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2011

Carbon and Climate Change

Energy Futures and Industry Economics, EPA and State Regulatory Developments, GHGs, Shale Gas, EOR, CCS and the Texas Edge


with participation from
Jackson School of Geosciences
Bureau of Economic Geology
Cockrell School of Engineering
School of Law
Austin Feb 9-10, 2011 AT&T Conference Center
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Overview

The 2011 program addresses energy futures, shale gas developments, EOR, and industry economics in light of both new EPA regulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) and energy market conditions. Highlights include:

• The Texas Edge: Regulatory and legislative updates and CCS project updates - What's new and
    who's putting stuff in the ground
• The Texas Edge: Offshore carbon storage options - What are the critical legal and financial issues
• GHGs: Understanding and Dealing with the Federal Legislative Regulatory Landscape
• Keynote Luncheon with John Thompson, Director, Coal Transition Project of the Clean Air Task Force,
     on "Coal Without Carbon: A World View"
• Texas Policymakers' Keynote Luncheon with Rep. Warren Chisum and Commissioner Jerry Patterson
     of the General Land Office
• GHG Permitting: What Now? The EPA's Perspective
• Wiring around Carbon - Critical issues in moving renewable energy resources long distances to supply
     regions with limited renewable options
• Strategies, Best Practices, Pitfalls and Problem Areas under the EPA's New BACT Guidance Rules
• BACT Economics and Industry Panel
• What about Methane? Landfills, Shale Gas and Agriculture; What Is the Role of Fossil Fuel under
     Today's Carbon Legislation?; and Nuclear Options and Prospects
• Tuesday evening's joint Opening Reception with the Texas Carbon Capture and Storage Association

Come a day early for the TxCCSA's program The Future of Texas CCS - 2011 and Beyond.

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Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Day 1 February 9, 2011
  • Day 2 February 10, 2011
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Wednesday Morning, Feb. 9, 2011
    Presiding Officer:
    John Moore, Stratus Energy Group, LLC - Austin, TX
  • 8:00 am
    Registration Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 8:50 am
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 9:00 am
    0.50 hr
    Energy Futures
    A review of economic and revenue issues, and how the state looks at the energy future.

    David C. Schanbacher, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Austin, TX

  • 9:30 am
    0.75 hr
    GHGs: Understanding and Dealing with the Federal Legislative Regulatory Landscape
    The collapse of major federal carbon regulation legislation leaves industry to make decisions under the emerging greenhouse gas (GHG) rules of the EPA. This session provides an overview of the new rules and regulations, including Prevention of Serious Deterioration (PSD) review, Title V and potential New Source Performance Standards for GHGs.

    William M. Bumpers, Baker Botts L.L.P. - Washington, DC

  • 10:15 am
    Break

  • 10:45 am
    1.25 hrs
    Wiring Around Carbon
    What are the critical issues--pluses and minuses--in considering supplying renewable energy long distances from renewable energy-rich regions of the U.S. to those that have limited renewable energy resource options? What level of emission reduction might result from delivering emission-free generation to regions with high carbon emissions? Does the requirement to locate additional high-voltage transmission lines offset the societal benefit of reduced emissions? Can major grids operate reliably with significant supplies remote from the load?

    Moderator:
    John Moore, Stratus Energy Group, LLC - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Kenneth W. Anderson Jr., Public Utility Commission Of Texas - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Diana M. Liebmann, Haynes and Boone, LLP - San Antonio, TX
    Panelists:
    Colin Meehan, Environmental Defense Fund - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    John Schnagl, US Department of Energy - Washington, DC

  • 12:00 pm
    0.50 hr
    GHG Permitting: What Now? The EPA's Perspective
    Introduction by Melinda Taylor, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX

    James D. Braddock, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Austin, TX

  • Wednesday Afternoon, Feb. 9, 2011
    Presiding Officer:
    Jeff Civins, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Austin, TX
  • KEYNOTE LUNCHEON PRESENTATION

  • 12:30 pm
    Pick Up Lunch

  • 12:35 pm
    0.75 hr
    Coal Without Carbon: A World View

    John Thompson, Clean Air Task Force - Carbondale, IL

  • 1:20 pm
    Break

  • 1:35 pm
    0.50 hr
    Introduction and Overview: Legal and Compliance Issues involving BACT
    This session reviews: 1) the legal challenge by the State of Texas to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule that requires Best Available Control Technology (BACT) determinations for greenhouse gas emissions under the federal PSD air permit program; 2) the EPA's Federal Implementation Plan for administering the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule in Texas; and 3) the administrative process for obtaining BACT determinations for criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions in federal PSD permits in Texas.

    Patricia Finn Braddock, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP - Austin, TX
    Blake Soyars, Sage Environmental Consulting - West Lake Hills, TX

  • The Financial and Legal Impact of the EPA's New Best Available Control Technology Guidance

  • 2:05 pm
    0.92 hr
    Understanding and Working Effectively with the EPA's New BACT Guidance
    In November 2010, the EPA issued major new guidance dealing with BACT. The guidance is of critical importance for permitting and compliance purposes. This session provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of the new guidance with special attention to pitfalls, problem areas, permitting and compliance opportunities, and safe harbors.

    Commentator:
    Mark MacLeod, Environmental Defense Fund - Washington, DC
    Christopher Charles Thiele, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Austin, TX

  • 3:00 pm
    Break

  • 3:15 pm
    1.25 hrs
    Economic Impacts and Challenges Associated with Satisfying EPA's New GHG BACT Guidance
    Representatives from the refining, power generation, manufacturing and technology sectors--along with the chair of the GHG BACT Guidance Committee and director of EDF--discuss their different perspectives regarding the economic impacts and special challenges associated with satisfying the EPA's new BACT guidance.

    Moderator:
    Jeff Civins, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Kimberly S. Bowers, Valero Energy Corporation - San Antonio, TX
    Panelists:
    Greg Kunkel, Tenaska, Inc. - Omaha, NE
    Panelists:
    Mark MacLeod, Environmental Defense Fund - Washington, DC
    Panelists:
    Stephen Minick, Texas Association of Business - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Lisa Montgomery Shelton, Andrews Kurth LLP - Austin, TX

  • 4:30 pm
    1.00 hr
    What About Methane? Landfills, Shale Gas and Agriculture
    This session examines methane reporting, emissions sources, questions about transparency, benzene, shale gas as a source of methane, and life cycle analysis of coal combustion.

    Moderator:
    Melita Elmore, MBE Synergy LLC - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Jed P. Anderson, The AL Law Group, PLLC - Kingwood, TX
    Panelists:
    Jill E. Cooper, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. - Denver, CO

  • 5:20 pm
    Adjourn to Reception

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, Feb. 10, 2011
    Presiding Officer:
    Michael J. Nasi, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Austin, TX
  • 8:00 am
    Conference Room Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • The Texas Edge

  • 8:30 am
    0.75 hr
    CCS and Carbon Regulation and Management: Legislative Issues
    Long-term stewardship and liability, and unitization

    Michael J. Nasi, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Austin, TX

  • 9:15 am
    0.75 hr
    CCS: Regulatory Challenges and Pending Issues

    Moderator:
    Darrick W. Eugene, Texas Strategy Group - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    David W. Hill, Railroad Commission of Texas - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Susan Hovorka, The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences - Austin, TX

  • 10:00 am
    Break

  • 10:15 am
    1.25 hrs
    CCS Project Development: What's New and Who Is Putting Stuff in the Ground
    This session covers the nuts and bolts of putting CCS projects together in the real world. Issues and hurdles addressed include: CO2 capture, technologies and economics; assembling and aggregating acreage; regulatory hurdles; full-scale project build-out including financing and revenue generation; and water access and utilization issues.

    Moderator:
    Steve Melzer, Melzer Consulting - Midland, TX
    Panelists:
    Gary J. Gibbs, American Electric Power - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Susan Hovorka, The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Nancy Mohn, Alstom Power, Inc. - Windsor, CT
    Panelists:
    Mike Moore, Blue Source LLC - Houston, TX
    Panelists:
    Thomas M. Weber, McElroy, Sullivan & Miller, L.L.P. - Austin, TX

  • 11:30 am
    0.50 hr
    Impact of Shale Gas on Energy Supplies, Prices and GHGs
    What impact will shale gas production have on national and regional energy supplies and pricing? How will shale gas production affect renewable energy development, the mix of energy sources for power generation and GHG emissions?

    Gregory Brazaitis, Energy Transfer Partners - Houston, TX

  • 12:00 pm
    Pick Up Lunch

  • Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 10, 2011
    Presiding Officer:
    Ann A. Hawkins, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP - Houston, TX
  • LUNCHEON PRESENTATION

  • Introduction
    Robert W. Gee, Gee Strategies Group, LLC, Falls Church, VA

  • 12:20 pm
    0.75 hr
    Key Policymakers' Perspectives: Creating the Right Environment for CCS and Offshore Carbon Storage

    Warren Chisum, Texas House of Representatives - Pampa, TX
    Jerry Patterson, Texas General Land Office - Austin, TX

  • 1:05 pm
    Break

  • 1:20 pm
    0.83 hr
    Carbon Repositories: Lessons Learned from the Norwegian Experience, and the Future of Offshore Carbon Storage in Texas
    A discussion of the issues, challenges and opportunities--legal, geological, political and economic--for offshore carbon storage, including industry acceptance; seismic risks; and political, economic and operational issues, with special attention to the Norwegian North Sea Project and the future role, availability and operation of carbon storage in the GLO's offshore Texas Repository.

    Moderator:
    Michael J. Nasi, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    David L. Coleman, DNV Energy North America - Katy, TX
    Panelists:
    Timothy A. Meckel, The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Kelly Merritt, CO2-Global LLC - Houston, TX
    Panelists:
    Louis Renaud, Texas General Land Office - Austin, TX

  • 2:10 pm
    0.50 hr
    What Is the Role of Fossil Fuel under Today's Carbon Legislation?
    This session covers issues facing the development and operation of fossil-fueled power plants in the current carbon environment, including permitting, financing, construction, availability of fuel and market issues including competing technologies.

    Barbara Clemenhagen, Topaz Power Group - Austin, TX

  • 2:40 pm
    0.33 hr
    Nuclear Options and Prospects
    What are the possibilities and prospects for nuclear power generation, including the use of small-scale reactors?

    Robert K. Temple, Babcock & Wilcox Company - Charlotte, NC

  • 3:00 pm
    0.50 hr
    Sunset Review of the Texas Energy Agencies
    Representative Anchia highlights the key recommendations of the Sunset Commission for changes to the PUC, ERCOT and Railroad Commission. He also speaks broadly on Texas' efforts to shape an energy policy that utilizes energy efficiency, renewable energy, storage and demand response programs in addition to conventional sources of energy.

    Rafael M. Anchia, Haynes And Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX

  • 3:30 pm
    Adjourn

  • Day 1 February 9, 2011
  • Day 2 February 10, 2011
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Conference Faculty

Rafael M. Anchia

Haynes And Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX

Jed P. Anderson

The AL Law Group, PLLC
Kingwood, TX

Kenneth W. Anderson Jr.

Public Utility Commission Of Texas
Austin, TX

Kimberly S. Bowers

Valero Energy Corporation
San Antonio, TX

James D. Braddock

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Austin, TX

Patricia Finn Braddock

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Austin, TX

Gregory Brazaitis

Energy Transfer Partners
Houston, TX

William M. Bumpers

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Washington, DC

Warren Chisum

Texas House of Representatives
Pampa, TX

Jeff Civins

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Austin, TX

Barbara Clemenhagen

Topaz Power Group
Austin, TX

David L. Coleman

DNV Energy North America
Katy, TX

Jill E. Cooper

EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
Denver, CO

Melita Elmore

MBE Synergy LLC
Austin, TX

Darrick W. Eugene

Texas Strategy Group
Austin, TX

Gary J. Gibbs

American Electric Power
Austin, TX

David W. Hill

Railroad Commission of Texas
Austin, TX

Susan Hovorka

The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences
Austin, TX

Greg Kunkel

Tenaska, Inc.
Omaha, NE

Diana M. Liebmann

Haynes and Boone, LLP
San Antonio, TX

Mark MacLeod

Environmental Defense Fund
Washington, DC

Timothy A. Meckel

The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology
Austin, TX

Colin Meehan

Environmental Defense Fund
Austin, TX

Steve Melzer

Melzer Consulting
Midland, TX

Kelly Merritt

CO2-Global LLC
Houston, TX

Stephen Minick

Texas Association of Business
Austin, TX

Nancy Mohn

Alstom Power, Inc.
Windsor, CT

John Moore

Stratus Energy Group, LLC
Austin, TX

Mike Moore

Blue Source LLC
Houston, TX

Michael J. Nasi

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Jerry Patterson

Texas General Land Office
Austin, TX

Louis Renaud

Texas General Land Office
Austin, TX

David C. Schanbacher

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Austin, TX

John Schnagl

US Department of Energy
Washington, DC

Lisa Montgomery Shelton

Andrews Kurth LLP
Austin, TX

Blake Soyars

Sage Environmental Consulting
West Lake Hills, TX

Robert K. Temple

Babcock & Wilcox Company
Charlotte, NC

Christopher Charles Thiele

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Austin, TX

John Thompson

Clean Air Task Force
Carbondale, IL

Thomas M. Weber

McElroy, Sullivan & Miller, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Planning Committee

Jeff Civins—Co-Chair

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Austin, TX

John Moore—Co-Chair

Stratus Energy Group, LLC
Austin, TX

Michael J. Nasi—Co-Chair

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Michael Berg

Berg & Associates
Austin, TX

Patricia Finn Braddock

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Austin, TX

Steven L. Bryant

The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering
Austin, TX

William M. Bumpers

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Washington, DC

Molly Cagle

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Austin, TX

David L. Coleman

DNV Energy North America
Katy, TX

Scott D. Deatherage

Patton Boggs
Dallas, TX

Melita Elmore

MBE Synergy LLC
Austin, TX

Michael J. Esposito

University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Darrick W. Eugene

Texas Strategy Group
Austin, TX

Robert W. Gee

Gee Strategies Group, LLC
Falls Church, VA

Bryan Hannegan

Electric Power Research Institute
Palo Alto, CA

Debbie M. Hastings

Texas Oil & Gas Association
Austin, TX

Ann A. Hawkins

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Houston, TX

Aileen M. Hooks

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Austin, TX

James E. Mann

Clark Thomas & Winters
Austin, TX

Mike Moore

Blue Source LLC
Houston, TX

R. Jo C. Reser

Davidson & Troilo, P.C.
San Antonio, TX

Rebecca C. Smyth

The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences
Austin, TX

Melinda E. Taylor

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Thomas M. Weber

McElroy, Sullivan & Miller, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

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At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

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