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8:30 AM | Networking with the Industry: Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:45 AM | Welcome & Overview
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9:45 AM | Opening Keynote: Sourcing Efficient and Affordable Energy and Natural Gas’s Role in Maintaining Energy Reliability
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James Duncan, President, The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University
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10:45 AM | The Role of Natural Gas and Biogas in a Low Carbon Future
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11:15 AM | Networking Break
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12:15 PM | Keynote Presentation: Powering California’s Future: A Regulatory Perspective
 Click here for details.•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?
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Ms. Rachel Peterson, Chief of Staff to CPUC Commissioner Randolph, California Public Utilities Commission
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2:15 PM | Luncheon and Keynote Address: Implications of Renewable Generation and Residential Electrification
Click here for details.•Kinder Morgan Overview
•Key Trends in the US Natural Gas Market
•West Region Power Generation Trends
•Implications of Residential Electrification
•Summary
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Mr. Will Brown, Vice President, Commercial, Kinder Morgan - Natural Gas Pipelines West Region
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3:15 PM | My Whining Tour 2018
Click here for details.-The natural gas supply “glut”
-Retail vs wholesale natural gas prices
-California natural gas infrastructure failures
-California’s renewable portfolio standard
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3:30 PM | Networking Break
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5:30 PM | What Was, What's Now, What's Next?
Click here for details.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!!
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Mr. David Dutch, Vice President, Business Development and Client Support, Natural Gas Intelligence
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7:30 PM | Cocktail Reception-Hosted by the Sponsors
Click here for details.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!
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