Electric Power Generation Whats Going On Whats New

Electric Power Generation: What’s Going On? & What’s New? EPRI Moderator – Revis James Session Overview: The session will highlight energy supplies that support a balanced portfolio of technologies available for the future of electric power generation. Natural Gas & Petroleum Oil Coal Panelist 1 Panelist 2 Willie Underwood Nick Akins Topics: NG Reserves Shale Gas CCG Plants Topics: Ultrasupercritical CCS/IGCC Clean Coal Techs Nuclear Panelist 3 Vic Mc. Cree Topics: License Applications New Reactors Waste Disposal Renewables Panelist 4 T J Tuscal Topics: Solar Wind Biomass General Discussion Questions for all panelists. • • What are your perspectives on interdependencies between different electric power generation technologies? What are your perspectives on other critical infrastructures necessary to the electric power sector? • Is using more combined cycle plants the answer? • Current NG reserves? • NG markets and price stability • Outlook for NGCC cost • Role of combustion turbines in light of increasing renewables? • Directional Drilling & Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies – environmental regulations? • clean coal technologies and strategies • Challenges of coal plant cycling? • Future directions and impacts of environmental regulations • Mountaineer CCS project • Technical/regulatory challenges for CCS • Financing outlook • Advanced technologies: Ultra supercritical pulverized coal, IGCC • Capacity to sustain high future build rates? • Current plant uprate strategies • Design and construction license for new nuclear plants - projects in progress • Capital Financing/ Construction Costs • Nuclear Waste Disposal • Trained Work Force • Small scale (~500 MW) design • Federal Renewable Energy Stds outlook? (RES) • Impacts of climate change policies. • Renewable Portfolio Stds. (RPS) • Renewable Energy Projects • Generation from Biomass • Grid integration of variable output renewable energy

Example Questions for Panelists 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What are the major benefits and challenges for the future for Electric Power Generation (EPG)? What technological break through do you believe is needed to advance your energy source usage? What role can government incentives play to help meet emerging regulatory and legal requirements? Do you think Federal Government loan guarantees and financial incentives are needed for businesses that help advance new technologies? What’s new in carbon dioxide capture, separation and utilization. Provide a brief list of the recent advances and emerging technologies in the production and efficient utilization of renewable and sustainable fuels.