AGENDA FOR 

ENERGY-WATER NEXUS PARTNERS MEETING

Hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Energy Information
Administration

U.S. Department of Energy

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20585

March 22, 2012

Discussion is encouraged throughout the presentations.

  9:00 AM	Welcome and Background – Stan Kaplan, EIA

  9:15 AM	Background on GAO Report 10-23 – Eric Evenson, USGS

  9:30 AM	Overview of EIA Surveys, Cooling System Data, Recent
Developments and OMB Clearance Process – Vlad Dorjets, EIA

10:00 AM	Quality Assurance of Cooling System Data – Cha Chi Fan, EIA

10:20 AM	Architectural Challenges of Collecting Cooling System Data and
Implications on Analysis – Glenn McGrath, EIA

10:45 AM	Break

11:00 AM	Open Discussion on EIA Data and Work

12:00 PM	Lunch

  1:00 PM	Overview of USGS Thermoelectric Team Work – Eric Evenson,
USGS

  1:10 PM	Results of Plant Location Project – Susan Hutson, USGS

  1:2O PM	Analysis of EIA-Derived Master List – Melissa Harris, USGS

  1:30 PM	Presentation of Hierarchical Model – Tim Diehl, USGS

  2:00 PM	Open Discussion on USGS Data and Work

  3:00 PM	Break

  3:15 PM	MIT System-Level Generic Model of Water Use at Power Plants–
Michael Rutberg, MIT

  3:45 PM	ASME Power Plant Cooling Specifications/Design Guide – Carey
King, University of Texas at Austin

  4:15 PM	Freshwater Use by U.S. Power Plants –Kristen Averyt,
University of Colorado at Boulder

  4:45 PM	Open Discussion of Future Meetings, Areas of Interest and
Related Topics

  5:00 PM	Adjourn

List of Participants

Organization	Name	Remote

American Water Works Association	Adam Carpenter

Steve Via

	Constellation Energy	Ed Miller

	Edison Electric Institute	Henri Bartholomot

Steve Frauenheim

Karen Obenshain	

Y

Electric Power Research Institute	David Bailey

Bob Goldstein

Kent Zammit	

Y

Y

Entergy Nuclear	Rick Buckley

	Exelon	Joshua Trembley	Y

Independent Consultant	Gary Vine

	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Michael Rutberg

	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Erik Shuster

	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Jordan MacKnick

Robin Newmark	Y

Y

Nuclear Energy Institute	David Bradish

William Skaff

	PSEG	Russell Furnari

	Sandia National Laboratory 	Vince Tidwell

	Tennessee Valley Authority	Chuck Bohac

Gary Springston	Y

Y

U.S. DOE / Office of Policy & International Affairs	Craig Zamuda

	U.S. Energy Information Administration	Jim Diefenderfer

Vlad Dorjets

Cha Chi Fan

Stan Kaplan

Mike Leff

Fred Mayes

Glenn McGrath

Suparna Ray

Nancy Slater-Thompson

Channele Wirman

	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Veronica Blette

Roger Gorke

Karen Metchis

Paul Shriner

	U.S. Geological Survey	Tim Diehl

Eric Evenson

Melissa Harris

Susan Hutson

	University of Colorado at Boulder	Kristen Averyt

	University of Texas at Austin	Carey King

	Water in the West at Stanford University	Andrew Fahlund	Y

Watercat Consulting LLC	Cat Shrier

	Western Governors Association	Shanna Brown

Tom Iseman	Y



