October 29 · 8am - October 30 · 1pm
Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center
200 Civic Center Drive
Charleston, WV 25301
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | REGISTRATION |
9:00 - 9:10 a.m. | Opening Remarks Nicholas S. Preservati, Acting Commerce Secretary & West Virginia Office of Energy Director |
9:10 - 9:40 a.m. | Energy Litigation Overview Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia Attorney General |
9:40 - 10:20 a.m. | ARCH2 Latest Developments, Projects & Future Plans Kurtis Hoffman, Senior Program Manager, Battelle Laura Goins, AST General Counsel, DEIA Lead, & NEPA Subject Matter Expert for ARCH2 Sanjeev Menon, Managing Director, Fidelis New Energy Jeff Nehr, Senior Vice President of Gas Supply & Development, Hope Utilities Brian Redmond, CEO, Hog Lick Aggregates Arria Hines (Moderator), CEO, Allegheny Science & Technology |
10:20 - 10:40 a.m. | BREAK |
10:40 - 11:05 a.m. | West Virginia Coal 2024: Expanding Coal Exports Chris Hamilton, President, West Virginia Coal Association Jason Bostic, Executive Vice President, West Virginia Coal Association |
11:05 - 11:25 a.m. | Versatility of Heavy-Duty & Industrial Gas Turbines (2 MW - 593 MW) David Blank, Director of Distributed Sales North America, Siemens Energy |
11:25 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Creating New Coal, Gas & Manufacturing Markets in West Virginia Paul Ziemkiewicz, Director, West Virginia Water Research Institute Jim Crews, Vice President of Northeast Business Development, MPLX Bill Bissett, President, West Virginia Manufacturers Association Sharon Flanery (Moderator), Energy & Natural Resources Chair, Steptoe & Johnson |
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH |
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. | West Virginia Office of Energy Program Update Nicholas S. Preservati, Acting Commerce Secretary & West Virginia Office of Energy Director |
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. | The Effect of Federal Energy Policy on U.S. Energy Supply Asim Haque, Senior Vice President of Governmental & Member Services, PJM |
2:00 - 2:40 p.m. | Meeting West Virginia’s Increased Energy Demand Asim Haque, Senior Vice President of Governmental & Member Services, PJM Doug Hartman, Director of Generation Services, FirstEnergy Russ Lang, Corporate Energy Manager, Ferroglobe PLC James Bailey (Moderator), Member, Spilman Thomas & Battle |
2:40 - 3:00 p.m. | BREAK |
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. | Tenaska’s Tri-State CCS Hub Project Scott Murray, Project Development Manager, Tenaska |
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Biochar Technology at Scale Riki Franco, Founder & CEO, Prime 6 |
4:00 - 4:40 p.m. | Energy & Economic Development: West Virginia Success Stories Johnny Jacobs, Vice President & General Manager, Nucor Steel West Virginia Ted Wiley, Co-founder, President & COO, Form Energy Mitch Carmichael (Moderator), Senior Advisor, Appalachian Innovation Region, Eastridge Consulting Group |
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Women in Energy Breakfast Shelley Moore Capito, United States Senator |
9:00 - 9:10 a.m. | West Virginia Women in Energy Award Shelley Moore Capito, United States Senator |
9:10 - 9:40 a.m. | What’s Next for Nuclear? Emerging Technologies to Power Tomorrow Emil Avram, Vice President of Business Development, Dominion Energy |
9:40 - 10:20 a.m. | Guide to Residential & Commercial Energy Assessments Xavier Walter, Director of Outreach, Building Performance Association Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan, Director, WVU Industrial Assessment Center Sarah Messbauer (Moderator), Deputy Director, West Virginia Office of Energy |
10:20 - 10:40 a.m. | BREAK |
10:40 - 11:05 a.m. | Advanced Geothermal Potential in West Virginia Jessica Moore, State Geologist & Director, West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey |
11:05 - 11:30 a.m. | Economic Development in the Southern Coal Counties Brian Anderson, Executive Director, Interagency Working Group on Coal & Power Plant Communities & Economic Revitalization |
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | State of the States: Energy Roundtable Kenya Stump, Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Energy Policy Vince Maiden, Director, State Energy Office of Virginia Cassie Powers, Chief of Staff, National Association of State Energy Officials Glenn Jeffries (Moderator), West Virginia State Senator |
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH Jim Justice, Governor of the State of West Virginia Robert “Rocky” Bleier, 4x Super Bowl Champion, Pittsburgh Steelers |
1:00 - 1:20 p.m. | PICTURES WITH ATTENDEES |
1:20 - 1:50 p.m. | Media interviews |