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Duane Morris Partner Charles W. Whitney to Speak at the 14th Annual Buying & Selling Electric Power in the West Conference
January 16, 2009 | Seattle
| Renaissance Seattle Hotel
Duane Morris partner Charles W. Whitney will be speaking at the 14th Annual Buying & Selling Electric Power in the West Conference, to be held on January 15-16, 2009, in Seattle, Washington. Mr. Whitney will be speaking on the topic of "Update on Nuclear Power" on Friday, January 16, at 11:30 a.m. In this presentation, he will discuss technological developments, the political environment and market developments on the national scene.
About the Conference
The conference addresses today's hot topics, including new generating technologies, the prospects for nuclear power, natural gas fuel supplies, financing utilities and debt-to-build, risk management and hedging with power purchase contracts.
The following issues of interest will also be explored:
- The new Administration's implications for federal energy policy
- Renewable Portfolio Standards in the West
- Northwest states' energy policy challenges and solutions
- Transmission: Integrating wind and other renewables
- BPA contracts, new regulations and interconnection
- Natural gas fuel supplies, infrastructure, pricing and siting an LNG plant
- FERC's priorities for 2009
- Carbon sequestration; tidal, wave and offshore wind; geothermal energy
- Technological, political and market developments for nuclear power
- Financing utilities and generating plants, and what investors look for
- Seattle City Light perspective on power management
For more information or to register to attend the Conference, please visit the Law Seminars International website.
