Presentations

Monday, May 11

• Reliability Reception
  presented by Black Hills Power
  

   

Tuesday, May 12

• Breakfast Bites
  presented by Missouri River Energy Services

 

• Beverage Stations
  presented by BP Wind Energy

 

• Welcome
  South Dakota Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard

 

• Your Decision, Crisis or Renaissance? Presentation (210 KB)

  Commissioner Gary Hanson, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

 

• Remarks Video (3,079 KB)
  U.S. Sen. John Thune (videotaped)

 

• Natural Gas Markets: Direct and Indirect Factors Impacting Price and Availability Presentation (5.090 KB)
  Casey Whelan, U.S. Energy Services

 

• Today's Western Presentation (224 KB)
  Dirk Shulund, Western Area Power Administration

 

• Network & Nosh Break

  presented by Otter Tail Power Co.

 

• The Future of Coal Presentation (1,229 KB)
  Mike Eggl, Basin Electric Power Cooperative

 

• Is Geothermal Really What It Claims To Be? Presentation (2,393 KB)
  Lyle Darnell, Energy Dynamics

 

• Nuclear Energy: Part of a Clean Energy Portfolio Presentation (1,691 KB)
• Status and Outlook for Nuclear Energy in the U.S., February 2009 Report (341 KB)
• The Cost of New Generating Capacity in Perspective, February 2009 White Paper (110 KB)
  
Adrian Heymer, Nuclear Energy Institute

 

• Fuel Up Luncheon
  presented by NorthWestern Energy featuring Commissioner Marc Spitzer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – Updates from FERC

 

• Expanding Transmission Capacity: Options and Implications Presentation (1,905 KB)
  Clair Moeller, Midwest Independent System Operator

 

• Customers, Engineering & Policy: Balancing Transmission Expansion Presentation (605 KB)
  Tim Rogelstad, Otter Tail Power Company

 

• Wind Energy Presentation (422 KB)
  Beth Soholt, Wind on the Wires

 

• The Ever-Changing Natural Gas Market Presentation (314 KB)
  Kevin R. Petak, ICF International

 

• M-RETS and Siting Wind Towers Presentation (267 KB)
  Commissioner Steve Kolbeck, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

 

• Remarks Video (3,983 KB)
  U. S. Sen. Tim Johnson (videotaped)

 

• Solar and Utilities Today Presentation (833 KB)
  Tom Nicholas, Solar Electric Power Association

 

Wednesday, May 13

• Sunup Sustenance
  presented by Heartland Consumers Power District

 

• Being Energy Smart Presentation (107 KB)
  Commissioner Dusty Johnson, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

 

• Remarks
  U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (videotaped)

 

• Anaerobic Digester Basics Presentation (1,486 KB)
  Dr. Van Kelley, South Dakota State University

 

• Coal: A National Perspective Presentation (1,147 KB)
  Paul Loeffelman, American Electric Power

 

• Stretch & Snack Break
  presented by East River Electric Power Cooperative, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative and the South Dakota Rural Electric Association

 

• America's Oil and Natural Gas Industry Energizing America: Facts for Addressing Energy Policy Presentation (1,915 KB)
  John Felmy, American Petroleum Institute
  

 

• Biodiesel ... Revitalizing America's Future & Fuel Needs Presentation (683 KB)
  Dan Feige, South Dakota Soybean Association/National Biodiesel Board

 

• A Hydrogen/Electric Economy? Presentation (562 KB)
  Frank Novachek, Xcel Energy

 

• Challenges and Opportunities Facing the U.S. Ethanol Industry Presentation (967 KB)
  Brian Jennings, American Coalition for Ethanol

 

• Recharge Luncheon
  presented by Xcel Energy
  featuring Jim Sims, Western Business Roundtable – The Dog That Caught The Car: Real World Implications of Federal Climate Solutions Presentation (2,037 KB)

 

• Green Power Express Presentation (1,457 KB)
  Joseph Dudak, ITC Holdings Corp