USEA/USAID
Global Workshop on
Low Carbon Power Sector Development

December 10 to 17, 2011, Washington, DC

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Overview

The Global Workshop on Planning for a Low Carbon Power Sector will focus on how utilities are integrating low carbon generation resources into their systems given financial constraints. This activity will be a four and a half day workshop including site visits. Participants will gain understanding of the integrated resource planning process used by electric utilities to plan supply and demand resources to meet future capacity needs for their customers. In particular, they will look at the following low carbon generation options: renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy conservation, demand side management, nuclear, fuel switching and carbon capture and storage from fossil resources. This workshop will assist participants in formulating plans to address the growing demand for energy services while meeting the ever stringent financial, environmental and reliability requirements.

This program is targeted toward energy policy makers, utilities and regulators. They will meet with their U.S. peers and experts from utilities and other energy organizations to learn policies and techniques for the planning and implementation of low carbon generation. The site visits will allow the participants to observe the methodologies and technologies discussed during the workshop.

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Monday, December 12

Welcome Remarks, Ms. Kristen Madler, Clean Energy Coordinator, USAID

Enhancing Capacity for Low Emissions Development Strategies (EC-LEDS) Initiative, Dr. Katherine Batten, Global Climate Change Coordinator, USAID

Keynote: Moving Towards a Low Carbon Power Sector: Options and Challenges, Dr. Lola Infante, Director, Generation Fuels and Market Analysis, Edison Electric Institute

Keynote: Key Sources of Uncertainty in Global Power MArkets and the Implications on Low Carbon Power Generation, Mr. Eoin Ó hÓgáin, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co.

State Renewable Energy Incentives: U.S. Experience, Mr. David Terry, Executive Director, National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)

Integrated Resource Planning, Mr. Bill Prindle, Vice President, ICF International

Integrated Resource Planning, Mr. Marc Chupka, Principal, The Brattle Group

Clean Cities, Mr. Daryl Sng, Counsellor (Political), Singapore Embassy

Clean Cities, Ms. Alice Kennedy, Sustainability Coordinator, Baltimore Office of Sustainability

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Tuesday, December 13

Improved Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Generation, Mr. Carlton Blue, Program Manager, Southern Company

Improved Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Generation, Mr. Bob Wright, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy

Smart Grid, Mr. Carlton Blue, Program Manager, Southern Company

Solar and Wind Technologies, Ms. Maggie Lemmerman, Manager of Federal Legislative Affairs, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)

Solar and Wind Technologies, Mr. Chris Tindal, Director for Operational Energy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, U.S. Department of Defense

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Wednesday, December 14

Country Presentations

Bangladesh

El Salvador

Mexico

Mexico LEDS Information

South Africa

Tanzania

Financing Low Carbon Projects, Leandro Alves, Head of the Energy Division, Infrastructure and Environment Department, Inter-American Development Bank

Financing Low Carbon Projects, Odin Knudsen, Principal, Real Options International

Cogeneration and Combined Heat and Power, Neeharika Naik-Dhungel, U.S. EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership

Cogeneration and Combined Heat and Power, Joe Allen, Director, Government Affairs, Solar Turbines

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Thursday, December 15

Integrating Large Scale Variable Renewable Resources in New England, Mr. Peter Wong, Manager of Resource Adequacy, ISO New England

Overview of Demand Resources in New England, Mr. Peter Wong, Manager of Resource Adequacy, ISO New England