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WASHINGTON DC-AREA

ENERGY EVENTS & WEBINARS

November 12 - November 25, 2012

CONTENTS:

A .) November 12: Aid Effectiveness for Climate Compatible Development - What can we Learn from Experience in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Grenada?

B.) November 13: The Economics of Carbon Taxes

C.) November 13: Webinar on "Environmental Impacts of Shale Development and Hydraulic Fracturing - Key Legal Issues and Future Directions"

D.) November 13: Coping with Climate Change - Georgetown University Efforts to Promote Adaptation

E.) November 14: The Promise and Proof of Net-Zero Energy Schools

F.) November 14: Political Climate - What the Elections May Mean for Climate and Environmental Policy

G.) November 14: Webinar on "Beyond the Talking Points - The Truth About Biofuels"

H.) November 14: Webinar on "Ripe for Retirement - The Case for Closing America’s Costliest Coal Plants"

I.) November 14: Webinar on "Solar Economics - The Benefits of Hedging with Solar Power"

J.) November 14: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hearing on Nuclear Waste Confidence Rule

K.) November 14: Wheel of Fortune - The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia

L.) November 15: America's Energy Future

M.) November 15: Energy and the Presidency - The Shift from Campaigning to Policymaking

N.) November 15: Webinar on "Transport Beyond Oil - Economic, National Security, and Environmental Implications of Creating New Paradigms for U.S. Transportation"

O.) November 16: What's Ahead for the Future of Energy?

P.) November 16: The Dodd-Frank Act and the Changing Architecture of Energy Markets

Q.) November 18: Do the Math Tour

R.) November 19: International Energy Agency's Medium Term Oil Market Report 2012

S.) November 20: Webcast on District Heating with Renewable Energy

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Other listings of DC-area energy and environmental events:

http://www.dcgreenscene.com

http://dc.linktank.com/calendar

http://www.sustainable.dc.gov/page/calendar-events

http://www.ourenergypolicy.org/event-calendar

In addition, you may wish to view:

Walkingtown DC Tours - Green DC

http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/node/15702

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A.) Aid Effectiveness for Climate Compatible Development - What can we Learn from Experience in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Grenada? (November 12):

Monday, November 12

12:00pm - 2:00pm

World Resources Institute

10 "G" Street, NE

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20002

Developing countries need significant funding to build more climate-resilient, low-carbon economies. Much of this funding may come from international sources. How are developing and developed countries - and international institutions - working in partnership to disburse climate finance effectively? What’s required to make climate finance fair, transparent and accountable?

CDKN, WRI and the International Development Law Organization have produced a set of briefings - the “Inside Stories on Climate Compatible Development” - that explore different countries’ experiences in designing and delivering climate compatible development. Case studies from Indonesia, Bangladesh and Grenada highlight the knotty questions and stakeholder dynamics involved in disbursing climate finance. They offer important lessons for other countries – recipient and donor alike – in how to structure and govern climate finance flows.

Read more details about the “Inside Stories” at http://www.wri.org/publications/inside-stories or http://cdkn.org/inside-stories.

The featured speakers include:

• Jennifer Morgan, Director of Climate and Energy Program, WRI

Welcome and introduction

• Ari Huhtala, Director of Policy and Programs, CDKN

Introduction to CDKN’s approach, and the big picture of climate finance in developing countries

• Frances Seymour, Senior Advisor, Packard Foundation

Aid effectiveness in the context of Indonesia’s logging moratorium.

• Clifford Polycarp, Senior Associate, International Financial Flows and Environment, WRI

Institutions for climate aid effectiveness - the case of Bangladesh.

• Sarah Mason-Case, Legal Officer, Legal Preparedness for Climate Change and Legal Preparedness for the Green Economy Initiatives, IDLO

Technical and financial support for mainstreaming climate resilience into development in Grenada.

Light lunch will be served

Please RSVP to Meg Burton, International Objective Coordinator

mbu...@wri.org (202) 729-7889

Meg Burton at mbu...@wri.org or (202) 729-7889.

Please contact Ailun Yang at ay...@wri.org or (202) 729-7784 for more details of the event.

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B.) The Economics of Carbon Taxes (November 13):

Tuesday, November 13

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

American Enterprise Institute

Twelfth Floor

1150 Seventeenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

Cosponsored with the Brookings Institution, International Monetary Fund, and Resources for the Future, the American Enterprise Institute will host a forum on the economics of carbon tax proposals.

The pros and cons of introducing a carbon tax in the US are the topic of many spirited debates, yet discussion of the consequences from alternative tax designs remains largely confined to academia.

In an effort to shed more light on this topic and its budgetary impact, this conference will discuss ideas for US carbon tax design and options for the potential use of carbon tax revenues. The conference will feature four panels with presentations of policy briefs by leading experts, each of which will tackle a particular design or implementation issue. Speakers will take audience questions following their remarks.

Agenda

8:45 AM

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome

Aparna Mathur, AEI

9:10 AM

Panel I: Carbon taxes in context

Moderator:

Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future

Panelists:

**Allen Fawcett, EPA

**William Gale, Brookings Institution and Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

**Roberton Williams, Resources for the Future and University of Maryland

10:30 AM

Break

11:40 AM

Panel II: Practical tax issues and implications for other energy and technology policies

Moderator:

Michael Keen, International Monetary Fund

Panelists:

**Jack Calder, International Monetary Fund

**Richard Newell, Duke University

**Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future

**Ian Parry, International Monetary Fund

12:30 PM

Lunch and Keynote Address

Introduction:

Adele Morris, Brookings Institution

Speaker:

Gilbert Metcalf, US Department of the Treasury

1:30 PM

Panel III: Domestic impacts and international implications

Moderator:

Ted Gayer, Brookings Institution

Panelists:

**Joe Aldy, Harvard University

**Aparna Mathur, AEI

**Roberton Williams, Resources for the Future and University of Maryland

2:50 PM

Break

3:00 PM

Panel IV: Compensation and use of revenues

Moderator:

Jeffrey Eisenach, AEI

Panelists:

**Terry Dinan, Congressional Budget Office

**Donald Marron, Urban Institute and Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

**Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future

4:30 PM

Concluding Remarks

Aparna Mathur, AEI

4:45 PM

Reception

RSVP: http://www.aei.org/register

For more information, please contact Veronika Polakova at veronika...@aei.org, 202.862.4880.

http://www.aei.org/events/2012/11/13/understanding-the-economics-of-carbon-taxes

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C.) Webinar on "Environmental Impacts of Shale Development and Hydraulic Fracturing - Key Legal Issues and Future Directions" (November 13):

Tuesday, November 13

1:00–2:30 PM ET

The outcome of the presidential and congressional elections will have implications for shale drilling and hydraulic fracturing even if there is not a significant shift in power. This panel will give expert analysis of the federal legal and policy context for shale oil and gas, including:

• What are the policy and political headwinds and tailwinds for shale oil and gas and their extraction?

• Will gas continue at its current pricing?

• Where will Department of Interior regulations head?

• What initiatives is EPA undertaking?

• What is the future of natural gas exportation?

This program is the first in a 5-part series, "Environmental Impacts of Shale Development and Hydraulic Fracturing: Key Legal Issues and Future Directions," co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute & ALI CLE, that offers an in-depth examination of the environmental law and policy issues facing companies, governments, activist groups, and citizens who are concerned about this critical area of our nation’s energy infrastructure.

Each program is taught by the nation’s foremost experts, and will present a balance of perspectives on the legal and policy issues, as well as upcoming trends that may accelerate or slow the dramatic expansion in shale development in an environmentally responsible way.

Note that you do not have to participate in the entire series to benefit from the information provided in each individual program. Part two of the series, Hydraulic Fracturing Science Update and Frontiers, will be on November 29.

Planning Chair:

Peter Robertson, Senior Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, America’s Natural Gas Alliance, Washington, D.C. (moderator)

Panelists:

Michael Bloomquist, General Counsel, Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

David Neslin, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver; former Director, Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

Dan Utech, Deputy Director, White House Domestic Policy Council, Office of Energy and Climate Change, Washington, D.C.

RSVP: http://www.ali-cle.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=courses.course&course_code=TSUX01

Free for members of the press.

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D.) Coping with Climate Change - Georgetown University Efforts to Promote Adaptation (November 13):

Tuesday, November 13

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Mortara Building

Georgetown University

3600 "N" St., N.W.

Washington, DC

Join Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director of Georgetown Climate Center and Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown Law; Peter Byrne, Faculty Director of Georgetown Climate Center and Professor of Law, Georgetown Law; and Jessica Grannis, Staff Attorney at the Georgetown Climate Center and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law for this discussion of their research and work with states and communities to promote changes in laws and policies with climate change in mind.

Vicki Arroyo is the Executive Director of the Georgetown Climate Center of Georgetown University Law Center where she is also a Visiting Professor. She oversees the Center's work at the nexus of climate and energy policy, supervising staff and student work on climate mitigation and adaptation at the state and federal level. She teaches ?experiential? environmental law courses to both law and public policy students. She previously served at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, most recently as the Pew Center's Vice President for Domestic Policy and General Counsel.

Professor Byrne joined the Law Center faculty in 1985. After graduation from the University of Virginia law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Frank Coffin and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell and then worked as an associate with the D.C. firm of Covington & Burling. He teaches and writes in the areas of Property, Land Use, Constitutional Law, and Higher Education Law and Policy. He served as Associate Dean for the JD Program from 1997 to 2000. He was John Carroll Research Professor in 1996-97.

Jessica Grannis is a Staff Attorney at the Harrison Institute for Public Law working in the Policy Clinic under the Climate Team, which is looking at strategies to help state and local governments adapt to climate change impacts. Prior to coming to the Harrison Institute, she was staff counsel for two California state agencies, the State Coastal Conservancy and the Ocean Protection Council.

http://guevents.georgetown.edu/event/coping_with_climate_change_gu_efforts_to_promote_adaptation

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E.) The Promise and Proof of Net-Zero Energy Schools (November 14):

Wednesday, November, 14

8:00am - 9:30am

B369 Rayburn House Office Building

U.S. House of Representatives

Once a distant promise, net-zero energy schools are now being built in districts across the United States. Aided by ASHRAE’s Advanced Energy Design Guides (AEDGs), these schools are benefitting their local communities and serving as models for the nation of what can be accomplished when the numerous, historically separate, building industry professions come together in pursuit of common goals.

This briefing will highlight a net-zero energy school in Kentucky, and offer an overview of a unique analysis of state energy plans conducted by the National Association of State Energy Officials and how those plans address educational facilities nationwide.

Co-Moderators

Doug Read

Director of Government Affairs, ASHRAE

Chair, High-Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition

and

David Terry, Executive Director

National Association of State Energy Officials

Welcoming Remarks

Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO) (invited)

Co-Chair, High Performance Buildings Congressional Caucus

Presentations:

**Analysis of State Energy Plans

David Terry, Executive Director

NASEO

**Net-Zero Energy Schools in Kentucky and ASHRAE’s Advanced Energy Design Guides

Kenneth L. Seibert, PE, President

CMTA Consulting Engineers

**Analysis of Kentucky Energy Plan

TBD

**Analysis of Missouri Energy Plan

TBD

Lead Sponsors: National Association of State Energy Officials and ASHRAE. Co-Sponsor: The Alliance to Save Energy. Special thanks to Congressman Carnahan’s office for providing the meeting room.

Breakfast will be served.

Register Now! All interested Congressional staff are cordially invited to this widely attended event. There is no charge for the event, but space is limited. Please RSVP by Monday, November 12, 2012 to Patricia Ryan via email (pr...@ashrae.org) or fax (202-833-0118).

NAME:

TITLE:

AFFILIATION:

TELEPHONE:

EMAIL:

Any questions should be directed to Patricia Ryan at ASHRAE (phone: 202-833-1830; email: pr...@ashrae.org).

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F.) Political Climate - What the Elections May Mean for Climate and Environmental Policy (November 14):

Wednesday, November 14

12:00-1:30pm

Please bring your own brown bag lunch.

Johns Hopkins University - Washington, DC Center

1717 Massachusetts Ave NW

Room 204

Washington, DC

The presentation by David Goldston (Natural Resources Defense Council) will discuss the implications of the campaign and the election results (Presidential and Congressional) for climate and environmental policy.

About David Goldston

David Goldston became Director of Government Affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a leading environmental group, in July 2009. Prior to that, he had spent more than 20 years on Capitol Hill, working primarily on science policy and environmental policy. He was Chief of Staff of the House Committee on Science from 2001 through 2006, and immediately prior to that was Legislative Director for Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY).

After retiring from government service, Goldston was a visiting lecturer at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, as well as at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. He wrote a monthly column for Nature on science policy titled “Party of One,” was the project director for the Bipartisan Policy Center report “Improving the Use of Science in Regulatory Policy,” and also authored a chapter in “The Science of Science Policy: A Handbook” (Stanford University Press, 2011).

Sponsored by

JHU Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

MS in Energy Policy and Climate

and

American University

School of International Service

Global Environmental Politics

RSVP: ene...@jhu.edu

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G.) Webinar on "Beyond the Talking Points - The Truth About Biofuels" (November 14):

Wednesday, November 14

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Eastern

The U.S. transportation sector runs predominantly on fossil fuels, much of which is imported from countries hostile to us. This reliance—some say dependence—on fossil fuels puts America’s national security and economy at risk as the nation is held hostage to price volatility and controlled supply availability.

One solution to freeing America from our risky dependence on fossil fuels would be the adoption and scaled-up production of advanced biofuels. With a combination of domestic production and associated job creation, a cleaner footprint, and positive national security implications, a transportation industry focused on biofuels could move us towards a more sustainable, prosperous and secure America.

Yet, today biofuels and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requiring gasoline to be blended with biofuels and signed into law in 2005 under President Bush and supported by President Obama, are under attack. Opponents to biofuels have used the drought and the weak economy, teaming with a variety of other political and economic interests to petition the EPA to declare a waiver of the RFS.

How should the interests of those concerned about preserving the costs of animal feed, land conservation and water use be weighed against those concerned about energy independence, national security, diversifying the transportation sector, supporting agriculture, fighting climate change and attracting investment to the biofuel sector? What are the facts? What’s the best way forward?

This webinar will convene leaders from all sectors for a forward-looking discussion that goes beyond the talking points with an eye toward what the future holds for the biofuels industry.

Speakers will:

• Forecast growth for cellulosic and other advanced biofuels over the next five years and discuss the key challenges and opportunities for growth in other parts of the transportation industry

• Identify new infrastructure needed to deploy advanced biofuels, such as flex fuel vehicles, biofuels in refueling stations, distribution systems and more

• Show the link between cleaner/higher octane and our nation’s public health and an improved transportation system

Please email questions to: abaque...@acore.org.

Teleconference Chair:

Kimberly E. Diamond, Lowenstein Sandler PC

Roger D. Stark, Ballard Spahr LLP

Sarah A.W. Fitts, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Legislative Update:

Todd Foley, SVP, Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Moderator:

J. Graham Noyes, Partner, Stoel Rives

Speakers:

C. Boyden Gray, Boyden Gray & Associates

Douglas A. Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition

Michael McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association

How to Join

To participate in this call, please register online at: www.renewableenergyinfo.org. There is a $45.00 administrative fee to participate ($30.00 for ACORE members).

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H.) Webinar on "Ripe for Retirement - The Case for Closing America’s Costliest Coal Plants" (November 14):

Wednesday, November 14

1:00 pm EST

Duration: one hour

Please join the Union of Concerned Scientists for a webinar with UCS report authors who will present the findings from "Ripe for Retirement," a new report that examines the economic viability of our nation’s fleet of coal-fired power plants.

Coal has powered America for decades and today more than three-quarters of U.S. coal-fired power plants have outlived their 30-year life span. This new report finds that many coal generators across the U.S. are economically vulnerable compared with available, cleaner alternatives.

Their retirement would create an opportunity to accelerate our nation’s transition to a cleaner energy future.

The full report and press release will be available online on November 13 at www.ucsusa.org/ripeforretirement

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I.) Webinar on "Solar Economics - The Benefits of Hedging with Solar Power" (November 14):

Wednesday, November 14

1:00-2:00 pm

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership will host a free webinar on “Solar Economics: The Benefits of Hedging with Solar Power.” Aided by favorable financing terms and high solar incentives in many markets, large-scale and multi-site solar installations are leading to significant cost savings for customers. By leveraging economies of scale to improve the financial advantages of solar power, solar installations can lead to lower-cost energy that reduces current expenses and hedges against utility price increases. This webinar will explore the broader U.S. solar market and pricing context and the decision-making implications for organizations considering solar.

The webinar will feature a presentation from the President and co-founder of SoCore Energy, one of the largest solar developers in the U.S. serving multisite retailers, Real Estate Investment Trusts and industrial clients.

Speakers include:

• Blaine Collison, Program Director, U.S. EPA's Green Power Partnership

• Pete Kadens, President and co-founder, SoCore Energy

For more information and to register, please visit: www.epa.gov/greenpower/events/nov14_webinar.htm

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J.) Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hearing on Nuclear Waste Confidence Rule (November 14):

Wednesday, November 14

1:00-4:00 PM Eastern

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

One White Flint North

First Floor Commission Hearing Room

11555 Rockville Pike

Rockville, MD

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced that it will hold environmental scoping sessions to take public comments about what should be included in its Environmental Impact Statement on court-ordered changes to its Nuclear Waste Confidence Decision and Rule. See NRC's meeting notice, as well as the agenda for the hearing sessions, the associated Federal Register notice, and NRC's Waste Confidence website. NRC has not done an EIS on the risks of on-site storage of high-level radioactive waste in pools and dry casks.

Last June, a coalition of several state attorneys general and environmental groups won a landmark victory when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals nullified NRC's 30 year old Nuclear Waste Confidence Decision and Rule, and ordered the agency to carry out an EIS at long last. In 2010, NRC had flippantly ruled that high-level radioactive wastes were safe and sound at reactor sites for at least 120 years, and was considering extending that ruling out to 200 to 300 years. The court nullified such nonsense, ordering an EIS. The EIS -- which realistically should take on the order of seven years to carry out, if done properly -- will cause at least two years of delay in final NRC approval of new reactor construction and operations licenses, as well as old reactor license extensions.

The first session will involve both an in-person public hearing at NRC's HQ in Rockville, MD (in the One White Flint North Commissioners' Hearing Room), as well as the opportunity to take part by webcast and teleconference.

The second session will be webcast/teleconferenced only (no in-person meeting), and will be held from 9 PM-12 Midnight Eastern. To present comments by telephone during the webcast, dial 1-800-475-8385; when prompted, enter passcode 3682386, followed by the # sign. To access the webcast, go to http://video.nrc.gov for connection information.

Register to participate and request to present oral comments, whether in-person or via teleconference, by contacting Ms. Susan Wittick (extension 3187) or Ms. TR Rowe (ext. 3133) at the following phone number: 1-800-368-5642. You can also register by email at WCOut...@nrc.gov.

http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1230/ML12306A224.pdf

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K.) Wheel of Fortune - The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia (November 14):

Wednesday, November 14

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

A reception will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Basement Level Conference Rooms A&B

1800 "K" Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006

Thane Gustafson, Senior Director, Russian & Caspian Energy, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, will discuss his new book on the oil industry in Russia. The Russian oil industry—which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil—is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account of this vital industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. Tracking the interdependence among Russia’s oil industry, politics, and economy, Thane Gustafson shows how the stakes extend beyond international energy security to include the potential threat of a destabilized Russia.

Thane Gustafson is a widely recognized authority on Eurasia who has spent 35 years studying and traveling in Russia, Ukraine, and the rest of the Former Soviet Union. His expertise includes gas market development and transportation issues, including new pipelines; quality banking; Russian oil production growth and the domestic and foreign markets; US-Russian political and energy relations; regulatory and legal reform in the Russian energy sector; and gas and power reform.

With author:

Thane Gustafson

Senior Director, Russian & Caspian Energy

Cambridge Energy Research Associates

Opening Remarks by:

Frank A. Verrastro

Senior Vice President & James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy & Geopolitics

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Discussant:

Edward C. Chow

Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderated by:

Dr. Andrew Kuchins

Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Books will be available for purchase.

To register: http://csis.org/event/wheel-fortune

CONTACT

Alexandra Choulenina, Center for Strategic and International Studies: http://csis.org/email/40286/field_contact_email

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L.) America's Energy Future (November 15):

Thursday, November 15

8:00 AM - 10:55 AM

Columbus Club

Union Station

50 Massachusetts Ave.

Washington, DC 20002

Please join CQ Roll Call for an in-depth discussion of what America’s energy future.

What does our energy future look like?

What will a new Congress mean for current energy policy?

Are energy jobs the future of job growth?

Moderated by CQ Roll Call Day Briefing Editor, David Hawkings, this panel features key decision makers and leading experts on energy.

From nuclear energy, to the EPA, to funding for renewable energy to investing in infrastructure, CQ Roll Call tackles a myriad energy issues facing Congress and the President for the next Congress. This event is geared toward energy stakeholders and staff who want to better understand what shapes American energy policies.

Tentative Agenda:

8:00 am Breakfast reception

8:30 am Welcome & Sponsor Remarks

8:35 am Keynote

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

8:55 am Keynote

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)

9:15 am Keynote Interview

Congressman Ed Whitfield (R-Kentucky)

9:35 am Keynote Interview

Congressman James Clyburn (D-South Carolina)

9:55 am Panel Discussion

Moderated by David Hawkings, Editor, CQ Roll Call Daily Briefing

Vicky Bailey, BHMM Energy Services

Ross Eisenberg, National Association of Manufacturers

Elgie Holstein, Environmental Defense Fund

William Levis, President, PSEG Power

10:50 am Closing Remarks

10:55 am Adjourn

Sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Institute.

Tweet questions to #futureofenergy

Space is limited. RSVPs will be given priority entrance. Register now: http://cqrcfutureofenergy.eventbrite.com/#

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M.) Energy and the Presidency - The Shift from Campaigning to Policymaking (November 15):

Thursday, November 15

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Where: TBD

Join POLITICO to break down the energy issues that have shaped the election and what they mean for the future of energy policy.

Special Guests:

**Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council

**Karen Harbert,President and CEO, Institute for 21st Century Energy U.S. Chamber of Commerce

**Jeff Holmstead, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani

Former assistant administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

**Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

**Jack Gerard, CEO, American Petroleum Institute

**Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

**Rep. Steve King (R-IA), Member, House Committee on Agriculture

**Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

**Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Chairman, House Subcommittee on Energy and Power

RSVP to: https://politico.cvent.com/events/energy-and-the-presidency/registration-8c0936e71333404db1723aadf34342b9.aspx

Find more information about this event and register here: http://politico.cvent.com/events/energy-and-the-presidency/event-summary-8c0936e71333404db1723aadf34342b9.aspx.

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N.) Webinar on "Transport Beyond Oil - Economic, National Security, and Environmental Implications of Creating New Paradigms for U.S. Transportation" (November 15):

Thursday, November 15

2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern

Please join ASPO-USA for an in-depth discussion of new paradigms for transportation in the United States and the implications for America's future.

Featuring:

• Alan Drake - Independent Transportation Research Consultant

America's reliance on oil as the primary energy source for transportation poses serious risks for our economy, national security, and environment. Charting a wise course for the future of U.S. transportation demands thorough consideration of these risks and the potential benefits of a rapid transition to oil-free modes of travel.