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2009
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| November, 2009: | Seth Parker spoke at and moderated the Forward Capacity Market panel at the 2009 Power Markets Conference sponsored by the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association. |
| October, 2009: | LAI conducted a Dispatch and Emissions Analysis for the proposed Bayonne Energy Center that will consist of 512 MW of quick-start gas turbines and an HVAC u/w cable lead into New York City. Our Analysis was included in the Joint Proposal submitted to the NYPSC for an Article VII Certificate and is referenced here. |
| September, 2009: | John Bitler gave a presentation, "The Outlook for North American Fuel Supplies," at the 15th Annual Northeast Energy and Commerce Association Fuels Conference. The presentation covered supply trends and related issues for oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium. The presentation is available through the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association website at www.necanews.org. |
| August, 2009: | LAI was retained by Bayonne Energy Center, LLC, to evaluate a proposed 512-MW peaker plant that would be interconnected from NJ into NYC via an underwater HVAC cable. LAI forecasted the plant’s operating regime, its impact on market energy and capacity prices and its impact on regional NOx emissions. |
| April, 2009: | LAI has issued an RFP to provide third-party electricity supply on behalf of the Aquarion Water Company. The RFP can be downloaded here. |
| April, 2009: | LAI is sponsoring the 4th Annual Northeast Power Markets Forum on April 27-28. Richard Levitan and Seth Parker will be moderating panels on financial and gas/power issues. The full agenda can be found here. |
| March, 2009: | LAI was selected by the newly-formed Illinois Power Agency to be the Procurement Administrator for the Ameren Illinois Utilities’ 2009 solicitation for wholesale capacity, energy, and RECs. The procurement website can be found here. |
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2008
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| December, 2008: | The Maryland Public Service Commission published LAI’s Final Report on Maryland’s Energy Future that evaluated the most promising resource options to meet the State’s long-term energy needs in the context of re-regulating generating assets. LAI’s report can be found here |
| December, 2008: | Richard Levitan gave a presentation at a workshop sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon Department of Electrical Engineering on using dynamic monitoring and decision systems to manage the inter-dependency between the gas and electricity markets. |
| December, 2008: | Jack Elder prepared an affidavit in support of a request for rehearing and clarification filed on December 10, 2008 by Calpine Energy Services in FERC Docket RP08-374. His affidavit addresses differing gas qualities and the need for a Wobbe Number rate of change limitation in the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline tariff. Jack's affidavit can be found here. |
| August, 2008: | Boris Shapiro and Richard Carlson prepared an Affidavit for the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control regarding the incentive rates proposed for the Maine Power Connection transmission project. The Affidavit was included with the DPUC’s FERC filing in Docket EL08-77-000 and can be found here. |
| August, 2008: | LAI was retained by Shell Energy North America to evaluate Dominion Virginia Power’s RFP for 2011 Unit Capacity. Seth Parker is the testifying expert; his redacted testimony can be found here. |
| June, 2008: | The Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control selected three peaking generation projects that will be constructed and operate under long-term contracts with the state’s electric distribution companies. These projects are intended to meet the Connecticut’s current shortfall of locational forward reserves and provide other ratepayer benefits. Ellen Cool, Boris Shapiro, Michael Lints, Richard Levitan, and Jack Elder provided oral and written testimony before the Commission on the results of LAI’s evaluation of costs and benefits ascribable to portfolios of competing projects. The Commission’s Decision and LAI’s written testimony in this docket may be found here. |
| June, 2008: | Matt DeCourcey gave a presentation on Managing Regret Risk to the International District Energy Association at their annual meeting in Orlando. |
| May, 2008: | LAI was retained by the Vermont Public Service Commission to evaluate a Petition filed by Entergy, the owner of Vermont Yankee, to spin off its merchant nuclear business. Seth Parker’s redacted testimony was filed on May 29th and can be found here. |
| May, 2008: | Richard Levitan, Sara Pierce and Diane Rigos presented the results of the Phase II Wind Study at the ISO-New England Planning Advisory Committee meeting on May 20, 2008. The presentation can be found here. |
| April, 2008: | The New York Power Authority selected Astoria Energy LLC to enter into a 20-year PPA for a new 500 MW gas-fired combined cycle project, subject to final negotiations. LAI provided extensive commercial advisory support to NYPA and its New York City governmental customers, including engineering, economic, and regulatory analyses. |
| April, 2008: | LAI sponsored Platt’s 3rd Annual Northeast Power Markets Forum on April 28/29 in Washington DC. Richard Levitan spoke and moderated a panel on the Northeast’s Regulatory Frameworks and Investment Potential. |
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2007
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| December, 2007: | The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) issued an order in Docket No. 07-0527 approving the Ameren Illinois Utilities initial procurement plan that identified the portfolio of power and energy products to be procured in an upcoming RFP for the period June 2008 through May 2009. The ICC also approved the selection of LAI as the Procurement Administrator. LAI will design and implement the procurement RFPs, manage the procurement process, and evaluate bids received for energy, capacity and renewable energy credits. |
| December, 2007: | LAI prepared a report that quantifies the costs and benefits of both conventional and unconventional resource options that are available to meet the State of Maryland’s long-term energy requirements. The Task 3 report, prepared with Kaye Scholer LLP and SEMCAS Consulting, is part of an assignment designed to assist State policymakers in making choices among discrete resource options. The Task 3 report was published on November 30, 2007 and can be found on the Maryland Public Service commission website. |
| November, 2007: | Seth Parker of LAI moderated a panel and spoke at the Northeast Capacity Markets Conference sponsored by the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association. |
| August, 2007: | LAI has completed a comprehensive assessment of the proposed Broadwater LNG import terminal for the Long Island Power Authority. Our assessment covered the market and economic impacts of the proposed terminal, as well as technology, environmental, and safety / security issues associated issues. A copy of the full report, released by LIPA on July 31, 2007, can be found here. |
| June, 2007: | LAI was the Gold Sponsor of the Infocast Capacity Markets conference on June 4-6 in Washington, DC. |
| May, 2007: | LAI has completed a high-level analysis of wind potential in New England for ISO New England as part of their Scenario Analysis process. Our analysis, “Technical Assessment of Onshore and Offshore Wind Generation Potential in New England”, quantified the maximum theoretical wind generation potential for both onshore and offshore sites. In addition, the report analyzed publicly available historic wind data in New England in order to quantify wind speed patterns and variability. The full report is available at the ISO New England web site. |
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2006
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| November, 2006: | Dr. Diane Rigos gave a presentation "Safety Issues in LNG Transportation and Storage" at the Atlantic LNG Summit held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 20-21. |
| September, 2006: | Richard Levitan and Ellen Cool of LAI provided testimony before the Connecticut DPUC regarding the conduct and outcome of the wholesale power procurement conducted by United Illuminating and Connecticut Light and Power for Standard Service and Supplier of Last Resort Service. LAI also evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a financial option that would convey benefits to ratepayers in the event of a material decline in market energy prices after wholesale supply contracts were executed. |
| June, 2006: | Seth Parker participated in a June 7th FERC Technical Conference on the PJM's proposed Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) on behalf of four generation companies. He will be addressing the cost of new entry, the shape and zero-crossing point of the VRR demand curve, net energy and ancillary service revenues, and other key parameters. |
| LAI was the Gold Sponsor of the Infocast Northeast Power Supply Forum on June 5-7 in Philadelphia, PA. Richard Levitan chaired the conference. Seth Parker and Jack Elder led a workshop on Forecasting ICAP Prices. |
| May, 2006: | LAI was selected by the Connecticut DPUC to oversee the competitive procurement of Standard Service and Supplier of Last Resort Service by the state's two electric utilities, United Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power, for contracts beginning on January 1, 2007. |
| March, 2006: | Richard L. Levitan spoke at the Platt's Northeast Power Markets Forum on March 30 & 31st in Washington, DC. He discussed market volatility and design in the context of resource procurement, power prices, and gaining return on investment. |
| John Bitler presentated on March 29 at the Syngas Refiner Workshop regarding Comparative IGCC Economics for Plants Using Different North American Coal Feed Stocks. He reviewed the economics of IGCC using coal feed stocks sourced from Northern Appalachia, the Illinois Basin, the Powder River Basin and the Gulf Coast relative to natural gas combined cycle and pulverized coal plants. |
| February, 2006: | Phil Curlett spoke at the 19th Annual IDEA Campus Energy Conference on the Energy Master Plan prepared by LAI that evaluated alternative steam and power technologies in an uncertain environment. |
| Richard L. Levitan spoke at the February 10th Electric Restructuring Roundtable on The Search for Resources for New England's Electricity Future. He discussed LAI's outlook for natural gas, in particular LNG, regarding infrastructure, supply developments, and prices. |
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2005
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| DATE | EVENT |
| September, 2005: | John R. Bitler, Principal, moderated a panel, Update on Off-Shore LNG Terminal Projects in the Northeast, at the 11th Annual NECA Conference on Natural Gas Issues. |
| August, 2005: | LAI provided expert testimony for eCorp, culminating in the sale of Stagecoach High Deliverability Storage Project to Inergy. |
| May, 2005: | LAI was selected by the National Institute of Health to provide advisory services on natural gas procurement |
| LAI completed the Master Energy Plan for Cornell University. |
| April, 2005: | LAI was selected by Long Island Power Authority to assess the potential impacts of the proposed Broadwater LNG facility. |
| March, 2005: | LAI was selected by Southwest Gas to provide expert testimony and regulatory support in the El Paso Natural Gas General Rate Case. |
| LAI presented ICAP demand curve testimony before FERC staff on behalf of NYISO. |
| LAI was selected by the Long Island Power Authority to provide economic and market advisory services for the selection of off-Island bids providing energy and capacity. |
| John R. Bitler, Principal, presented "Managing Transportation and Storage Risks" at Insight Information's Energy Contracts Conference. |
| February, 2005: | LAI was selected by Brown Rudnick to provide expert testimony on northeast capacity markets and bankruptcy litigation support involving a large merchant generating company. |
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2004
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| November, 2004: | Seth G. Parker, Principal, presented "Financing Projects with ICAP Revenues" at Infocast's Financing U.S. Power Conference. |
| LAI was selected by Florida Power & Light to provide a technical assessment of pipeline gas temperature and interchangeability ascribable to LNG. |
| September, 2004: | LAI was selected by PJM Interconnection to conduct a follow-up study of pipeline deliverability and bulk power security. |
| LAI was selected by Cornell University to provide energy management advisory services. |
| LAI was selected by Dewey Ballantine to provide an expert report and litigation support in defense and countersuit of an alleged loan default by a gas storage field operator. |
| July, 2004: | Westchester County selected LAI to assess options to retire the Indian Point nuclear power station, including the costs of replacement power and local economic impacts. |
| June, 2004: | LAI completed the 2004 Map of Gas-Fired Power Plants and Natural Gas Infrastructure in New England and Downstate New York. |
| LAI was selected by a developer to respond to NYPA's RFP for power infrastructure development. |
| LAI was selected by Taunton Municipal Power Plant to facilitate an RFP process for gas procurement services. |
| May, 2004: | LAI has completed work on the Winter 2003-04 Cold Snap Study on behalf of ISO-NE. |
| April, 2004: | LAI was selected by the University of Rochester to provide risk management and gas procurement services. |
| LAI has been selected by ISO-NE to perform follow-up pipeline simulation modeling in order to assess regional natural gas deliverability. |
| LAI has been selected by PJM to perform follow-up pipeline simulation modeling in order to assess regional natural gas deliverability. |
| March, 2004: | LAI was selected by NYISO to calculate the ICAP Demand Curve for 2005-2007. |
| LAI is advising a large integrated utility on the valuation and lease renegotiation of an existing LNG storage facility. |
| February, 2004: | LAI chosen to advise the Maine Department of Transportation on LNG terminal developments. |
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2003
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| DATE | EVENT |
| November, 2003: | LAI provided a developer with a market analysis for distributed generation in New York State. |
| John R. Bitler, Principal, presented an "Overview of Natural Gas and Power Market Dynamics in New England" to the Connecticut Bar Association. |
| October, 2003: | Provided IGTS with hourly gas demand profiles for a winter peak electric day and identified hydraulic pressure requirements. |
| September, 2003: | Richard L. Levitan, President, and Lilly Y. Zhu, Senior Consultant, presented "Value Drivers Affecting Pipeline & Storage Entitlements," at the InfoCast Gas Volatility Conference. |
| August, 2003: | LAI advised a Southwestern energy end-user (Phelps Dodge) on whether to pursue litigation to recover losses from artificially high gas prices. |
| LAI provided MIT a financial analysis of its cogeneration expansion plan. |
| July, 2003: | LAI was selected to conduct modeling in support of LIPA's selection of a provider of up to 600 MW of energy capacity. |
| June, 2003: | Part 2 of the Comprehensive Assessment and Report: Environmental Resources and Energy Infrastructure of Long Island Sound published for the Connecticut Institute of Sustainable Energy. |
| Phase 2 of the Multi-Regional Natural Gas Pipeline Deliverability Study for IMO, ISO-NE, PJM, NYISO and NERC completed. |
| Richard L. Levitan, President, presented "Winter 2002/03 Gas Storage Forensics and Emerging Market Trends" at an InfoCast Conference. |
| Richard L. Levitan, President, presented "Outlook on Gas Supply and Deliverability in New England" at the Massachusetts Electric Restructuring Round Table. |
| John, R. Bitler, Principal presented "Natural Gas Supply Strategies" at the 94th Annual IDEA Conference & Trade Show. |
| Seth G. Parker, Principal, presented a paper on "Power Sales Contract Restructuring Issues" at the Infocast Asset Optimization and Portfolio Management Conference. |
| Salem Harbor fuel diversity white paper delivered to Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney. |
| Comprehensive U.S. power market analysis completed on behalf of large foreign investment bank. |
| May, 2003: | Seth G. Parker, Principal, was a panelist on "Southwest Connecticut Congestion" at the 10th Annual New England Energy Conference. |
| April, 2003: | Richard L. Levitan, President, presented "An Outlook on Gas Commodity Prices and Market Fundamentals in the Northeast" at the NYC Bar Association Energy Committee. |
| January, 2003: | Part 1 of the Comprehensive Assessment and Report on Energy Resources and Infrastructure of Southwest Connecticut published for the Connecticut Institute of Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University. |
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