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2012 Workshop for SF6 Emission Reduction Strategies

April 17-18, 2012, Georgia Power Headquarters, Atlanta, GA

The agenda is provided below.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Time	Agenda Item
9:00 am	Welcome and Workshop Introduction Partnership Program, Sally Rand, U.S. EPA Morning Greeting, Chris Hobson, Chief Environmental Officer, Southern Company
9:20 am	Keynote: Climate Change Science Extreme Weather & Climate Change: Understanding the Link and Managing the Risk, Jay Gulledge, Senior Scientist and Director for Science and Impacts, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Connections Between Global Climate Change and Smaller-Scale Weather Patterns, Stu Ostro, Senior Director of Weather Communications and Senior Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
10:50 am	SF6 Gas Handling & Tracking Moderated by Richard Lordan, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) SF6 Cylinder Filling Process, El Bullard, Airgas Best Practices For Managing SF6 Gas Inventory – A Digital SF6 Gas Tracking Solution, Ted Atwood, Polar Technology SF6 Gas Handling, Christian Wallner, Siemens Gas Recovery from Medium Voltage Equipment, Justin Palmer, DILO Company
12:15 pm	Workshop Luncheon Remarks from William Ball, Chief Transmission Officer, Southern Company
1:30 pm	EPA Partner Recognition Ceremony
2:00 pm	Partner Panel: Best Management Practices and SF6 Inventories Moderated by Sally Rand, U.S. EPA An Asset Management Approach for SF6 Emission Reduction Programs, Robert Preston Lloyd, Southern California Edison An Asset Management Approach for EPA/CARB SF6 Regulations, Robert Preston Lloyd, Southern California Edison ComEd's Roadmap to Success on SF6 Emission Reductions, Mark Slezak, ComEd ITC SF6 Emission Reduction Programs and Equipment Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement, Mike McNulty and Joe Jasinki, ITC Holdings Corp MidAmerican Energy Company Organizational Leadership, Tom Breen, MidAmerican Energy Company
3:30 pm	SF6 Measuring, Monitoring, and Inventorying Techniques Moderated by Bob Mueller, Airgas, Chairman of the NEMA SF6 Task Group Mitigating Potential SF6 Leaks Through Early Leak Detection, Thomas Heckler, WIKA Asset Management – The Key to Environmental Stewardship, John Eastman, INCON SF6 Monitoring as a Companion to SF6 Gas Insulated Switchgear, David Kerr, Siemens-UK
4:30 pm	Round Robin: Technical Issues Moderated by Mollie Averyt, ICF International
5:30 pm	Reception at the Hilton Atlanta

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Time	Agenda Item
8:30 am	Morning Greeting
8:40 am	Climate Policy Update Climate Policy in 2012 and Beyond, Michael Tubman, Senior Fellow, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions EPA Update, Sally Rand, U.S. EPA, Climate Change Division
9:10 am	Field Operations: Portable Technology and Leak Repair Techniques Moderated by Paul Stewart, ICF International Under Pressure: SF6 Gas Leak Repairs, James Hackett, The Colt Group Revolutionary New Technology for Testing and Measuring SF6 Purity and Decomposition Products, Vaughan Williams, Energy Maintenance Technologies (EMT) Optical Gas Imaging for SF6 Leak Detection, Rob Raymer, FLIR Commercial Systems, Inc Ultrasound Technology for Microscopic Leak Detection, Theophanis Theodorou, Consolidated Edison Company of NY
10:50 am	EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Open Forum Program Update, 2012 Reporting Schedule, and Q&A Session, Sally Rand, U.S. EPA and Paul Stewart, ICF International
11:40 am	Closing Remarks
12:00 pm	Workshop Adjourns
12:30 pm-3:30 pm	Southern Company Site Tour – Forest Park