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EIA Energy Conference

2017 EIA Energy Conference Presentations

More than 900 leaders from industry, government, and academia turned out for EIA's 2017 Energy Conference, June 26 and 27, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC to discuss current and future challenges facing domestic and international energy markets and policymakers.

Links to their presentations are provided below.

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Rick Perry
U.S. Secretary of Energy

Colette Honorable
Commissioner
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Alex Laskey
President and Founder
Opower

Scott Sheffield
Executive Chairman of the Board
Pioneer Natural Resources

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Dr. Sun Xiansheng
Secretary General
International Energy Forum

Greg Walden
Chairman
U.S. House Energy and Commerce
Committee

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Plenary Session

  • Howard Gruenspecht, Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
  • Greg Walden, Chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee
  • Scott Sheffield, Executive Chairman of the Board, Pioneer Natural Resources
    Keynote remarks

Natural gas infrastructure to serve growing markets


Renewable project financing: Current and future


Lunch Keynote

  • Alex Laskey, President & Founder, Opower

The energy-water nexus and induced seismicity


The future of U.S. nuclear power


Human behavior and energy use in buildings


Gasoline fuel quality: The looming octane shortage


Plenary Session

  • Colette Honorable, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  • Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Petroleum exports: Competing in the global market


Global transportation, electric vehicles, and fuel demand


"Big Data" and energy information


Coal-natural gas competition: The current state of play


Plenary Session

  • Sun Xiansheng, Secretary General, International Energy Forum

Energy data transparency


Electrification in developing countries


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