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FUPWG Meeting Agenda - Oklahoma City, OK

Sooner to Energy Independence / FUPWG / Oklahoma City, OK / May 12-13, 2005

May 12-13, 2005
Hosted by Oklahoma Gas and Electric
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

5:00 - 6:30 Steering Committee meeting in the President's Room of the Petroleum Club
6:30 until... Networking dinner at the Bricktown Brewery

Thursday, May 12, 2005

7:45 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome
Peter Delaney, COO and Executive Vice President, OG&E
8:45 - 9:00 FEMP Central Region Office Welcome
Randy Jones, FEMP
9:00 - 9:30 Washington and Critical Update
David McAndrew, FEMP (PowerPoint 572 KB)
9:30 - 10:00 Agency Update - Department of Homeland Security Strategic Renewable Energy Plan
Sheila Hayter, NREL
10:00 - 10:30 Break - Networking
10:30 - 11:25 UESC Contracting Panel: Options and Issues with the Areawide, Basic Ordering Agreement, and Model Agreements
Moderator: Bill Eisele, South Carolina Electric and Gas
Civilian Perspective—Marcia Park, National Center for Toxicological Research (PowerPoint 56 KB)
Military Perspective—Cindy Obermeyer, Tinker Air Force Base
Utility Perspective—David Dykes, Southern Company (PowerPoint 1.9 MB)
11:25 - 12:00 Discussion Session
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 1:30 Reconvene in room for afternoon sessions
1:30 - 2:45 PANEL: Energy Security
Moderator: Karen Thomas, NREL
Army Energy Security—Jim Paton, Army Headquarters (PowerPoint 316 KB)
Tinker Air Force Base Backup Generation Case Study—Kevin Loudermilk, Tinker AFB
Q&A/Discussion
2:45 - 3:30 Icebreaker Break Networking Session
3:30 - 4:00 The Latest on Combined Heat and Power
Robert DeVault, Group Leader, Cooling, Heating and Power Group, ORNL (PowerPoint 14.5 MB)
4:00 - 4:30 OG&E Wind Power Program
Jack Coffman, Senior Vice President, Power Supply, OG&E
4:30 - 5:00 Break for Afternoon
5:00 - 6:00 Social Hour at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art Rooftop
6:00 until... Dinner at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall

Friday, May 13, 2005

8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 Convene Meeting – gather for Breakout Sessions
9:00 - 10:15 Breakout Session I – Find Solutions to Financing Issues:
Moderator: Deb Beattie, NREL (PowerPoint 1.9 MB)
  • Can Rebates by used in NPV Analysis?
  • Can Government Fall Out Money be used for EE Projects
Breakout Session II – Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) Payment Primer:
Moderator: Gary Marchbanks, OG&E
Debby Yates and Loryn Kleveno, Vendor Pay Services DFAS
(PowerPoint 328 KB)
10:15 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 Reconvene in main meeting room for discussion of Breakouts
Moderators: Deb Beattie, NREL and Gary Marchbanks, OG&E
11:45 - 12:00 Wrap-Up
12:00 Adjourn