<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Navigant Insights RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.navigant.com/rss_feeds/_context/</link><description>Stay up to date with the latest Insights from Navigant</description><language>en</language><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{D30C3612-656E-4999-93E1-59DFF8F442AA}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/07/23/hydrovision-international/</link><title>Navigant Energy to Present at HydroVision International</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Navigant&amp;rsquo;s Kerry LaLiberte will present insights on shifting hydro generation costs due to declining performance over the past fifteen years during HydroVision International. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
HydroVision International is the premier event for hydro professionals to network, share best practices, and view the most comprehensive collection of product and service providers in the industry. Include HydroVision in your budget for next July and get the best return on investment available in the industry.
July 26, 2013&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Shifting Hydro Generation Costs/Declining Performance Over the Past Fifteen Years&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="/professionals/l/laliberte_kerry/"&gt;Kerry LaLiberte&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, speaker&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{BACEFD1E-5991-4CE0-BA60-EB498E8F976B}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/07/16/energy-outlook-event-summer-2013/</link><title>Energy Outlook Event – Summer 2013</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Navigant and Dentons are proudly co-hosting the 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sup&gt;Annual &amp;ldquo;Energy Outlook Event &amp;ndash; Summer 2013,&amp;rdquo; at the National Press Club, Washington DC.&amp;nbsp; The event series addresses U.S. and global energy markets and trends, and showcases leading thought leaders in an interactive panel format.&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p&gt;Panel Sessions included:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AGENDA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8:00 AM - Registration&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8:30 AM - Opening Remarks: &lt;a href="http://www.snrdenton.com/people/v/vince_clinton_a.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Clinton A. Vince&lt;/a&gt;, Co-Chair, Energy, Transport and Infrastructure practice, SNR Denton&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8:50 AM &amp;ndash; U.S. Policy &amp;amp; Energy Development&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.snrdenton.com/people/v/vince_clinton_a.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Clinton A. Vince&lt;/a&gt;, SNR Denton&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cpsenergy.com/About_CPS_Energy/Who_We_Are/Executive_Team/index.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Doyle Beneby&lt;/a&gt;, President and CEO, CPS Energy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/reporters/bio/31" target="_blank"&gt;Amy Harder&lt;/a&gt;, Energy and Environment&amp;nbsp;Reporter, National Journal&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/smead-richard-g/" target="_blank"&gt;Rick Smead&lt;/a&gt;, Director, Navigant&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"&gt;10:15 AM &amp;ndash; Deflating Canada&amp;rsquo;s Oil &amp;amp; Gas Bubble&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dentons.com/brian-tobin" target="_blank"&gt;Honorable Brian V. Tobin, P.C., O.C.&lt;/a&gt;, Senior Business Advisor, Dentons, and former Canadian Federal Minister of Industry&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; David J. Manning, Alberta, Canada, Representative to the United States&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dentons.com/douglas-crowther" target="_blank"&gt;Doug Crowther&lt;/a&gt;, Partner, Dentons&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/w/williams%20todd%20s/" target="_blank"&gt;Todd Williams&lt;/a&gt;, Managing Director, Navigant&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;11:15 AM &amp;ndash; Hot Energy Topics Around the Globe&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/smyth-ian/" target="_blank"&gt;Ian Smyth&lt;/a&gt;, Managing Director, Navigant&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; Dr. Georg Maue, First Secretary of Climate and Energy Policy, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; Helen Guedalla, Head of Energy, Environment and Resource Security at the British Embassy&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panelist:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dentons.com/en/arkadiusz-krasnodebski" target="_blank"&gt;Arek Krasnodebski&lt;/a&gt;, Partner, Dentons &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;12:00 PM - (remarks followed by Q&amp;amp;A)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;12:15 PM - Closing Remarks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/d/dickenson_william/" target="_blank"&gt;William Dickenson&lt;/a&gt;, Managing Director and Practice Area Leader for Energy, Navigant&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This highly anticipated event will draw energy industry leaders, diplomats, Congressional staff and members of the press, among others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information about this invitation only event, contact: &lt;a href="mailto:laverne.murach@navigant.com"&gt;Laverne Murach&lt;/a&gt; at 202.481.7336&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{DE3D1DCF-7FA3-482A-906A-E2A4B46D5C92}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/06/25/10th-annual-reff-wall-street-conference/</link><title>Navigant Co-chairs the 10th Annual REFF Wall Street Conference </title><description>&lt;p style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;REFF-Wall Street is the premier renewable energy financing event in the U.S. This event will address the rapidly changing state of renewable energy finance and give insights about the what to expect in the future. Even in the face of vast long-term growth potential, the renewable markets are suffering from the continued credit crisis, withdrawal of major lenders, loss of tax equity capacity and uncertainty surrounding legislative support. The past is no longer prologue to the future of this market, and a new path will emerge from the presentations and discussions at REFF-Wall Street.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;Navigant&amp;rsquo;s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/f/frantzis_lisa/ " target="_blank"&gt;Lisa Frantzis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;will chair the &amp;ldquo;Financing Integrated Resources &amp;ndash; Developing the Package&amp;rdquo; session. This session will discuss the intermittency of renewable energy has restricted its uptake by utility companies in the past. However through the development of technology and an increased interest from the financiers in connecting the chain, renewable energy is being integrated into the grid. This session will discuss the topics listed below to address how integration is being achieved, what this means for the valuation of renewable assets and what more can be done to see the roll out of renewable on a greater scale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #005982;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration Discount:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Navigant is pleased to offer our clients a 20% discount to&amp;nbsp;REFF-Wall Street. To register using Navigant&amp;rsquo;s special discount offer, use discount code "&lt;strong&gt;CC20RWS&lt;/strong&gt;". &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;Conference Topics Include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Financing the variance in technology as they are combined e.g. wind and storage&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Allocation of resources &amp;ndash; Where is energy efficiency software, storage, micro grids, demand response most appropriate?&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Monetization of resources and the value to the customer&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Direction of this market &amp;ndash; Can it continue to grow?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{02C2CA07-9319-4BBE-8F5A-58A04E919B92}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/06/13/navigant-to-present-at-coaltrans-west-coast/</link><title>Navigant to Present at Coaltrans West Coast</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Navigant&amp;rsquo;s Gordon Pickering will discuss the phenomenon of coal-to-gas switching during the Coaltrans West Coast conference in Las Vegas. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This conference was developed in response to popular demand to explore the rising opportunities for coal exports out of the West Coast, we will uncover the key issues affecting trade between North America&amp;rsquo;s producers and Asia&amp;rsquo;s buyers.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The phenomenon of coal-to-gas switching&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="/professionals/p/pickering_gordon_b/"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Gordon Pickering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, speaker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
    Long term average displacement of coal-fired by gas-fired generation expected to be about 4-to-5 Bcfd&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;One of the drivers behind coal-to-gas switching is the relative cost of natural gas vs. coal on natural gas abundance in North America&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;The impact of &amp;lsquo;old&amp;rsquo; coal generation facility retirements is also key to the dramatic switch from coal-to-gas in the electric generation sector&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{81728131-02E3-4B0D-8BA4-409A1A30C900}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/06/03/2nd-annual-unconventional-gas-oil-summit/</link><title>Navigant to Sponsor and Present at 2nd Annual Unconventional Gas &amp; Oil Summit</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The Unconventional Oil and Gas Summit is aimed at developing a deeper understanding of the challenges of shale and other unconventionals, taking stock of the lessons learned from the North American shale oil and gas revolution, and assessing the opportunities shale provides as a viable fuel source for the UK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As the Gold Sponsor, Navigant is pleased to be able to offer a 25% discount off the conference fee - simply quote the VIP code FKE2243NAV1 to claim or &lt;a href="http://www.oilandgasunconventional.com/FKE2243NAV1" target="_blank"&gt;click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See below for a list of Navigant presentations:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, June 4&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unconventional Oil and Gas Abundance in Europe: TO what extent can Europe Duplicate This Experience&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/smead_richard_g/" target="_blank"&gt;Rick Smead&lt;/a&gt;, speaker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;The US experience, long-term natural gas abundance that&amp;rsquo;s just five years old&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;What will it take for Europe to find similar abundance&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;What would it mean for pipeline and LNG imports?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Will this extend to unconventional oil?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North American LNG Exports &amp;ndash; An American Outline For The Future&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/p/pickering_gordon_b/ " target="_blank"&gt;Gordon Pickering&lt;/a&gt;, speaker&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;A review of US Gas Production, past, present and future&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;North American natural gas prices&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;US gas demand &amp;ndash; where is it all going to go?&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;A new paradigm &amp;ndash; US LNG Exports from a project perspective&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesday, June 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Navigant Managing Director, &lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/smyth-ian/" target="_blank"&gt;Ian Smyth&lt;/a&gt;, welcome address as the Chair of the conference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Financing Unconventionals Panel Discussion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/b/professional%20page/ " target="_blank"&gt;Richard Bass&lt;/a&gt;, Moderator&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Overcoming investor uncertainty: what are the key risks for investing in the exploration and production of unconventionals?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Technological, political, legislative and regulatory risks&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Pipeline infrastructure development to support shale reserves&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{B6DC1C96-B835-4EA9-8584-46B2FFE881C0}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/05/20/esa-23rd-annual-conference/</link><title>Navigant is Proud to Sponsor and Present at the ESA 23rd Annual Conference</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Navigant is proud to sponsor and present at the Electricity Storage Association's (ESA) 23rd Annual Conference, to be held May 20-22, 2013&amp;nbsp;in Santa Clara, CA. ESA is the energy storage industry's leading&amp;nbsp;event, developed by the industry to support the advancement of the industry.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #005982;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration Discount:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As an active member of the ESA, Navigant is pleased to offer our clients a 20% discount to ESA&amp;rsquo;s upcoming Annual Conference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To register using Navigant&amp;rsquo;s special discount offer, please visit the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.electricitystorage.org/annual_meeting_site/2013/23rd_annual_conference" target="_blank"&gt;ESA event page&lt;/a&gt; and simply enter the discount code &lt;strong&gt;ESAInvite2013&lt;/strong&gt; in step four of the registration process.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pre-Conference Workshop: PV Energy Storage Integration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop: 3:30pm &amp;ndash; 5:30pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 20, 2013&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;This workshop will focus primarily on the lessons learned and best practices adopted at Public Service Company of New Mexico&amp;rsquo;s (PNM) Prosperity Energy, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Anatolia Project and various other projects in Hawaii. These projects are producing leading edge results stemming from the implementation of Energy Storage with PV. Both projects will use their experience to highlight each objective of this session. &amp;nbsp;The lessons learned from project&amp;rsquo;s success will be distilled into 3 main sections: project design, construction and operation.&amp;nbsp; Most of the session will be focused on design as the lessons learned from the project can bring the most value to the participants by identifying best design practices and potential pitfalls to be avoided when energy storage is integrated with PV.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jpaidipati@navigant.com"&gt;Jay Paidipati&lt;/a&gt;, Navigant&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;Steve Willard, P.E., Public Service Company of New Mexico&lt;br&gt;Abbas Akhil, Renewable Energy Ventures, LLC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;Calculating the Value of Energy Storage In Utility Applications&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presentation: 1:15PM&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ndash;&lt;/strong&gt; 2:45pm &amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 21, 2013&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;This presentation will describe the Energy Storage Computational Tool (ESCT) which is a free and publically available tool that Navigant developed through the Department of Energy for the Smart Grid Demonstration program. This Excel based tool helps the user identify, quantify, and monetize the benefits of their operational energy storage project. The ESCT can also be used as a planning tool to estimate the value of a hypothetical project. The net present value is presented over the lifetime of the project with the option to conduct sensitivity analyses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="/professionals/l/lamontagne colette/"&gt;&lt;br&gt;Colette Lamontagne&lt;/a&gt;, Navigant&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;Combining Energy Storage and Department of Defense Applications&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="/professionals/l/lamontagne colette/"&gt;Colette Lamontange&lt;/a&gt;, Navigant&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:45PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash; 12:15pm&lt;br&gt;May 22, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The Department of Defense maintains domestic and forward operating bases that can utilize energy storage in various applications to maintain reliable power, improve power quality, operate a microgrid, and integrate renewable energy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:24:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{5EC7B559-9670-432F-B47D-BF4644D519F0}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/05/19/rmel-spring-management-engineering-operations-conference/</link><title>RMEL Spring Management Engineering &amp; Operations Conference </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Navigant experts will share their insight during RMEL&amp;rsquo;s Spring Management Engineering and Operations Conference.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PV &amp;ndash; Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency Panel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;Panelist: &lt;a href="/professionals/s/seiden ken/"&gt;Ken Seiden &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Three utility and service company panelists will discuss different aspects of demand side &amp;nbsp;management and energy efficiency during this panel. Panelists will cover topics like consumer and the appliance upgrades, pay rebates for solar and LED and utility control of consumer items.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Measuring the Value of Reliability Improvements&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="/professionals/g/gilbert-erik-i/"&gt;Erik Gilbert&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:brad.rogers@navigant.com"&gt;Brad Rogers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;
Electric service reliability is increasingly important for operation of modern society. System reliability is regulated by State and Federal Regulatory authorities, and is carefully measured using traditional reliability indices such as SAIFI, SAIDI, CAIFI. However, the actual monetary benefit of improving reliability is more difficult to estimate and is often not required by regulatory authorities. Yet, It is increasingly important to understand the value of investment in improving reliability, especially in the face of major events, which have made recent headlines in scale and scope. What is the right level of investment in reliability?&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{A0B0BD38-2A92-4C9A-8E73-1FA24641D543}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/05/14/15th-annual-electro-power-conference/</link><title>Navigant to present at the 15th Annual Electric Power Conference &amp; Expo</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Navigant Director, Gordon Pickering will present insights on LNG exports and North American natural gas at the 15th Annual Electric Power Conference and Exhibition. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tuesday, May 14&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Track 9: Power Industry Trends and Strategies to Respond&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;This track will address emerging issues, novel technology solutions and means to value existing assets. It will explore the basis for planning in the face of multiple uncertainties that confront the power sector.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session 9A: Natural Gas Price and Availability&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a part of the Power Industry Trends and Strategies track, a number of speakers have been brought together to discuss the global factors impacting the future price and availability of natural gas &amp;ndash; infrastructure, regulation, technology and demand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Navigant&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/p/pickering_gordon_b/" target="_blank"&gt;Gordon Pickering&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;will present, LNG Exports &amp;ndash; a New Vision for the Natural Gas Industry and for America&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other Navigant Attendees:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/r/rutkowski_michael_a/" target="_blank"&gt;Michael Rutkowski&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{601774FA-EDBF-421D-8DAE-D3EF16D98787}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/g/grunfeld-benjamin/</link><title>Benjamin Grunfeld</title><description>Mr. Grunfeld is an Associate Director in the Energy practice. He provides strategic advice and analytical expertise to utilities, independent power companies, energy-related business ventures, and governments.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:24:19 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{AFB5B42C-1BD3-4E83-8557-B7EC61DA7178}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/v/visser-steven-t/</link><title>Steven Visser</title><description>Mr. Visser is a Managing Director and leads the Complex Data Management and Analysis (CDMA) service line in the Disputes and Investigations practice. He is an expert in database systems technology, data analysis and data mining with 15 years of experience.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:24:19 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{3C2CD04F-AE09-40F3-BDAE-72765F4F8E96}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/f/frantzis-lisa/</link><title>Lisa Frantzis</title><description>Ms. Frantzis is a Managing Director for Renewable and Distributed Energy at Navigant. She has 30 years of experience in managing extensive technical, market, and economic analyses of renewable energy systems. </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:24:19 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{F253A8B2-39E9-4CFD-9780-622474EB7948}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/c/cooney-kevin/</link><title>Kevin C. Cooney</title><description>Mr. Cooney is a Managing Director in the Energy practice and is a registered professional engineer with over 20 yrs experience in energy efficiency program design and evaluation, market assessment, and technology evaluation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:24:19 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{411F016D-F2FF-4A81-935C-3BC035624045}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/r/rutkowski-michael-a/</link><title>Michael Rutkowski</title><description>Mr. Rutkowski is a Managing Director in the Energy practice, and leads the Financial &amp; Strategic Advisory segment. He has 19 years of experience, with significant expertise in the areas of strategy development, asset management, and operational performance improvement. </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:24:18 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{4ADF091C-50CE-47C5-8A37-145F4CB94777}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/p/perlstein-bruce/</link><title>Bruce W. Perlstein</title><description>Dr. Perlstein is a Director in the Energy practice.  With over 25 years' experience, he consults on energy and financial risk-related strategy, management, policy, and valuation related issues. </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:24:18 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{F7594E9A-17B4-4802-8B1F-105D1A7157B1}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/o/oppel-laurie/</link><title>Laurie Oppel</title><description>Ms. Oppel is a Managing Director and leads the Power Systems, Markets, and Pricing segment of the Energy practice. Her expertise includes transmission pricing and tariff development, interconnection contract development and negotiation, transmission planning and design, and T&amp;D system operations. </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:24:18 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{947E53C2-4980-404B-8143-EF0EF54B3854}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/05/05/windpower-2013/</link><title>Navigant Experts to Present at WINDPOWER 2013</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Navigant experts will be presenting on the developments and trends in the global offshore wind market during the WINDPOWER 2013 Conference and Exposition in Chicago, IL.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tuesday, May 7, 2013&lt;br&gt;4:30-6:30pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a id="link1" name="link1"&gt;Poster: &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a id="link1" name="link1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a id="link1" name="link1"&gt;Incentive Schemes for Offshore Wind Development in Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="/professionals/h/hamilton_bruce/"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Bruce Hamilton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, presenter&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This presentation will provide a synthesis of the policy schemes that are being employed in Europe to support offshore wind (OSW) development, the advantages and disadvantages of each, lessons learned, and a ranking of the schemes based on an assessment of their success and relative effort and cost.&lt;br&gt;The analysis will include 'investment support schemes' (MW focused) and 'operating support schemes' (MWh focused). Investment support schemes can take the form of cash grants, loan guarantees, accelerated depreciation of assets, tax breaks, low interest loans, credits or deductions. Operating support schemes include the Feed-in Tariff, Feed-in Premiums, green certificates, and tendering. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To read the paper presented at EWEA 2013 on this topic, &lt;a href="/~/media/WWW/Site/Insights/Energy/EWEA_2013_Incentive_Schemes_For_Offshore_Wind_Development_in_Europe.ashx" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a id="link2" name="link2"&gt;Poster: &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a id="link2" name="link2"&gt;Update of Chinese Wind Power Market and Players&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:feng.zhao@navigant.com"&gt;Feng Zhao&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, presenter&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;China became the largest wind power market in 2009 as measured by new installations and it represented 42% of the global total in 2011. It is significant that seven Chinese companies are among the Top 15 largest turbine suppliers in the world. During 2011, five Chinese companies exported 140 wind turbines to five different foreign markets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, the market conditions for wind power in China have changed dramatically since 2011. Local transmission build-out can't keep up with wind farm installations, and fierce price competition due to overcapacity has translated into lower volumes and lower margins. In addition, the central government's stricter project approval process signaled tougher market conditions for local players. 2012 will prove to be a difficult year for Chinese turbine OEMs, as evidenced by the poor performance of stocks in the 1st half of the year. It is expected that 2012 will see Chinese wind installations dropping further. This presentation will provide an update of the market dynamics and will inform attendees what is exactly going on in China. In addition, it will provide a closer look at Chinese OEM's business strategies in the North America, and their impact on both local and global markets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wednesday, May 8, 2013&lt;br&gt;3:00-6:00pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a id="link3" name="link3"&gt;Workshop: &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a id="link3" name="link3"&gt;U.S. Offshore Wind Market and Supply Chain &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To RSVP&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.glc.org/energy/wind/register.php"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/professionals/h/hamilton_bruce/"&gt;Bruce Hamilton&lt;/a&gt;, presenter&lt;br&gt;Andy Wickless, presenter &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Description:&amp;nbsp;In this workshop the Navigant Consortium will present preliminary results of two major offshore wind studies being performed for the U.S. Department of Energy: the Offshore Wind Annual Market Assessment and a report on U.S. Offshore Wind Supply Chain and Manufacturing. The objectives of the workshop are to disseminate information and solicit input on 5 key topics: global market and technology trends, supply chain opportunities, installation and O&amp;amp;M strategies, jobs and investment forecasts, and U.S. offshore wind policy.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{31A943E1-6E98-4794-9771-240BFDBC289A}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/b/bilbrey-ryan/</link><title>Ryan Bilbrey</title><description>Mr. Bilbrey is a Managing Director in the Legal Technology Solutions practice.  He has 18 years experience in litigation and investigation projects, directing the identification, collection, analysis, processing, and hosted review of electronically stored information (ESI). </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:19:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{0EFFC6CB-48DC-4949-891F-F791F11055E9}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/g/gartner-john/</link><title>John Gartner</title><description /><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{348A7D11-985F-4087-A1FC-8F629D31CE96}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/a/asmus-peter-h/</link><title>Peter H. Asmus</title><description>With over 25 years experience, and as Principal Research Analyst with Navigant Research, Peter Asmus is a leading global expert on microgrids and virtual power plants. </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:38 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{512F1A97-FC20-4CF0-9944-65EBF732CF65}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/schink-george-r/</link><title>George R. Schink</title><description>Mr. Schink is a managing director and principal with Navigant Economics.  His areas of expertise include energy economics, regulatory economics, financial economics related to the cost of service for regulated entities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{8512F995-5008-463B-8C00-59DCFDA136FA}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/shepard-scott/</link><title>Scott Shepard</title><description>Mr. Shepard is a research associate with Navigant Research.  He provides research and analytical support for the Smart Transportation program.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{C8566ADC-EC3F-40FF-9C9F-4E67FB3232B4}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/b/blake-kevin/</link><title>Kevin Blake</title><description>Kevin Blake is a Director in the Legal Technology Solutions practice.  For over ten years, he has provided complex consulting services in the areas of insurance asset recovery, data analytics and the development of financial systems.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:35 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{2150D3EB-1D41-4EA9-B939-42C589EFA8B7}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/h/hamilton-lee/</link><title>Lee Hamilton</title><description>As an analyst in Navigant Research's Smart Buildings Program, Mr. Hamilton focuses on commercial building control systems and emerging commercial building technologies.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{8B1D9977-703A-49D5-80E6-3B72E97CAD2D}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/l/lockhart-bob/</link><title>Bob Lockhart</title><description>Mr. Lockhart is a senior research analyst contributing to the smart utilities program at Navigant Research. His research focuses on cyber security, meter data management, and smart grid managed services.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{E6D07D72-CAAC-49E3-B42E-19BF7C1C6643}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/f/foote-jesse/</link><title>Jesse Foote</title><description /><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{8660815F-85E6-426E-80A6-AB6CE1D13F83}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/t/torvik-kristoffer-chris/</link><title>Kristoffer (Chris) Torvik</title><description /><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:45:13 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{0636DEE0-5055-49E8-A081-B7140A2099D7}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/c/cornmell-steve/</link><title>Steve Cornmell</title><description>Mr. Cornmell is a Managing Director in the D&amp;I practice in London. He is a specialist in fraud investigation and has a wide range of experience of commercial litigation and disputes.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:22:45 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{28AD9A31-708A-4FEB-ABA1-1F093155D841}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/04/17/national-conference-on-demand-response/</link><title>Navigant to present at National Conference on Demand Response &amp; Ancillary Services</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Demand Response (DR) is considered to be one of the smart grid&amp;rsquo;s emerging killer applications for utilities, grid operators, and power generators. But, DR can do more than help meet peak load, it can help provide ancillary services such as contingency reserves and regulation and load following.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential Role of Demand Response Resources in Maintaining Grid Stability and Integrating Variable Renewable Energy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Presenter: &lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/schare%20stuart/" target="_blank"&gt;Stuart Schare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Presenter: &lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/p/perlstein%20bruce/" target="_blank"&gt;Bruce Perlstein&lt;/a&gt;, PhD&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DR resources have typically been used to reduce peak demand and reduce load when wholesale electricity prices are unusually high. However, more and more attention is now being paid to the possibility that certain types of DR resources could also play a role in integrating growing amounts of variable renewable energy into the electricity grids of jurisdictions that are trying to obtain more power from &amp;ldquo;green&amp;rdquo; resources. Although those types of DR resources might be able to play that role by providing ancillary service, there is a significant  uncertainty about the extent to which DR resources can be used to meet growing renewable energy integration needs and whether the DR programs should be adapted to meet those needs. This presentation will share case studies and lessons learned from findings on the California utilities/regulators study and DR and Renewables Integration as well as a case study on findings-to-date from Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO)&amp;rsquo;s pilot. The primary objectives of this presentation are to:&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Identify and evaluate the potential ability of the existing and planned DR resources&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Identify changes that would improve the ability of existing DR programs to meet the future renewable integration needs&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Evaluate and compare the ways jurisdictions are using or plan to use DR resources in maintaining grid stability and/or integrating variable&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Renewable energy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{D9E926E4-A32F-4911-AE7C-2C360A002BF7}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/04/16/oregon-future-energy-conferenceevent/</link><title>Navigant to Sponsor and Present at the Oregon Future Energy Conference</title><description>&lt;p style="line-height: 15.6pt;"&gt;Navigant&amp;rsquo;s Bruce Hamilton and Jeff Van Horne will present on latest energy trends impacting the northwest region including natural gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency.&lt;/p&gt;
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Now in its seventh year, this unique business-to-business conference connects those developing strategies for the energy security and economic development, with the business people who are making it happen. Covering energy policy, renewable electricity and fuels, energy efficiency, and transportation.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Planning our Energy Future&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
April 16&lt;br&gt;
What is the vision for Oregon&amp;rsquo;s energy future and how do we get there? Hear how key decision makers in the energy sector see the future of our energy resources and usage in the region, and the roles that natural gas, renewables, and efficiency initiatives will play. &lt;a href="/professionals/h/hamilton_bruce/"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Bruce Hamilton&lt;/a&gt;, Moderator &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e36c09;"&gt;The New Dynamics of Natural Gas&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;April 17&lt;br&gt;
With its rapid increase in supply, the impact of natural gas has shifted dramatically. Explore the dynamics of gas supply in Oregon, its role in supporting (and challenging) renewables, and its potential as a cleaner transportation fuel.&lt;a href="mailto:jvanhorne@navigant.com "&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Jeff Van Horne&lt;/a&gt;, Speaker&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{1E5C7C36-01EC-4E42-95E1-F87805981FB9}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/events/2013/04/16/navigant-is-proud-to-sponsor-and-present-at-lng-17/</link><title>Navigant is Proud to Sponsor and Present at LNG 17 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;With the global LNG industry enjoying remarkable growth in both demand and production, the industry is ideally positioned to continue to attract significant investment which will lead to further growth and breakthroughs in technology and strategies.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Navigant&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/p/pickering_gordon_b/" target="_blank"&gt;Gordon Pickering&lt;/a&gt; will present, &amp;ldquo;LNG Exports &amp;ndash; The Path Forward&amp;rdquo; at LNG17&amp;rsquo;s Gas Recruitment, Education and Training&amp;rsquo; (GREaT) Center during the exhibition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other Navigant experts in attendance:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/smead-richard-g/" target="_blank"&gt;Rick Smead&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/smead-richard-g/" target="_blank"&gt;Rob Wentland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/c/carey-julie-m/" target="_blank"&gt;Julie Carey&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/n/nowitz%20raoul/" target="_blank"&gt;Raoul Nowitz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/professionals/b/badala_peter/" target="_blank"&gt;Peter Badala&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{39628D87-8D43-40F1-AE46-EDD8EA0B9094}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/a/aron-debra-j/</link><title>Debra Aron</title><description>Dr. Aron is a Managing Director with Navigant Economics and applies her expertise in economic and policy matters, merger analyses, valuation assignments, and competition analyses in both regulatory and litigation disputes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:43:04 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{F0BC36D1-8514-47F9-A45C-42334862537E}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/c/carey-julie-m/</link><title>Julie M. Carey</title><description>Ms. Carey is a Director and Principal at Navigant Economics. She is an economist who focuses on energy and regulatory economics and antitrust analyses involving electricity, renewable, natural gas, crude oil, coal, and railroad industries for expert testimony in litigation and regulation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:43:02 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{3099C898-BF4D-4AA1-886D-3E8A88B1E0FB}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/h/hamal-cliff-w/</link><title>Cliff W. Hamal</title><description /><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:43:02 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{CE5FBE5F-D426-4CDD-968A-65E474225C6C}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/p/pampush-francis-x/</link><title>Francis (Frank) X. Pampush</title><description>Dr. Pampush, a Director with Navigant Economics, directs economic and financial studies, models, and analyses that are used to address complex business problems, especially those with substantial public policy or regulatory content.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:40:52 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{1922AF3E-7BE9-4E18-B0B1-78E2C44E4632}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/m/mealoy-patrick/</link><title>Patrick Mealoy</title><description>Mr. Mealoy is a Managing Director in the Energy practice.  As an economist and policy planner with 15+ years of utility industry experience, he assists clients with forecasting, planning, restructuring and financing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:38:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{0DFB6F99-D2FC-43CD-8EB2-70B243B260F0}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/g/gilbert-erik-i/</link><title>Erik I. Gilbert</title><description /><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:25:45 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{54778196-BC07-40D0-9358-03FED8992933}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/library/energy/2013/market-notes-april-2013/</link><title>NG Market Notes - More Risk for the Natural Gas Market (April 2013)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;In the April 2013 issue of &lt;em&gt;NG Market Notes&lt;/em&gt;, Navigant Managing Director Rob Wentland presents current trends in the area of unconventional oil and gas litigation. By looking at how the number, type and locale of court cases involving unconventional oil and gas have changed over the last five quarters ending Q2 2012, trends (such as a nearly 50 percent increase in average quarterly cases filed in Q2 2012, and the large increase in cases driven by royalty and lease right disputes in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma) are revealed. At this point, there is no indication that unconventional oil and gas will buck the convention of litigation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.navigant.com/~/media/WWW/Site/Insights/Energy/NG_Market_Notes_April2013.ashx" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to read more.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{F0E384EF-7439-41C7-8DA6-23CC0C29C522}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/c/caine-matt/</link><title>Matt Caine</title><description>Mr. Caine serves as a Director with Navigant Capital Advisors and has over 13 years of corporate finance experience working with middle market companies. Matt provides investment banking, financial advisory and capital markets transaction experience to originate and lead the firm's merger, acquisition and divestiture and financial restructuring engagements.  Matt is located in Atlanta.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:32:18 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{432EFC03-02AB-4F69-872F-5A26D2CCDE23}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/c/campbell-andrew/</link><title>Andrew Campbell</title><description /><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:45:17 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{CE8AFAC8-DDDB-45A0-AB93-CDFA2DA0CAE8}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/m/martin-richard/</link><title>Richard Martin</title><description>Mr. Martin is the editorial director of Navigant Research, providing content management and editorial direction for the Navigant Research Blog and other publications. He has 20+ years of journalism experience covering energy, technology, and international affairs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:50:59 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{D3832111-ED08-4BA0-9106-B7D70EB0BC57}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/a/alexander-david/</link><title>David Alexander</title><description>Mr. Alexander is a Senior Research Analyst at Navigant Research. His current work focuses on all aspects of energy use in transportation, including hybrid and electric vehicles and alternative fuels.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:50:58 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{0EA37F2E-5585-4AE5-A068-AB61F0B04DC9}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/d/dehamna-anissa/</link><title>Anissa Dehamna</title><description>Ms. Dehamna is a senior research analyst contributing to Navigant Research’s Smart Energy practice, with a primary focus on energy storage technology markets.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:50:58 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{FBA186ED-86F2-4605-9A03-AAE48E8F6DDC}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/g/gohn-bob/</link><title>Bob Gohn</title><description>Mr. Gohn leads the smart buildings research program at Navigant Research, with responsibility for research services in building automation, energy efficient lighting, energy management, smart buildings technologies, and green buildings.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:50:57 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{220387FB-A1B4-462B-8167-5B8D1B2F7673}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/s/strother-neil/</link><title>Neil Strother</title><description>Mr. Strother is a Senior Research Analyst at Navigant Research. His current work focuses on smart metering technologies, home energy management, and the related business practices.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:50:56 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{40B5192B-7E8C-4CD2-9342-58D64A50CC67}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/j/jerram-lisa/</link><title>Lisa Jerram</title><description>Ms. Jerram is a Senior Consultant at Navigant Research.  She brings over 20 years of experience in smart transportation research and analysis. </description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:50:56 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{5C4F3A47-53CB-49D8-99CE-25CBA47E5AAF}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/professionals/w/woods-eric/</link><title>Eric Woods</title><description>Mr. Woods is a research director leading Navigant Research’s Smart Industry research program. His areas of coverage include smart cities, green ICT trends, and smart grid developments in Europe.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:50:54 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{811437C7-4A8F-490B-8E2D-0821F6B71111}</guid><link>http://www.navigant.com/insights/library/energy/2013/talkingpoint-trends-and-developments-in-shale-gas/</link><title>TalkingPoint: Trends and Developments in Shale Gas</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Navigant Capital Advisors Director, Raoul Nowitz, participates in a discussion on the trends and developments in shale gas in the March 2013 issue of Financier Worldwide.&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p&gt;Topics discussed:&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;The major trends and developments in the shale gas space in the last 12-18 months?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Impacts of shale gas developments on the conventional energy market in different regions&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;How are shale gas operators addressing general criticisms, environmental issues and safety concerns?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;What legal issues face companies looking to enter in the shale gas industry, with particular regard to hydraulic fracturing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Factors that have driven M&amp;amp;A activity in the shale gas sector of the past 12 months and 2013 forecasts&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;The key issues investors should consider before committing to the shale gas space&lt;/li&gt;
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