Job Title: 
Program Manager
Organization: 
United States Energy Association

As a Program Manager at the United States Energy Association (USEA), Marina Barnett oversees technical assistance and capacity-building programs that advance energy security and drive energy sector modernization across Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Her work supports the development of competitive power markets, enhances grid stability, enables renewable energy integration, promotes utility digitalization, and strengthens cybersecurity resilience in low- and middle-income countries.

Before joining USEA in March 2017, Marina served as a Program Officer for Eurasia at the Institute for Global Engagement, where she established a broad network of Central and South Asian experts to promote regional cooperation and sharing of knowledge and technologies and organized several successful international conferences on renewable energy and transport infrastructure in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Previously, Marina managed the al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she co-developed and managed pilot projects on renewable energy and remote community assistance in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, organized international conferences on sustainable development and regional security issues in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; and Washington, D.C.-based seminars and conferences on political, economic, and social issues in Russia and Eurasia.

Marina holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Oriental Studies from the Far Eastern State University (Vladivostok, Russia).

March 20th, 2017

These workshops addresed two topical areas of increasing interest in the region:  1) a refresher course on calculating net transfer capacity; and 2) modeling and simulating the behavior of HVDC back-to-back converter stations.

March 20th, 2017

These workshops addresed two topical areas of increasing interest in the region:  1) a refresher course on calculating net transfer capacity; and 2) modeling and simulating the behavior of HVDC back-to-back converter stations.

April 11th, 2017

April 11, 2017

USEA chief says we need policy parity to meet growing demand for energy, advance CCUS

Chicago—An energy policy that boosts all forms of energy development, not just renewable energy, is key to meeting the growing global energy demand and advancing carbon capture and utilization projects, U.S. Energy Association (USEA) Executive Director Barry Worthington told stakeholders at the Electric Power 2017 conference in Chicago on Tuesday.

Job Title: 
Managing Partner
Organization: 
Bluewave Resources, LLC

Jeff Price is an expert on electric power markets and technologies. He is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bluewave Resources, LLC, a management and economic consultancy focused on the electric power sector. For over four decades, he has advised clients on the economics of electric power markets, technologies and resource choices, both in the United States and internationally. Recent work has been on the design of retail electric markets, use of smart grid and metering technologies, electricity industry business models and the integration of distributed energy resources. Mr. Price has advised a wide range of clients including electric utilities, energy users, equipment and resource suppliers, governments, associations, multi-company initiatives and multilateral organizations. 

Prior to founding Bluewave Resources in 2001, Mr. Price was Co-Founder and President for 21 years of the Resource Dynamics Corporation (RDC), where much of his work focused on new electricity technologies and distributed generation.  Mr. Price also served as President of Competitive Electric Strategies, Inc., which implemented energy risk management systems and served on the boards of Energy Buyers Network, LLC, which provided energy management services to energy consumers and of EFS Financial Services, Inc., which leased equipment to large electricity consumers.  Earlier, as Project Manager at ICF Incorporated, his work focused on modeling energy markets and on the outlook for new energy technologies. Previously, at Mathematica, Inc., he managed projects on energy efficiency, cogeneration and regional energy planning. Mr. Price holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Toledo.  He has authored numerous published reports and articles. 

 

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Speaker
April 27th, 2017

Greatly increased customer participation in power markets will have a significant impact on the businesses that operate in those markets.  Extensive consumer participation will require modifications to the design and operation of power markets, and these modifications will result in major changes in the businesses that participate in or support those markets.

Job Title: 
Chief of Staff/Acting Sr. Vice President - External Affairs
Organization: 
Cheniere Energy

Robert Fee is the Chief of Staff at Cheniere Energy, Inc., a Houston-based energy company primarily engaged in LNG-related businesses. As Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer, he is engaged with strategy development and execution.

Robert is also currently Acting Senior Vice President, External Affairs, at Cheniere Energy, Inc., leading federal, international, state, local and regulatory engagement efforts.

Before joining Cheniere, Robert was Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor in the Office of Fossil Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In his various roles, Fee helped manage the oversight of the Office’s Research and Development program and major policy and regulatory responsibilities, including over $3 billion carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects, hydraulic fracturing, climate regulation, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

Fee previously served as the liaison between business and advocacy communities on energy and environmental issues at both the White House Office of Public Engagement and the U.S. Department of Energy. 

Fee received a B.A. in History and Italian Studies from Miami University in Ohio.

 

Job Title: 
Chief of Staff/Acting Snr. Vice President - External Affairs
Organization: 
Cheniere Energy
Job Title: 
Partner
Organization: 
Van Ness Feldman, LLP

John Buchovecky represents clients in energy and related infrastructure project development, investment, operation and regulation in the US and internationally. He has extensive experience structuring projects, negotiating project agreements and documentation, and representing clients in related regulatory and permitting matters. John’s clients include project developers, investors, owners and operators, energy commodity companies and marketers, fuel suppliers, and equipment and technology vendors.

John is active in conventional, leading, and emerging energy technology sectors from fossil fuels power generation to demand side and distributed energy generation. John’s specific project representations include development and operation of natural gas fueled power generation, cogeneration, geothermal power, photovoltaic and concentrating solar power, waste-to-energy and other biomass power generation, renewable biogas, smart grid applications, energy efficiency, energy security, and related projects. He also represents clients on electric power transmission infrastructure matters including development and permitting of merchant transmission and independent transmission projects using high voltage direct current (HVDC) and other technologies. In the natural gas sector, John advises on development and permitting of natural gas pipelines, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export and import terminals, and associated infrastructure.

John’s regulatory practice includes representing clients before federal (including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC), state, and local authorities in matters involving permitting of facilities, authorizations and approvals to sell electric power, transmission, or other jurisdictional services.

John is also experienced in federal financial assistance programs, and has worked with clients to obtain substantial federal funding for advancement of both energy and environmental control technologies, and has advised on leading projects advancing carbon capture, including carbon capture incorporating geologic storage (CCS). Many of these projects involve forming and managing the public-private partnership process, as well as dealing with the Department of Defense and various federal agencies.

John’s practice includes both US and international markets. He has represented clients of the development and operation of natural gas, LNG and electric power infrastructure in Latin America, and renewable power development and oil and gas matters in east Africa. He has also advised on emerging market entry strategies, analyzed offshore regulatory regimes, and developed proposals for policies, laws and regulations to encourage foreign investment in energy infrastructure.

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