2008 APPA National Conference Presentations

(For APPA members only. Please contact kkinyua@appanet.org for a username and password. Presentations will be added as they are available.)

Conference Program [pdf]

Ralph Anderson, Florida Municipal Power Agency, "My Utility is on the NERC Compliance Registry - What Do I Do Now?," 22 pp. [Powerpoint]

Lori Bird, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, "US Green Power Market Trends and Success Factors," 38 pp. [pdf]

JP Blackford, American Public Power Association, "Leading By Example - How to Improve Your Utility's Energy Efficiency," 57 pp. [pdf]

John Bonnin, CPS Energy, San Antonio, TX "Wind Energy in Texas," 19 pp. [pdf]

Charles Burgett, Edmond Electric, OK, "Pure & Simple- A Wind Power Program," 21 pp. [pdf ]

Mark Crisson, American Public Power Association, "President's Report," 15 pp. [Powerpoint]

Danny Dees, MEAG Power, Atlanta, GA, "What Do You Do When Your Utility Gets Put on the NERC Compliance Registry?," 7 pp. [PDF]

Bob Dyer, The Energy Authority and Alan Caron, A.R. Caron & Assoc, Inc., "Process to Determine and Manage Future Risk," 44 pp. [Powerpoint]

Catherine Elder, R.W. Beck, "The Future of Fuels in a Carbon-Constrained Environment," 18 pp. [pdf]

Jackie Flowers, City of Idaho Falls, ID, "City of Idaho Falls Fiber Optic Network," 27 pp. [pdf]

Carl Gaulke, River Falls Municipal Utilities, "Leading by Example with Powerful Choices," 18 pp. [pdf]

Marc Gerken, American Municipal Power - Ohio, "How to Build a Coal Plant in Today's Environment," 25 pp. [Powerpoint]

Mike Gettings, Pace, "If Not Coal, What Next?," 18 pp. [Powerpoint]

Sandy Glatt, U.S. Department of Energy, "Save Energy Now: Partnering with our Nation's Utilities," 29 pp. [Powerpoint]

Carmine Grastataro, RKS Research & Consulting, "What's On Your Customers' Minds: How to Improve Utility Performance Through Customer Research," 46 pp. [pdf]

Prescott Hartshorne, Concentric Energy Advisors, "If You Can't Build Coal, Then What," 22 pp. [Powerpoint]

Carol Higley, JEA, Jacksonville, FL, "Public Power's Response to the Looming Workforce Crisis" [pdf]

Bob Hunzinger, GRU, Gainesville, FL, "Setting Up and Improving Energy Efficiency Programs," 38 pp. [pdf]

Revis James, Electric Power Research Institute, "The Power to Reduce CO2 Emissions," 27 pp. [pdf]

Stan Johnson, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, "NERC Cyber Security Standards," 35 pp. [Powerpoint]

Roy Kaser, Crawfordsville Electric Light & Power, IN, "How Broadband Benefits the Utility and the Community It Serves," 10 pp. [Powerpoint]

John Keane, Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ, "Carbon Sequestration: What Is It, Will It Work, and How Much Will It Cost?," 58 pp. [pdf]

Sue Kelly, American Public Power Association, "FERC Report," 10 pp. [Powerpoint]

Joe King, Danville Utilities, VA, "Danville's Career Development Program," 18 pp. [pdf]

Dave Lock, Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities, "Colorado's New Energy Economy," 18 pp. [pdf]

Robert McCullough, McCullough Research, "Restoring Just and Reasonable Rates in RTO Markets," 22 pp. [pdf]

Bart McManus, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR, "The Impact of Wind Power on Load Following and Regulation Requirements in the BPA System," 29 pp. [Powerpoint]

Dawn Miller, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, CA, & Mark Talaba, GEM and GEMWorX Flowmodeler, "Your New Work Force: Capturing Knowledge from Retirees and Traning New Employees," 70 pp. [pdf]

Bill Mills, City Water, Light & Power, Springfield, IL, & Steve Nees, Anaheim Public Utilities, CA, "Public Power Smart Grid Task Force," 33 pp. [Powerpoint]

Nathan Mitchell, American Public Power Association, "Reliable Public Power Provider Program," 15 pp. [Powerpoint]

Carol Mulholland, PA Consulting, "Are Your Energy Efficiency Programs As Good As You Think?," 30 pp. [Powerpoint]

Jake Oelke, Wisconsin Public Power Inc., "Effective Community Energy Efficiency Programs," 13 pp. [pdf]

Lou Pendleton, Bryan Municipal Utilities, OH, "Maximizing the Use of Your Web Site," 10 pp. [pdf]

Karl Pfeil, Fitch Ratings, "The Impact of Environmental Risks on Credit Ratings," 26 pp. [Powerpoint]

Mayor Kitty Piercy, City of Eugene, OR, "Building Sustainable Communities for the Future," 19 pp. [Powerpoint]

Kenneth Raber, ElectriCities of North Carolina, "System Betterment Program," 18 pp. [Powerpoint]

John Roukema, Silicon Valley Power, Santa Clara, CA, "Energy Efficiency Resources for Industrial Customers," 24 pp. [Powerpoint]

J. Charles Smith, Utility Wind Integration Group, "The 20% Wind Energy Vision," 24 pp. [Powerpoint]

Alan Suleiman, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, CA, "Maximizing the Use of Your Website," 19 pp. [pdf]

Robert Szabo, Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE), "The Rail Customer Legislation," 27 pp. [pdf]

Gregg Welch, ElectriCities of North Carolina, "Making the Most of Your Distribution System," 12 pp. [Powerpoint]

Rich Worsinger, City of Rocky Mount, NC, "RPU Achieves APPA RP3 Diamond Level for the Second Time," 23 pp. [pdf]

David Yaffe, Van Ness Feldman, "Legal Obligations of Public Power Utility Directors," 13 pp. [ Powerpoint]

Public Power Day of Giving

Powerpoint from Monday General Session (31 pp; 42 MB)

Pictures from the Day of Giving:

Many of our volunteers took photos of the projects; we've collected these photos in a series of online albums for all volunteers to share. (You may recognize some of these photos from the Monday morning general session):

http://appanet.org/treeben/give/index.html

Pictures are organized by project and photographer. If you have any additional photos from the Day of Giving that you would like to share, please send them to lnienhuis@APPAnet.org, and we will post them here for everyone to enjoy.

Mark Your Calendar!

Future National Conference Dates & Locations:

2009	2010	2011	2012
Salt Lake City, Utah	Orlando, Florida	Washington, D.C.	Seattle, Washington
Salt Palace Convention Center	Orlando World Center Resort	Marriott Wardman Park Hotel	Washington State Convention & Trade Center
June 13-17, 2009	June 20-23, 2010	June 19-22, 2011	June 16-20, 2012