FUPWG Meeting Agenda - Biloxi, Mississippi

8:30 am 

Mississippi Power Welcome
Don Horsley, Vice President of Customer Services and Retail Marketing, Mississippi Power

8:40 am 

Welcome and Introduction
David McAndrew, Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)

9:00 am 

Washington Update
David McAndrew, DOE FEMP (PDF 4.2 MB)

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) Guidance
• Utility Energy Services Contract (UESC) Report

9:30 am 

Host Success Story: Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport / MPC Utilities Hardening Project
Joe Bosco, Mississippi Power (PDF 4.4 MB)
Paul M. Harrison, Mississippi Power

10:00 am 

Networking Break

10:30 am 

Energy Security Status
Karen White, Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (PDF 48 KB)

11:15 am 

Smart Grid
Katherine Hamilton, President of GridWise Alliance (PDF 876 KB)

12:00 pm 

Lunch
Tony Smith, Manager, Plant Eaton, Mississippi Power's Renewable Generation Initiatives

1:15 pm 

Security and Renewables
Mike Hightower, Sandia National Laboratories (PDF 1.2 MB)

2:15 pm 

Networking Break

2:45 pm 

Air Force and Army UESC Guidance
Jim Snook, Utility Acquisition Manager, U.S. Air Force (PDF 113 KB)
Randy Smidt, Staff Engineer, Energy and Utilities Branch, U.S. Army (PDF 66 KB)

3:30 pm 

Top 10 Water Technologies
Francis Wheeler, Water Management Inc. (PDF 4.3 MB)
Phill Consiglio, Manager, Southern California Edison (PDF 3 MB)

4:15 pm 

Wrap-Up
David McAndrew, DOE FEMP

8:30 am 

Welcome
David McAndrew, DOE FEMP

8:45 am 

UESC Enabling Documents
Karen Thomas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (PDF 882 KB)

9:15 am 

Financing: Limited Lending Issues - Discussions with Lenders
Bruce Gross, Dominion Federal (PDF 445 KB)
Scott Foster, Hannon Armstrong
Peter Flynn, Bostonia Partners
Jeffrey Stott, Guggenheim

10:15 am 

Networking Break

10:45 am 

Lawyer and Contracting Officer Updates

• Update on Lawyer Session: Retaining Incentives and Rebates
  Julia Kelley, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 266 KB)
• New Department of Defense (DOD) Guidelines for DOD Financial Management Regulation "Identification, Retention, and Use of Energy and Water Conservation Savings"
  Karen White, Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (PDF 182 KB)

11:05 am 

Developing Renewable Projects at Federal Sites

• Renewable Project Overview
  Chandra Shah, NREL (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Competitive Agreements through the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC)
  Andrea Kincaid, Defense Logistics Agency (PDF 87 KB)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Florida Light and Power (FPL)
  Gene Beck, Corporate Manager, Governmental, Florida Light and Power (PDF 1.7 MB)
  Mark Hillman, Florida Power and Light

12:15 pm 

Evaluation and Wrap-Up
David McAndrew, DOE FEMP

2:15 - 4:00 pm 

Energy Lawyer and Contracting Officer Working Group

• Discussion on Civilian-Side Rebates and Incentives Guidance Draft
• Developing a Model Power Purchase Agreement