National Association of Regulatory Commissioners

2010 NARUC Summer Committee Meetings 2010

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

Summer Committee Meetings 2009

Committee on Critical Infrastructure

Cyber Security Issues for the Utility Sector

Cyber Security in the Utility Sector
Jesse D. Hurley - CEO, Shift Research

Cyber Security Initiatives and Issues
Robert Schreiber, CISSP, CISA - Director, Client Services and Security Operations ITS

Pandemic Issues for Utilities

Roadmap for Water Sector Resiliency; Pandemic Planning
William Komianos - Sr. Director Operational Risk Management, American Water

Committee on Electricity

Electric System Planning on a Really Big Scale!

DOE Support for Interconnection-Level Analysis and Planning
David Meyer - Senior Advisor, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE

Eastern Interconnection
Andrew Dearman - Chief Transmission Officer and Executive VP, Southern Company

Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative
David Whiteley - Consultant to PJM, Whiteley BPS Planning Ventures LLC

Regional Transmission Planning in the Western Interconnection
Scott Cauchois - Chair, Transmission Expansion Planning Policy Committee, WECC

Innovative Funding for Public Policy Objectives

Innovative Funding for Public Policy Objectives
Robert Boada - Vice President and Treasurer, Southern California Edison

Innovative Funding for Public Policy Objectives
Joseph S. Fichera - CEO, Saber Partners, LLC

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

Accelerating Energy Efficiency with Smart Policies and the Smart Grid

Magnetic Island
Kevin Gunn, Missouri Public Service Commission

Measuring Energy Efficiency Performance: What are the challenges and opportunities?

Energy Efficiency Programs: Are we ready to measure success?
Joe Loper, Alliance to Save Energy

Evaluation, Measurement and Verification of Energy Efficiency Resources
Chuck Goldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Renewable Energy Transmission - The Chicken or the Egg?

The Chicken or the Egg?
President Jeanne Fox, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

The Chicken or the Egg?
Hon. Larry Brenner, Maryland Public Service Commission

The Upper Midwest Perspective
Hon. Phyllis Reha, Minnesota Public Utility Commission

Western Transmission and Renewables Development
Hon. John Savage, Oregon Public Service Commission

Committee on Gas

Electricity-to-Gas Substitution: What Should Regulators Do?

Electric-to-Gas Substitution: What Should Regulators Do?
Ken Costello - Principal, The National Regulatory Research Institute

Committee on International Relations

Allocation and Use of Allowances in a GHG Cap-and-Trade Program (Climate Issue Brief No. 2)

Principles for Cost Containment in a GHG Cap-and-Trade System (Climate Issue Brief No. 3)

State Clean Energy Policies: The Foundation for an Electric Sector Cap-and-Trade Program (Climate Issue Brief No. 4)

Summary of NARUC Climate Policy (Climate Issue Brief No. 1)

The Design of Carbon Credits Markets: Lessons from the European Union Trading Scheme
Dr. Xavier Lemaire - Sustainable Energy Regulation Network, Centre for Management under Regulation, Warwick Business School

Carbon Pricing: Canada and US Experience-Scope for Joint Dialogue

Dialogue on Carbon Pricing
CAMPUT Report

The Canadian Carbon Pricing Forum
Gordon Kaiser - Vice Chair, Ontario Energy Board

The US/Canada Carbon Pricing Dialogue
Joel Bluestein, ICF International

Committee on Telecommunications

Bandwidth Boom

Technology and Public Policy in the exaflood Era
Bret Swanson - President, Entropy Economics

Broadband Mapping

Broadband Data and Mapping: Recommendations of the California Public Utilities Commission
Rachelle Chong - Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

Broadband Matters
Julie A. Veach - Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC

National Broadband Mapping Program
Edward Smith - Special Advisor to Assistant Secretary, NTIA

State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program
Jon Banks - Sr. VP, Law & Policy, USTelecom

E-911 and Broadband

E 911 and Broadband
Carey Spence-Lenss, ENP - VP, Regulatory and Government Affairs, Intrado Inc.

E 911 and Broadband: Should the States Have Jurisdiction?
Betty Ann Kane, Chairman, DC Public Service Commission

E-911 and Broadband: APCO International
Stephen J. Wisely, Interim Director, Comm Center and 9-1-1 Services Department, APCO International

E-911 and Broadband: Washington State Experience
Marlys R. Davis, E-911 Program Manager, King County, WA

Migrating to NG9-1-1: Transition Issues
Laurie Flaherty, National 9-1-1 Office

The Evolution of Telecommunications vs. 9-1-1
Laurie Flaherty, National 9-1-1 Office

Special Access: Are Consumers Hurt?

A Rural Perspective
Cheryl L. Parrino - President, Parrino Strategic Consulting Group

High-Capacity Services: Abundant, Affordable, and Evolving
Jonathan Banks - Senior Vice President for Law & Policy, USTele

Special Access: Are Consumers Harmed
Charles McKee - Vice President, Federal and State Regulation, Sprint

Committee on Water

Reducing Water Loss, Reducing Carbon Footprint
Zheng Yi Wu - Research Director, Applied Research Group, Bentley Systems, Inc.

General Session

A Shared Energy Vision for North America - Regulations, Markets and the Environment: A Canadian Perspective
Gaétan Caron - Chair and CEO, National Energy Board

Cutting Edge Broadband Technology
Bill Morrow - CEO, Clearwire

Pricing Carbon in the US: Implications for Utilitiy Regulators

Carbon Caps and the Power Sector: Why Carbon Revenues are More Important Than Carbon Prices
Richard Cowart - The Regulatory Project

Carbon Pricing, Utility Regulators, and Climate Risk Mitigation
Andy Keeler - John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University

Energy Efficiency
Dian M. Grueneich - Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

Limiting the Emission of CO2 and the Role of CCS
M. Granger Morgan - Head, Department of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative

A National Assessment of Demand Response Potential
Dean Wight - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The iGrid Project
Ahmad Faruqui, Ph. D.

NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative

Ensuring Smart Grid Longevity
Michael Jung - Policy Director, Silver Spring Networks

How Can Regulators Ensure that Investments in Smart Grid Technologies Will Not Become Obsolete?
Ed May - Director, AMI & Smart Grid Strategy, Itron

NIST Smart Grid Standards Roadmap
George W. Arnold, Eng.Sc.D.- National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, NIST

Smart Grid Policy
Ray Palmer and Mike Bardee - FERC

Smart Grid: Standing The Test Of Time
Bob Gilligan - GE Energy

SynchroPhasor Briefing
Alison Silverstein - Project Manager, North American SynchroPhasor Initiative

Special

The EEssentials of Planning

Energy Efficiency as a Resource Option: Three Decades of PNW Experience
Tom Eckman, Northwest Power and Conservation Council

Fixing Resource Planning Tools to Acheive Higher Levels of Efficiency
Pam Lesh, Graceful Systems, LLC

How to Fully Include Energy Efficiency in Electric System Resource Planning
Bruce Biewald, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc

New Jersey's Energy Master Plan
President Jeanne Fox, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Resource Planning with Energy Efficiency: Issues for Policymakers
Snuller Price, E3

The Role of Energy Efficiency in Connecticut Integrated Resource Plan and ISO Forward Capacity Market
Vice Chairman Jack W. Betkoski, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control

Task Force on Climate Policy

Allocation and Use of Allowances in a GHG Cap-and-Trade Program (Climate Issue Brief No. 2)

Discussion of Australian Climate Policy
Kevin D. Gunn - Commissioner, Missouri Public Service Commission

Principles for Cost Containment in a GHG Cap-and-Trade System (Climate Issue Brief No. 3)

Productive and Unproductive Costs of CO2 Cap-and-Trade
Ezra D. Hausman, Jeremy I. Fisher, Lauri A. Mancinelli, and Bruce E. Biewald - Synapse Energy Economics Inc.

State Clean Energy Policies: The Foundation for an Electric Sector Cap-and-Trade Program (Climate Issue Brief No. 4)

Summary of NARUC Climate Policy (Climate Issue Brief No. 1)

Staff Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs

Lifeline Radio PSA Georgia
Bill Edge
PSA for the Georgia News Network

Customer Service in Tough Times: Working with customers and Utilities

Chief, Consumer Protection, Regulatory Commission of Alaska
M. Grace Salazar

Consumer Assistance Supervisor, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Beverly Barker

Director, NYS PSC, Office of Consumer Services
Sandra S. Sloane

Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability

Flywheels: A New Player in the Regulation Market and Other Applications
Judith Judson - Dir., Regulatory & Market Affairs, Beacon Power Corporation

North American Synchrophasor Initiative: Blackout Prevention or Ring-Side Seat to Watch the System Go Down?
Alison Silverstein - Consultant to Department of Energy

Not Your Grandfather's Pole!
Richard Holloway - Chief Technology Officer, Resin Systems

Stray Voltage Comes to the City
Diane Barney - Utility Supervisor, Office of Electricity, Gas & Water, New York Public Service Commission

Stray Voltage Comes to the City
Doug Dorr, EPRI

Stray Voltage Comes to the City
David Kalokitis - Chief Technology Officer, Power Survey Company

Staff Subcommittee on Gas

Aligning a Utility’s Interests with the Promotion of Energy Efficiency: How Should State Commissions Choose among the Several Ratemaking Alternatives?
Ken Costello - Principal, The National Regulatory Research Institute

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

New York State’s Natural Gas Efficiency Program and Revenue Decoupling Mechanisms
Thomas G. Dvorsky - Director, Office of Electric, Gas and Water, NYPSC

Staff Subcommittee on International Relations

Current Economic Conditions in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Ambassador Daniel Li - Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle

Global Energy Comparisons: A Compilation of Interesting Facts
Denise Parrish - Deputy Administrator, Wyoming Office of Consumer Advocate, Wyoming PSC

Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal

What's Next for Nuclear Waste?

A New Waste Strategy for a New Administration
Alan S. Hanson - Executive Vice President, AREVA NC Inc.

Closing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: The EnergySolutions Perspective
Alan Dobson - Sr. Vice President, EnergySolutions

Department of Justice Update on Liability
Michael Hertz - Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice

Long-term Management of Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel
Patrick Moran - General Counsel, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (Canada)

Nuclear Waste Management: In Search of a Sustainable Policy
Ed Davis - Director, Sustainable Fuel Cycle Task Force, U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council

Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications

Smart Grids: What Makes Them So Smart?

A Small Rural ILEC Perspective
Karlen Reed - Regulatory Counsel, NTCA

Cellular Communications and Advanced Utility Automation
Robert Gustin - National Program Manager, Sprint Nextel

Smart Grid - You Say You Want A Revolution...
Bob Williamson - Sr. Engineer, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission

Verizon Smart Grid Perspective
Bob Heffron - Utility Market Manager, Verizon Business

Wireline Competition Bureau
Jeremy Marcus - Associate Chief (Acting), Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC

Subcommittee on Clean Coal and Carbon Sequestration

Chilled Ammonia Carbon Capture Process Update
Robert Hilton, ALSTOM

Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy
Ellen Vancko, Union of Concerned Scientists

Coal Generation Technology and Carbon Capture & Storage: A Guide for State Commissioners
Miles Keogh, NARUC

Industry/EPRI Carbon Capture ad Storage Demonstrations
Hank Courtright, EPRI

Measurement & Accounting of CO2 Stored in Deep Geologic Formations
Thomas Sarkus, NETL Office of Major Demonstrations

US Clean Coal Research, Development, and Demonstration Programs
Joseph Giove III, DOE

Summer Committee Meetings 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Summer Committee Meetings 2007

AT&T Mobility Network Optimization
Michael Van Weelden, Director-SCM, AT&T Mobility

Special Access
Dave Conn, National Director, State Regulatory, T-Mobile USA

Special Access "Dispelling the Myths"
Wendy M. Moser, Vice President Public Policy, Qwest

The Truth About Special Access
Donna Epps, Vice President-Federal Regulatory, Verizon

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

Board of Directors on Executive Committee

Competitive Procurement Collaborative Meeting

Panel 1: Panelists Notes
Stan Wise

Panel 2: Panelists Notes
Marsha Smith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summer Committee Meetings 2006

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

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