ENERGY IN THE SOUTHWEST
Conference in Detail
Thursday • July 15, 2004
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| 8:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | Introduction and Overview |
Steven S. Michel, Esq. Program Co-Chair New Mexico Industrial Energy Consumers (NMIEC) Sante Fe, NM |
| 8:45 | Out of the Desert: The Changing Southwest Utility Landscape |
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Overview |
Arthur J. O’Donnell Program Co-Chair The Energy Overseer San Francisco, CA |
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Utility perspective |
Jeffrey E. Sterba CEO Public Service Company of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
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Regulatory perspective |
The Hon. Carl B. Linvill, Ph.D. Commissioner Nevada Public Utilities Commission Carson City, NV |
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| 10:30 | Break |
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| 10:45 | Gas Supplies in the Southwest |
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How will LNG development affect fuel supply? |
Howard L. Margulis, Esq. Holland & Knight LLP New York, NY |
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New pipelines and capacity allocations |
Jay P. Lukens, Ph.D. President and CEO Lukens Energy Group (LEG) Houston, TX |
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| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:00 | Step by Step: New Transmission Projects for the Southwest |
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| • Update on the Southwest Transmission Expansion Plan (STEP) |
Armando “Armie” Perez Director of Grid Planning California ISO Folsom, CA |
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Cross-border energy issues |
George T. Baker, Ph.D. President Mexican Energy Intelligence ™ Baker & Associates, Energy Consultants (BAEC) Houston, TX |
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| 2:00 | Assuring Fuel Sources and Power Supplies at a Reasonable Cost |
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The state of southwest system reliability |
Louise McCarren, Esq. CEO Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC) Salt Lake City, UT |
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Turning risk into opportunity |
Howard V. Golub, Esq. Nixon Peabody LLP San Francisco, CA |
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| 3:15 | Break |
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| 3:30 | Risk Management from a Security Perspective |
Allen L. Camp, Ph.D. Deputy Director Security Systems and Technology Center Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, NM |
| 4:00 | Diversifying Generation in the Southwest |
David A. Field President Utility Infrastructure Partners (UIP) San Diego, CA Benjamin Luce, Ph.D. Chairman New Mexico Solar Energy Association Albuquerque, NM Jon Wellinghoff, Esq. Beckley Singleton Las Vegas, NM |
| 5:30 | Reception for Faculty and Attendees |
Sponsored by UtiliPoint International, Inc. Albuquerque, NM  |
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