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Energy Related Presentations from Commissioners' Information Meetings
and Commissioners' Activities

see also Energy Reports

Materials presented at Commissioners' Deliberations and Information Meetings or in Commissioners' Activities (if made available to the Commission in electronic media), may be made available in the table below.

  • Notice is also given of Commissioners' Information Meetings which may be hosted by the Commission or outside parties, at the Commission or other venues.
  • Notice is also given whenever several Commissioners may be attending the same outside event, regardless of whether the event is utilities-related or not. These events are not necessarily public events, but may be activities which are open only to invited or paying guests.
Information Meetings or Activity Topics
The Commission opened repository Docket No. 09M-247ALL and 10M-003ALL for housing respectively, 2009 and 2010 presentations at Commissioners' Information Meetings and others. ( Presentations from previous meetings follow below. )
Energy Related Presentations
Prior to 2009
2008
Information Meeting or Activity Topic
Presenter & Presentation Files

Public Service Presentation per Decision No. C08-1273

December 18 , 2008, Commissioners' Information Meeting: Docket No. 08M-521E, Public Service Company SB07-100 Designation of Energy Resource Zones and Transmission Plans

SB07-100 Designation of Energy Zones and Transmission Planning Informational Report - PDF

PSCo Presentation for CIM

December 17 , 2008, Commissioners' Information Meeting: BENTEK and the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States presentation:
Projected Natural Gas Prices – 2008-2013 and the Factors Influencing These Prices

Presenters - PDF

IPAMS Presentation: Drivers Affecting Natural Gas Prices & Their Implications - PDF

August 18, 19, 20, 2008, Commissioners' Deliberations Meeting: Docket No. 07A-447E, PSCo Electric Resource Plan: application and statements of position

Topics Agenda - PDF

Scenario Analysis - PDF

Information Meeting or Activity Topic
Presenter Audio & Presentation Files

July 31, 2008: Commissioners' Information Meeting: Climate Change and Carbon Regulation

9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Old Supreme Court Chambers, 2nd Floor, State Capitol

 

see annoucement - PDF | and agenda - PDF

Audio Files of All Speakers - ZIP

All Presentations - ZIP

Individual speakers' presentations

The focus: review scientific data on anthropogenic climate change and approaches for adaptation and mitigation at state and federal levels.
Audio files
presentation files
Susan Solomon,
NOAA - WAV
Climate Change Impacts - PDF
Ken Knox,
Colorado Office of the State Engineer - WAV
Climate Change Impacts On Colorado - PDF
Jeff Fiedler,
University Corp for Atmospheric Research- WAV
Federal Climate Policy - PDF

Joel Swisher,
Camco Global - WAV

Carbon Markets Regulation - PDF
David Farnsworth,
Regulatory Assistance Project - WAV
Monitoring, Verifying, Enforcing Carbon Regulation - PDF

Jim Martin,
Colorado Dept of Public Health & Environment - WAV

Governor’s Climate Action Plan (no media presentation)

Susan Innis,
Governor’s Energy Office

intro - WAV
inaudible - WAV
Susan Innis and Q&A - WAV
inaudible question - WAV
inaudible question - WAV
Susan Innis Q&A / closing - WAV

Voluntary Carbon Offsets - PDF
Information Meeting or Activity Topic
Presenter(s)
Presentation File(s)

July 30, 2008: Commissioners' Deliberations Meeting: Natural Gas Prices – What’s Coming, And What Can You Do About It?

see agenda - PDF

Catherine Palazzari
Colorado Interstate Gas

Skip Arnold
Energy Outreach Colorado

 

Rockies Gas Price Dynamics - PPT

2008/2009 Winter Bill Outlook - PDF

June 10 , 2008: Commissioners' Information Meeting: Docket 08I-113EG, regulation/rate incentives: status, history

 

Geri Santos-Rach, COPUC Staff

Dr. Gary Schmitz, Consultant

Status of Research and Upcoming Deliverables - PPT

History of Industry Regularion Incentives - PPT

May 29, 2008: Commissioners' Information Meeting: Xcel Energy's Smart Grid City - Boulder

Roy Palmer and Mike Carlson, Xcel Energy

Smart Grid Review - PDF

April 17, 2008: Commissioners' Information Meeting: WEBINAR - Quantifying the Benefits of Dynamic Pricing

Dr. Ahmad Faruqui, The Brattle Group

for the list of responders see the CIM Agenda - PDF

E-Forum Presentation: Dynamic Pricing - PPT

For a copy of Dr. Faruqui’s paper and the PRISM model go to www.eei.org/ami

2007
Information Meeting or Activity Topic
Presenter(s)
Presentation File(s)
November 19, 2007: Commissioners' Notice of Activity : Public Service Comanche facilities tour

Tim Farmer, Comanche 3 Project Director

Presentation of Comanche 3 - PDF (1.8Mg)

Fred Arellano, Director, Comanche Station Presentation of Comanche Station - PDF
Frank Prager, Vice President, Environmental Policy Presentation of Comanche Settlement - PDF
October 16, 2007: Commissioners' Information Meeting: Third-party management of demand response systems; existing and emerging applications to manage peak load on the electric grid

Ken Schisler is the Senior Director for Regulatory Affairs for EnerNOC, Inc.  Mr. Schisler served as chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission from 2003 to 2007 and served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Brad Davids is a Senior Director with EnerNOC, focused on expanding the company's business with utilities in the Western U.S.

Movie: Get More Energy - WMV (28.3Mg)

Presentation: Aggregator-based Implementation of
Demand Response Programs
- PPT (5.9Mg)

October 10, 2007: Status of, and Prospects for, Geothermal Energy Development in Colorado.  Experts PUC Staff, Colorado Geological Survey, Department of Energy, utilities, and developers presentations Status of, and Prospects for, Geothermal Energy Development in Colorado

Archive of Presentations
ZIP
(13.7Mg)


see related April 8, 2008 presentation of whitepaper by PUC Staff, Rich Mignogna: A Discussion of Ground Source (Geothermal) Heat Pumps and Their Role in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy - ZIP

July 24, 2007: Transmission and the Implementation of New Colorado Energy Legislation

Agenda - PDF
Speakers, Attendees List - PDF
Panel List - PDF

held at the Old Supreme Court chambers at the State Capitol

Audio files of Discussion

Archive of Presentations
ZIP
(14.6Mg)

June 18, 2007 -. Report: The Future of Coal in a Greenhouse Gas Constrained World.  The report can be accessed at http://sequestration.mit.edu/bibliography/index.html

This report addresses various aspects of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration from coal-fired electric generation facilities.

Howard J. Herzog, with the MIT Lab for Energy and the Environment, is a co-author of the report.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) - Technologies for Electric Generation - PDF

February 12, 2007 - Presentation Coal Gasification and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)

Steve Jenkins
URS Corporation

IGCC 101 - PDF

February 8, 2007 - Colorado Demand-Side Management Informational Workshop in Docket No. 06I-448E Agenda listing presenters at Commissioners' Information Meeting - { online in E-Filings } Presentations - ZIP
2006

Investigation of Public Service Company of Colorado Controlled Outages

DOCKET NO. 06I-118EG

IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION OF THE REPORT OF EVENTS THAT LED TO CONTROLLED OUTAGES FEBRUARY 18, 2006 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO.

  • PSCo Commitment Log Report (public portions)
  • PSCo Report of Events that Lead to Controlled Outages
  • Initial Report of Staff of the Commission
  • PSCo Response to Staff Report

Reports - ZIP

Decisions in Docket - ZIP

 
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