National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Presentations from the 119th Annual Convention 2007

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

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

General Session

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 120th Annual Convention 2008

NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative

Achieving the vision of a Smart Grid: KEMA Perspectives and Observations
Ralph Masiello - KEMA

Context and Candidate Outcomes to Shape National Electric System Transformation
Carl Imhoff - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Grid Technology and Architecture
Eric Hsieh - Government Relations Manager, National Electrical Manufacturers Association

Smart Grid: The Big Picture
Wade O. Troxell, Ph.D. - College of Engineering, Colorado State University

Smart Grids: Standards Landscape & Directions
Julia Souder - North American Electric Reliability Corporation

The Capital Investment Challenge
David K. Owens - Executive Vice President, Edison Electric Institute

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

Barriers and Policy Options to Demand Response
KEMA

Status Report on FERC Demand Response Activities
David Kathan - Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

General Session

Ethics Matter!

The Toughest Job in America
Jim Sullivan - Commissioner (ret), Alabama Public Service Commission

The Australian Experience

The State of the Australian Energy Market
John Tamblyn - Chairman, Australian Energy Market Commission

The Next Wave of Utility Infrastructure: How Will it Get Built?

Building The Next Wave Of Energy Infrastructure In ERCOT
David Campbell - CEO, Luminant

Northwestern Energy: Delivering a Bright Future
Bob Rowe - President and CEO, NorthWestern Energy

The Attraction of Infrastructure
Christopher J. Leslie - CEO, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners Inc.

Committee on Water

Deliberative Polling: A Public Policy Tool for Public Utility Commissions
William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy

Water and Energy Efficiency: Developments in California
Stephen St. Marie - California Public Utilities Commission

Water Utility Conservation Rates and Sales Decoupling: A California Example
Tom Smegal - California Water Service Company

Best Practices

Distribution System Improvement Charge: Ten Years After
Walton Hill - United Water

Regulatory Best Practices: Infrastructure Surcharges
Nicholas DeBenedictis - Chairman and CEO, AQUA

The Benefits of Infrastructure Replacement Surcharges
Walter Lynch - President of Regulated Operations, American Water

Committee on Consumer Affairs

Energy Efficiency for "At Risk" Utility Customers
Theo MacGregor - Democracy And Regulation

Meeting the Challenges to Help Customers Keep the Heat On

Helping Customers Cope with High Energy Bills
Rudolph Wynter - Senior Vice President, Customer Interaction Management, National Grid

Meeting the Challenges: AARP
Janee Briesemeister - Senior Legislative Representative, Government Relations and Advocacy, AARP

Meeting the Challenges: District of Columbia
Brian O. Edmonds, Esq. - Office of the Peoples Counsel, District of Columbia

Meeting the Challenges: Pennsylvania and PECO
Dick Webster - Director Regulatory Affairs, PECO

Committee on Critical Infrastructure

Extreme Weather Events & Electric Utility Response
Miles Keogh - Director of Grants & Research, NARUC

Committee on Electricity

Compliance With Mandatory Reliability Standards
David W. Hilt - Vice President and Director of Compliance and Julia Souder - Director, Inter-Governmental Relations, NERC

Potential for Energy Efficiency in the Power Sector and Role of IEE
Lisa Wood - Executive Director, Institute for Electric Efficiency

The ElectriNet...Creating the Electricity Network of the Future
Rob Chapman - Vice President, Technical Advisory Services, EPRI

Smart Grid and PHEVs: Components of the Future Electricity Network

ElectriNet... Integration of Electric Vehicles
Rob Chapman - Vice President, Technical Advisory Services, EPRI

Integrating PHEV with Austin Energy’s Smart Grid
Larry Alford - Manager, Distributed Generation Strategic Planning & Enterprise Development, Austin Energy

Plugging-in: GMs Chevy Volt
Mary Beth Stanek - Director, Environment and Energy Policy and Commercialization, General Motors

Staff Subcommittee on Electricity

Allowed Return on Equity - Focus on Effective Regulation
David M. Boonin - NRRI

FERC and the Recent ROE Giveaway
R. Mihai Cosman - CPUC Energy Division

Potential for Energy Efficiency in the Power Sector and Role of IEE
Lisa Wood - Executive Director, Institute for Electric Efficiency

The Future of The Transmission Grid
David W. Hilt - Vice President and Director of Compliance and Julia Souder - Director, Inter-Governmental Relations, NERC

The Net Salvage Dilemma
Monisha Gangopadhyay - CPUC Energy Division and Larry Chaset, CPUC Legal Division

Utility Securitization: Financing Methods in Uncertain Markets to Lower Ratepayer Costs
Joseph S. Fichera - CEO, Saber Partners, LLC

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

Strategic Long-Term Planning for Electric Utilities: Environmental, Economic, and Security

A Commitment to Our Future
Mary Powell - President and CEO, Green Mountain Power

Strategic long-term planning for electric utilities: Puget Sound Energy
Stephen P. Reynolds - Chairman, President and CEO, Puget Sound Energy

Committee on Gas

Are Speculators Causing Price Increase in Natural Gas?
Paul M. Corby - Senior Vice President, Energy, Planalytics, Inc.

Benefits of Natural Gas Storage
Russell Murrell - Sempra Pipelines & Storage

Climate Change, Infrastructure Investment and Rate Design: Emergent Energy Issues
Cynthia J. Marple - American Gas Association

Natural Gas Supply Portfolio Practices 2007-2008
Christopher B. McGill - American Gas Association

The Great Promise of Natural Gas in America
Denise Bode - CEO, American Clean Skies Foundation

Natural Gas & Energy Efficiency:Keys to Reducing GHG Emissions
Janet Gail Besser - Vice President, Regulatory Strategy, NationalGrid

Committee on International Relations

Australian Energy Market Arrangements and Experience
John Tamblyn - Chairman, Australian Energy Market Commission

Power Sector: Best Practice Network
Wayne Shirley - Director, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

Regulatory Issues in the Electricity Market in Israel
Amnon Shpira - Chairman, Israel Public Utility Authority-Electricity

Committee on Telecommunications

Ensuring Consumer Protection

California On the Front Lines
Christine Mailloux - Staff Attorney, The Utility Reform Network

Ensuring Wireless Consumer Protection: Consumer Advocates Perspectives
Patrick W. Pearlman - Deputy Consumer Advocate, WV PSC

National Wireless Consumer Protection Standards: The Road Behind
Rachelle Chong - Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

Survey on National wireless consumer protection standards
Sharon E. Gillett - Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable

Wireless Infrastructure & Quality of Service
Jackie McCarthy - Director of Government Affairs, PCIA

USF and ICC Reform: What did the FCC Do?

Intercarrier Compensation and Universal Service: This Time We Really Mean It!
Larry S. Landis, Indiana Utitlity Regulatory Commission

Presentations from the Winter Committee Meetings 2008

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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 2008

NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative

Evolution and Progress of Smart Grid Development at the Department of Energy
Eric Lightner - Director, Smart Grid Task Force

Framework for the Evaluation of State Smart Grid Pilot Projects
Dr. Arshad Mansoor- Vice President, Power Delivery & Utilization, EPRI

Interoperability: Enabling all elements of the smart grid to interact
Jack Mc Gowan - Chair, GridWise Architecture Council

PNNL Smart Grid Activities
Carl Imhoff - Manager, Electricity Infrastructure Market Sector, PNNL

What is the Smart Grid?
Joe Miller - Modern Grid Strategy Team

NARUC-FERC Competitive Procurement Collaborative

Competitive Procurement of Retail Electricity Supply: Recent Trends in State Policies and Utility Practices
Susan F. Tierney, Ph.D., and Todd Schatzki, Ph.D. - Analysis Group, Inc.

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

National Demand Response Assessment & National Action Plan on Demand Response
Ray Palmer and David Kathan - Office of Energy Market Regulation, FERC

Overcoming Barriers to Customer Demand Response through Coordinated Retail and Wholesale Regulatory Policy
Daniel Schnitzer and Liz Hicks - KEMA

Update on NERC’s outlook on Demand Response
Rick Sergel - President & CEO, NERC

Staff Subcommittee on Water

Monday, July 21, 2008

Australian Regulatory Issues
Brett Mathieson-Manager, Regulation & Planning, Strategy & Communications-Yarra Valley Water

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Overcoming Market Barriers to Water Utility DSM
Nancy brockway-Director of Multi-Utility Research & Policy, NRRI

Committee on Water

Energy Reliability and Water Sustainability: How Do We Meet the Challenges?

Being Proactive on Climate Change: Tracking and Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions
B. Kent Turner - President, California American Water

Climate Change, Water and Risk in Electricity Planning
Jeremy Fisher, PhD - Synapse Energy Economics

Hydrologic Implications of Climate Change for the Pacific Northwest, and Columbia River Basin
Alan F. Hamlet, Philip W. Mote, Dennis P. Lettenmaier - University of Washington

Monday, July 21, 2008

Best Practices Determination of Small Water Company Incentives
Roger Hall-Vice President-SB Water Company

Climate Change and Water Supply
B. Kent Turner-President-California American Water Company

Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Octavia Oconerly-Environmental Scientist- US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water

Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Dennis Ciemniecki-President, Regulated Sector-United Water

Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Paul Foran-Vice President, Regulatory Programs-American Water

Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Sergio A. Santiviago-Director, State Policy-Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Climate Change Science: How it is Affecting Water Supply in the Western United States
Dr. Lai-yung Ruby Leung-Labratory Fellow, Pacific Northwest Natinal Laboratory

Energy Reliability and Water Sustainability: How De We Meet the Challenges?
Kent Turner-President-California American Water

Western Water Issues
Walton Hill-Sr. Vice President, Regulatory Relations United Water

Western Water Issues
Floyd Wicks-President and CEO, American States Water Company

Task Force on Climate Policy

Conference on Climate Change and Utility Regulation

Architecture and Policy ofCap and Trade: Power Sector Issues
Richard Cowart - The Regulatory Assistance Project

Public Opinion, Utility Prices and Climate Change

2008 Utility Consumer Survey
Greg Aliff, US Energy & Resources Leader and Branko Terzic, Regulatory Policy Leader, Deloitte Services LP

Climate Change, Public Opinion, and Utility Rates
Steve Caldwell - Regional Policy Coordinator, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Regional State Climate Efforts

California and Western Region Energy Sector GHG Reductions
Zach Church - Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Pres. Michael R. Peevey, CPUC

Climate Change, Public Opinion, and Utility Rates
Steve Caldwell - Regional Policy Coordinator, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Regional State Climate Efforts: Midwest
Dave Sparby - CEO & President, NSP Minnesota

Regional State Climate Efforts: New Jersey
Jeanne Fox - Commissioner, NJ Board of Public Utilities

Technological Advances in Electric Generation

Comparison of Coal-Based Power Generation Platform Technologies
Tom Sarkus - Department of Energy

The Nuts & Bolts Of Cap & Trade

The Implications Of Climate Policy For State Regulators
Andy Keeler - National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI)
Presentation provided at the NARUC Climate Workshop, July 23, 2008, Portland OR.

Committee on Consumer Affairs

AMI/Advanced Metering: Implications For Consumers

"A New Way of Doing Business"
Joel Westvold - Director, PGE Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Improving Digital Literacy

ICT Digital Literacy Initiative
Brenda Kempster - President, Kempster Group

Prepaid Calling Card Issues

Calling Card Abuse
Arnoldo Mata - Director of Research, The Hispanic Institute

Prepaid Calling Card Fraud: The Next Great Consumer Scam
John Windhausen, IDT prepaid Calling Card Company

Prepaid Calling Cards in Alaska
Lori Kenyon - Chief, Common Carrier Section, Regulatory Commission of Alaska

Prepaid Phonecard Issues in California
Robert Haga - Chief of Staff to Commissioner Chong, CPUC

Committee on Critical Infrastructure

Joint Electricity & Critical Infrastructure Committee Meetings

Building New Infrastructure: Competition for Workers and Materials
Bill Stock

National Infrastructure Protection Plan Metrics

Water Sector Specific Plan Metrics
William Komianos and Debbie Newberry

Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal

Role of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Karyn D. Severson

Strengthening Management of Advanced Reprocessing Technologies (SMART)
Shawn P. Burns - American Council on Global Nuclear Competitiveness Congressional Fellow

Yucca Mountain Licensing Update: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Process
Michael A. Bauser, Deputy General Counsel, Nuclear Energy Institute

Yucca Mountain Program Status Update
Christopher A. Kouts - Principal Deputy Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

Committee on Electricity

Building New Infrastructure - Competition for Workers and Materials (Joint with Committee on Critical Infrastructure)

Key Challenges facing the Electricity Sector
Revis James

Nuclear Power Plants: The Commission’s Regulatory Role
Hon. Matthew Carter

Pacific Gas & Electric Company's Power Pathway Program
Bill Stock

Committee Business Meeting

Competitive Procurement of Retail Electricity Supply: Recent Trends in State Policies and Utility Practices
Sue Tierney & Todd Schatzki

Federal Electric Transmission
Jeff Wright

Turbine Inlet Cooling (TIC): An Energy Solution That’s Good for the Environment, Rate Payers and Plant Owners
Gary Hilberg

Linking Goals for Renewable Generation with Transmission Planning - What are the disconnects?

Designing Energy Solutions Without Borders
Lisa Barton

Integrating More Renewable Energy in the Grid
Bert Garvin

The Experience of the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Phil Crissup

The Western Renewable Energy Zone Initiative
Hon. John Savage

Transmission for Renewables
Jay Caspary

The Need for New Transmission - How will we pay for it?

Building New Transmission To Meet Reliability, Environmental & Economic Goals
David Boguslawski

Cost Allocation – Regional Examples
Bill Smith

The Need For New Transmission: How Will We Pay For It?
David Owens

Transmission Expansion Cost Drivers
David Mead

What Would You Do?: The Trillion Dollar Question
Gregory Ioanidis

The Practical Realities of Implementing Energy Efficiency (Joint with the Committee on Consumer Affairs)

Boston Market's Energy Efficiency Program
Greg Tomsick

Practical Realities of Increasing the Contribution of Energy Efficiency
Revis James

Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability

CAISO’s Plan for Integration of Renewable Resources
David Hawkins

Integrating Wind Power into the Electric Power System
Ed DeMeo

Meeting the Wind Integration Challenge in the Pacific Northwest
Elliot Mainzer

Wind Integration in the Western Interconnection
Bob Anderson

Wind Power Integration Issues for Texas
Mike Sloan

Staff Subcommittee on Electricity

California’s Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
Anne Gillette

JCSP 2008 Economic Transmission Development Work-to-Date
John Lawhorn

New York State Renewable Portfolio Standard: Designed around Competitive Markets?
John Saintcross

Western Renewable Energy Generation and Transmission and the Western Renewable Energy Zone Initiative
Tom Darin

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

Don’t Get Burned: The Risks of Investing in New Coal-Fired Power Plants
David Schlissel - Synapse Energy Economics

Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis
Lazard

Big Energy Efficiency Roll-Out

Energy Trust of Oregon

Proposal for IT Energy Efficiency Programs
Rich Lechner - VP, Energy Efficient Technologies and Services, IBM

Energy Reliability and Water Sustainability: How Do We Meet the Challenges?

Being Proactive on Climate Change: Tracking and Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions
B. Kent Turner - President, California American Water

Climate Change, Water and Risk in Electricity Planning
Jeremy Fisher, PhD - Synapse Energy Economics

Hydrologic Implications of Climate Change for the Pacific Northwest, and Columbia River Basin
Alan F. Hamlet, Philip W. Mote, Dennis P. Lettenmaier - University of Washington

Realizing the Potential of Renewable Resources: Achieving 20% Renewable Resources by 2030 - What are the Policy Implications?

20% Renewables by 2030: Policy Implications
Paul Bonavia - President, Utilities Group, XCEL Energy

20% Wind Energy by 2030
Larry Flowers - National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sunpower: Smarter Solar
Julie Blunden - Vice President, Public Policy and Corporate Communications, SunPower Corporation

The Policy Pathway
Bob Anderson - Managing Director, Western Grid Group

Utilities As Networks Part I: How the Smart Grid Changes the Utility Paradigm

How the Smart Grid Changes the Utility Paradigm
Hon. Paul A. Centolella - Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

PG&E SmartMeter
Jana Corey, Director, Energy Information Network, PG&E

Silver Spring Networks
Eric Dresselhuys - VP Markets, Silver Springs Networks, Network Architecture & Issues for Smart Grid

The Smart Grid - Seeing the Trees for the Forest
Dan Delurey - Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition

Utilities as Networks Part II: Meeting Electric Transportation Needs

An Environmental Assessment of Electricity as a Transportation Fuel
Marcus Alexander - Manager, Vehicle Systems Analysis

Ford’s Plug-in Progress
Nancy Homeister - Manager of Environmental Policy, Ford Motor Company

Plugging In Transportation To Our Energy Futures
Edward Kjaer - Director, Electric Transportation, Southern California Edison

Technical Potential Assessment Of Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles On Regional U.S. Power Grids
Michael Kintner-Meyer, Ph.D. - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Committee on Gas

Advanced Power Projects
Tom Mason - President, American Clean Skies

Alaska Gas Pipeline Project
Dennis J. McConaghy - Exec. VP, Pipeline Strategy & Development, TransCanada

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Coordinated Approach for LNG Safety and Security Research
Anay Luketa - Fire and Aerosol Sciences, Sandia National Laboratories

Natural Gas Issues and Opportunities in Canada
Gaétan Caron - Chair and Chief Executive Officer, National Energy Board

Regulatory Oversight of Gas Supply Planning and Utility Performance
Ken Costello - Director, Natural Gas Research and Policy, NRRI

U.S. Gas Market and LNG Status
Darcel L. Hulse - President & CEO, Sempra LNG

Effect of Climate Change Legislaton on Residential and Small Commercial Classes

Natural Gas in a Carbon-Constrained World
INGAA Martin Edwards, AGA Jeff Petrash, AXPC Bill Whitsitt

Energy Efficiency

California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan: Innovation, Integration, and Collaboration
Sempra Cherif Youssef

Energy Efficiency and Rate Design
Atmos Energy Tom Hawkins

Energy Efficiency: R&D to Increase the Energy Savings
EPRI Ellen Petrill

The Need for Natural Gas Energy Efficiency R&D
GTI Ron Edelstein

Report from NASUCA

NASUCA Update
David R. Springe - Consumer Counsel, Kansas Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board

Review AGA-NRDC Joint Statement & Deployment of Energy Efficiency in the Natural Gas Residential Sector

A Star is Born
Marc Hoffman - Executive Director, Consortium for Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency and the AGA/NRDC Joint Statement
Sheryl Carter - Energy Program Co-Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

PG&E's Gas Efficiency Programs
PG&E Roland Risser

Staff Subcommittee on Gas

FERC Update: All Things Natural Gas
John Carlson, Deputy Director, FERC

Key Issues Facing Gas Utilities and State Public Utility Commissions
Ken Costello - Director, Natural Gas Research and Policy, NRRI

Committee on International Relations

Global Natural Gas Supply and Demand
Thom Pearce

It Is One World... with Many Regulators
Denise Parrish

NARUC International Programs
Arnetta McRae and Aida Timm

Committee on Telecommunications

Innovative Approaches to Broadband Mapping

Capturing the Promise of Broadband for North Carolina and America

Mapping Broadband: California’s Story
Hon. Rachelle Chong - Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

State of Wyoming: Broadband Gap Study
CostQuest Associates

Study finds no national consensus for broadband policy
CostQuest Associates

The e-NC Authority: Broadband Mapping
Charlie Pittman, Sr. Director of Telecommunications - The e-NC Authority

Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation Reform: Together Again?

USF Reform and ICC Reform: Together Again? The Basics
Ray Baum - Commissioner, Oregon Public Utility Commission

Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications

Telecom in 10 Years

A Broadband World: Connected & Mobile
Frank Simone - Executive Director, Federal Regulatory, AT&T

Telecommunications in 2018
Stephen Kukta - Director and Counsel, Sprint Nextel

Telecommunications in Ten Years:Why the End of (Cheap) Fossil Fuels Will be a Key Driver
Sherman Elliott - Illinois Commerce Commission

U.S. Telecom in 2018: Three Utopias
Peter Bluhm - Director, Telecommunications Research and Policy, NRRI

Presentations from the Winter Committee Meetings 2009

Special

Wall Street and the Credit Crisis: The Outlook for 2009

The Impact of the Credit Crisis on the Utility Sector
Jay Horine - Managing Director, JP Morgan Securities, Inc.

Wall Street Turmoil: Outlook for 2009 and Implications for Utilities and Regulators
Peter H. Kind - Managing Director, Bank of America Securities

NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative

Smart Grid: Components and Timing
Ron Ambrosio - Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM TJ Watson Research Center

Smart Grid: Components and Timing
Steve Widergren - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Smart Rates
Ahmad Faruqui, Ph. D. - Principal, The Brattle Group

Utility Smart Grid Strategies Realities and Vision
Lee Margaret Ayers - OSIsoft

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

Cost-Effectiveness Valuation Guidelines for DR Resources in the Pacific Northwest
Chuck Goldman - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Integrating Price Responsive Demand into Regional Power Markets and System Operations
Paul A. Centolella - Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

Status Report on FERC National Assessment of Demand Response
Ray Palmer - Office of Energy Market Regulation, FERC

Status Report: National Demand Response Action Plan
David Kathan - Office of Energy Market Regulation, FERC

General Session

America’s coal = America’s Power
Steve Miler - American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity

Natural Gas: America’s Responsible Energy Choice
Thomas Skains - Chairman, American Gas Association

Telecom Sector Outlooks
Gerald Granovsky - Vice President-Senior Analyst, Moody's Investment Service

The Stimulus Package and the Telecom Industry
Gerald Granovsky - Vice President-Senior Analyst, Moody's Investment Service

Energy Efficiency and Consumer Behavior: How We Can Get it Right

Behavioral Economics for Energy Conservation
Dean S. Karlan - Yale University; Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA); stickK.com

Feedback: A Key Element in Fostering the Thoughtful Use of Energy
Bernie Neenan - Technical Executive, EPRI

Wall Street Turmoil: Outlook for 2009 and Implications for Utilities and Regulators

Wall Street Turmoil: Impacts on Electric Utilities
Richard F. McMahon, Jr. - Executive Director, Edison Electric Institute

Wall Street Turmoil: Implications for Utilities and Regulators
Peter H. Kind - Managing Director, Bank of America Securities

Committee on Water

Energy and Water Interdepencency Issues

Energy and Water Interdepencency Issues
David E Bailey - Sr. Project Manager, EPRI

Energy and Water: Issues and Challenges
Mike Hightower - Sandia National Laboratories

Energy, Water, Infrastructure and the Environment in the New Congress
Kent Burton - Senior Vice President, National Environmental Strategies

Natural Gas - The Clean Energy Bridge
Tom Price - Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Water, Energy, Infrastructure and the Environment - Current Events
Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D. and Andre Zinkevich, Vice President - American Water

Potential Role of DWSRF Program

Drinking Water SRF Agencies and Contacts

Committee on Consumer Affairs

Energy Affordability and Energy Insecurity

Energy Security, Food Security, LIHEAP and Family and Child Health
John T. Cook, Ph.D. - Boston Medical Center

National Fuel Funds Network: Advocating for Energy Assistance
Sue Montgomery Corey - Chair, National Fuel Funds Network

Responding to the Growing Needs of At-Risk Customers
Becky Harsh - Manager, Consumer Retail Policy, Edison Electric Institute

Committee on Critical Infrastructure

Cyber-Security Issues

Cyber-Security Issues
Laura Hussey- Manager, Security Infrastructure & Operations, EEI

Network Reliability
Whitey Thayer- Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, Communications Systems Analysis Division, FCC

Energy and Water Interdepencency Issues

Energy and Water Interdepencency Issues
David E Bailey - Sr. Project Manager, EPRI

Energy and Water: Issues and Challenges
Mike Hightower - Sandia National Laboratories

Energy, Water, Infrastructure and the Environment in the New Congress
Kent Burton - Senior Vice President, National Environmental Strategies

Natural Gas - The Clean Energy Bridge
Tom Price - Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Water, Energy, Infrastructure and the Environment - Current Events
Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D. and Andre Zinkevich, Vice President - American Water

Hurricane Update: 2009 Hurricane Season Outlook & Utility Lessons Learned

An Overview of the Damage and Disruptions to the Energy Sector by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike
Alice Lippert- Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability DOE

Electric Sector Responses to Hurricanes: RMAG Approach
John Shaner- General Manager, Transmission Restoration and Emergency Preparedness, Allegheny Power

Resiliency and Response
Lisa Sparrow- Chief Operating Officer, Utilities Inc.

Telecom Providers Response
Jim Bugel- Assistant Vice President, Federal Regulatory AT&T Services Inc.

Subcommittee on Clean Coal and Carbon Sequestration

Carbon Capture and Storage Status Update
Thomas Sarkus- FutureGen Project Director, NETL DOE

Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Program
Jarad Daniels- Office of Fossil Energy, DOE

Progress on Advancing Coal Generation Technologies
Ellen Petrill- Director, Public/Private Partnerships, EPRI

The Evolution and Anatomy of Recent Climate Change Bills in the U.S. Senate: Critique and Recommendations
Kenneth Richards- Associate Director, Center for Research in Energy and the Environment, Indiana University

Committee on Electricity

Committee Business Meeting

Smart grid: empowering smarter energy choices
Bob Gilligan, GE Energy

Energy Affordability and Energy Insecurity

Energy Security, Food Security, LIHEAP and Family and Child Health
John T. Cook, Ph.D. - Boston Medical Center

National Fuel Funds Network: Advocating for Energy Assistance
Sue Montgomery Corey - Chair, National Fuel Funds Network

Responding to the Growing Needs of At-Risk Customers
Becky Harsh - Manager, Consumer Retail Policy, Edison Electric Institute

Problems of Siting Long Distance Electric Transmission Lines

Interstate Transmission: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
Dan Allegretti

Problems of Siting Long Distance Electric Transmission Lines
Commissioner Kristen Mayes

Problems of Siting Long Distance Electric Transmission Lines
Aldie Warnock

Upper Midwest Transmission Development Initiative
Commissioner David Boyd

State of the Electricity Markets & the Integration of Public Policy Considerations into Market Structures

State of the California Electricity Market
Laura J. Manz

Taking Energy Efficiency and Demand Response to New Levels (Joint Session with the Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment)

California Energy Efficiency Policy
Commissioner Dian Grueneich, California PUC

Energy Efficiency and Demand Reduction Potential: Capturing the Potential; Creating New Opportunities
Hank Courtwright, EPRI

Extending Success: Achieving the Next Level of Energy Efficiency Gains
Val Jensen, Commonwealth Edison

Introducing IEE & Taking Demand Response to New Levels
Lisa Wood, Institute for Energy Efficiency, The Edison Foundation

The Evolution of Integrated Resource Planning: Utility Resource Planning (Joint with the Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment)

Energy First IRP: The Next Generation
Bob Anderson

IRP Challenges of the Coming Decade
Frank Graves

Planning for the Future
Pamela Lesh

The Evolution of Integrated Resource Planning ---- An Arkansas and Electric Cooperative Perspective
Sandra Hochstetter Byrd

Staff Subcommittee on Electricity

Electricity Storage: How Real? How Soon? At What Cost?

Energy Storage in California ISO Markets and other ISO/RTO Markets
Udi Helman

Energy Storage Status and Progress (coming to a grid near you)
Imre Gyuk

Energy Storage: Utility View
Anuja Ratnayake

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

Energy Efficiency Equal Economic Development
Jerrold Oppenheim and Theo MacGregor

Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
Steven Nadel - American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

RPS Collaboratie Update
Hon. Phyllis A. Reha - Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

RPS Collaborative Update
Hon. Phyllis A. Reha - Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

Energy and Water Interdepencency Issues

Energy and Water Interdepencency Issues
David E Bailey - Sr. Project Manager, EPRI

Energy and Water: Issues and Challenges
Mike Hightower - Sandia National Laboratories

Energy, Water, Infrastructure and the Environment in the New Congress
Kent Burton - Senior Vice President, National Environmental Strategies

Natural Gas - The Clean Energy Bridge
Tom Price - Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Water, Energy, Infrastructure and the Environment - Current Events
Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D. and Andre Zinkevich, Vice President - American Water

Energy Storage for the Electric Grid

Electricity Storage in T&D Applications
Larry Dickerman - American Electric Power

Electricity Storage: Adding Value to the Grid Meeting
Bradford Roberts - Chairman, Electricity Storage Association

Energy Storage: An Enabling Technology
Michael W. Howard, Ph.D. - Sr. Vice President, R&D Group, EPRI

Energy Storage: Introduction
Hon. Clifton Below - Commissioner, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission

Flywheel Energy Storage
Judith Judson - Director of Regulatory and Market Affairs, Beacon Power Corp.

Transforming Energy System Efficiency and Grid Reliability
Frank Ramirez - CEO, Ice Energy

The State of Solar Part 1: Technology and Markets

First Solar
Kathleen Weiss - VP Government Affairs, First Solar

Solar Energy Technologies Program
John M. Lushetsky - Program Manager, Department of Energy

Solar Energy: Market Trends and Dynamics
Robert M. Margolis - National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The State of Solar Part 2: Finance and Deployment

Five "Hot” Topics in Net Metered Solar Energy
Jason B. Keyes - Keyes & Fox, LLP

Solar Financing and Incentives
David Arfin - Vice President of Customer Finance, SolarCity

Utility Solar Business Models
Julia Hamm - Executive Director, Solar Electric Power Association

Committee on Gas

Energy and Water Interdepencency Issues

Energy and Water Interdepencency Issues
David E Bailey - Sr. Project Manager, EPRI

Energy and Water: Issues and Challenges
Mike Hightower - Sandia National Laboratories

Energy, Water, Infrastructure and the Environment in the New Congress
Kent Burton - Senior Vice President, National Environmental Strategies

Natural Gas - The Clean Energy Bridge
Tom Price - Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Water, Energy, Infrastructure and the Environment - Current Events
Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D. and Andre Zinkevich, Vice President - American Water

Financial Markets and AGA ROE Study

Cost of Capital Issues Affecting Utilities
David Whitcher - Executive Director, Global Power and Utilities Group, Morgan Stanley

Credit Trends in the Gas Sector Amidst the Financial Crisis
Mihoko Manabe, CFA - Vice President/Senior Credit Officer, Moody's Investors Service

Financial Market Issues and the Impact on Utilities’ Cost of Capital
Jay Copan - Executive Director, American Gas Foundation

What is the Need for LNG

Fundamental Shifts for Natural Gas Market
Keith Barnett - Strategic Analysis, Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc.

Staff Subcommittee on Gas

Asset Management
Marcus Overdyk - Vice President, Utilities, Shell Energy North America

Benefits of CarbonSaver Technology
David Wagner - President and CEO, Atlantic Hydrogen

Natural Gas Update
Barbara Mariner-Volpe - Energy Information Administration

The Outsourcing Option: Are There Some Gas Utility Functions That Others Can Do Better?
Ken Costello - NRRI

Committee on Telecommunications

Mechanics of the Broadband Stimulus Package: How Does It Work?

Connecting Rural America
Christopher A. McLean - Principle, E-Copernicus

View from Rural Utilities Service
Ken Kuchno - Director, Broadband Division, Rural Utilities Service (USDA)

Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications

Broadband Mapping

Broadband Availability Mapping & The Broadband Stimulus: What States Need to Know
Brent Legg - VP State & Local Iniatives, ConnectedNation and Tom Fritz, Ex. Director, ConnectOhio

Broadband Drives Economic Transformation
Jane Smith Patterson - Executive Director, The e-NC Authority

The Regulatory, Policy, and Business Implications fo Convered Networks

Communications Industry Trends and Verizon Advanced Network Services
Paul Brigner - Executive Director, Internet and Technology Policy, Verizon

Converged Networks - POTS and PANS and a Recipe for Success
Jill Broome - Cox Communications, Inc.

Emerging Implications of Broadband: Wrestling with Convergence and Communications Policy
Richard S. Whitt - Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, Google

Revenues
Joe Gillan - Gillan Associates

The Far-reaching Impact of Convergence: Next-Generation Networks
David J. Malfara, Sr. - President/CEO, ETC Group, LLC

Presentations from the Summer Committee Meetings 2007

NARUC-FERC Competitive Procurement Collaborative

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

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

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

General Session

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

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

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

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

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

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

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

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

Ratepayers Getting Railroaded
Robert G. Szabo

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

California Statewide Pricing Pilot: Lessons Learned
Roger Levy - Demand Response Research Center

DOE’s EPACT Report to Congress on Demand Response in Electricity Markets
Larry Mansueti - Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy and Chuck Goldman - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Enabling Energy Efficiency - IntelliGrid
Don Von Dollen of EPRI

Energy Efficiency: US and California Success Stories
Arthur H. Rosenfeld – Commissioner, California Energy Commission

EPRI Technical Briefing
Steve Specker of EPRI

Global Climate Change
Michael Miller of EPRI

GoodCents SELECT
Margaret Neyman - Gulf Power Company

Planning to Transacting: The Road to Getting Renewables Done
Eric M. Markell - Sr. Vice President Energy Resources, Puget Sound Energy

Renewable Energy Certificates and the California RPS
Andy Schwartz - Division of Strategic Planning, California Public Utilities Commission

Renewable Energy Certificates: A Detailed Overview
Dan Lieberman - Center for Resource Solutions

Role of Renewable Energy in Future Electricity Supply
Hank Courtright of EPRI

The Treatment of Renewable Energy in Western Utility Resource Plans
Mark Bolinger - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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

Lifeline Across America
Lauren Patrich, Bev DeMello, Karol Krohn, John Ridgway

NARUC E911 Survey of Compliance with VoIP Order
Maureen Harris, Robert Mayer, Connie Hughes

Presentation
Hilda Legg, ConnectKentucky

State Retail Regulation: A Review of Where We’re At and Where We’re Heading
Lilia Pérez-Chavolla, Ph.D, Ed Rosenberg, Ph.D

The Ultimate Data Pipeline Connecting the Home to the World
Dr. Patrick Nunally, Nethercomm Corporation

Presentations from the Winter Committee Meetings 2006

Committee on Critical Infrastructure

Water Infrastructure Interdependencies
John Whitler - US EPA Office of Water, Water Security Division

Committee on Electricity

PUHCA Repeal
Robert Burns

Securitization
Joseph Fichera, David Sapper, and Peter Toomey

Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal

Advanced Fuel Cycles
Steve Kraft NEI

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
John Herczeg DOE

Nuclear Industry Developments
Skip Bowman NEI

Yucca Mountain Repository Update
Paul Golan DOE

Yucca Mountain Tour

Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability

Becoming the Electric Reliability Organization

Disaster Preparedness – Utility Best Practices

Energy Policy Act of 2005: Transmission Congestion Study and National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors

Meeting Agenda

Overhead vs Underground - What are the Opportunities

Staff Subcommittee on Electricity

Broadband Over Powerlines
Wade P. Malcolm, P.E.

Capacity Markets
Julie Simon - Constellation Energy

NAESB Overview of Wholesale and Retail Electric Activities
North American Energy Standards Board

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

Aligning Utility Incentives with Public Policy Objectives
Wayne Shirley - Director, The Regulatory Assistance Project

Bill Prindle
Deputy Director of ACEEE

Bjorn Fischer
The Climate Trust

Dr. Steve Specker
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electric Power Research Institute

Energy Efficiency Action Plan
Kathleen Hogan - Director, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Energy Efficiency Action Plan
Larry Mansueti - Director, State and Regional Assistance, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy

Gregg Kantor
Northwest Natural Gas

Hon. Diane Grueneich
Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

Hon. Shirley Baca
Commissioner, New Mexico Public Service Commission

Janine Migden-Ostrander
Ohio Consumers Counsel

Kathleen Hogan
Director of Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Larry Mansueti
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Department of Energy

NW Natural’s Conservation Tariff
Gregg Kantor- Natural Gas Distribution Company

Tina Palmero
New York Commission on behalf of RGGI

Wayne Shirley
Regulatory Assistance Project

Committee on Gas

APGA Security and Integrity Foundation

Can you stand the heat? [of LNG FIRES]