Immediately after the networking activity on Monday, stop by and join us in the Bunker Hill Foyer 2nd Floor of the Omni Los Angeles Hotel for drinks and networking!

•The California Public Utilities Commission’s job is to assure that California is served with sufficient resources, at reasonable rates, and that we meet clean energy mandates.
•California’s energy market is in flux – so how do we accomplish our mission in a changing world?  
•In the near term, what market design changes might assure sufficient affordable generation – from natural gas-fired and renewable resources – to meet demand in the next several years?
•By 2030 and beyond, California is moving toward an electric sector that emits nearly zero greenhouse gas emissions. What role does natural gas play in that future?

•Kinder Morgan Overview
•Key Trends in the US Natural Gas Market
•West Region Power Generation Trends
•Implications of Residential Electrification
•Summary

-The natural gas supply “glut”
-Retail vs wholesale natural gas prices
-California natural gas infrastructure failures
-California’s renewable portfolio standard

Understanding this dynamic & complicated market - Rockies & West market fundamentals
This panel examines market fundamentals at work resulting in dynamics impacting the Rockies & West region. Perspectives will be provided from a major midstream infrastructure operator, a major not-for-profit water and energy utility, a leading market analyst, and a natural gas price data and news provider!!

Please join our hosts, the Corporate Sponsors, at a cocktail reception in your honor. Don’t make your dinner plans too early as hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be the highlight of this extremely well attended session!

This year marks a decade since the start of the US shale gas revolution — when broad-based commercial reserve development of shale resources fundamentally altered the industry, ultimately reframing market views on gas price formation. Once shaped by chronic shortages and growing import dependency, US natural gas prices have more recently been influenced by periods of prolonged surplus with a more recent imperative for exports to rebalance the domestic market. Looking ahead, it is clear that in order to avoid another decade of price-driven supply accommodation (a decade-long buyer’s market, if you will), gas suppliers will need to better align growth with consumer requirements. Given a deeper understanding of the geology, gas producers would appear up to the task. Yet, we expect that balancing act ahead will be complicated by oil producers given record associated gas on top fluctuating demand growth.

•PSEP Program Progression & Operational Improvements

Our gas buyer panelists will give you solid and valuable insight into what is currently working, what they have learned from volatility and what they will do differently next time. Topics of discussion to include:

1) What buying or pricing strategies are you currently employing, for instance, what if any long-term purchases are you making or how are you managing the hedging activities?

2) What are the important issues/challenges for your LDC/company/industry in both the short-term and the long-term? How will your LDC/company/industry meet these challenges?

3) Has FERC Order No. 849 adopted in rulemaking docket RM18-11, Rate Changes Relating to Federal Income Tax Rate, and the requirement for interstate pipelines to file Form No. 501-G had any impact on your business?

4) How has the recent low-cost commodity environment impacted expectations of and communications with end-users and regulators?

5) Were there any developments this winter that caused you to look at storage and firm transportation differently? Discuss how and why. What will you do differently to prepare for the winter of 2018/2019 based on low storage injection projections? 

6) How have exports to Mexico impacted the current natural gas market in the West?

7) Are the planned Permian pipeline projects enough to affect the current basis? What do you foresee as a result of the recent pipeline expansion and/or project delays?

8) How are Canadian Imports impacting natural gas in the Northwest / West. How could the proposed LNG Methanol exports in the NW impact the region? 

9) How has the impact of the Aliso Canyon and SoCal outages affected the region and gas buying in the region?

10) What tools and assets would you like to have access to as an end-user to improve your ability to manage your energy portfolio

11) What factors, other than price, influence your decision to choose one supplier over another?

A Look At Scientific Innovation Breathing Life Into The Global Energy Market

Natural gas pipeline deliverability that is properly contracted and nominated will be critical to ensure service reliability as renewable penetration increases.  In the West, natural gas has been and will continue to be the fuel used to meet the variable load-following demand requirements of electric generation.  As electric generation from renewable sources increases, hourly variability of natural gas demand will increase. “Renewable firming,” a product of developing the appropriate pipeline services and infrastructure such as market area gas storage, is required to meet intermittent demand created by renewable generation. 

The natural gas industry is in the midst of yet another evolution, moving from a supply driven market to one focused on demand growth. This panel will discuss various aspects that are driving the market and changing the market dynamics - Discussion topics will include:
* The Dark Horse rises: Denver-Julesburg
* Sustained commodity price environment behind recent producer confidence; Rigs on the rise
* Rockies producers making the best of a bad situation; efficiency gains enable production growth
* Climate Policy and State specific Renewable targets on natural gas demand in the power sector
* Competition from Western Canada for PNW market share
* Impact of Northeast-to-Midwest expansion projects
* Gas to Mexico and it's effect on supply to the region

Discussion will focus on repurposing, redirecting, and multi-purposing energy infrastructure in a world where there is little or no basis. The boom in U.S. shale plays launched a commercial evolution of repurposing that started with REX. As a result of the increase in demand for pipeline capacity, traditional pipelines have turned to reversals and conversion to fulfill market demand.

With major changes and constant motion within the Natural Gas Industry, what does the future hold? The Northeast region - Marcellus and Utica continue to supply the country with an influx of gas but what else and where else can we expect to meet the need for supply in the West? During this panel discussion, the panelists will address project updates on REX, the Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and REX Cheyenne Hub Enhancement, LDC market expansion, renewables affecting the Rockies and much more! The DJ Basin is HOT!! 

Please join our hosts, the Corporate Sponsors, at a cocktail reception in your honor. Don’t make your dinner plans too early as hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be the highlight of this extremely well attended session!

The Energy Information Administration projects world energy demand to increase 28% between 2015 and 2040 with much of the increase being met by growth in natural gas production. This presentation will focus on the following topics:
•The geographic areas expected to the experience the greatest increase in future energy demand
•The main determinants of these increases
•How these increases will be met by shifts in fuel shares in light of the economic environment
•How natural gas markets are expected to contribute to increased production in liquid fuels
•Which countries are expected to further develop their own resources to help meet global natural gas demand

• The FERC initiated the Gas-Electric Harmonization topic in 2012. The goal was to prepare the gas business to meet the increasing demands on natural gas because of gas-fired generation. The industry, through NAESB, worked on this topic until April 2017. This presentation will cover the work that has been done to date, the changes that were accomplished, the changes the failed and, most importantly, what needs to happen next to move us forward toward a reliable future.