Law Seminars International Presents

An Important Two-Day Conference on

Power Supplies in the Pacific Northwest

Emerging issues for a Supply Future

August 12 & 13, 2004
Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Attorneys, industry executives, government officials and customer representatives involved in or affected by energy acquisition deals

Why Order

"The prospects of a rebounding economy and another poor hydro year underscore the importance of resource planning. A comprehensive approach to this critical task, Integrated Resource Planning (IRP), is back in vogue.  The Power Council is completing its latest Power Plan, while most of the region's investor-owned utilities have resource plans pending before their regulatory commissions. As BPA moves ever closer to shifting responsibility for load growth to its customers, public utilities will step up to plan their futures. Suppliers and utilities alike are examining the options: self-build, own or contract for power; how far to push demand side management and distributed generation conservation; invest in renewables or stay with gas; line up new transmission or seek non wires solutions. The choices are never easy and they are before utility planners as you read this. Our excellent faculty will address supply and demand, transmission, regulatory, planning, technology, financial, and environmental perspectives.  Integrated resource planning has a long history in the Pacific Northwest, but years of surplus made it possible for many industry participants to defer IRP until recently.  Regulatory changes, technology and efficiency developments, and new information about costs and risks make this an excellent time to engage in the challenge of supplying the future." ~ Program Co-Chairs: Robert D. Kahn, Ed.D. and Harvard P. Spigal, Esq.

What You Will Learn

"The point-counterpoint aspects of ."the program were outstanding” "An excellent conference." "A well-organized, well thought out conference." "High-quality faculty!" "Great cross-section of the business." "Good balance on all panels." “"Very relevant topic matter!"

Agenda

Thursday, August 12, 2004
8:30 am Introduction and Overview
  Robert Kahn, Ed. D, Program Co-Chair
 Robert D. Kahn & Company / Mercer Island, WA
  Harvard P. Spigal, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Preston Gates & Ellis LLP / Portland, OR
8:45 am Federal and State Perspectives on the Key Power Supply Issues
  Congressional perspective
  James "Jamie" Van Nostrand, Esq.
 Stoel Rives LLP / Portland, OR
  Administration perspective
  Scott Sitzer, Director of the Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels
 Energy Information Administration, EI 30 / Washington, DC
  State perspective
  David Danner, Esq., Executive Policy Advisor on Energy & Telecommunications
 Governor's Executive Policy Office / Olympia, WA
10:15 am Break
10:30 am The Outlook for Demand and Supply - Meeting Future Growth
  Electric: What do we need? What can we afford?
  Jeff King, Senior Resource Analyst
 Northwest Power & Conservation Council / Portland, OR
  Natural gas: What is available? How will it be delivered? At what cost?
  Dan Kirschner, Executive Director
 Northwest Gas Association / Portland, OR
  Evaluating resources: How do we reduce risk?
  Jeffrey Fuller, Vice President and Risk Manager
 Power Resource Managers, LLP / Bellevue, WA
12:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm Regional Transmission Issues
  Integrating the cross border grid
  Yakout Mansour, Sr. VP for System Operations & Asset Management
 British Columbia Transmission Corporation / Vancouver, BC Canada
  Transparency and independence in grid operations
  Vito Stagliano, Vice President for Transmission Policy
 Calpine / Lincolnshire, IL
  Creative approaches to expanding transmission capacity
  Brian Silverstein, P.E., Vice President for Planning and Chief Engineer
 Bonneville Power Administration / Vancouver, WA
2:45 pm Integrated Resource Planning
  The challenges of planning in risk rich environments
  Cynthia Mitchell, Principal
 E 3: Energy/Environment/Economy, Inc. / Reno, NV
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Integrated Resource Planning (continued)
  Integrating generation and transmission planning
  Tom Foley, President
 Tom Foley Consultants / Portland, OR
  Mechanics of IRP preparation: Underlying assumptions and models
  Charlie J. Black, Consultant
 Charles J. Black Energy Economics / Newcastle, WA
  Washington: IRP rulemaking and PSE process
  Hank McIntosh, Analyst
 Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission / Olympia, WA
  Oregon: IRP rulemaking, UM 1058 and PGE process
  Jason Eisdorfer, Esq., Energy Program Director
 Citizens Utility Board / Portland, OR
  Integrated resource planning: Why or why not?
  Susan K Ackerman
 Energy & Regulatory Attorney / Portland, OR
5:00 pm Reception for Faculty and Attendees - Sponsored by Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

Friday, August 13, 2004
8:30 am Benefits & Consequences of the Various Technologies
  Cyrus Noe, CEO, Moderator
 Energy Newsdata, Corp. / Seattle, WA
  Coal
  Douglas Brown, Vice President and Manager of Power Development
 Bechtel Enterprises / San Francisco, CA
  Gas
  Craig Martin, Manager, Power Marketing and Development
 TransCanada / Calgary, AB CA
  Biomass
  Thomas R. Anderson, General Manager
 Whatcom County PUD / Ferndale, WA
  Distributed Generaton & Smart Energy.
  Clothilde V. Hewlett, Esq.
 Preston Gates & Ellis LLP / San Francisco, CA
  Wind
  Michael Heckler, Director of Marketing & Development
 Windland / Boise, ID
  Gas Fired Fuel Cells
  Karen Fleckner, Founder and CEO
 Nu Element, Inc. / Tacoma, WA
10:15 am Break
11:00 am Financing
  What utilities need in financing new supply
  Eric M. Markell, Senior Vice President Energy Resources
 Puget Sound Energy / Bellevue,, WA
  What developers need in financing projects
  Alvin "Al" S. Pak, Director, Regulatory Policy and Analysis
 Sempra Energy Global Enterprises / San Diego, CA
  What Wall Street looks for in financing projects
  Peter N. Rigby, Director of Utilities, Energy & Project Finance
 Standard & Poor's / Washington, DC
12:15 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm Regulatory Risks
  Navigating the environmental dimension
  John H. Robinson, Senior Consultant
 Entrix / Seattle, WA
  Insuring cost-effective procurement
  Scott A. Gutting, President
 Energy Strategies, Inc. / Salt Lake City, UT
3:15 pm Striking a Balance and Defining Success
  After the analysis is complete and decisions are made, what assurances have we that we made the right choices?
  Randall W. Hardy, Principal
 Hardy Energy Consulting Services / Spokane, WA
  Roger Hamilton, Consultant
 West Wind Wires / Eugene, OR
  Jeff Morris, 40th District, Chair for Technology, Telecommunications & Energy Committee
 Washington State House of Representatives / Olympia, WA
4:30 pm Adjourn

Cancellation

There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders

Continuing Education Credits

Law Seminars International automatically obtains CLE credit approval for the state in which a seminar is held. On request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits. Current credits status: WA 13.25 CLE(#124163) | CA 13.5 | ID CLE 13.25 #04-1139 | NY CLE 15.5 (no ethics, non-transitional) | OR CLE 14.25 (2104*207)

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $905. The course materials alone are available for $100. We will ship your homestudy order via UPS ground within two weeks after the seminar or the date we receive payment (which ever is later).
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Faculty Bios

Robert D. Kahn, Program Co-Chair, is the Principal of Robert D. Kahn & Company, a strategic communications firm. Over the last 20 years, he has consulted extensively with independent power producers in permit assistance, policy advocacy and public relations.

Harvard P. Spigal, Program Co-Chair, is a partner in the Portland office of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP. Prior to coming to Preston Gates, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Bonneville Power Administration, where he provided executive management and legal expertise to the Administrator/CEO.

Cyrus Noë has worked as a journalist for over 50 years and now publishes eight energy newsletters as CEO of Energy NewsData in Seattle and San Francisco. Clearing Up and California Energy Markets are the definitive weekly reports on energy policy development in Western North America.

Susan K. Ackerman has been a practicing attorney and manager in the energy industry since 1985. She currently represents public power interests in BPA rate, power sales contract, and transmission issues and also represents independent power producers.

Thomas R. Anderson is the General Manager Public Utility District #1 of Whatcom County, where he directs an effort to incorporate green power, particularly biomass. He has been supporting the construction of anaerobic digesters for dairy manure for several years.

Charlie J. Black is an independent consultant who helps his clients plan, acquire and manage energy resources. His broad experience in integrated resource planning (IRP) includes management of IRP efforts for investor-owned and publicly-owned utilities.

Douglas B. Brown is the Vice President and Manager, Power Development for Bechtel Enterprises, Inc. He is responsible for the management of BEn’s domestic and international power project development and financing activities

David Danner is Executive Policy Advisor to Washington Governor Gary Locke, working primarily in the areas of telecommunications, energy, finance and elections. Previously, he was counsel to the Washington State Senate Energy and Utilities Committee.

Jason Eisdorfer is legal counsel and Energy Program Director of the Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon. He has represented the residential consumer in numerous rate cases, utility mergers, and public policy dockets before the Oregon Public Utility Commission.

Karen Fleckner is the Founder and CEO of Nu Element, Inc. (NEI) where she focuses her energies on the development of fuel cell technology for the distributed generation power market.

Tom Foley, President of Tom Foley Consultants, has over 30 years of experience in the field of energy analysis and management. He has conducted integrated resource planning (IRP) in the Northwest and in other parts of the US, including consulting with utilities.

Jeff Fuller, a Vice President and Risk Manager with Power Resource Managers, LLP has 13 years of experience in the electric utility industry covering a broad-range of operational, economic and financial planning activities. His principle area of focus is helping PRM’s clients to understand and measure the risks associated with their load and resource portfolios.

Scott A. Gutting is the President and Founder of Energy Strategies, LLC. He coordinates the efforts of a team of economists, engineers, business strategists and financial analysts in all of Energy Strategies’ consulting activities.

Roger Hamilton is currently consulting in the wind energy industry, and is the project director for West Wind Wires. Previously he served Oregon Governor Kitzhaber as his Advisor on Energy and Watersheds and served as Commissioner, Oregon Public Utilities Commission.

Randall W. Hardy is Principal, Hardy Energy Consulting Services and former Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the largest federal power marketing administration in the country.

Michael Heckler is Director, Marketing and Development for Windland, Inc. Boise-based Windland is a developer, owner and operator of wind farms in California and the Northwest. He is currently project managing several wind farm developments.

Clothilde V. Hewlett is a partner in the San Francisco office of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on assisting both private sector companies and tax-exempt organizations who seek to work and communicate effectively with agencies and legislators in the public sector as well as public entities performing governmental functions.

Jeff King is the Senior Resource Analyst for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council of Portland, Oregon. He is responsible for the development of information regarding electric power generating resources and for forecasting wholesale electric power prices.

Dan Kirschner is the Executive Director of the Northwest Gas Association (NWGA), a trade organization representing the natural gas industry in the Pacific Northwest. He has extensive local, state, and federal public affairs experience.

Yakout Mansour, a Senior Vice President in System Operations and Asset Management with British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) and joined BCTC from BC Hydro where, most recently, he was Vice-President, Grid Operations and Inter-Utility Affairs.

Eric M. Markell is Senior Vice President Energy Resources of Puget Sound Energy. He directs the company’s energy supply and resource management activities.

Craig Martin is the Manager of the Western Region Marketing and Development for TransCanada’s power business. He has participated in the development of ten gas-fired cogeneration, peaking and combined cycle power projects in the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

Hank McIntosh, a staff analyst with the WUTC, was staff lead for the PSE Least Cost Plan for its 2003 filing, and staff leadfor its RFP and bidding filing in 2003. He was also the staff witness for acquisition prudence in its recent rate case 2004.

Cynthia Mitchell of E3: Energy/Environment/Economy, Inc. has been involved with energy issues for the last 29 years. She has focused on integrated resource planning (IRP) where utility resource procurement and planning decisions are reviewed and evaluated.

Rep. Jeff Morris was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 1996. He currently serves as Chair of the House Committee on Technology, Telecommunications and Energy, and serves on the Finance and Transportation committees.

Alvin "Al" S. Pak serves as Director, Regulatory Policy & Analysis, of Sempra Energy Global Enterprises. In this position, he provides business and regulatory counsel to a diverse group of international energy enterprises operating in natural gas and electricity markets.

Peter N. Rigby is a Director of Utilities, Energy and Project Finance at Standard & Poor’s where he is one of the firm’s principal contacts for new ratings in energy and project finance.

John H. Robinson, a Senior Consultant with Entrix, Inc., has 31 years of experience in all aspects of energy project development including project strategic planning, site selection/acquisition, project permitting and permit compliance during construction. He has been involved in most types of energy generation projects including combustion turbine, coal, nuclear, and alternative energy technologies.

Brian Silverstein has been with the Bonneville Power Administration since 1979, where he has focused on transmission reliability, market and policy issues. Currently he is Acting Vice President for Planning and Chief Engineer.

Scott Sitzer is Director of the Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels of the Energy Information Administration. He is currently responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of data collection systems for various power supplies and for their associated analysis and dissemination.

Vito Stagliano, the Vice President for Transmission Policy at Calpine, served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy Analysis during the first Bush Administration. Also, he was a visiting scholar at Resources for the Future and then Vice President and Corporate Officer of Commonwealth Edison Company of Illinois.

James "Jamie" Van Nostrand a partner with Stoel Rives LLP focuses his practice electricity and gas regulation, utility mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and administrative law.