Distribution Technology Transfer Workshop - Orlando, Florida

May 23, 2013, Orlando, Florida

The agenda and presentations are provided below.

Time	Agenda Item
8:00 am – 8:15 am	Registration and Coffee
8:15 am – 8:25 am	Welcome & Opening Remarks AGA Representative
8:25 am – 8:40 am	EPA’s Natural Gas STAR Program Overview (pdf) Jerome Blackman, Natural Gas STAR Program Manager
8:40 am – 9:00 am	Overview of Distribution Emissions in the US GHG Inventory Melissa Weitz, US EPA
9:00 am – 9:25 am	Key Natural Gas STAR Mitigation Options (pdf) Overview of technologies and practices for LDCs - Don Robinson, ICF International
9:25 am – 10:05 am	New Studies on Methane Emissions (pdf) GTI’s study on emissions from underground plastic & cast iron pipe - Kristine Wiley, GTI
10:05 am – 10:10 am	Coffee Break Compliments of AGA
10:10 am – 10:50 am	PG&E Experience with Picarro Technology (pdf) Steve M. Redding, PG&E; Michael R. Woelk, Picarro, Inc.
10:50 am – 11:20 am	Total Emissions Reductions by Optimization of Compressor Utilization (pdf) Jim Haught, ONEOK
11:20 am – 11:30 am	Q & A Session and Closing Remarks Jerome Blackman, Natural Gas STAR Program Manager
12:00 pm	AGA President’s Luncheon Compliments of AGA
1:00 pm	Picarro field demonstration