| Day 1 - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks
- Patricia Hoffman, Assistant Secretary Nominee and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Keynote Address
- The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister, Natural Resources Canada
Conference Introduction
- Patricia Hoffman, Assistant Secretary Nominee and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Panel I – Electricity Trade Between the United States and Canada Today
- Who are the traders of electricity both in U.S. and Canada?
- Overview of historical energy trade statistics (2005-present)
- Existing regulatory structure, both U.S. and Canada
- Who are the regulators?
- What are their roles?
MODERATOR: Dawn Farrell, Chief Operating Officer, TransAlta Corporation
PANELISTS:
- Pierre Guimond (PDF 78 KB), President & CEO, Canadian Electricity Association
- Robin Junger (PDF 1.0 MB), Deputy Minister of Energy and Clean Technology, Office of the Premier, Government of British Columbia
- The Honourable Jack Keir (PDF 1.3 MB), Minister of Energy, Government of New Brunswick
- Nick Akins, Executive Vice President, Generation, American Electric Power
- Mark Corey (PDF 66 KB), Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Sector, Natural Resources Canada
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Panel II – Potential Clean Energy Trade
- Location, scope, and scale of potential clean electricity resources
- Discussion of location, scope, and scale of storage resources
- Potential key markets for clean electricity
- Ways to facilitate clean electricity trade
MODERATOR: Paul Flemming, Director Power & Gas Services, ESAI Power, LLC
PANELISTS:
- Johan van’t Hof, President & CEO, Tonbridge Power Inc.
- Mary Hemmingsen, Vice President, Business Development, Brookfield Renewable Power
- John Douglas, President & CEO, Riverbank Power Corporation
- Jacob Irving, President, Canadian Hydropower Association
- Martha Wyrsch, President, Vestas Americas
- John Dalton, President, Power Advisory LLC
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| 12:45 p.m. |
Lunch LUNCHEON SPEAKER: Shannon Fraser, International Trade Specialist for Energy, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce |
| 2:15 p.m. |
Panel III – Challenges and Barriers to Enhancing Trade in Clean Electricity and Ancillary Services
- Economic
- Regulatory
- Infrastructure
- Availability of financing
MODERATOR: Pierre Guimond, President & CEO, Canadian Electricity Association
PANELISTS:
- Mike MacDougall (PDF 93 KB), Director, Trade Policy, Powerex
- Gilbert Bennett (PDF 96 KB), Vice President, Lower Churchill Project, Nalcor Energy
- John Larkey (PDF 1.9 MB), Director, Cargill Inc.
- Eric Norberg (PDF 1.6 MB), Senior Vice President, Strategy & Planning, Minnesota Power
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| 4:15 p.m. |
Wrap-Up of Day 1 of Conference |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Reception
Hosted By:
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| Day 2 - Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Panel IV – The Future Role of U.S.-Canada Electricity Trade
- Vision of the future
- What is on the drawing board and how it will affect electricity trade
- What it will take to get new projects built
MODERATORS:
- Doug Larson (PDF 2.1 MB), Executive Director, Western Interstate Energy Board, Western Governors’ Association
- Gordon van Welie (PDF 1.9 MB), President & CEO, ISO New England Inc.
- Bill Marshall (PDF 98 KB), President, WKM Energy Consultants Inc.
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Next Steps to Facilitate Clean Electricity Trade
- What are the solutions to the challenges presented?
- Discussion and prioritization of solutions and other recommendations to facilitate clean electricity trade
- Recommendations
- Discussion of possible implementation strategy
FACILITATED DISCUSSION
- John Schnagl, Director, Transmission Adequacy, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Conclusion of Conference |
