Electric Compression Economics

2009 Special Workshop
                August 27, 2009                                  

LEAD UNDERWRITER

CenterPoint Energy

SPONSORS

Voith Turbo
^{Entergy Services, Inc.}
TMEIC GE
MAN TURBO Inc.
Siemens
ABB, Inc.
Anselectric LLC

GAS COMPANY PLANNING ADVISORS

 El Paso Corporation, Panhandle Energy, Williams Gas Pipeline 

Produced by Gas/Electric Ventures

    ● Why Electric Compression?
             Matthias Grapow, MAN Turbo

     USING ELECTRIC POWER
Electric Rate Structures and Infrastructure Issues
Moderated by Larry Bowden, Williams Gas Pipeline

    ●  Overview of Power and Pipeline Systems
  Larry Bowden, Williams Gas Pipeline

    ●  Regulated, Deregulated, and Cooperative Company Overviews    
             
                _*   John Zimmerman, Entergy
                _*   David Snyder, CenterPoint Energy
                _*   Richard Ward, Association of Louisiana Electric Co-ops

    ●  Overview of the Deregulated Power Marketplace
            David Morrison

      CHALLENGES TO ELECTRIC COMPRESSION and GETTING OVER THE HURDLES
       Moderated by David J. Atwood, Voith Turbo

    ●  Gas Pipeline Management of Power and Pricing Structures
             Larry Bowden, Williams Gas Pipeline           

    ●  Reliability and Risk Analysis of Electric Stations
            Thomas Z. Moore, Southwest Research Institute

    ●  Impacts of Interruptions to Pipelines
            Anders T. Johnson, El Paso Corporation          

    ●  Understanding Start-up of Electric Systems
            Arnold Eisenstein, Panhandle Energy

    STEPS FOR SUCCESSFUL ELECTRIC COMPRESSION PROJECTS
       Moderated by John P. Fagg, MAN Turbo

    ●  Need for Collaboration to Improve Reliability              

    ●  Power Company Persectives on Best Practices

   ●  Gas User Perspectives on Best Practices
           

  BEYOND TRADITIONAL PIPELINE USES
    
    ●  Applications of Electric Compression in Wellhead/Gathering
            Panel moderated by Keith Sergent, ConocoPhillips

                _*   Randy Bissey, Ariel
                _*   Brian Matusek, Cameron
                _*   James R. Barr, J.W. Operating
                _*   Josh Malouf, Energy Transfer Technologies