FERC Briefing

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8:00	REGISTRATION and CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:45	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Carmen L. Gentile BRUDER, GENTILE & MARCOUX, L.L.P.
9:00	RELIABILITY STANDARDS, COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
	How will NERC interact with FERC, Regional Entities, RTOs and electric utilities in overseeing compliance with reliability standards, penalties and enforcement? How do NERC’s reliability standards affect the industry and what are the best compliance strategies? How are RTOs and utilities meeting the new NERC requirements and what difficulties do they face? Thomas T. Bowe Executive Director, Reliability Integration PJM INTERCONNECTION, L.L.C. David N. Cook General Counsel NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY CORPORATION Barbara Hindin Associate General Counsel EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE
10:15	REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:30	ORDER 890 "ATTACHMENT K" PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
	What are FERC’s expectations for the joint planning process? How do the planning requirements relate to other FERC initiatives? How are RTOs implementing Attachment K planning? How are reliability standards and demand response integrated into Attachment K planning? Does the RTO replace the transmission owner for local planning? Does Order No. 890 implicitly create planning requirements for new generation? How does Attachment K affect competition, stakeholder rights and the allocation of costs? Shelton M. Cannon Director, Office of Energy Markets Regulation FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION John P. Buechler Executive Regulatory Policy Advisor NEW YORK INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR Carmen L. Gentile BRUDER, GENTILE & MARCOUX, L.L.P.
11:25	CARBON REDUCTION
	Are carbon reduction mandates part of our future? Is “green” power procurement feasible? Is “cap & trade” preferable to a carbon tax? How successfully can wind and other intermittent generation be integrated into the resource mix? To what extent will nuclear generation and demand response contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Carbon sequestration and other new technologies - can coal be “green”? How is FERC addressing carbon reduction? Marc Chupka Principal THE BRATTLE GROUP Clair J. Moeller Vice President, Transmission Asset Management MIDWEST INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR, INC. David E. Goroff BRUDER, GENTILE & MARCOUX, L.L.P.
12:30	LUNCH & KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE HONORABLE PHILIP D. MOELLER COMMISSIONER FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
2:00	FERC’S ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND USE OF CIVIL PENALTIES
	What is FERC’s perspective after receiving enhanced civil penalty authority in the Energy Policy Act of 2005? What are the potential strategies for responding to and defending a penalty assessment? What is the status of jurisdictional conflicts between FERC and the CFTC regarding enforcement authority? Could an entity be subject to double jeopardy through punishment by both agencies for the same conduct? Susan J. Court Director, Office of Enforcement FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION James H. McGrew BRUDER, GENTILE & MARCOUX, L.L.P.
2:50	SELF-AUDITS FOR FERC COMPLIANCE
	What is hot on FERC’s audit list? Are you complying with OATT, OASIS, energy market manipulation, EQR, Standards of Conduct and Code of Conduct requirements? Thomas L. Blackburn Antonia A. Frost BRUDER, GENTILE & MARCOUX, L.L.P.
3:25	REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:40	EMERGING AND EVOLVING FERC ISSUES
	How is the industry handling the flood of generator interconnection requests? What changes should FERC make to interconnection queuing policies? Are FERC’s policies regarding incentive rates and transmission pricing likely to impact new construction? What are the implications of FERC’s rehearing Order No. 890-A? What are FERC's new requirements governing market-based rate authorizations? Peter K. Matt William D. Booth Giusseppe Fina BRUDER, GENTILE & MARCOUX, L.L.P.
4:40	A PEDAGOGIC THEATRIC IN ONE ACT ON THE ISSUES CONFRONTING THE ELECTRIC INDUSTRY by THE BGM PLAYERS
5:00	COCKTAIL RECEPTION Hosted by BRUDER, GENTILE & MARCOUX, L.L.P.