September 2nd, 2020

Recognizing the importance of the Philippines as an emerging market in LNG, the U.S.-Asia Gas Partnership organized this webinar to showcase the current status of the Philippine downstream natural gas industry and provide a formal launch of the Philippine LNG Investors’ Guide, to be presented by the DOE and GPDP respectively.  

September 15th, 2020

The webinar will discuss the steps that the South and Southeast Asian energy sectors and policymakers should take to create a promising investment climate and the necessary economic conditions for natural gas development.

July 7th, 2020

The world today faces the challenge of accommodating global population growth and aspirations for improved living standards while simultaneously diminishing the environmental impact associated with economic activity. Breaking the link between economic growth and environmental stress, especially within the time frame needed to forestall lasting climate degradation, will require the development of a comprehensive perspective in planning for future power generation.

Job Title: 
Executive Vice President, European Energy
Organization: 
Compass Lexecon

Dr. Fabien Roques is an Executive Vice President in Compass Lexecon’s Paris office and the Head of the European Energy practice. Fabien is an economist with deep expertise of the energy and utilities sectors.

Fabien’s expertise spans a range of competition, litigation and regulatory issues including disputes and competition cases, regulatory and commercial due diligence.

Fabien is a recognized authority on utilities’ regulation and electricity, gas and carbon market design. Over the past 15 years, Fabien has worked on numerous tailored assignments for clients including lawyers, regulators, utilities, renewables project developers and operators, and financial investors.

Previously Fabien has held positions with the International Energy Agency and with the energy consultancy IHS Cambridge Energy Associates, where he led the European power, gas and renewables team. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an M.Sc. in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Lyon.

Fabien has authored numerous publications on the utilities industry and related regulatory issues in both practitioners and academic journals.

Fabien is also an Associate Professor in economics at the University Paris Dauphine where he teaches and contributes to the research of the European Electricity Market Chair on electricity markets and utilities’ regulation. He is also a research associate of the Cambridge University Energy Policy Research Group.

Job Title: 
Vice President, Federal Government Policy
Organization: 
PJM Interconnection

Craig Glazer serves as the Vice President--Federal Government Policy for PJM Interconnection. In this capacity, Mr. Glazer coordinates all of PJM’s regulatory and legislative policies before Congress, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions, the United States Department of Energy and other federal agencies.   PJM operates the largest competitive wholesale electricity market in the world and serves over 9% of the United States population. Mr. Glazer heads PJM’s Washington, D.C. office.

Prior to coming to PJM, Mr. Glazer served as Commissioner and Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. As one of the longest-serving Chairs of the Ohio Commission in its history, Mr. Glazer oversaw Ohio’s move toward deregulation of its telephone, natural gas, transportation and electric industries. Mr. Glazer served as CEO of the agency which operated with over 300 employees and a budget of $25 million. He also chaired the state’s Siting Board and served as a member of the Governor’s Cabinet.

Mr. Glazer remains extremely active on national electricity issues. He frequently testified before Congress and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on development of Regional Transmission Organizations and the needs of the marketplace.  Mr. Glazer served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Chairman of its International Relations Committee and a member of its Electricity and Energy Resources Committees. He also chaired the National Council on Competition in the Electric Industry, an interagency collaborative which brought together FERC, the state PUCs, the US Department of Energy, the US EPA and the National Council of State Legislatures. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Northeast Midwest Institute, a bipartisan research arm of the Northeast and Midwest region’s Congressional delegations and on the Board of Directors of the Gridwise Alliance.

Mr. Glazer is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Vanderbilt University School of Law.

PJM Interconnection ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power system serving 51 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the region’s transmission grid, which includes 6,038 substations and 56,070 miles of transmission lines; administers the world’s largest competitive wholesale electricity market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion. Visit PJM at www.pjm.com.

Job Title: 
Director, Utilities & Energy Companies
Organization: 
Guidehouse
Daan Peters is a director at Guidehouse, based in the Netherlands. He advises companies and governments on bioenergy strategies and policies as well as climate strategies. Daan is leading a team that explores the role of biomethane and hydrogen in the future decarbonized energy system.
Job Title: 
Partner, Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure
Organization: 
Guidehouse

Mark Eisenhower is a partner at Guidehouse. He has extensive energy management consulting experience and a history of growing businesses in diverse, global markets. Mark advises executives on developing and operationalizing their strategies to achieve sustainable excellence and increased shareholder value. This covers enterprise and operational strategy, go-to-market and product development strategy, organizational (re)structuring, business process improvement, business transformation and change management, performance management, M&A advisory, valuations, post-merger integration, and strategy and implementation.

June 12th, 2020

Join us on Friday, June 12 as USEA hosts consulting giant Guidehouse for a discussion on the role of hydrogen and renewable gas in decarbonization.

Hydrogen is the lightest, most abundant element on Earth. It’s rocket fuel.

And environmentalists want it to replace gasoline in the transportation sector, the largest U.S. emitter of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change.

June 3rd, 2020

U.S. Energy Association’s office in Washington, D.C. will be closed until further notice in accordance with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's COVID-19 response and reopening plan.

Protecting USEA staff, our members and partners from COVID-19 and helping them manage this health crisis is our priority.

Thus, our briefings and meetings will be virtual until further notice.

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