NASEO State Heating Oil and Propane Conference 2003

August 11-12, 2003
Renaissance Asheville Hotel, Asheville, North Carolina

Agenda and Presentations

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Monday, August 11, 2003

8:00 am – 10:00 am
Registration

8:00 am – 9:00 am (Salon B)
Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:15 am (Salon B)
Welcome and Conference Overview
Presenters: Frank Bishop, Executive Director, NASEO
John Cook, Director, Petroleum Division, Energy Information Administration
Marianne Holly, Energy Information Administration
Larry Shirley, Director, North Carolina State Energy Office

9:15 am – 10:00 am (Salon B)
Heating Fuels Outlook
Presenter: Mike Burdette, Senior Analyst, Energy Information Administration

10:00 am – 11:00 am (Salon B)
Heating Oil Issues
Presenter: Cheryl Trench, President, Allegro Energy Consulting

11:00 am – 11:15 am
Break

11:15 am – 12:00 pm (Salon B)
Natural Gas Outlook
Presenter: Barbara Mariner-Volpe, Senior Technical Advisor, Natural Gas Division, Energy Information Administration

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm (Salon A1)
Luncheon

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm (Salon B)
MTBE Ban in New York and Connecticut
Presenter: Robert Reynolds, Downstream Alternatives, Inc.

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Salon B)
Propane Issues
Presenter: Tom Harper, Senior Vice President, Commercial Downstream, TEPPCO
John Fitzgerald, Director of Strategy Planning and Propane Services, TEPPCO

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Break

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm (Salon B)
Critical Energy Infrastructure Emergency Preparedness
Presenter: Alice Lippert, Office of Energy Assurance, U.S. Department of Energy

5:00 pm (Top of the Plaza)
Reception

Tuesday, August 12, 2003

8:00 am – 9:00 am (Salon B)
Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 10:00 am (Salon B)
SHOPP Business and Ad Hoc Liaison Committee

Energy Assurance State Stakeholder Meeting Follow-Up
10:00 am – 10:30 am (Salon B)
Welcome and Introduction

• Welcome: Alice Lippert, DOE Office of Energy Assurance
• Purpose: Denise Swink, Acting Director, DOE Office of Energy Assurance

10:30 am – 10:45 am
Break

10:45 am – 11:30 am (Salon B)
Results of Initial State Stakeholder Meeting (June 03) & Recent Progress
Jack Eisenhauer & Jamie Lyons, Energetics

11:30 am – 1:45 pm
Linking State Needs: Integrating and Prioritizing Energy Assurance Activities
Jack Eisenhauer & Jamie Lyons, Energetics

• Organizing and Linking Needs
• Additional Needs and Gaps
• Continuing Issues
• Toward a Model State Energy Assurance Plan

Working Lunch will be served at noon

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Break

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Activities to address immediate needs
Jack Eisenhauer & Jamie Lyons, Energetics

• Near-Term Priorities
• Lead Organizations
• Contributing Organizations
• Next Steps

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Closing Comments

3:00 pm
Adjourn

For more information on any of the above events, contact Shemika Spencer, 1414 Prince Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314, Phone 703.299.8800; Fax 703.299.6208.