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2015 Annual Meeting Presentations

127th Annual Meeting 2015

Committee on Gas

Check the Rearview Mirror then Proceed with Caution: The importance of knowing what is behind you before moving forward.

Competition in Natural Gas
Mark Caudill, Attorney at Law

NATURAL GAS BUSINESS IN GEORGIA
Kevin Greiner, President & CEO, Gas South

 

Natural Gas - Doing It Right

Colorado’s Hydrocarbon Control Rules for the Oil and Gas Sector: Rule Implementation and Lessons Learned
Mike Silverstein, Administrator, Colorado Air Quality Control Commission

Turning Flares into Resources
Dr. Robert Zubrin, CEO, Pioneer Energy

 


Concurrent Session

B1: Will the FCC's Broadband CAF Ever Give Milk?
Hon. Chris Nelson, South Dakota; Robert DeBroux, Director, Public Policy & Fed Affairs, TDS Telecom; Allison Ellis, VP, Regulatory Affairs, Frontier Communications; Mary Henze, AVP, Federal Affairs, AT&T; Carol Mattey, Deputy Bureau Chief, Wireline, FCC

B5: This is Not A Test: Using Social Media for Crisis and Non-Crisis Communications
Hon. Tim Echols, Georgia; Diane Hughes, Director, Social Media and Digital Experience, Marketing and Communication, Florida Power & Light; Eric McErlain, Director of Digital Strategy, NEI

C1: Raters of the Lost Ark

C3: Challenges and Opportunities: Natural Gas Infrastructure
Hon. Colette Honorable, FERC; Judi Greenwald, Deputy Director for Climate, Environment and Efficiency, DOE; Brad Leach, Energy Advisory Services; Pierce Norton, President & CEO, ONE Gas, Inc.; Joe Vance, Gas Trader, QEP Resources

A4: Hit the Road or the Rails: Transportation and State Regulation
Hon. Gladys Brown, Pennsylvania; Hon. Julie Fedorchak, North Dakota; Hon. Catherine Sandoval, California

A5: Like a Good Neighbor - Regional Mutual Assistance
Hon. Brandy Marty Marquez, Texas; Hon. Rick Mroz, New Jersey; Tony Hurley, Vice President – Operations, Jersey Central Power and Light

 


Staff Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs

Helping Renters Keep the Lights On and Water Running: Third-Party Utility Notification System (TUNS)

A Business Process Outsource (BPO) Solution for Landlord Customers Master-meter Tenant-occupied Accounts
Dereck E. Hicks , Chief Executive Officer, Enhanced Recovery Solutions; Denise Garrett, President and Chief Operations Officer, Enhanced Recovery Solutions

 


Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability

Maintaining Grid Reliability While Change and More Change Keeps Coming

Maintaining Grid Reliability While Change and More Change Keeps Coming
Todd Lucas, GM Bulk Power Operations, Southern Co. and Chair ERSTF, NERC; Dan Woodfin, Director of System Operations, ERCOT; Tom Coleman, Director of Reliablity Assessments, NERC

 

Maintaining Grid Reliability While Change and More Change Keeps Coming: Why policymakers should care about the evolving grid; and What exactly are those 'reliability' impacts that States are supposed to consider when crafting CPP compliance plans!?!

NERC’s Essential Reliability Task Force/ ERCOT’s new Ancillary Services Market: one interconnection’s response to the evolving grid. / Exactly what ‘reliability’ impacts are States supposed to consider when crafting CPP compliance plans?
Todd Lucas, GM Bulk Power Operations, Southern Co. and Chair ERSTF, NERC & Dan Woodfin, Director of System Operations, ERCOT & Tom Coleman, Director of Reliablity Assessments, NERC

 


Staff Subcommittee on Electricity

Maintaining Grid Reliability While Change and More Change Keeps Coming

Maintaining Grid Reliability While Change and More Change Keeps Coming
Todd Lucas, GM Bulk Power Operations, Southern Co. and Chair ERSTF, NERC; Dan Woodfin, Director of System Operations, ERCOT; Tom Coleman, Director of Reliablity Assessments, NERC

Maintaining Grid Reliability While Change and More Change Keeps Coming: Why policymakers should care about the evolving grid; and What exactly are those 'reliability' impacts that States are supposed to consider when crafting CPP compliance plans!?!

NERC’s Essential Reliability Task Force/ ERCOT’s new Ancillary Services Market: one interconnection’s response to the evolving grid. / Exactly what ‘reliability’ impacts are States supposed to consider when crafting CPP compliance plans?
Todd Lucas, GM Bulk Power Operations, Southern Co. and Chair ERSTF, NERC & Dan Woodfin, Director of System Operations, ERCOT & Tom Coleman, Director of Reliablity Assessments, NERC

 


Staff Subcommittee on Gas

American Gas Foundation Study on Pipeline Safety

American Gas Foundation Study on Pipeline Safety
Cheryl Campbell, Senior Vice President, XCel Energy

Cheniere and the LNG Market —- sponsored by NARUC's LNG Working Group

Cheniere and the LNG Market -- sponsored by NARUC's LNG Working Group
Patricia Outtrim, Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs

Flexible Gas Piping - Evolving Technology & Industry

Flexible Gas Piping - Evolving Technology & Industry
Chris Swonger, Senior Vice President Global Government Relations, Smiths.

Research and Development by Public Utilities: Should More be Done?

Research and Development by Public Utilities: Should More be Done?
Ken Costello, Principal Researcher, National Regulatory Research Institute

Utility R&D as a Public Good

Utility R&D as a Public Good
Ron Edelstein

 


Subcommittee on Clean Coal and Carbon Management

Leakage: The Poorly Understood Stepchild of the Clean Power Plan

Leakage & Equivalence: Context, Concerns & Complements
Emily Fisher, EEI’s Deputy General Counsel, Energy & Climate

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Leakage
Marissa Gillett, Sr. Advisor to the Chair, Maryland Public Service Commission

State Plan Options: Considerations for Equivalency and Leakage
Paul Allen, MJ Bradley & Associates