Robert E. Curry, Jr. Commissioner of the New York State Public Service Commission
Please join the New York Association for Energy Economics when we welcome Robert E. Curry, Jr. Commissioner of the New York State Public Service Commission to our monthly NYAEE Luncheon on February 23rd. Mr. Curry will discuss Indian Point, the current status of shale gas and the potential impact of shale gas on New York State's electric and gas needs as well as the latest issues in front the Public Service Commission including CHP. Robert E. Curry, Jr. was appointed a Commissioner of the New York State Public Service Commission in 2006 for a term that runs through February 1, 2012. Secretary Steven Chu named him to the Electricity Advisory Committee for the US Department of Energy in 2010 where he is a member of the Transmission and Smart Grid Subcommittees. A member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, he is Vice-Chair of its LNG Partnership with the Department of Energy. For the Middle Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, he is Co-Chair of its Committee on Natural Gas. In addition, at Columbia University, Mr. Curry is a frequent speaker on energy issues and a Member of the Board of Advisors of its law school’s Center on Corporate Governance. He also participates in the New York City Energy Planning Board, the Harvard Electricity Policy Group and other power industry and regulatory activities.
Online Registration Is Now Open
TIME: Gather from 12pm. Lunch at 12:30. Speaker from 1-1:45pm.
VENUE: Tonic - 727 Seventh Avenue (bw 48th & 49th Streets)
Lunch fee is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Registration closes the evening before, after which there are no refunds. Walk-ins are welcome ($10 surcharge at door). *PLEASE NOTE: Though we accept walk-ins, we ask that everyone pre-register so that we may provide the facility with an accurate headcount estimate.
2011
January 26, 2012 - Lunch
James Gallagher, head of Strategy at the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) .
December 15, 2011 - Lunch
Dr. Max Zhang, "Electric Vehicles in New York: Integrating the Power, Transportation, Building and Environmental Systems" .
November 17, 2011 - Lunch
Dan Steingart, Asst. Professor in Chemical Engineering at The City College of New York and the CUNY Energy Institute, discussed "City-Safe Grid Scale Energy Storage And Distribution" .
October 27, 2011 - Lunch
Paul F. Mutolo, Director of External Partnerships at the Energy Materials Center at Cornell, discussed "Opportunities in New York for Electrical Energy Storage and other Advanced Energy Technologies" .
September 22, 2011 - Lunch
Frank Murray, President and CEO of NYSERDA discussed "The economics and programs funded through the Systems Benefit Charge IV" .
August 16, 2011 - Special Event
"CHP in NYC": A panel discussion with experts from various aspects of the industry will discuss the impacts of CHP within the city.
Margarett Jolly, Bill DiCroce, Don Winston, Sergej Manhovsky, Ph.D.
Moderated by: Carl Liggio, Ph.D.
June 23, 2011 - Lunch
Professor Peter Kelemen of Columbia University discussed "Rare Earth Elements and other Commodities needed for Clean Technology Infrastructure" .
May 26, 2011 - Lunch
Sergej Mahnovski of New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) discussed New York City Energy Policy and PlaNYC 2.0.
April 28, 2011 - Lunch
Chris Gadomski of Bloomberg New Energy Finance discussed "The Impact of Fukushima on Nuclear Energy in the United States". See the presentation here.
March 24, 2011 - Lunch
Colin Smart of Consolidated Edison discussed "Demand Response in New York City". See the presentation here.
February 24, 2011 - Lunch
Kyle Mork of Energy Corporation of America discussed "A Practical Look At Shale Gas".
See the presentation here.
January 27, 2011 - Lunch
Dick Schuler of Cornell University & the NYISO discussed "Electricity Markets in New York State".
2010
December Lunch
Ed Krapels of Anbaric Power discussed Northeast Transmission Projects & Issues.
November Lunch
Frank Ingriselli and Steven Groth of Global Venture Investments discussed the economics and pitfalls of energy opportunities in China.
October Lunch
Shaun Chapman (Vote Solar) and John Burges (Knight Capital Markets) discussed the merits of feed-in-tariffs.
September Lunch
Eron Bloomgarden, President of Environmental Markets, Equator LLC spoke on California's Climate Change Legislation (AB32) and the threat to it posed by Proposition 23. View Eron's presentation here.
Summer Event: Blowout in the Gulf
On August 17th, the USAEE-NYC in conjunction with YPE and Bloomberg Law welcomed Rick Farmer, Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski for his analysis of the economic, legal and political ramifications of the Gulf Oil Spill. The event was held at Bloomberg offices in mid-town Manhattan.
June Lunch
Joseph Oates, Vice President of Energy Management, Con Edison, and James Van Nostrand, Executive Director, Pace Energy and Climate Center, discussed the economic, reliability, and environmental issues surrounding the Indian Point nuclear plant. View Joseph and James' presentation here.
May Lunch
Chris Ashley of EnerNOC discussed building on demand response and capturing value in energy efficiency. View Chris's presentation here.
April Lunch
David Neal, Director, New York Asset Management, NRG, and KC Sahl of Bluewater Wind spoke on both the Astoria Repowering Project and Bluewater Wind’s development plans. View their presentations here and here.
March Lunch
Dr. Barbara Kates-Garnick spoke on the future of rate-based regulation. View Dr. Kates-Garnick's presentation here..
February Lunch
David Bomke from the New York Energy Consumers Council spoke on energy challenges from a customer's perspective.
January Lunch
Professor Klaus Lackner, Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics and Director of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy at Columbia University spoke on the topic of Carbon Sequestration economics and technology to 65 attendees. View Prof. Lackner's presentation here.
2009
December Lunch
Tom Congdon, Deputy Secretary for Energy in Governor Paterson’s office and Chair of the New York State Energy Planning Board spoke on the recently released New York State Energy Plan. 71 attendees.
November Lunch
James Lyons of Novus Energy Partners on the new battle between petroleum and electric for Transport Supremacy.
October Lunch
Rebecca Craft, Director, Energy Efficiency at Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc. shared her thoughts on managing power in an age of change in a demanding city.
September Lunch
Ashok Gupta, Air and Energy Program Director for NRDC, spoke about the Waxman-Markey Bill. He addressed a variety of issues on the topic including likelihood of the bill passing into law, the impact on energy prices, permit allocation challenges, impact on competitiveness, compliance cost estimates, and relation with other international cap and trade schemes.
August Lunch
Adam E. Sieminski, Chief Energy Economist for Deutsche Bank, spoke about the bulls and bears of natural gas prices, the outlook for production, import, and storage, fuel switching and the ‘coal floor’, power generation as a driver of demand, and the impact of carbon on prices and the cost of new plants. View Adam's presentation here..
July Lunch
Daniel Einbund, VP and co-founder of the New York Nuclear Corporation gave a candid view of the nuclear industry, its history, and future challenges. The luncheon was memorable for the substantial audience participation with Daniel responding to a variety of well informed questions ranging from the security of the US uranium supply to the need for government financial support to underwrite new nuclear plant investment.
June Lunch
Jonathan Schrag, Executive Director of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) discussed the success and challenges facing RGGI. RGGI is the first mandatory, market-based effort in the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states will cap and then reduce CO2 emissions from the power sector 10% by 2018.
May Lunch
On May 28th, Liam Baker (US PowerGen) and Carlos Villaba (Con Edison) presented on electric capacity markets. Part tutorial, part analysis of the recent proposal for a forward capacity market in New York State, Carlos and Liam, gave their perspectives on an issue which their professional positions requires that they often take opposite sides.
April Lunch
On April 23rd, Mark Brownstein (Environmental Defense Fund) gave an excellent analysis of the potential paths for Federal Climate and Energy Policy. This included the need for action, as well as political and practical challenges of passing and implementing policy.
March Lunch
On March 26th, 2009, Jim Gallagher, SVP for Energy Policy, New York City Economic Development Corporation spoke about the Electric Supply and Demand Challenges Facing New York City. 40 people attended this first lunch and we received great positive feedback on the event and Mr. Gallagher's presentation.