepared for the American Gas Foundation
William N. Cantrell - President, TECO Peoples Gas Systems
Electricity and Natural Gas in a Carbon Constrained World
Donald L. Mason, Esq. - Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Fitch Ratings: Know Your Risk
Ellen Lapson - CFA, Fitch Ratings
Natural Gas Markets Enter an Era of Unprecedented Uncertainty
Jennifer Snyder - Head of North American Gas Research Practice, Wood McKenzie Inc.
The Power to Reduce CO2 Emissions: The Full Portfolio
Revis W. James - Director, Energy Technology Assessment Center
Committee on International Relations
China's Energy and Environmental Challenges
Frederick Weston - The Regulatory Project
Commission's Proposal for the Empowering of the National Regulators and the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER )
Alexia Trokoudi - Head Legal Dept. R.A.E.
Commission's Proposal for the ownership unbundling
Theodore C. Panagos - Vice Chairman R.A.E.
Energy Issues and Regulatory Developments in Europe and Eurasia
Robert A. Archer - Energy & Infrastructure Bureau for Europe and Eurasia
The road to WFER IV, OCTOBER 2009
Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE)
Committee on Telecommunications
Interconnection and Interoperability in a VOIP World
Challenges facing the industry
Richard N. Clarke - Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Planning and Policy, AT&T
How Should We Think About IP-PSTN Interconnection?
Jeff Lanning - Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Embarq
Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications
Packet Interconnection
Policies for Next-Generation Interconnection
Dennis Weller - Chief Economist, Verizon
Voice Packet Interconnection: Challenges facing the industry
Richard N. Clarke - Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Planning and Policy, AT&T
VRS Functional Equivalent
Video Relay Service and Assignment of Numbers for IP Based Services
Penn Pfautz, AT&T
Committee on Telecommunications
What Happens When There Is Only One Left Standing? Confronting Tough Questions About Carriers Of Last Resort
Carriers of Last Resort - An Evolving Concept
Peter Bluhm - National Regulatory Research Institute
COLR: Confronting Tough Questions About Carriers of Last Resort
Bob Rowe - Senior Partner, Balhoff, Rowe & Williams, LLC
Confronting Tough Questions About Carriers of Last Resort
Ellen Blackler - Executive Director, Regulatory Planning & Policy, AT&T
Slaying the COLR Ogre: How Universal Service and Competition Can Live Happily Ever After
Jose M. Jimenez - Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Cox Communications
Staff Subcommittee on Information Services
Automation using the STAR PSC System
ACO Information Services, LLCAgency
The Evolution of Unified Communications: Practical Applications for today?s Enterprise
Brad Herrington - Senior Manager Product Marketing, Interactive Intelligence Inc.
Where Worlds Collide: Information Security and Risk Management
Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. and John W. Simek - Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
Presentations from the Summer Committee Meetings 2007
Arkansas Experience
Paul Suskie, Chairman, Arkansas Public Service Commission
Demand Response At Southern Company
Leonard Haynes
Energy Curtailment Specialists
Paul Tyno, Executive Vice President Program Development
New York’s Demand Response Programs - A Collaborative Effort
David J. Lawrence - Manager, Auxiliary Market Products, New York Independent System Operator
Pepco and Delmarva Power: Blueprint for the Future Filings
J. Mack Wathen
Perspectives of a Large End Use Participant of NYISO Programs
Michael Caufield - Alcoa Inc.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
James Tracy, Chief Financial Officer
TVA’s Quest for DSM
Chris Smith - Tennessee Valley Authority Customer Resources, Market Research & Evaluation
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc: Demand Response
Ken Baker, Senior Manager for Sustainability
Xcel Energy
Deb Sundin
Credit Impact of Climate Change on the Power Sector
Swami Venkataraman, CFA, Director, Standard & Poor’s
Global Warming: How Can We Avoid Dangerous Climate Change?
Jim Hansen
Wall Street Responds to the Climate Challenge
Gregg Orrill, Equity Research Analyst, Lehman Brothers
Competitive Procurement Collaborative Meeting
Agenda
EPSA Releases Policy Paper and 10-Point "Why and How" on Competitive Electricity Procurement
Electric Power Supply Association: Press Release
Pennsylvania: Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act
Pennsylvania: Procurement of Renewable & Alternative Energy
Kirk House, Lead Counsel, Office of Special Assistants, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
The Case for Competitive Procurement in States with Vertically-Integrated Utilities
Electric Power Supply Association: Policy Paper
Committee on Water
AQUA America: Water Supply Planning
Nicholas DeBenedictis
California Regulatory Initiatives: Case History, California American Water
B. Kent Turner, President California American Water
Financing "Greenfield" Developments: An Overview of Financing Options for a combined Water System
Keith Switzer, Golden State Water Company and Peter Johnson, Sun Cal Companies
Improving Water Efficiency by Implementing the IWA/AWWA Water Audit Methodology
George Kunkel P.E., Philadelphia Water Department
Improving Water Efficiency by Implementing the IWA/AWWA Water Audit Methodology
George Kunkel P.E., Philadelphia Water Department
Utilities, Inc.
Larry Schumacher, President & Chief Executive Officer
Water Planning in the Western U.S.: Impacts and Opportunities for Investor-Owned Water Utilities
Jeffrey Stuck, Environmental Management Director, American Water Western Region
Water Security: A Public-Private Partnership to Secure the Nation’s Water Infrastructure
William Komianos, Director, American Water and Debbie Newberry, USEPA
Water Supply Planning: East, West, North and South
United Water
Committee on Consumer Affairs
Advanced Metering: What it is, How it affects consumers
Steve Hadden, Plexus Research
How Will AMI & Dynamic Pricing Affect Low Income Users?
Ahmad Faruqui, Ph. D., Principal, The Brattle Group
PG&E SmartMeter Program
Tom Bottorff, Sr. VP Regulatory Relations
Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal
Discussion of Nuclear Waste Management
Brew Barron, Group Executive and Chief Nuclear Officer, Duke Energy
The Keystone Center Joint Fact-Finding On Nuclear Power
The Keystone Center
Yucca Mountain Program Overview
Michael T. Richard, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs, DOE
Committee on Electricity
Aligning Utility Incentives with Energy Efficiency Investment
Val Jensen, ICF International
Construction of Coal-Fired Generation: Evaluating the Utility Credit Implications
Ellen Lapson, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings, Utilities, Power & Gas
DOE Resources to Help You in Policymaking along the Clean Energy Highway
Mark Bailey, Acting Program Manager, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Energy Trust of Oregon
Gambling with Coal: How Future Climate Laws Will Make New Coal Plants More Expensive
Steve Clemmer, Clean Energy Program Research Director. Union of Concerned Scientists
One Question, Three Facts, and an Answer
Steve Miller, CEED
Perspectives on Renewable Portfolio Standard Authority
Richard Sedano, The Regulatory Assistance Project
Policy Options for Energy Efficiency Programs: Decoupling and Other Innovative Rates
Cynthia J. Marple - Director, Rates and Regulatory Affairs
Policy Options for Energy Efficiency Programs: Decoupling, Incentives & Third-Party Administrators
John R. Perkins, Iowa Consumer Advocate
Revenue Decoupling: New York’s Experience & Future Directions
James T. Gallagher - Director, Office of Electricity and Environment, New York State Department of Public Service
Role of Renewable Energy and Implication of RPS in a Sustainable Electric Generation Portfolio
Thomas Key, EPRI Renewable and Hydropower
RPS Impacts
Stimulating Renewables: Do We Need A Federal RPS?
David K. Owens, Executive Vice President, Edison Electric Institute
The Independent Transmission Company
Joseph L. Welch - President and CEO, ITC Holdings Corp.
The Role of Coal Generation in a World of Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Howard Herzog, MIT
The Role of Coal Generation in a World of Greenhouse Gas Regulation: Duke Energy
Keith Trent, Group Executive and Chief Strategy, Policy and Regulatory Officer. Duke Energy
The Role of Coal Generation in a World of Greenhouse Gas Regulation: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Jackson E. Reasor, President & CEO, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability
AMR Advanced Applications - Taking it a Step Beyond
David Glenwright, AMR Operations & Strategies
Battling Load Growth in NYC
Chris Smith, NYSERDA
conEdison: Who we are
Lou Cedrone
Environmental Issues in System Planning
Jim Platts, ISO New England
Staff Subcommittee on Electricity
AMR Advanced Applications - Taking it a Step Beyond
David Glenwright, AMR Operations & Strategies
Battling Load Growth in NYC
Chris Smith, NYSERDA
conEdison: Who we are
Lou Cedrone
Environmental Issues in System Planning
Jim Platts, ISO New England
Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment
Clean Energy & Storage Innovations at Work
Gregory Tropsa, President ICE Energy
Coordinating Energy Flow with Information Flow: Interoperability Enables the Smart Grid
Erich W. Gunther, DOE GridWise Architecture Council
Electricity Technology in a Carbon-Constrained Future
Steven Specker, President and CEO, EPRI
How Will AMI & Dynamic Pricing Affect Low Income Users?
Ahmad Faruqui, Ph. D., Principal, The Brattle Group
Ice Storage for Peak Load Reduction
Chris Smith, NYSERDA
Land-Based Initiatives & Climate Change
Andrew Spahn, SRA International
Minimizing Costs for Consumers Under a Global Warming Pollution Cap
Dale S. Bryk, Natural Resources Defense Council
Off-Peak Cooling with Thermal Energy Storage (TES): Overview
Clifton C. Below, Commissioner, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
Realizing the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Larry Mansueti, DOE and Stacy Angel, EPA
Residential Electicity Pricing Pilots: Reducing Peak Demand with a Bonus - Lower Greenhouse Gases
Chris King, President eMeter Strategic Consulting
Smart Meters, Demand Response and "Real Time" Pricing: Too Many Questions and Not Many Answers
Barbara R. Alexander, Consumer Affairs Consultant
The Economics of Poverty: How Investments to Eliminate Poverty Benefits All Americans
Jerrold Oppenhim and Theo MacGregor, Democracy and Regulation
Thermal Energy Storage and Peak Load Reduction
Mark M. MacCracken, PE, LEED, Pte, CALMAC Mfg. Corp.
What Utilities Can Do With Renewable Energy
Thomas P. Meissner Jr. Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Unitil Corporation
Committee on Gas
Alaskan Gasline Project
Patrick Galvin
Bringing On The Gas Developing Liquefacation and Gasification Resources Overseas and Domestically to Serve a Growing Natural Gas Demand
Mark Stiers, Vice President, Gas Sales & Supply, DTE Energy
Developing Natural Gas Infrastructure in the Americas: the Mexican Case
Francisco Salazar Diez de Sollano, Chairman, CRE
Infrastructure Development in Canada
Georgette Habib, Board Member, National Energy Board
LNG supply - who knows what the future will bring?
David Sweet - Executive Director, World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE)
Managing Our Future: A Case for LNG
Keith Meyer - President, Cheniere Marketing
Staff Subcommittee on Gas
All Things Natural Gas: Infrastructure, Rates and Policy
John Carlson, Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, FERC
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Coordinated Approach for LNG Safety and Security Research
Tom Blanchat, Anay Luketa-Hanlin, Mike Hightower, Sheldon Tieszen - Fire Science & Technology, Energy Systems Analysis, Sandia National Laboratories
NAESB Update
North American Energy Standards Board
Committee on International Relations
Energy Development in Canada
Arden Berg, Chairman, CAMPUT
International Investing in the U.S. Utility Sector
David Nastro - Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Power & Utility Group
International Outreach and Issues
Mark A. Jamison, Director Public Utility Research Center, Univesity of Florida
Committee on Telecommunications
Federal Universal Service Overview
Ray Baum, Commissioner Oregon Public Utility Commission
Foundations of Telecommunications Technology
Douglas C. Sicker, Department of Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program. University of Colorado at Boulder
High-Cost Universal Service Reform for a Mobile and Broadband World
Paul Garnett, Assist. Vice President, CTIA -The Wireless Association
Modernizing Universal Service
Dennis Weller, Chief Economist, Verizon
Universal Service Fund - High Cost Reform
Billy Jack Gregg, Director, West Virginia Consumer Advocate
Universal Service Modification Proposals: Surveying the Options
Joel Lubin, Vice President Regulatory Planning and Policy, AT&T
USF Reform
Dale Lehman - Director, Executive MBA in Information and Communication Technology, Alaska Pacific University
USF Reform: Getting It Right, Getting it Fair
Dr. Brian K. Staihr, Regulatory Economist - Embarq
Where are we? How did we get here? Where are we going?
Robert C. Rowe - Senior Partner, Balhoff & Rowe, LLC
Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications
Broadband Policy & Deployment
Roy Lathrop, NCTA
Connecting All Americans
Link Hoewing - Verizon VP, Internet and Technology Policy
Rural Development Utilities Programs
Kenneth Kuchno, Director, Broadband Division, Telecommunications Program
What’s In Your Broadband?
Billy Jack Gregg - Director, West Virginia Consumer Advocate Division
Board of Directors on Executive Committee
Competitive Procurement Collaborative Meeting
Panel 1: Panelists Notes
Stan Wise
Panel 2: Panelists Notes
Marsha Smith
Ad Hoc Committee on Utility Market Access
A Proposal: Taking UMAP To The Next Level
Jose L. Perez, Cynthia Marshall, Tom Oliver - National Utilities Diversity Council (NUDC)
SDDC - The Journey
Supplier Diverisity Development Council
Supplier Diversity Works! A Few Success Stories
Indiana Energy Association Supplier Diversity Committee
Presentations from the Accounting and Finance 2007 Fall Meeting 2007
Staff Subcommittee on Accounting and Finance
Building Sustainable Efficiency Businesses
Eric Ackerman
Rural Development: Utilities Programs
Kenneth M. Ackerman
SFAS 141 and 142: Implementation Issues
Jan Umbaugh, Deloitte Touche LLP
Presentations from the Winter Committee Meetings 2007
California: Energy Efficiency and Demand Response
Andy Campbell, California PUC and Pat McAuliffe, California Energy Commission
Demand Resource Participation in New England’s Forward Capacity Market
ISO New England
Demand Response – The Pacific Northwest
Ken Corum, NW Power and Conservation Council
Measurement, Verification, and Forecasting Protocols for Demand Response Resources
Chuck Goldman - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mid-Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative (MADRI) Experience
NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative Meeting Agenda: February 18, 2007
Committee on Water
Commodity Cost Adjustment Clauses
Kathy L. Pape
Draft Water Sector-Specific Plan
Curt Baranowski
Effective Capital Planning and Asset Management
Gary Naumick
Partners in Protecting Public Health
Peter E. Shanaghan
Risk and Reality United Water Toms River
Walton Hill
The Decentralized Water Infrastructure
Linda Hanifin Bonner, Ph.D
Committee on Critical Infrastructure
Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies in Times of Disaster
Stephen Harvey, Deputy Director of Market Oversight and Assessment at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FBI's InfraGard
John Chesson, Supervisory Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Water Infrastructure Interdependencies
John Whitler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water Security Division
Committee on Electricity
Controlling Carbon in the U.S. Electricity Sector
Jay Apt
Cost-Effectiveness of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in Meeting Future Demand for Energy Services
Christopher Paine - Senior Nuclear Program Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council
Gas-Electric Interdependency Standards & Issues
North American Energy Standards Board
Is Nuclear Power Economic?
James G. Hewlett - Energy Information Administration
Market Mechanisms to Curb Greenhouse Gases: Challenges and Future Directions
Joe Kruger
Myth or Reality: Is New Nuclear Generation A Cost-Effective Method for Meeting Anticipated Future Load
Caren Byrd - Executive Director, Global Power and Utilities Group, Investment Banking Division
Nuclear Power: A Critical Component of Our Energy Future Nuclear
Jeffrey Lyash - Progress Energy
Our Joint Global Climate Change Challenge
Quinlan J. Shea III
Overview of DOE High Temperature Superconductivity (HTS) Cable Projects
Debbie Haught - Program Manager, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE)
Regional Resource Planning
David K. Owens - Executive Vice President, Edison Electric Institute
Regional Resource Planning Makes Sense
Elliot Roseman - Vice President, ICF International
Used Nuclear Fuel Integrated Management
Marvin S. Fertel - Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute
Yucca Mountain Project Update
Edward F. Sproat, III - Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management U.S. Department of Energy
Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability
Agenda
Cost Treatment for Regionally Beneficial Projects
Clair J. Moeller
Gas-Electric InterdependencyStandards & Issues
Valerie Crockett
Transmission Cost Allocation in New England
Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment
Advanced Meter Deployment
Richard Sedano of the Regulatory Assistance Project
Air Emissions Cap and Trade Programs: An Update
Sam Napolitano of the U.S. EPA
Becoming More Sustainable: The Role of Technology Innovation
Bill Wiley of Arizona Public Service
Bringing Dynamic Pricing to the Mass Market
Dr. Ahmad Faruqui, The Brattle Group
Controlling Carbon in the US Electricity Sector
Jay Apt of Carnegie Mellon University
Electricity Technology in a Carbon-Constrained Future
Dr. Stephen Specker of the Electric Power Research Institute
ENELs Metering System and Telegestore Project
Sergio Rogai of ENEL Distribuzione S.p.A
EPRIs Energy Efficiency Initiative: Energy Efficiency as Energy Costs Increase
Clark Gellings of the Electric Power Research Initiative
Implementing the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Larry Mansueti of the DOE and Stacy Angel of the EPA
Market Mechanisms to Curb Greenhouse Gases: Challenges and Future Directions
Joe Kruger of the National Commission on Energy Policy
Our Joint Global Climate Change Challenge
Quin Shea of the Edison Electric Institute
The Secrets to Successful AMI Deployment - The Ontario Experience
Paul Murphy of the Independent Electricity System Operator
Staff Subcommittee on Gas
Major Pipeline Projects Certificated
John Carlson
Natural Gas Update
Barbara Mariner-Volpe
Committee on International Relations
Annual Update of USAID Energy Programs in Europe and Eurasia
Dr. Robert F. Ichord, Jr.
Pan-European Natural Gas Pipelines Map
INOGATE
Roundtable on Regional Natural FAS Pipeline Issues
Yusuf Gunay
Update on PURC Capacity Building, Outreach, and Research
Mark A. Jamison
Committee on Telecommunications
A Homeland Security Issue: Trandem Diversity and the Public Switched Telephone Network
Neutral Tandem Locations
PSTN Vulnerabilities: The Interconnection between Networks
John Calarco
Presentations from the 118th Annual Convention 2006
Demand Response in Washington State: Problems and Issues
Mark Sidran
Demand Response Update
Bruce Kaneshiro - California Public Utilities Commission and David Hungerford - California Energy Commission
Demand Response Working Group
Paul Hudson, Chairman - Public Utility Commission of Texas
Dialogue on Demand Response: Florida Update
Efficiency and Demand Response Programs
Texas Electric Utility Energy
Opening Remarks NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative
Phyllis A. Reha, Co-Chair
Report on Mid-Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative (MADRI)
Rick Morgan - District of Columbia PSC
Vermont State-Wide Demand Response Initiatives
What we’re doing in New Jersey
Jeanne M. Fox - President, NJ Board of Public Utilities
Committee on Water
Emerging Technologies for Water
Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D
New Drinking Water Quality Regulations
J. Alan Roberson
Potential Cost Impacts New Regulations Will Have on Small Water Companies
Wayne Morgan
Potential Cost Impacts New Regulations Will Have on Small Water Companies
David R. Monie, P.E.
Presentations from the Summer Committee Meetings 2006
Committee on Water
Active and Effective Water Security Programs
Marc Santora
American Water - Past, Present, Future
Donald L. Correll
Are Clauses Good for Customers?
Kathy L. Pape, Esq.
California Water Action Plan
Stan Ferraro
NARUC’s Critical Infrastructure Efforts
Sue Daly
Only Tap Water Delivers
Hoffbuhr
Presentation
Linda Kelly and Tony Winnicker
Satellite Management of Small Water Systems
Michael P. Ireland
Surcharges, Adjustment Clauses and Other Cost Recovery Mechanisms
Melissa J. Stanford
The National Association of Water Companies: An Overview
Peter C. Nelson
Utilities Helping Utilities Before, During and After Disaster: Water/Wastewater Agency Response Networks
Ray Riordan
Utilities Helping Utilities: An Action Plan for Mutual Aid and Assistance Networks for Water and Wastewater Utilities
Committee on Consumer Affairs
Lifeline Across America
Lauren Patrich, Bev DeMello, Karol Krohn, John Ridgway
Committee on Electricity
"RATEPAYERS GETTING RAILROADED"
Robert G. Szabo
BPL Deployment at Consumers Energy
Gerald Wyse
California Statewide Pricing Pilot: Lessons Learned
Roger Levy
Capacity
Kurt Adams, Chairman, Maine PUC
Capacity Markets
Thomas Welch
Capacity Markets and Other Means of Assuring Adequate Generating Capacity
Julie Simon
Capacity Markets: Substitutes for a good price?
Ron McNamara
Competition Policy After PUHCA
Diana L. Moss
Competitive Baseload: Market Signals and Competitive Response
Steven Corneli
DOEs EPACT Report to Congress on Demand Response in Electricity Markets
Larry Mansueti and Charles Goldman
Environmental Stakeholder Perspectives on Western Regional Planning
David Olsen
FERCs Certification of the Electric Reliability Organization and the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body
Kevin kelly and Susan J. Court
GoodCents SELECT: Powered by Technology Driven by Economics Controlled by the Customer
Margaret Neyman
Implications of PUHCA Repeal: As Assessment of Investor Perceptions
Julie M. Cannell
Making the Legal Case for Good Policy on Standby Rate Design
Sean Casten
Market Stability and The Cost of Capital
Hoff Stauffer
Mergers and Ring Fencing Issues: An Oregon Perspective
Ray Baum
New Base Load Generation in RTOs Time to Get Real
Sue Kelly
Organized Markets and Baseline Capacity Development
Nancy Brockway
PJM Market Support for Investment
Tom Welch
PUHCA Repeal: Basic Overview
Robert Burns
Regulated Utility M & A After PUHCA Repeal
Brent E. Gale
Reliability: What is the Appropriate Role for Regional Entities and State Commissions?
Philip A. Fedora
SECURITIZATION: The AP experience in West Virginia
Peter E. Toomey
Standby Rate Design Principles A Utility Perspective
Akbar Jazayeri
Standby Rates
Don King, Kaiser Permanente
Standby Rates for Customers with Distributed Generation
Wayne Shirley
The Inter-Relationship Between Policy and Transmission Planning in the West
Dian M. Grueneich
The Need for Robust Reliability Standards
Richard Schultz
The Utility of the Future Reaching New Heights
Itron Inc.
Turbine Inlet Cooling: Good for Plant Owners, Rate Payers and the Environment
William McAuliffe
TXU BPL Initiative
Steve Houle
Understanding Utility Responses to BPL
Wade P. Malcolm
Update on DOEs Implementation of Electricity Provisions of the Energy Policy Act
Larry Mansuetti
Utility Oversight GAO Examination of Federal and State Roles After EPAct 2005
John Ludwigson
Utility Securitization: A Brief History With New Uses to Lower Ratepayer Costs
Joseph S. Fichera
Utility Tariff Bonds: Credit Perspectives
Ellen Lapson
Western Regional Planning
Grace Anderson
Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal
Advanced Fuel Cycles
Steve Kraft, NEI
Staff Subcommittee on Electricity
NAESB Overview of Wholesale and Retail Electric Activities
NAESB
Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment
Advanced Coal
Chris Larsen of EPRI
Enabling Energy Efficiency - IntelliGrid
Don Von Dollen of EPRI
EPRI Technical Briefing
Steve Specker of EPRI
Global Climate Change
Michael Miller of EPRI
Role of Renewable Energy in Future Electricity Supply
Hank Courtright of EPRI
Committee on International Relations
Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey (EMRA)
Yusuf Gunay
Southeast Asia Market Observations, Natural Disasters & Power Plant Projects in Malaysia, Indonesia & Thailand
Joe Moody, P.E.
Trends in Global Energy Consumption: Emerging Markets & Emerging Technologies
L. Cartan Sumner, Jr.
Committee on Telecommunications
E9-1-1 Deployment Issues 1 Deployment Issues
Patrick Halley
Issues Related to Transition to Inter-modal Competition in the Provision of Telecommunications Services
Robert Mayer
Lifeline Across America
Lauren Patrich, Bev De |