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Wednesday, April 23,
2008
Opening Session: A Realistic Assessment
of the World Energy System, 9:00 - 9:35 a.m.
A presentation of energy sources in Pennsylvania, the US,
and the world, together with a projection of future energy needs, and an
analysis of trends in the global energy economy. What is the energy supply growth curve for
wind and solar from various sources. What
is the status of regional and world fossil fuel reserves?
Jennifer Layke, World
Resources Institute
Panel I: Carbon Capture and Storage,
9:40 - 10:50 a.m.
What
is the technology? Will it work for Pennsylvania geology? And when will it be
ready?
Robert
McKinstry, Ballard Spahr Andrews and
Ingersoll, LLP, Legal Liability Issues and Carbon Sequestration
John
Quigley, PA Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources
Jared
Ciferno, U.S. DOE National Energy
Technology Labs
Panel II: The Future of Coal in
Transportation and Other Non–Electricity Uses, 11:00 - 12:10 p.m.
What
are the other potential uses of coal? Do
coal-to-liquids processes have a place in the energy portfolio? Are there additional transportation
applications for coal? And what other
claims are being made on federal subsidies for energy in transportation?
Fred
Palmer, Peabody Energy
Elizabeth
Martin, Natural Resources Defense Council
Tom
Collina, 2020 Vision
Lunch and Keynote Speaker, 12:30 - 1:50
p.m.
Kathleen McGinty, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
The Future of Coal in Pennsylvania
Panel III: State Action, 2:00 p.m.-
3:10 p.m.
What
are other states doing to regulate carbon emissions?
Dan
Pellissier, California Climate Action
Team, A Greenhouse Gas Progress Report
Richard
Opper, Secretary, Montana Department Environmental Quality, Coal,
Carbon, and the Environment
Panel IV: Investment Perspectives on
Coal and a Carbon-Constrained World, 3:20 - 4:30 p.m.
What
is the investment outlook on coal,
with respect to raw materials, infrastructure development, carbon pricing, and
energy demand? How are environmental
concerns shaping investment decisions?
How are utilities and others planning for a price on carbon?
Matt
Arnold, Sustainable Finance
Leslie
Lowe, Interfaith Center on Corporate
Responsibility
Steve Corneli, Vice President, Market, Regulatory and Climate Policy, NRG Energy
Thursday, April 24,
2008
Panel V: Other Social and Environmental
Impacts of Coal, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
What
are the legacy and ongoing costs of coal for local communities? Is Act 54 (on the impacts of underground coal mining) in need of revision? What is working and what needs to be improved?
Lisa
Graves-Marcucci, Jefferson Action Group, Community Impacts
George
Ellis, President, PA Coal Association, Compliance
Panel VI: What is the State of the Art
in Coal Combustion?, 10:30 - 11:40 a.m.
What
is the best-case scenario for various coal-burning technologies? What is the best that we can get out of
coal? Can we make coal carbon-neutral
and, if not, then how close can we get?
Ronald
Breault, U.S. DOE, National Energy Technology Labs, Coal Gasification
Steve
Winberg, CONSOL
Lunch and Keynote Speaker, 12:00 - 1:30
p.m.
Eric Schaeffer, Executive Director, Environmental Integrity Project
Panel VII: Political Realities and
National Coal Policy, 1:40 - 2:50 p.m.
What
can we expect from the federal government?
Quin
Shea, Executive Director, Environment, Edison
Electric Institute, Priorities
for the Electricity Industry
Mark
Brownstein, Environmental Defense, Transmission Issues
Dave
Hamilton, Sierra Club, The
Environmental Agenda and Congress
Tom
Dower, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, An Insider
View on Federal Legislation
Panel VIII: Next Steps for the
Environmental Community, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Closed Session: by invitation only.