Monday, April 14, 2008

7:00 am - 8:45 am

Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 am - 9:15 am

Welcome and Overview

Calendar year 2007 saw as many projects announced, approved and built as any year in recent memory.  Is this a concerted effort by The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to increase the availability of natural gas in the marketplace, and if so will it last through an election year and a new administration?  There are now a number of key items on the regulatory agenda as we begin 2008 and this discussion will review the political climate and some key regulatory initiatives with a special emphasis on the Capacity Release NOPR and Asset Management Agreements.

• Mr. Jerry Ribnick, Chairman, LDC Forums,

• Mr. Drew J. Fossum, Vice President & General Counsel, Tenaska Marketing Ventures

9:15 am - 10:15 am

Gas Supply: Traditional, Non-Conventional and Alternative Sources

As energy prices rise the public is more focused on green energy and diversification of supply.  Our industry needs to be responsive to the marketplace and recognize that there will be new tradeoffs between cost and environmental and political consequences.  Traditional basins of supply will continue to be the main source of natural gas for many years to come, but new and alternative sources of gas will become more important, and ultimately set the marginal price of natural gas.

• Dr. James W. Duncan, Director, Market Research, ConocoPhillips

• Mr. Jared Kaiser, Manager, Gulf Assets, BP Energy Company                                          

• Mr. Porter Bennett, President and CEO, BENTEK Energy LLC

10:15 am - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am – 11:45 am

It's “LNG Time”: Competing for Supply, with Capacity to Deliver

Liquefied natural is becoming an increasingly more significant piece of the worldwide energy picture.  Gas is now highly portable, and can be easily redirected to the highest priced markets.  Although LNG looks just like gas from every other source when arrives at the burner tip, getting it to the customers in the Southeast requires planning and infrastructure to maximize it’s value so it doesn’t go elsewhere.  This session will discuss what the Southeast region will need to do in order to get its share of LNG.

• Moderator: Mr. William Robert (Bob) Crites Jr., Vice President, Origination, Constellation Energy Commodities Group

• Mr. Johnny H. Tramel, Director, Eastern Region, Pacific Summit Energy, LLC

• Mr. David C. Landry, Vice President, General Manager, Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC

• Mr. John H. Holcomb, Vice President, MoBay Storage Hub, LLC

12:00 noon

Golf Tournament and Spa Afternoon

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

7:30 am - 8:45 am

Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 am - 9:30 am

Reducing the Global Carbon Footprint

Not a day goes by without a major article in the press about the importance of our carbon footprint and it’s impact on global warming.  Every presidential candidate, in both parties, is talking about energy, the environment and climate change.  There is little doubt that the next president and congress will work together to pass some sort of legislation dealing with greenhouse gasses and credit trading, most likely modeled after the European system.  It is clear that emissions concerns will soon become a major factor in all energy industry decisions

• Mr. Graeme Martin, Business Development Environmental Products, Shell Energy North America
• Mr. Fiji George, Manager, EH&S, El Paso Corporation
• Mr. Craig Breslau, Director, Commodities Trading Desk, Societe Generale

9:30 - 10:30 am

Storage, a Hot Commodity, Yields Cold Cash
Whether you are a developer, investor, owner, operator or customer, there has never been a better time to be in the storage business!  Prices are so high that it is hard to remember just a few years back when nobody wanted anything to do with any aspect of storage.  This session will attempt to explain the reasons that storage has become such a hot commodity, and how companies are valuing their storage assets.

• Moderator: Mr. Mark Cook, Vice President, Southern Pines Energy Center
• Mr. Paul W. Bieniawski, President, Bobcat Gas Storage
• Mr. Robert Truman, Director, Business Development, CenterPoint Energy Service
• Mr. Russ Kovin, Vice President, Petal Gas Storage
• Mr. Kenneth L. Beckman, President, International Gas Consulting

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Managing Risk with Rising Prices and Lower Credit
Energy companies and many of the larger industrial end-users have become pretty adept at managing their commodity risk in order to smooth out overall gas costs.  Hedging deals have become very complex, as the marketplace demands that companies simultaneously control price risk, weather risk and credit risk.  New products have been developed especially in the weather area, but a whole new strategy must be found as the sub prime meltdown flows through the energy and credit markets.

• Mr. Bill W. Windle, Managing Director, RenRe Investment Managers, Ltd.
• Mr. E. Seth Wilson, Director of Structuring and Product Development, North American Energy Credit & Clearing Corp.
• Mr. Paul M. Corby, Senior Vice President, Planalytics Inc.
• Ms. Nicole Jasper, Head of Sales America, Deutsche Bank

12:15 - 1:45 pm

Luncheon and Keynote Address:

Impact of the Current Credit Market on the Energy Industry

• Ms. Blythe Masters, Head of Global Commodities JPMorgan Investment Bank, JPMorgan

1:45 pm – 3:00 pm

Storage Projects and Updates

Capital is flowing to the storage marketplace at an unprecedented rate.  New storage projects are being announced so often that it is hard to keep track of the latest developments, and projects that had been dormant for years now have new life.  The backlog for construction of new storage facilities is growing, but these panelists will tell you about their storage projects in the Southeast, and how you can best benefit from this surge in development activity.

• Moderator: Mr. Patrick J. Strange, Managing Director and Principal, Bear Energy
• Mr. Russell E. Murrell, Vice President, Marketing, EnergySouth Midstream, Inc.
• Mr. Jeff A. Ballew, Vice President, Arcadia Gas Storage, LLC
• Mr. Daniel P. Fowler, Director, Wholesale Pipeline Business Development, Dominion Transmission Inc.
• Ms. Laura L. Luce, President, NGS Energy

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Break

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

New Projects for the Southeast

Sustained high prices have increased natural gas supply options throughout the United States. Gas that was previously too expensive to find or transport is now becoming the gas that sets the price of natural gas at the margins.  LNG terminals and pipeline capacity are scrambling to catch up, and many new projects are being built to get this new gas to the southeast region. 

• Moderator: Mr. Patrick Gibson, Vice President, East Tennessee Natural Gas
• Mr. John Haynes, Sr. Vice President, Business Development, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP
• Ms. Kimberly Watson, Vice President, Business Development, Kinder Morgan   
• Mr. Dan McGinnis, Vice President, Suez Energy North America, Inc.             

4:30 - 6:30 pm

Cocktail Reception

Please join our hosts, the 2008 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!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

8:00 am - 8:45 am

Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 am -9:00 am

Welcome and Overview

• Mr. Jerry Ribnick, Chairman, LDC Forums

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Municipal Prepaid Deals, Tax Free Gas

More than $20 billion of prepaid natural gas deals have been executed by municipalities looking to save on their natural gas costs.  In a typical transaction, the utility issues bonds to prepay for gas and enters into a 15 to 30 year supply contract.  The Muni gets a reliable source of gas for the term of the contract at a significant discount to index, the supplier gains a long term customer, and the financial participant accesses long-term capital at competitive rates, truly a win/win for all parties involved. Hear why more of these deals are getting done and how your company can benefit from these sophisticated transactions

• Mr. Stephen Hanan, Director, Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.
• Ms. Susan Reeves, Chief Financial Officer, Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia
• Mr. Mark Widener, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch & Co. Global Markets and Investment Banking
• Mr. Dan Hartman, Managing Director, The PFM Group
   

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 12:00 noon

Gas Buyers Forum

Buying gas is getting increasingly sophisticated and complex. There are more alternative sources of supply, and the financial and environmental aspects of a diverse supply portfolio are much more difficult than just a few years ago.  This group of gas buyers represents a significant portion of the gas volumes used in the region, and they don’t have the luxury of becoming complacent.  If you are a gas buyer, come hear how your peers are planning for the future. If you sell gas, this panel of gas buyers will discuss the issues that you need to understand if you want to become a supplier of choice in the Southeast.

• Moderator: Mr. Douglas N. Schantz, President, Sequent Energy Management
• Mr. Branson Williams, Fuels Manager, PowerSouth Energy Cooperative   
• Ms. Rose Jackson, General Manager- Gas Supply & Capacity Management, SCANA Services, Inc.,
• Mr. Blake Baxter, Senior Trader, Energy Origination, Tennessee Valley Authority

12:00 - 12:15 pm

Wrap-up