Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) are getting increased industry attention as another way that our industry can contribute to energy and environmental solutions.  This session is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction on the potential to grow the use of NGVs in Colorado.  Increasing the use of NGVs would allow Colorado to use less foreign oil and more Colorado natural gas while reducing emissions!  This win-win solution will be explored including how NGV infrastructure has been developed in neighboring Utah, what Colorado can do to grow our own infrastructure, and what’s happening across the country to encourage this exciting trend.  This is a must-attend panel for anyone curious about the future of natural gas in Colorado.


MODERATOR: Paul Nelson, Founding Principal, Saoradh, LLC

PANEL OF SPEAKERS: Ward Belanger, Operations Manager, Raton, Pioneer Natural Resources; David Hill, Vice President, Natural Gas Economy Operations, Encana Oil & Gas USA; Brad Markus, Manager of Community Relations, Questar Gas; Mark Moon, Financial Analyst, Bill Barrett Corporation; Natalia Swalnick, Air Quality/Clean Cities Manager, American Lung Association in Colorado;

Exploration worldwide is finding massive unconventional natural gas resources; new technologies are being identified that can convert those resources into reserves. If these efforts prove to be as successful as early reports indicate, the world can benefit from rapid economic development, environmental stewardship, and energy security. Our industry faces an unparalleled opportunity to join with efficiency, renewables, and other clean-fuel advances to provide economic, environmental, and energy leadership globally. This panel focuses on global natural gas opportunities in Israel, Europe, China, and India.

OPENING REMARKS: Tisha Conoly Schuller, President, COGA and Marv Brittenham, Team Lead New Ventures, Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.

CRITICAL ISSUE KEYNOTE: Regina Hopper, President & CEO, America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA)

MEGA SESSION PANEL PART I:

MODERATOR: C. Michael Ming, President, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)

SPEAKER: Greg Staple, CEO, American Clean Skies Foundation

POLICY KEYNOTE: Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, United States Senator

MEGA SESSION PANEL PART II:

MODERATOR: C. Michael Ming, President, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)

SPEAKERS: Vello Kuuskraa, President, Advanced Resources International, Inc.; Steve Holditch, Ph.D., Department Head and Noble Endowed Chair, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University;Melanie Kenderdine, Executive Director, MIT Energy Initiative

SPECIAL KEYNOTE: Honorable Tim E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation; Reid Detchon, Executive Director, Energy Future Coalition

A Nonpartisan Energy Future: Seizing the Natural Gas Prize
The Honorable Timothy E.  Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and former US Senator, Colorado, and Reid Detchon, Executive Director, Energy Future Coalition, will present the Energy Future Coalition’s vision for the future of natural gas, emphasizing energy demand, security, and the environment. They will discuss the implications of the large new supply available globally, as described by the previous panel, and examine how that game-changing supply, in turn, intensifies the importance of developing domestic natural gas. This presentation will emphasize the environmental community’s support of the natural gas industry as a domestic and global energy and environmental solution, laying out a multi-step plan for future collaboration to increase natural gas demand. The Energy Future Coalition is a broad-based, non-partisan alliance that seeks to bridge the differences among business, labor, and environmental groups and identify energy policy options with broad political support.

The keynote luncheon will also include the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission’s Annual Environmental Awards.

Leaders across the United States are recognizing the importance of using domestic, clean-burning natural gas for electricity generation. At the same time, renewable development continues to expand. Abundant, domestic natural gas reserves require increased access to electricity generation markets to reach their potential of reducing air emissions and backing up renewable energy. An unbeatable combination, natural gas and renewables must work together with energy efficiency improvements to provide utility-scale, long-term energy solutions. This panel addresses ways in which natural gas and renewable energy leaders can work together, both operationally and politically, to ensure a secure, reliable, low-emissions energy future. This collaboration is not happening spontaneously. Outdated laws and regulations and historic misunderstandings must be identified and overcome so that the fuels of the future can move forward effectively together.


OPENING REMARKS: George Sparks, President & CEO, Denver Museum of Nature & Science

MODERATOR: Patricia Nelson Limerick, Ph.D., Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Co-Founder, Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West

PANEL OF SPEAKERS: Porter Bennett, President & CEO, BENTEK Energy, LLC; Heidi VanGenderen, Senior Policy Advisor, Worldwatch Institute; Honorable Ellen Roberts, Colorado State Representative; A. Scott Moore, Vice President Gas Marketing, Anadarko Energy Services Company;  

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ernest Moniz, Ph.D., Director, MIT Energy Initiative. Presentation of compelling new MIT study on The Future of Natural Gas.

SUPER SESSION CHAIR: David Posner, President, EnVent Energy LLC

With the emergence of new supplies from other areas, the Rocky Mountain region faces increased competition to supply market needs.  New pipelines delivering supplies from Midcontinent shale plays to the Gulf to Northeast pipeline corridor are coming on line, and along with Northeastern shale production, have challenged the Rockies entry into Eastern US markets.  New Rockies export capacity to the West is scheduled to go into service in 2010 and 2011, further enhancing Rockies access to this market.  No longer suffering from export pipeline capacity limitations, the Rocky Mountain region is well piped with unique access through newer, highly efficient pipelines to both Eastern and Western markets.  How will these changes impact gas flows, market dynamics and future infrastructure development?  Growing the market in the Rocky Mountain region and throughout the US continues to be essential.  Through innovative new policy initiatives, the Rockies are leading the way in demonstrating that natural gas can play a critical role in providing a cleaner energy future in combination with renewable sources and energy efficiency.  These sessions will examine how Rockies gas will be delivered to diverse markets across the US.

OVERVIEW PRESENTATION: Porter Bennett, President and CEO, Bentek Energy LLC

MODERATOR: A. Scott Moore, Vice President Gas Marketing, Anadarko Energy Services Company

PANELISTS: Craig Coombs, Director of Business Development, Western Pipeline Group, El Paso Corporation; John T. Dushinske, Vice President Customer Service and Business Development, Kern River Gas Transmission Company; John Eagleton, Vice President, Business Development, Western Division Pipelines, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners; Larry Larsen, Manager Marketing Services, Williams Northwest Pipeline; Todd Johnson, Marketing Manager, US Pipelines West, TransCanada; Shelley A. Wright, General Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Questar Pipeline Company.

Panel Discussion:  The Colorado Clean Air - Clean Jobs Act and Its National Implications

The passage of this important legislation in Colorado demonstrates how government, environmental groups, utilities and the natural gas industry can work together to advance cost effective approaches for cleaner energy production.  This panel will include key leaders who forged this coalition who will discuss how the legislation was formed, and its benefits for the environment and the Colorado economy.  The panel will also explore how the approach pioneered here in Colorado could serve as a model for making similar environmental improvements in other parts of the US through greater reliance on natural gas in the electric power generation market,

MODERATOR: David Posner, President, EnVent Energy LLC

PANELISTS: Martha Rudolph, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Health & Environment;David Eves, President and CEO, Public Service Company of Colorado; Don McClure, Vice President of Government and Stakeholder Relations and Legal, Encana Oil and Gas (USA), Tom Price, Senior Vice President Corporate and Government Relations, Chesapeake Energy Corporation; Pete Maysmith, Executive Director, Colorado Conservation Voters