Pittsburgh, PA
When looking to achieve decarbonization goals for electricity usage, Federal agencies have many options including energy efficiency programs, renewable generation, and "new" technologies like small modular (nuclear) reactors, carbon offsets or credits, etc. This panel is to specifically look at the ways Utility Generators are progressing for carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) and beyond. This panel will provide expert input directly from utilities' perspective on the opportunities and challenges with providing sufficient and reliable CFE through current and cutting-edge technologies. Some of the topics to be addressed include: Can CFE be reliably provided at utility-scale for mission critical (24/7) applications, while also meeting their reliability requirements from NERC/FERC? Are the current CFE technologies adequate to meet aggressive timelines in the Executive Order on utility scale CFE? How can natural gas or nuclear play a role?
Instructors
Monica DeAngelo, Director of Federal Partnerships, Southern Company Read Bio
Monica DeAngelo is responsible for engaging with all federal agencies related to regulated and unregulated interests on behalf of Southern Company and its 14 operating companies and subsidiaries. Monica ensures alignment between federal requirements and company capabilities. As a senior member of the Southern Policy and Strategy team, she influences policy and project opportunity outcomes by leading political and legislative efforts throughout the U.S. Prior to joining Southern Company, she held leadership positions as a civil servant with the U.S. Department of Navy and U.S. Department of Energy and began her federal career as an engineer with FERC. She also provided energy expertise to the U.S. Department of Defense in former consulting roles. Monica received a MS in environmental engineering from Columbia University, New York, New York, a BS in environmental engineering from Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and holds a CEM certification.
Paul Matthews, Manager, Federal Energy Solutions, Dominion Energy Read Bio
Paul received a BS in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Old Dominion University and has over 36 years of experience with Dominion Energy. Paul's experience includes work in Design, Planning, Operations, and Key Accounts where was the main liaison between the Federal Government and Dominion Energy. For the past 12 years, Paul has been responsible for Dominion Energy's Federal Energy Solution Group with overall responsibility for their Utilities Privatization and UESC programs. During this period, he assisted Dominion Energy's privatized installations in implementing multiple projects to improve their reliability, resilience, and sustainability which resulted in an 88-100% decrease in outages and the installation of multiple emergency back-up generators and microgrids. Paul also oversaw the successful completion of multiple UESC projects and the award of projects currently in construction at the Pentagon, MCB-Quantico, and NSF Dahlgren.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Identify key options for potential to lower emissions at Federal facility from energy generation and consumption;
- Identify technologies availability to provide low carbon emissions and zero carbon emissions;
- Select the pros and cons of technology options, including solar and wind generation, battery storage, small modular reactors, geothermal, and other technologies;
- Recognize how to successfully partner with local utilities to provide carbon-pollution free electricity.
