FUPWG Meeting Agenda - Williamsburg, Virginia

8:00 - 5:00 pm 

UESC Workshop

5:30 pm 

Steering Committee Meeting
The Williamsburg Hospitality House

6:45 pm 

Networking Dinner
415 Grill, The Williamsburg Hospitality House

7:45 am 

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am 

Welcome
Robert Duvall, Vice President and General Manager, Virginia and Maryland Operations, AGL Resources (PDF 211 KB)

8:40 am 

Welcome and Introductions
David McAndrew, DOE FEMP (PDF 4 MB)

David McAndrew presented a draft update of the UESC Enabling Documents publication. The draft is available (PDF 2 MB). Please contact Karen Thomas with questions or comments.

9:00 am 

Washington Update
Richard Kidd, DOE FEMP

9:30 am 

Contracting with Utilities, Small Business Plans
Mark Ewing, GSA (PDF 177 KB)

10:00 am 

Networking Break

10:30 am 

Demand-Response
David McAndrew, DOE FEMP

• National Overview of Demand-Response Programs—Phil Coleman, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (PDF 162 KB)
• Mid-Atlantic Perspective—Susan Covino, PJM Interconnection LLC (PDF 646 KB)
• National Action Plan for Demand-Response—Danny Gore, FERC (PDF 242 KB)
• Larry Fratis, DESC

12:00 pm 

Lunch
Robert Duvall, Vice President and General Manager, Virginia and Maryland Operations, AGL Resources (PDF 2.9 MB)

1:15 pm 

Energy Security Panel
Moderated by Don Juhasz

• Opening Comments—Mike Aimone, Panel Chair, HQ Air Force
• Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Energy Sector—Hank Kenchington, HQ DOE (PDF 1.8 MB)
• Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection, FERC Order 706—Mike Peters, FERC (PDF 178 KB)
• Cyber Security: An Electric Utility Company's Perspective—Marc Butts, Southern Company Services (PDF 804 KB)

2:30 pm 

Networking Break

3:00 pm 

Energy Security Panel Continued

• Renewable Energy: Partnerships with Industry to Secure Our Future and Restore Our Economy—Don Juhasz, HQ Army (PDF 2.1 MB)
• Utility Grid Security—Laura Hussey, Edison Electric Institute (PDF 322 KB)

4:00 pm 

Utility Owned & Operated On-Site Generation Panel
Steve Kiesner, Edison Electric Institute

• Case Study: Robins Air Force Base—David Dykes, Southern Company
• Case Study: Tinker Air Force Base—Steve Buchanan, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Corporation

5:00 pm 

Wrap-Up
David McAndrew, DOE FEMP

6:30 pm 

Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Dinner

7:45 am 

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am 

Welcome
David McAndrew, DOE FEMP

8:35 am 

Host Success Story
Arnold Agustin, NAVFAC Mid Atlantic, and Lindsey Craft, Virginia Natural Gas (PDF 678 KB)

9:15 am 

Breaking Down the Barriers: Agency's Retention of Utility Rebates
Moderated by:

• Julia Kelley, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 46 KB)
• Edward Thibodo, NAVFAC SW
• Phil Consiglio, Southern California Edison

11:00 am 

Emerging Technology Matrix
Charles Williams, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (PDF 397 KB) link to

11:30 pm 

DOE FEMP's Data Center Initiative
Will Lintner, DOE FEMP (PDF 665 KB)

12:00 pm 

Demonstrating LED and Fiber Optic Lighting in Commissary Applications
Joe Konrade, DOE FEMP (PDF 911 KB)

12:30 pm 

Evaluations and Wrap-Up David McAndrew, DOE FEMP

1:00 pm 

Lunch
On Your Own

2:15 - 4:00 pm 

Energy Lawyer and Contracting Officers Working Group: Working WITH Your Lawyers — Finding Solutions, Not Problems!
Focus: Retention of Utility Rebates and Incentives

2:15 - 4:00 pm 

Utility — Agency Connection Session