AGENDA PTI Conference I
In Person, Hilton Garden Inn, Crystal City, VA
May 15-17, 2023
“Issues Facing the Power House of the 21st Century”
Monday, May 15th – Salon 1 & Salon 2
12:00pm | Lunch – Salon 4 |
1:00 | Welcome & Introductions – Alex Stoddard, CIBO Executive Director |
1:30 | “Transformative Technology Demonstrations and DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations” Christina Walrond, Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, Advanced Nuclear and Industrial Demonstrations, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, U.S. Department of Energy |
2:15 | BREAK |
2:30 | “Virginia Air Quality and Planning Issues” Thomas R. Ballou, Air Data Analysis and Planning Manager, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
3:15 | “PFAS Regulatory and Policy Update” Chuck Chaitovitz, Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
4:00 | “SEC Climate Disclosure Rule” Charles Crain, Senior Director – Tax & Domestic Economic Policy, National Association of Manufacturers |
4:30 | “Technology Presentation to Recover Clean Water & Energy from Humid Waste Exhaust Stacks” Sunil Deoras, Partner & CTO, TMCAqua |
5:15 | Welcome Reception – Hotel Garden Café & Outdoor Patio Sponsored by Gecko Robotics |
6:15 | Dinner at Ted’s Montana Grill – 2200 Crystal Drive Suite A, Arlington, Virginia 22202 |
Tuesday, May 16th – Salon 1 & Salon 2
7:00 AM | Breakfast Buffet – Hotel Garden Café |
8:00 | Setting the Agenda & Introductions – Alex Stoddard, CIBO Executive Director |
8:15 | “Update from the Senate EPW Committee” Adam Tomlinson, GOP Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works |
9:00 | “EPA Air & Water Regulatory Updates (MACT, RTR, WOTUS)” Lisa M. Jaeger, Bracewell Law Firm & CIBO Counsel |
10:00 | BREAK |
10:15 | “Biden Administration Regulatory / Climate Agenda” *virtual Nichole Distefano, Principal, Mehlman Consulting |
11:00 | “GHG Reporting Trends” Wendy Merz, Director of Sustainability Services, Trinity Consultants |
11:30 | “Annual Energy Outlook 2023: Industrial Energy Consumption Projections” Peter Gross, Technical Lead, Industrial Energy Consumption, U.S. Department of Energy |
12:00 | Lunch Buffet – Hotel Garden Café Sponsored by Detroit Stoker |
1:00 | “Valmet Technology Presentation – Cleaning Boiler Heating Surfaces with the Shock Pulse Generator” Sarah Henke, Senior Product Manager, Recovery Boilers, Valmet |
1:40 | “Efficiency and Profitability Improvement of a Cogeneration Plant Using Advanced Controls” Benoit Janvier, Enero Solutions |
2:20 | “PFAS Analytica Methods and Sampling Techniques” JP Verheul, Senior Chemist, Enthalpy, Analytical LLC, Montrose Environmental |
3:00 | BREAK |
3:15 | “Social Cost of Carbon – Greenhouse Gas (SCC-GHG)” Steven Rose, Principal Research Economist, Electric Power Research Institute |
3:45 | “Legal Update, EPA Air Regulations” * virtual Skipp Kropp, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson |
4:30 | “EPA CSAPR Ozone Transport FIP Overview Continued” Tiffany Dillow, POWER Engineers |
6:15 | Dinner at The Portofino Restaurant – 526 South 23rd Street, Arlington, VA 22202 – 1480 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202 |
Wednesday, May 17th – Salon 1 & Salon 2
7:00AM | Breakfast Buffet – Hotel Garden Café |
8:00 | Setting the Agenda – Alex Stoddard, CIBO Executive Director |
8:15 | “EPA PFAS Roadmap; Potential Effects on Industrial Energy Operations” Matt Traister, Vice President, Ramboll |
9:00 | “Woody Biomass – Carbon Neutrality & Sustainability” Paul Noe, Vice President, AF&PA |
9:45 | BREAK |
10:00 | “Biofuels and Sustainability” *virtual Marty Muenzmaier, Renewable Fuels Sustainability, Lead, Cargill |
10:45 | Mary Martin, U.S. House of Representatives |
11:00 | September Meeting Input – Help Build the Agenda – Alex Stoddard, CIBO Executive Director |
12:00 | Conference Concludes |