2015 EIA Energy Conference Presentations
More than 900 thought leaders from industry, government, and academia turned out for EIA's 2015 Energy Conference, June 15 and 16 at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Washington, DC to discuss current and future challenges facing domestic and international energy markets and policymakers.
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| Dr. Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy |
Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition Mexico |
Harold Hamm, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Continental Resources |
Matthew K. Rose, Executive Chairman BNSF Railway Company |
JB Straubel, Co-Founder & CTO Tesla Motors |
John Hoeven, United States Senator North Dakota |
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Plenary Session
- Adam Sieminski, Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Matthew K. Rose, Executive Chairman, BNSF Railway Company
BNSF Railway - JB Straubel, Co-Founder and CTO, Tesla Motors
Energy Storage, EV's and the Grid
Effects of Changing World Oil Prices: Production, Economy, and Geopolitics
- Lynn Westfall, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
Effects of low oil prices - Adrian Cooper, Oxford Economics
The macroeconomic impact of lower oil prices - Sarah Emerson, Energy Security Analysis, Inc.
The Geopolitics of Lower Oil Prices - Grant Nulle, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Tight Oil Production Trends in a Low Price Environment
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Power and Methane
- Howard Gruenspecht, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
- Francisco de la Chesnaye, Electric Power Research Institute
Economy-wide Greenhouse Gas Mitigation - Jeff Jones, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Analysis of the Proposed Clean Power Plan - Timothy Skone, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Life cycle analysis: environmental, economic, social
Lunch Keynote
- Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy
Keynote remarks - Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition, Secretariat of Energy, Mexico
Mexican Energy Reform
North American Energy Markets
- Shirley Neff, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
- Abha Bhargava, National Energy Board, Canada
Changing Natural Gas Pipeline Throughputs in Canada - Guillermo C. Dominguez, School of Engineering, TAIMU
Mexico's role and the importance of a Strong North American Relationship - Stephen Rourke, ISO New England
New England's Energy Resource Mix is Changing Rapidly - Margaret Skwara, National Energy Board, Canada
Changing Natural Gas Pipeline Throughputs in Canada
Electric Distribution Markets in the 21st Century
- Stan Kaplan, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
EIA-930 Hourly Electricity Balancing Authority Data - Michael Kline, The Brattle Group
Global energy trends - Ron Schoff, Electric Power Research Institute
Value of the Integrated Grid
Natural Gas: Domestic and Global Markets
- Angelina LaRose, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
- Svetlana Ikonnikova, Bureau of Economic Geology, UT
Shale Gas Plays, Inevitable Updates - Ronald Ripple, School of Energy Economics, Policy and Commerce, University of Tulsa
Global natural gas markets: Prospects for US exports? - John Staub, U.S. Energy Information Administration
The Growth of U.S. Natural Gas: An Uncertain Outlook for U.S. and World Supply
The Role of Emerging Energy Storage Technologies in Electricity Markets
- Chris Namovicz, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
- Katherine Hamilton, Energy Storage Association
Energy Storage: State of the Industry - Bob Hellrich-Dawson, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC Policy and Grid-Scale Storage - Michael Leff, Con Edison
Energy Storage Activities
Plenary Session
- Harold Hamm, Chairman and CEO, Continental Resources
Crude Oil Export Legislation Necessary to Resolve U.S. Refining Shortage
Energy by Rail and Water
- Howard Gruenspecht, Energy Information Administration - Moderator
- Mindi Farber-DeAnda, Energy Information Administration
EIA's crude-by-rail data - Jamie Heller, Hellerworx
Crude Shipments and Rail Prioritization: A Shipper Perspective - John Schmitter, KEP LLC
Rail capacity for transportation of crude oil
New Data in Residential and Commercial Energy Consumption
- Eileen O'Brien, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
- Elena Alschuler, U.S. Department of Energy
Data-Driven Policymaking - Cliff Majersik, Institute for Market Transformation
Building Energy Performance Data Transforming Markets - Mark Podorsky, Southern California Edison
New data in residential and commercial energy markets
Energy Infrastructure Needs and Options
- Charlie Whitmore, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
- Rusty Braziel, RBN Energy
On Our Way Home, Energy Infrastructure Needs and Options - Melanie Kenderdine, U.S. Department of Energy
Quadrennial Energy Review; Energy Transmission, Storage, and Distribution Infrastructure - Christine Tezak, ClearView Energy
Energy Infrastructure Needs and Options
Developments in Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Markets
- Mindi Farber-DeAnda, U.S. Energy Information Administration - Moderator
- Alan W. Farquharson, Range Resources Corporation
Upstream Developments Generate Growing Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Supply - Macgill James, Phillips 66
NGL Midstream Overview - Renato Monteiro, Braskem
Hydrocarbon gas liquids: Developments in petrochemicals
Plenary Session
- John Hoeven, U.S. Senator, North Dakota
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