EVENTS

LNG Siting Forum  

Where
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

When
June 21, 2006

Co-Sponsored by: The Center for LNG, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the American Chemistry Council

June 21, 2006

National Commission on Energy Policy

Ending the Stalemate on LNG Facility Siting

 

June 21, 2006

Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill

400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, DC

 

Co-Sponsored by:  The Center for LNG, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the American Chemistry Council

The forum will explore the state of play on the siting of LNG facilities in the United States. The forum will assemble policy makers, State and Federal regulators, industry representatives and major stakeholders to address obstacles and challenges to LNG infrastructure expansions and additions.

8:30 - 9 am:     Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am:           Welcome and Opening Remarks: Governor Frank Keating, NCEP Commissioner, CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers and former governor of Oklahoma

 

9:15 am:           LNG: Background and Context: Moderator - Richard Meserve, NCEP Commissioner, President of the Carnegie Institution and former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

 

  • National outlook

Guy Caruso; Administrator, Energy Information Administration

  • Industry perspective on LNG demand

Kevin Swift, Senior Economist, American Chemistry Council 

  • Overview of global LNG trade

Jane Michalek, Senior Vice President - Commercial Operations, Suez LNG North America

  • Overview of the North American LNG trade

Mariano Gurfinkel, Deputy Director, Center for Energy Economics, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin

 

10:30 am:         Break

 

10:45 am          Balancing Environmental Concerns: Moderator - Ralph Cavanagh, NCEP Commissioner, Senior Attorney and Co-Director, Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

 

  • Impacts on fisheries, wetlands, and coastal areas
  • o James Walpole, Esq., General Counsel, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
  • o Kristy A. Niehaus Bulleit, Partner, Hunton & Williams
  • o Susan Snow-Cotter, Director, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

 

11:45 am:         Balancing Safety & Vulnerability: Moderator - Jim Woolsey, NCEP Commissioner, Vice President, Booz Allen, Hamilton and former Director of Central Intelligence

 

  • Considerations of safety/security concerns

Richard Hoffmann, Director of Gas - Environment & Engineering, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

  • LNG Risk and Safety Implications

Michael Hightower, Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, Energy Systems Analysis, Sandia National Laboratory

  • Managing the Risks of Marine Transportation of LNG

Lorne Thomas, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Operating and Environmental Standards

  • Concentration of facilities in hurricane regions:

David Dismukes, Associate Director of Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University

 

1:00 pm            Lunch

 

 

1:45 pm            Regulatory Framework and Market Considerations: Moderator - Sue Tierney, NCEP Commissioner, Managing Principal, The Analysis Group and former Assistant Secretary of Energy

 

  • Overview of EPAct 05 siting authority

William Scherman, Partner, Skadden, Arps

  • Siting-associated infrastructure and regional markets

Don Santa, President, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

 

3:00 pm            Roundtable Discussion with NCEP Commissioners

 

 

4:00 pm            Adjourn