December 9 – 10, 2015

Joint Meeting of the Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee Transuranic Waste Transportation Working Group
Hotel: Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Download: Agenda

Download: Meeting Summary

Presentations:

• Activities of the NRC’s Division of Spent Fuel Management: An Overview
  David W. Pstrak, Senior Project Manager
  Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation
  Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• 180c Inter-regional Team Grant Exercise
  Elgan Usrey, Consultant
  Southern States Energy Board

• Overview of DOE Region 3 Emergency Response Assets
  Christina T. Edwards, Regional Response Coordinator, DOE Region 3
  NNSA Office of Emergency Response (NA-42)
  

• National Transportation Stakeholders Forum (NTSF) Presentation
  Michael E. Wangler, Office of Environmental Management
  Christopher Wells, Southern States Energy Board

• Transportation in Environmental Cleanup
  Michael E. Wangler, Office of Environmental Management
  Ellen E. Edge, Office of Environmental Management

• WIPP National TRU Program
  James Mason, Institutional Affairs Manager
  Carlsbad Field Office

• Georgia WIPPTREX 2015
  Mark Wyland, WIPP Coordinator
  Georgia Emergency Management Agency

• Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) Update
  Ellen Edge, Program Manager
  DOE TEPP
  Ken Keaton, Region 2 and 3 Contractor
  DOE TEPP

• Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project (NFST) Program Updates and FY16 Planning
  Erica Bickford, PhD
  DOE-NFST

• Current Status of Shutdown Sites Activities / Transportation Infrastructure Near Crystal River
  Steve Maheras
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Update
  Randy Russell, Hazardous Materials Specialist
  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

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October 15, 2015

SSEB Associate Members Meeting (held in conjunction with Southern Governors’ Association)
Hotel: Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Download: Agenda

Presentations: 

• Southeast Offshore Storage Resource Assessment (SOSRA): An SSEB Carbon Management Program
  Kimberly Sams Gray, Managing Director
  SSEB

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September 27 – 29, 2015

SSEB 55th Annual Meeting
Hotel: The Greenbrier
Location: White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Download: Program

Visit our 2015 Annual Meeting page for all post-conference materials, including speaker presentations.

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July 18, 2015

SSEB 2015 Briefing to Southern Legislators in conjunction with the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC)
Hotel: Hyatt Regency (in the Harborside West Ballroom)
Location: Savannah, Georgia

Download: Agenda

Presentations:

• Energy Diversity: A Key Value for the Georgia PSC
  Tim Echols, Commissioner
  Georgia Public Service Commission

• The EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan: State Impacts and Actions
  Randy Eminger, South Region Vice President
  American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity

• Water Quality in the States: Facts, Frictions, and Predictions
  Ben Grumbles, Secretary
  Maryland Department of the Environment

• Energy Legislation: 2015 West Virginia Legislature
  John McCuskey, Assistant Majority Whip
  West Virginia House of Delegates

• Air Quality Regulations: Time to Shift Gears
  Mack McGuffey
  Troutman Sanders LLP

• Electric Grid Security
  David Revill
  Georgia Transmission

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May 19 – 20, 2015

SSEB Committee on Clean Coal Energy Policies and Technologies Meeting (held in conjunction with the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance’s Annual Meeting)
Hotel: MeadowView Conference Resort & Convention Center
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee

Download: Agenda

Presentations:

• Importance of SSEB’s Clean Coal Committee to the U.S. Department of Energy
  Joe Giove
  Director of Coal Business Operations, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

• Priorities of the DOE Office of Clean Coal and Carbon Management
  David Mohler, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal and Carbon Management
  U.S. Department of Energy

• Potential Impact of EPA Regulations on Future of Coal in U.S.
  Vicky Sullivan, Associate Vice President for Policy Analysis
  ACCCE

• Ozone Considerations in the Future of Coal in the U.S.
  Gene Trisko, Energy Economist

• ICCS Regulatory Review: Recent US Actions
  Jordan Kislear
  US Department of Energy

• Innovative Worldwide Solutions for Capture and Use of CO2
  Elizabeth Burton, Ph.D., General Manager
  Global CCS Institute

• North Dakota Lignite – Solving Energy Needs
  Honorable Brian Kalk, Ph.D., Commissioner
  North Dakota PSC

• Technological Solutions to a Robust Coal Future

  WA Parish Plant (Texas)
  Michael Nasi
  Jackson Walker LLP

  Southern Company Research, Development & Deployment of Clean Coal
  Richard Esposito, Ph.D.
  Southern Company

  John W. Turk Power Plant (Arkansas)
  Craig Henry, Maintenance Superintendent
  AEP/SWEPCO Turk Plant

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May 12, 2015

Joint Meeting of the Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee and the Transuranic Waste Transportation Working Group
Hotel: Embassy Suites Albuquerque – Hotel & Spa
Location: Albuquerque, NM

Download: Agenda

Download: Meeting Summary

Presentations: 

• Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program Update
  Ken Keaton, TRG Incorporated

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March 11 – 12, 2015

SECARB 10th Annual Briefing to Stakeholders’ Meeting
Hotel: Hilton Atlanta Airport
Location: Atlanta, GA

Download: Agenda

Presentations: 

• Presentations can be viewed on the www.secarbon.org website.

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February 23, 2015

SSEB Associate Members Winter Meeting
Location: Washington, DC

Download: Agenda

Presentations:

• Opening Remarks
  Alex Flint, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
  Nuclear Energy Institute

• TVA’s Plans for Nuclear Energy
  Brenda Brickhouse, Vice President, Environment and Energy Policy
  Tennessee Valley Authority

• The Business Case for Energy Efficient Buildings
  Chris Mathis, President
  Mathis Consulting

• Introduction of New SSEB Associate Members
  
  American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
  Steve Higley, Outreach Director
  
  American Gas Association
  Kyle Rogers, Vice President, Government Relations (Presented by Ashley Duckman)NorthStar/Harris Utilities
  Freda Guzman, Regional Sales Manager
  Blair Robinson, Director of Sales (Smartworks/Harris Utilities)

• EPA’s Power Sector Greenhouse Gas Regulations: What’s Next?
  Peter Glaser, Partner
  Troutman Sanders