Presentations from the Winter Committee Meetings
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
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
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
Carbon Pricing: A Canadian Perspective
Gaétan Caron - Chair and CEO, National Energy Board
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
Overview of Global Greenhouse: Gas Initiatives
Ted Kury - Director of Energy Studies, Public Utility Research Center
Regulatory Developments In Europe and Eurasia: Renewables & Efficiency
Robert A. Archer - Energy & Infrastructure, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, USAID
Status Update: World Forum on Energy Regulation IV
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
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
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
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 Management Influence 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.
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
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.
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 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 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
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
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