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Future of Coal for Southeast Power Generation

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (ET)

Atlanta, United States

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The Future of Coal for Southeast Power Generation

Wednesday, October 27 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The speakers will consider the extent to which coal will serve as a feedstock for power generation, with one utility as a case study.  In addition, the speakers will address the prospects for carbon capture and sequestration technologies at utility-scale.

Gary Brinkworth, Senior Manager for New Generation and Portfolio Optimization, Tennessee Valley Authority

Mr. Brinkworth has over 28 years of utility industry experience in generation and transmission planning, forecasting, demand-side management evaluation & rate analysis. He has a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University, and is a registered professional engineer in 4 states. Gary began his career at Southern Company in Birmingham, AL and then moved to Tallahassee, FL where he worked for 20 years for the municipal utility there in various assignments. He joined TVA in March 2009 and oversees the development of long-term capacity plans, including the current Integrated Resource Plan effort. Gary’s experience includes work with several regional and national utility industry groups, including the Southeast Electric Reliability Corp (SERC) and the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC), as well as serving on several North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC) committees and task forces.

Gerald (Jerry) Hill, Senior Technical Advisor to the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB).

Dr. Hill has over thirty years experience with the petroleum and electric utility industries, and has a Doctorate in Civil Engineering from the University of Iowa. Dr. Hill coordinates the technical aspects of climate change projects for the Southern States Energy Board. In 2003 SSEB entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to lead the Southeastern Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB). The Southeast partnership currently is conducting four Phase II small-scale CO2 injection experiments and has initiated activities for two Phase III large-scale CO2 injection experiments.







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ATDC Headquarters, Hodges Room (3rd Floor)
75 5th Street NW
Atlanta, 30308

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (ET)


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