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Mikhail Falkovich

Job Title: 
Chief Information Security Officer
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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Mikhail Falkovich is the Chief Information Security Officer for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies, providing electric, gas and steam service for New York City and Westchester County, New York.

Mikhail is a utility industry professional with expertise in cybersecurity, information technology, and reliability.  Mikhail has designed secure network infrastructures for control centers and corporate environments and supports the development of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards for the utility industry.

Mikhail previously chaired the regional ReliabilityFirst Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee and the New York State Utility Security Working Group. He currently leads several collaborative efforts between the government and utility sector partners to achieve industry wide security benefits and he is the recipient of the inaugural E-ISAC Electricity Security Service Award in Honor of Michael J. Assante.

Mikhail is on the Board of the NYM InfraGard, and has received the Sector Chief of the Year award from the InfraGard National Members Alliance.

In 2023 Forbes has recognized Con Edison’s cybersecurity program by naming it as one of “America’s Most Cybersecure Companies.”

Mikhail is a graduate of Cornell University where he received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and built a world champion team of soccer playing robots.

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Peter Connors

Job Title: 
Partner
Organization: 
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Peter Connors, a tax partner in the New York office, focuses his practice on cross-border transactions. He also has extensive experience in related areas of tax law, including financial transactions, corporate reorganizations, renewable energy investments and controversy matters. He also leads the Orrick's Section 45Q practice relating to the tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration. According to Chambers, his peers state that Peter is “an outstanding international tax practitioner” who is admired for the strength of his activity in the field of crossborder transactions and is ”an excellent lawyer who has a diverse practice.” According to Legal 500, “Peter Connors is well-versed in terms of the taxation of financial products and financial institutions.” Peter serves as President of the USA Branch of the International Fiscal
Association. From 2020 to 2021, he was President of the American College of Tax Counsel.

He now serves as chair of the College’s Amicus Brief Committee and on the ABA Tax Section’s Distinguished Service Award Committee. Before joining Orrick, Peter was a principal in the International Tax Services Group of Ernst & Young in New York. A prolific author, with over 150 published articles on tax-related subjects, Peter is considered a thought leader in the field of taxation. He is co-author of T.M. Portfolio 543 -2d (”The Mark to Market Rules of Section 475“) and the author of T.M. Portfolio 909-3d (”The Branch-Related Taxes of Section 884 “). He has been recognized by every edition of Best Lawyers in America since 2015.

Peter served as co-author of a report on carbon capture for the United States Energy Association and Department of Energy. The report is entitled “Review of Federal, State, and Regional Tax Strategies and Opportunities for CO2-EORStorage and the CCUS Value Chain.”

Ken Ditzel

Job Title: 
Managing Director
Organization: 
FTI Consulting

Ken Ditzel is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting and has 20 years of experience in energy market analysis and consulting. He began his work in CCUS in 2004, working on behalf of the National Energy Technology Laboratory on Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle market penetration scenarios. Ken’s work has covered the biofuels, coal, electricity, liquefied natural gas, manufacturing, oil and gas, petrochemical, and renewables industries. Ken started his career at Dow Chemical as a production engineer in two natural gas cogeneration facilities in Freeport, TX.

Geothermal Innovation For Economic Growth In East Africa

September 29th, 2020

Geothermal energy has countless benefits, mainly providing clean grid power at the lowest possible cost.  Geothermal power plants can also provide economic benefits beyond power (or heat) as a way to stimulate and support the socio-economic development of countries in East Africa, especially near the plant itself.  However, innovative technologies in other industries can provide greater power output and greater value, especially when overall grid costs are considered.  In this webinar, innovations will be discussed which allow geothermal resource to have a greater benefit, on both the grid

Kevin Kitz

Kevin Kitz is a Professional Engineer and geothermal specialist who seeks to innovatively use existing technology to create new or better energy investment opportunities. Mr. Kitz has been in the geothermal industry for 35 years creating new value and improving geothermal cost-competitiveness.  He has been part of geothermal teams across reservoir engineering, drilling, pipelines, power plants, PPAs, transmission, and O&M. Recently he has had large roles on teams to commercialize (a) geothermal + solar-thermal hybrid plants, (b) injecting solar thermal heat in cool permeable formations to create synthetic geothermal resources for seasonal storage of solar energy with energy recovery through geothermal power plants, (c) District Energy Systems comprising geothermal heat pumps to shift time-of-use as a grid management tool, including seasonal storage of cold in the middle east, and (d) a cost-effective dry-cooled steam condenser for conventional power plants and for geothermal steam power plants. 
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USEA, DOE Offer Assessment of Tax Incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage

September 21st, 2020
Carbon capture and storage projects are rapidly emerging as lucrative investment opportunities, due to a combination of federal and state tax credits and other incentives...

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