Western Resource Adequacy

According to EIA, electricity market demand is increasing by 1.5 ? 2.0% per year. With demand rising and older power plants retiring, the need for power supply in the West has become critical.

This conference will address the supply scenario for the West for the short and long-term.

Topics Include:

• Energy ? Past, Present, Future How did we get into this mess?

• WECC - Becoming a Regional Entity

• Transmission to Implement the Western Governors? CDEAC Recommendations

• Projections for Western Power Markets

• California ISO?s Summer 2006 Loads and Resources Operational Outlook

• Competition?s Key Role in the West?s Power Future

• Relying on the Market for Resource Needs

• Resource Adequacy: Assuring Consistency with Competitive Markets

• Imposition of Resource Adequacy in California

• Resource Adequacy from a Generator?s Perspective

• A Gameplan for Assuring Resource Adequacy in the Pacific Northwest

• Risk Management and the IRP Process

• Hydroelectric Generation: Challenges for Utility Resource Planners

• The IPP Industry in California?s Hybrid Power Market

• Understand Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and Implementation Progress

• Future-proofing networked metering investments

Speakers Include:

• Jim Pope, General Manager, Northern California Power Agency

• Kwin Peterson, WECC

• David Olsen, Director, CEERT

• Robert Eynon, Lead Operations Research Analyst, Energy Information Administration (DOE)

• Tom French, CAISO

• John E. Shelk, President & CEO, Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA)

• Don Robinson, Vice President - Planning, Arizona Public Service

• Al Pak, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Sempra Global

• Gary Stern, Director of Market Monitoring and Analysis, Southern California Edison

• Steve Schleimer, VP, Market & Regulatory Affairs, Calpine

• Mary Johannis, Project Coordinator for Generation Issues, Industry Restructuring, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

• Richard Lauckhart, Vice President, Global Energy

• John Fazio, Senior System Analyst, NW Power and Conservation Council

• Joe Karp, Partner, White & Case LLP

• Jeff Hatch-Miller, Chairman, Arizona Corporation Commission

• Sunil Sharan, Echelon

• Ajit Kulkarni, Ph.D., Director, Transmission Analysis, Global Energy Advisors

• Mark Turner, Project Manager, Global Energy Advisors

Dinner Workshop - What Will LMP Mean to You When it Comes to California? - Monday, July 17, 2006 -  6:30 ? 9:00 p.m.

Reserve your place today!