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Energy Policy Summit 2007: Climate Change

Sunday, August 5, 2007
Boston, Massachusetts

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AGENDA

At this year’s Summit, participants will focus on climate change, a priority issue that was determined at the first Energy Policy Summit.  This full day meeting is an opportunity for legislators to hear from experts on rising energy demand, the need for new supply for electricity generation and transportation fuels, and how environmental and economic impacts play a role in policy and decision-making.

        

Sunday, August 5, 2007

7:30 – 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 – 8:05 am

Welcome and Introduction

Representative Warren Chisum, Texas
Representative Carl Holmes, Kansas
Bill Pound, Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
Representative John Heaton, New Mexico - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)

8:05 –9:30 am

Energy Supply and Demand: The Global and U.S. Review

Global demand for energy is on the rise, as populations and economies in developing countries expand.  Hear from experts on what this means for energy supplies and prices in the coming years 

Presiding: Rep. Carl Holmes

Presenters:
Dr. Frank Clemente, Senior Professor of Social Science and Energy Policy, Pennsylvania State University - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)
Ron Planting, Manager of Information and Analysis, American Petroleum Institute
- (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)

9:30 – 10:00 am

Partner Meet and Greet

Visit and meet face-to-face with the Energy Policy Summit Partners. 

10:00 – 10:30 am

Carbon Capture and Storage

Presiding: Rep. John Heaton

Presenter:
Darrick Eugene, General Counsel, Vinson and Elkins, Texas Carbon Capture and Storage Association - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)

10:30 – 11:00 am

Linking Science and Policy

Presiding: Rep. Carl Holmes

Presenter:
Dr. Mark Eberhart, Colorado School of Mines - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)

11:00 - 11:30 am

Financial Analysis

Presiding: Rep. John Heaton

Presenter:
Daniel Welt,  Standard and Poor’s - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Natural Gas and the Industrial Sector

Presiding: Rep. Carl Holmes

Presenter:
Paul Cicio, President, Industrial Energy Consumers of America - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Working Lunch

Presiding: Rep. Warren Chisum

Presenter:
Bill Brier, Edison Electric Institute

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Climate Change Action

Presiding: Rep. John Heaton

Presenters:
Paul Loeffelman, American Electric Power - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)
Senator Harris B. McDowell III, Chair, Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility Task Force, Chair, Delaware Senate Energy and Transit Committee - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)
Ralph Loomis, Vice President, Exelon Nuclear
Libby Dannenberg, State and Local Affairs, American Institute of Architects - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Advancing Technologies

Presiding: Rep. Carl Holmes

Presenters:
Bill Cooper, Executive Director, Center for Liquefied Natural Gas - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)
Dawn Fenton, Director, Policy, Diesel Technology Forum - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)
Shirley Neff, Association of Oil Pipelines - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)
Dan Wendl, Vice President, Commercial Systems, Trane - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)
Tom Kimbis, Department of Energy (Charlie Hemmeline) - (Adobe PDF PDF Presentation)


                               * Presentation of Solar America Cities Award to City of Boston

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Partner Meet and Greet

Visit and meet face-to-face with the Energy Policy Summit Partners.

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