Presentations from the 2010 NARUC Summer Committee Meetings
Committee on Consumer Affairs
Consumer Issues and ETC Designation
AT&T’s Lifeline Modernization Plan
Beth Fujimoto - Executive Director, Public Policy
ETC Designation
Irene Flannery - Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, FCC
ETC Designation: State Responsibilities
Bob Casey - Florida Public Service Commission
Value At Any Price? Lifeline Reform at the FC
Christine Mailloux - Staff Attorney, The Utility Reform Network
Committee on Electricity
Business Meeting
Can a State Order Its Utilities to File "Feed-in Tariffs?" Two Paths to Non-Preemption
Scott Hempling
NERC and Bulk Power System Reliability
Jan Schori
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Standards Update July 2010
State-Level Feed-In Tariffs for Renewable Energy: Comments on FERC's California Decision
Scott Hempling
Modernizing and Greening the Grid: The Challenges of Transmission Planning and Renewables Integration
Challenges of Transmission Planning and Renewables Integration
Doug McLaughlin
Eastern Interconnection States' PLanning Council - Current Issues
Hon. Lauren Azar
Interconnection?wide Transmission Analysis: Technical Work in the Midst of Major Policy Discussion
David Whiteley
Modernizing and Greening the Grid: The Challenges of Transmission Planning
John Bear
Modernizing and Greening the Grid: The Challenges of Transmission Planning and Renewables Integration
Jim Shetler
Modernizing and Greening the Grid: The Challenges of Transmission Planning and Renewables Integration
Mike Cashell
Planning in the 21st Century: The Black Sheep or the Crown Jewel of the Electric Industry?
Craig Glazer
Regional Transmission Planning in the West
Hon. Marsha Smith
Renewable Integration: California ISO Perspective
Dr. Keith Casey
Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation
Hon. Jon Wellinghoff
Shifting Gears: Accelerating the Shift to Plug-In Electric Vehicles (Joint Session with ERE)
Plug-In Electric Vehicles
Mark Duvall
Shifting Gears - Accelerating the Shift to Plug-in Electric Vehicles
Hon. Ron Binz
Shifting Gears to EVs and Plug-In Hybrids: The Ratepayer Perspective
Dave Ashuckian
Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment
Advanced Research: Developing Options for a Carbon Constrained Future
A Business Plan for America's Energy Future
Sasha Mackler, American Energy Innovation Council
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
Dr. Mark Johnson, ARPA-E
Advanced Research: Developing Options for a Carbon Constrained Future
Hon. Paul Centolella, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Electric Power Research Institute: Technology Innovation
Rosa L. Yang, EPRI
State PUC Concerns Regarding Research, Deployment & Development for a Carbon Constrained World
Michael Dworkin, Vermont Law School
Biomass Generators: What Does the Future Hold?
A New Hampshire Case Study and Regulator's Perspective on Finding the Right Balance
Hon. Clifton Below, New Hampshire PUC
Biomass Environmental Implications
Danielle Fugere, Friends of the Earth
Biomass Power Drivers, Threts, Economics
Bill Carlson, Carlson Small Power Consultants
Biopower Status
Richard Bain, NREL
Energy Efficiency: A Fifty-Year Perspective
Energy Efficiency: Then and Now
Arthur H. Rosenfeld - Former Commissioner, California Energy Commission
ERE Committee Meeting
GTI's Building Energy Analysis and Carbon Management Information Center
Ron Edelstein
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel
Hon. Paul Centolella, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
The Impact of Dynamic Pricing on Low Income Customers
Lisa Wood, Institute for Electric Efficiency
Feed-in Tariffs and Other Tariff Designs as the Tools for Ramping Up Renewable Resource Development
Challenges and Solutions to Successful Wholesale DG Markets: Feed-in Tariffs, Standard Contracts, Auction Mechanisms
Adam Browning, The Vote Solar Initiative
Competitive Feed-in Tariff - SREC Financing
Hon. Jeanne Fox, New Jersey BPU
Feed-in Tariffs in Oregon and Vermont
Lisa Schwartz, Regulatory Assistance Project
Hawaii Feed-in Tariff
Hon. John Cole, Hawaii PUC
Financing the Decarbonized Power Sector: What Everyone Should Know
Enabling Investments in Energy Efficiency: On-Bill, PACE, and Unsecured Financing Programs
Mark Zimring, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Financing the Decarbonized Power Sector
Joel Freehling, Shorebank
Implementing Energy Efficiency: Advanced Decoupling Objectives and Strategies
Decoupling: Characteristics and Impacts
Wayne Shirley, Regulatory Assistance Project
State Regulators and Climate Policy: What We Do Matters
Climate Realities and Utility Policies: Why States & Commissions Are So Important
Richard Cowart - The Regulatory Assistance Project
The Role of Commission Regulation in GHG Reduction
Andy Keeler - John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University
Committee on Gas
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and the Interaction of LNG and Shale Gas--What is Next for America?
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories LNG Cascading Damage Testing, Modeling, and Analysis
Mike Hightower
Global and US Gas Outlooks
Andrea Reyman-Cruz
Global Natural Gas Market Fundamentals
Darcel L. Hulse
LNG in the U.S., A FERC Perspective
Jeff C. Wright
Committee on International Relations
Contact Voltage in the Public Landscape
Detection of Contact Voltage in Electric Distribution Systems
Regulatory Development Framework in Saudi Arabia
Regulatory Environment for Electricity & Co-generation in Saudi Arabia
Committee on Telecommunications
Developments in Wireline Communications
Sharon Gillett - Chief Wireline Competition Bureau , FCC
Funding the National Broadband Plan through HCF Reform
Sherry Lichtenberg - NRRI
Consumer Issues and ETC Designation
AT&T’s Lifeline Modernization Plan
Beth Fujimoto - Executive Director, Public Policy
ETC Designation
Irene Flannery - Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, FCC
ETC Designation: State Responsibilities
Bob Casey - Florida Public Service Commission
Value At Any Price? Lifeline Reform at the FC
Beth Fujimoto - Executive Director, Public Policy
How Does the Internet Really Work from an Engineering Perspective and Why Is That Important To State Regulators
Cable And The Internet
William Check, Ph.D. - National Cable & Telecommunications Association
How Does the Internet Really Work?
Larry Thompson, PE - CEO VantagePoint
How Is the Internet Different?
Dale N. Hatfield - University of Colorado
The Wireless Internet: T-Mobile Perspectives on the Customer Experience
Ambre Blatter - Director, Network Engineering & Operations, T-Mobile USA
Committee on Water
NARUC Utility Rate School
Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University
The Nashville Flood: The Images and Aftermath
Dr. Kenneth C. Hill - Director, Tennessee Regulatory Authority
Water Revenue Adjustment Mechanisms as a Necessary Regulatory Response
Stephen St. Marie - Advisor to Commissioner John A Bohn, California PUC
Australia: Water Reuse, Desalination and Drought Management
Partners in Managing Scarcity
Trevor Hill - President & CEO , Global Water Resources
Best Practices: Addressing Our Infrastructure Needs
Addressing Our Infrastructure Needs
Kimberly Joyce - Manager of Regulatory Affairs , Aqua America
Global Water Issues and Local Solutions
Student Association for International Water Issues (University of Reno)
Annie Lassaline and Claire Johnson - SAIWI
Sustainability - Two Projects that will help Arizona Reduce Reliance on Groundwater
Investing in Sustainable Water Solutions in the Arid Southwest
Paul Townsley - President, Arizona American Water
Sustainable Water Policy in Arizona
Kris Mayes - Chairman, Arizona Corporation Commission
The Business of Being a Good Corporate Citizen
Middlesex Water Company
Dennis Doll - President & CEO, Middlesex Water Company
York Water
Jeff Hines - President, York Water
The Value of Water
Communicating the Value of Water
Walton Hill - Sr. Vice President, Regulatory Relations, United Water
General Session
Powering America (The Sequel)
James L. Turner - President, Duke Energy Franchised Electric & Gas
Quebec's Green Power
NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative
National Action Plan on Demand Response
David Kathan, Ph.D - FERC
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Standards Update
John McDonald -Chairman, SGIP Governing Board
Smart Grid Technical Advisory Project
Chuck Goldman - Project Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Status of Smart Grid Investment Grant Projects
Joe Paladino - DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
T&D Efficiency Initiative
Richard Lordan, PE - Technical Director, EPRI
Update on Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse
Lisa Schwartz - The Regulatory Assistance Project
Task Force on Climate Policy
Financing the Decarbonized Power Sector: What Everyone Should Know
Financing the Decarbonized Electric Future: Our Biggest Challenge Yet?
Hon. Ron Binz, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
The Public Sector Role in Financing Energy Improvements
Angela Gould, California Energy Commission
Staff Subcommittee on Clean Coal and Carbon Sequestration
Clean Coal Technologies: What Will We See in Our Lifetime?
United States Clean Coal Research, Development & Demonstration Programs
Joseph Giove III & Thomas A. Sarkus
Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability
The Sustainable Electricity Future: the Key Role of Storage in the Integration of Renewables
American Electric Power’s Utility-Scale Energy Storage
George Bjelovuk
Simulating California’s High Renewable Future: Implications for Integration Requirements, Wholesale Prices and GHG Emissions
Udi Helman
The Role of Energy Storage with Renewable Electricity Generation
Paul Denholm
Wind and Solar Generation and Storage Impacts on the California Grid: Results of Joint KEMA and CAISO Study Performed in 2009
David Hawkins
Staff Subcommittee on Electricity
The Sustainable Electricity Future: the Role of Distributed Renewable Power Resources
California and Distributed Generation
Andy Schwartz
Distributed Generation: Benefits, Constraints & Policy Solutions
Kevin Fox
The Changing Role of Distributed Renewable Generation
Noah Long
Staff Subcommittee on Gas
Recent NRRI Natural Gas Related Research Activities
How Performance Measures Can Improve Regulation
Ken Costello - Principal, National Regulatory Research Institute
How Regulators Should Use Natural Gas Price Forecasts
Ken Costello - Principal, National Regulatory Research Institute
Renewable Natural Gas: Diverse and Secure Supplies and Environmental and Efficiency Benefits
Renewable Biogas: Pipeline Biomethane
Hal Snyder - Vice President of Customer Solutions, Sempra Energy
Renewable Gas
Donald Chahbazpour - Director of Sustainable Gas Group, National Grid
Smart Energy: Helping Bring Biogas to the Region
Bill Edmonds - Director of Environmental Management & Sustainability, NW Natural
Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal
A Practical, Scalable, Modular ALWR
Mike Shepherd - VP Global Sales, B&W Nuclear Energy
Staff Subcommittee on State Universal Service Fund Administrator
Consumer Issues and ETC Designation
Bob Casey, Florida Public Service Commission
Staff Subcommittee on Water
NARUC Utility Rate School
Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University
The Nashville Flood: The Images and Aftermath
Dr. Kenneth C. Hill - Director, Tennessee Regulatory Authority
Water Revenue Adjustment Mechanisms as a Necessary Regulatory Response
Stephen St. Marie - Advisor to Commissioner John A Bohn, California PUC
Australia: Water Reuse, Desalination and Drought Management
Partners in Managing Scarcity
Trevor Hill - President & CEO , Global Water Resources
Best Practices: Addressing Our Infrastructure Needs
Addressing Our Infrastructure Needs
Kimberly Joyce - Manager of Regulatory Affairs , Aqua America
Global Water Issues and Local Solutions
Student Association for International Water Issues (University of Reno)
Annie Lassaline and Claire Johnson - SAIWI
Sustainability - Two Projects that will help Arizona Reduce Reliance on Groundwater
Investing in Sustainable Water Solutions in the Arid Southwest
Paul Townsley - President, Arizona American Water
Sustainable Water Policy in Arizona
Kris Mayes - Chairman, Arizona Corporation Commission
The Business of Being a Good Corporate Citizen
Middlesex Water Company
Dennis Doll - President & CEO, Middlesex Water Company
York Water
Jeff Hines - President, York Water
The Value of Water
Communicating the Value of Water
Walton Hill - Sr. Vice President, Regulatory Relations, United Water
Subcommittee on Clean Coal and Carbon Sequestration
Clean coal Technologies: What Will We See in Our Lifetime?
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the United States: The Regulatory Challenges Ahead
Jeffrey P. Price & Robert W. Gee
CO2 Capture and Storage
Henry A. "Hank" Courtright
EPA Coal Ash Proposal
Jim Sullivan
United States Clean Coal Research, Development & Demonstration Programs
Joseph Giove III & Thomas A. Sarkus
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