Sponsored by:
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
The Energy Information Administration
Hosted by the National Association of State Energy Officials

AGENDA 

7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.  Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Dub Taylor, Chair, NASEO Board of Directors & Director, State Energy Conservation Office
• The Honorable Pat Hoffman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability,
  U.S. Department of Energy - INVITED

8:45 a.m.  Winter Weather Forecast

• Michael Halpert, Deputy Director, Climate Prediction Center, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

9:15 a.m.  World Oil Overview

• Frank Verrastro, Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic &
  International Studies

10:00 a.m.  EIA 2008-2009 Winter Heating Fuels Overview

• Howard Gruenspecht, Acting Administrator, Energy Information Administration

10:45 a.m. EIA Press Conference

11:00 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m.  Natural Gas: Domestic Production and Demand Forecast

• Lee Van Atta, Director, Enterprise Management Solutions, Black & Veatch

12:00 p.m.  Keynote Luncheon
TBD

1:15 p.m.  Propane Demand and Supply Trends and Forecast

• Walter M. Hart, Ph.D., P.E., Principal, Purvin & Gertz, Inc

2:00 p.m.  Heating Oil Issues – Supplies, Prices, Distributer Financing

• John Felmy, Chief Economist, American Petroleum Institute
• Mark Wolfe, Executive Director, National Energy Assistance Directors' Association
• Timothy R. Warfield, Executive Director, National Association for State Community Services Programs - INVITED

3:15 p.m.  Wrap Up and Adjourn

• Alice Lippert, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy