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PUCO schedules second workshop on combined heat and power

U.S. DOE to host regional dialogue in Columbus the following day

COLUMBUS, OHIO (June 7, 2012) – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) will host the second in an ongoing series of workshops to help industrial boiler owners and operators learn how combined heat and power (CHP) can help them meet changing USEPA Clean Air Act regulations. The “CHP Case Studies: Voices of Experience” workshop will share firsthand experiences with financing, installing and operating CHP systems between utilities, developers and other stakeholders.

The PUCO workshop is scheduled for June 20, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the offices of the PUCO at 180 East Broad Street, 11th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215. The workshop will also be webcast live. A vendor expo will begin at 9 a.m. Individuals interested in attending the workshop and vendor expo can register online at www.PUCO.ohio.gov.

Separately, the U.S. Department of Energy will host a Midwest Regional Dialogue Meeting on June 21, 2012 to bring together state regulators, industrial users, utilities and other stakeholders to develop best practice policies and investment models that address the barriers to investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP. Attendees can register for this event online at http://sentech.srahosting.com/mw_iee_chp/.

The PUCO will host additional CHP workshops on August 2 and September 13, 2012.

Additional information about the PUCO’s combined heat and power workshop series is available at www.PUCO.ohio.gov.

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Combined Heat and Power Case Studies: Voices of Experience

June 20, 2012

Offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
180 E. Broad St.
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Workshop Agenda

9:30 a.m.	Registration in Room 11B Vendor Expo from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Rooms 11C and 11D
10:00	Introduction and Welcome Todd Snitchler, Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
10:05	Combined Heat and Power 101 Cliff Haefke, Principal Research Engineer, US DOE Midwest Clean Energy Application Center
10:35	Texas Medical Center Central Heating and Cooling Services Corporation Steve Swinson, President and CEO
11:35	Lima, Ohio Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Micro-turbine Eric Markley, Assistant Superintendent
12:05 p.m.	Lunch (list of local eateries to be provided)
1:15	Toledo Landfill Gas & Digester Gas Cogeneration Facility Martin Ellman, Senior Project Manager, Middough, Inc.
1:45	Chillicothe VA Medical Center Dale Allard, Chief Energy Engineer
2:15	Break
2:30	SunCoke Energy James Skipworth, Chief Plant Engineer
3:15	Millenium Inorganic Chemicals – Ashtabula Selwyn Gray, Millenium Inorganic Chemicals Tom McNay, Duke Energy Generation Services
3:45	Panel Discussion
4:15	Close the day

 

 

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