Coal-fired Generation: Sustainability & Resurrection
November 3-5, 2004 - Embassy Suites Hotel Phoenix Airport - Phoenix, AZ
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Join with industry leaders and experts providing insights on where coal-fired generation should be sited, when it could be developed, and how to prepare for the impacts of pending environmental regulations. Coal-fired Generation fully examines:

• How to best deal with fuel supply and power purchase agreement (PPA) contracting to assure finance ability in a deregulated generation environment

• How to prepare for the potential impacts of pending CO2 regulation

• How EPA's New Source Review (NSR), Interstate Air Quality Rule (IAQR), Clear Skies Initiatives, and Utility Mercury Reduction Rule will affect existing and new coal-fired units

• Risk identification in implementing advanced coal combustion and emissions control technologies

• How to get new and retrofit, including emission abatement, coal-fired generation projects financed

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Topics Include:

• Managing the Risks of New Technology Implementation and Environmental Compliance
• Potential for IGCC Technology at the Commercial Scale
• Technology Advancement Under the DOE Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Project
• Expected Outcomes and Impacts of Clear Skies Initiative, Interstate Air Quality Rule (IAQR), Utility Mercury Reduction Rule and New Source Review (NSR) Enforcement
• Meeting Environmental Compliance Requirements in Permitting of New Coal-Fired Projects
• Market Outlook for Coal and Coal-fired Generation
• Predicting Coal vs. Natural Gas Fuel Prices-And Their Impacts on Development Viability
• Impact of Air Regulations on New and Existing Coal-fired Generation
• Panel Discussion: Fuel Management Issues
• Risk Assessment & Power Plant Optimization
• Optimizing Your Generation Portfolio-Base Load vs. Other Opportunities, Peak Rate Capture, Cycling and Load Following
• Finance and Risk: How New and Retrofit Emission Abatement Coal-fired Projects Will Be Financed in Regulated and Deregulated Markets
• Case Studies of New Coal-Fired Project Development
• Project Development in a Regulated Environment

Speakers and Workshop Instructors Include:

Anthony Cirillo, General Manager-Power, THE WASHINGTON GROUP INTL.
Thomas A. Micheletti & Julie Jorgensen, Co-Presidents & CEOs, EXCELSIOR ENERGY INC.
Jarad Daniels, Senior Program Manager, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
David S. Wiggins, Director, Fossil Energy Services, THE WASHINGTON GROUP INTL.
John R. Cline, Of Counsel, TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
Jerry Eyster, Managing Consultant, PA CONSULTING GROUP
John Blaney, Managing Director, ICF CONSULTING, INC.
James E. Carter, Director, Generation Services, NAVIGANT CONSULTING, INC.
Pat Panzarino, Director, Coal, Ash & Emissions Management, NRG ENERGY
Gary Rathburn, Senior Vice President, ALLIANCE COAL LLC
Matt Reed, Industry Solutions Consultant, SOLARC, INC.
G. Scott Stallard, Vice President-Energy Services, BLACK & VEATCH
Mark Fraley, Director, Conversion Economics, FIRST ENERGY CORPORATION
Jonathan Baliff, Director, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Barry McNulty, Project Manager, Power the Future, WE ENERGIES
Jerry Vaninetti, President, GREAT NORTHERN POWER CORP.
Richard Blanchette, Project Manager, Seward Plant, RELIANT ENERGY
Art Holland, Director, PACE GLOBAL ENERGY SERVICES

Pre-Conference Workshop

Assessing the Strategic and Financial Implications of Future Environmental Regulation - Wednesday, November 3

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