Meeting Agenda
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Day 1 - Tuesday, October 22, 2002
- No-Host Informal Dinner for Early Arrivals
Grafton Street Pub and Grill
1230 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Phone: 617-497-0400
Day 2 - Wednesday, October 23, 2002
- Opening Plenary Session
- Welcome and Introductory Remarks
- Hugh Saussy, Director, Boston Regional Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Schuyler Schell, Office Director, Agency Services, Federal Energy Management Program, U.S. Department of Energy (PDF 205 KB)
- Art Smith, President, U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association
- Keynote Presentation
"The Role of Distributed Generation in FERC's Future Electricity Marketplace"
Scott Miller, Senior Advisor on Markets, Office of Markets, Tariffs, and Rates, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (PDF 138 KB)
- Snapshot of DER Technologies: Advantages, Disadvantages, Costs, and Benefits
Moderator: Bruce Hedman, EnergyNexus Group (PDF 1.1 MB)
- Microturbines: Tony Hynes, Bowman Power (PDF 1.4 MB)
- Engines: Clive Nickolay, Wartsila (PDF 647 KB)
- Combustion Turbines: Chris Lyons, Solar Turbines (PDF 1.6 MB)
- Fuel Cells: Robert Brown, Fuel Cell Energy (PDF 3.5 MB)
- Renewables: Dwayne Breger, Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources (DOER) (PDF 311 KB)
- EPA CHP Partnership Meeting
- Luis Troche
- Christian Fellner
- Joe Bryson
- Partnership Update
- Regulatory and Permitting Update
- Energy Star CHP Awards Primer
- Project Reporting and Environmental Benefits
- Plans for 2003
- Planning for Full Parners Meeting, March 2003, San Diego
- Partner Success Stories
- Networking and One-on-One Partner Support/Information Exchange
- Implementing DER and CHP at Federal Facilities
Moderator: Paul King, DOE Boston Regional Office
- Case Study - Williams Building
(PV/Cogeneration): Roman Piaskoski, GSA (PDF 3.5 MB)
- Case Study - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
(Gas Turbine CHP): Britta MacIntosh, Select Energy Services (PDF 973 KB)
- Luncheon with Speaker
"The Top Three Reasons for Standard Market Design: Incentives, Incentives, Incentives"
Professor William Hogan, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (PDF 292 KB)
- Breakout Sessions
"Getting the Job Done: Information and Assistance in Implementing DER Projects at Federal Facilities
- Energy Analysis and Feasibility Studies
Facilitator: Keith Kline, ORNL
Resource Persons: James Tuller, SurePower (PDF 395 KB); Jim McNamara, Northern Power Systems (PDF 895 KB)
- Financing DER Projects
Facilitators: Dave Howard, NREL; Julia Kelley, ORNL
Resource Persons: Rory Salimbene, Sempra Energy Solutions; Britta MacIntosh, Select Energy Services
- Environmental Permitting
Facilitator: Mark Hall, Consultant
Resource Persons: John Moskal, EPA New England Office (PDF 100 KB); Luis Troche, EPA Headquarters; Todd A. Moore, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (PDF 200 KB); Dale Raczynski, Epsilon Associates (PDF 105 KB)
- Utility Issues
Facilitator: Trina Masepohl, NREL
Resource Persons: Leslie Grossman, Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance (PDF 761 KB); Frank Napoli, ConEdison Solutions (PDF 430 KB); Jason Vass, Exelon Services Federal Group (PDF 134 KB)
- U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association (USCHPA) Business Meeting
- Call to Order and Introduction
Bruce Diamond
- Chairman's Remarks
Art Smith
- Membership Report
Kim Black
- Financial Report
Bruce Hedman
- Executive Director's Report
John Jimison
- Status of Grant Applications
- Spring Conference
- Election of Officers
- Membership Development
- Regulatory Developments
John Jimison
- Legislative Developments
Neal Elliott
- Status of Regional Initiatives
Suzanne Watson
- Creation of Regional Council
Suzanne Watson
- Proposed New Committee Structure
John Jimison
- CHP Industry Development
- Congressional Relations
- Press and Public Relations
- Membership and Finance
- Other?
- Open Forum
- Regional CHP and DER Initiatives (PDF 1.8 MB)
Moderator: Suzanne Watson, Northeast-Midwest Institute
- Midwest: Ted Bronson, GTI and Midwest CHP Applications Center
- Northeast: Sean Casten, TurboSteam
- Southeast: Terri Roberts, DOE Atlanta Regional Office
- Mid-Atlantic: Peter Alyanakian, DOE Philadelphia Regional Office
- Mountain: Sandy Glatt, DOE Denver Regional Office
- Pacific Northwest: Arun Jhaveri, DOE Seattle Regional Office
- Southwest: Suzanne Watson, Northeast-Midwest Institute
Day 3 - Thursday, October 24, 2002
Day 4 - Friday, October 25, 2002
- Panel: Interconnection Policy Update
Moderator: Richard Brent, Solar Turbines
- John Jimison, USCHPA
- Chris Cook, E3Energy (PDF 135 KB)
- Deirdre Manning, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications & Energy
- Josh Meyer, Encorp, Inc. (PDF 916 KB)
- Closing Plenary Session
"The Bottom Line"
Mark Hall, Co-founder of the USCHPA (PDF 73 KB)
- CHP Development in the United States
Merrill Smith (PDF 100 KB)
- Site Visit to Hull Municipal Light Wind Turbine
Leslie Farrar, ERC - Midwest CHP Application Center (PDF 251 KB)
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