West Virginia 2011 Energy Summit
West Virginia:
Energy Powering Economic Development
Hosted By:
West Virginia Governor’s Office
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Stonewall Resort- Roanoke, West Virginia
December 6, 2011
A G E N D A
8:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
(Stonewall Ballroom)
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introduction of Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
8:35 a.m. Governor’s Remarks
The Honorable Earl Ray Tomblin
Governor of West Virginia
9:00 a.m. Keynote – “The Importance of Domestic Energy Production to U.S.
Manufacturers”
Cal Dooley, President & CEO
American Chemistry Council
9:20 a.m. “Hydraulic Fracturing: Fact or Fiction”
Greg Kozera, Southern Appalachian Region Sales Manager
Superior Well Services
9:40 a.m. “Investments in West Virginia’s Marcellus Infrastructure”
Jim Crews, Vice President, Northeast Development
MarkWest Hydrocarbons
10:00 a.m. Governor’s Marcellus Task Force
Kurt Dettinger, General Counsel
Office of Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
10:20 a.m. BREAK
10:40 a.m. TransGas Development - Update on Mingo County Coal-to-Liquids Plant
Adam Victor, President
TransGas Development Systems
11:00 a.m. “Use of Surface Mined Property by the West Virginia National Guard”
MG James A. Hoyer, Adjutant General
West Virginia National Guard
11:20 a.m. “West Virginia Environmental Perspective”
Don Garvin, Legislative Coordinator
West Virginia Environmental Coalition
11:40 a.m. “Nuclear Industry Jobs in West Virginia”
Jim Howe, Director, Government Relations
USEC, Inc.
12:00 noon LUNCH
1:00 p.m. “West Virginia Biomass for Plastics”
Delane Richardson, Vice President, Business Development
Chemtex
1:20 p.m. “Pinnacle Wind Project”
Jim Cookman, President & Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Wind Force
1:40 p.m. “West Virginia’s Metallurgical Producers and Markets”
Ernie Thrasher, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Marketing Officer
Xcoal Energy & Resources
2:00 p.m. “EPA and West Virginia Coal Permits”
Jason Bostic, Vice President
WV Coal Association
2:20 p.m. “Appalachian Power’s Energy Efficiency Program”
Jim Fawcett, Manager, Energy Efficiency & Consumer Programs
Appalachian Power Company
2:40 pm. “Regulatory Challenges to Electric Generation in West Virginia”
Charles Patton, President & Chief Operating Officer
Appalachian Power Company
3:00 pm. Closing