Early Action Conference

September 13, 1999
  
8:00-8:45 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
  
9:00 -10:30 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Eileen Claussen, Executive Director, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
   
Keynote Address, Dennis H. Reilley, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, DuPont
   
The Case for Early Action, MODERATOR: Eileen Claussen

• Aidan Murphy, Vice President, Global Climate Change, Shell International
• Dale Landgren, Assistant Vice President, Business Planning, Wisconsin Electric Power Company
• George Meyer, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Larry Wallace, Chief Operating Officer, City of Atlanta
   

10:30-10:45 am Break
  
10:45 am -12:15 pm
Review of Early Action Proposals, MODERATOR: Robert Friedman, Vice President for Research, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment

• Jimmie Powell, Staff Director, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
• David Garman, Chief of Staff, Senator Frank Murkowski
• Richard Aiken, Legislative Assistant, Congressman Rick A. Lazio
• Al Alm, Executive Vice President, The Columbus Group

 
12:15-1:45 pm  Lunch
Robert Luft, Chairman, Entergy Corp.
  
2:00-3:45 pm
Legal and Policy Issues Roundtable Discussion: Program Scope, Sequestration, Past Emissions, International, Moderator: Martin McBroom, Director, Business Environmental Leadership Council, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

• Dale Heydlauff, Vice President, Environmental Affairs, American Electric Power
• Dan Lashof, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Michael Oppenheimer, Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
• Bob Prolman, Director, International Environmental Affairs, Weyerhaeuser
• David Victor, Senior Fellow, Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations
   

3:45-4:00 pm  Break
  
4:00-5:45 pm 
Legal and Policy Issues in Design Roundtable Discussion: Double-counting, Additionality, Leakage, Rates vs. Tons, Moderator: Vicki Arroyo Cochran, Director of Policy Analysis, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

• Robert Nordhaus, Member, Van Ness Feldman, P.C.
• Mark L. Perlis, Attorney, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky LLP
• Ken Colburn, Director, Air Resources Division, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• Kevin Fay, Executive Director, International Climate Change Partnership

5:45-7:00 pm Reception

 
 
September 14, 1999
  
7:30-8:15 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
  
8:30-10:30 am
Technical Issues: Baselines and Inventories, Moderator: Bill Wescott, Associate Director, Arthur D. Little

• Judith Bayer, Director, Environmental Government Affairs, United Technologies Corp.
• Leslie McGeorge, Director, Division of Science, Research and Technology, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• John Carberry, Director, Environmental Technology, DuPont

10:30-10:45 am Break
  
10:45 am -12:20 pm
Technical Issues: Verification, Moderator: Darryl Banks, Vice President and Senior Consultant, CH2M HILL

• Ned Helme, Executive Director, Center for Clean Air Policy
• John L. Marion, Manager, Strategic Technology Planning, ABB Alstom Power
• Rich Guimond, Director, Environment, Health & Safety, Motorola
• Ralph C. Feeney, North American HSE Issue Manager, Health, Safety and Environment, BP Amoco

 
12:20-12:30 pm
Closing remarks by Gerald Hapka, Deputy Executive Director, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Presentations

• Al Alm, Executive Vice President
  The Columbus Group
  "Early Action Program: A Proposal to Stimulate Voluntary Reduction of Greenhouse Gases" (in PowerPoint format) [1]
   
• Judith Bayer, Director, Environmental Government Affairs
  United Technologies Corp.
  "The Why and How of Energy Baselines: The UTC Experience" (in PowerPoint format) [2]
   
• John Carberry, Director, Environmental Technology
  DuPont
  "Industrial Views on Establishing a 'Baseline'" (in PowerPoint format) [3]
   
• Robert Friedman, Vice President for Research
  The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
  "Review of Early Action Proposals panel — Introductory Remarks" [4]
   
• Ned Helme, Executive Director
  Center for Clean Air Policy
  "Verification of Early Reduction Credits" (in PowerPoint format) [5]
  

   

• Dale E. Heydlauff, Vice President, Environmental Affairs
  American Electric Power
  "Past Emissions" (in PDF format)
   
• Dale Landgren, Assistant Vice President, Business Planning
  Wisconsin Electric Power Company
  "The Case For Early Action" (in PowerPoint format) [6]
  

   

• Dan Lashof, Senior Scientist
  Natural Resources Defense Council
  "Establishing a Budget for Early Reduction Credits" [7]
   
• John L. Marion, Manager, Strategic Technology Planning
  ABB Alstom Power
  "Technical Issues: Verification" (in PowerPoint format) [8]
   
• Leslie McGeorge, Director, Division of Science, Research and Technology
  New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  "NJ Global Climate Change Program" (in PowerPoint format) [9]
   
• George Meyer, Secretary
  Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  "The Case For Early Action" (in PowerPoint format) [10] or  Notes [11]
   
• Jimmie Powell, Staff Director
  Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  Review of the Chafee Bill, S. 547 [12]