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TENTATIVE AGENDA
AB-32 UNDER ATTACK? U.S. EPA GHG REGULATION LOOMS
What California Business Needs To Know About the Shifting Climate Change Landscape
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, CA
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. — Breakfast/Registration
Session 1
Bill Wehrum, Partner, Hunton & Williams
Allan Bedwell, Vice President, CantorCO2e
Welcome and Overview
Federal Landscape
Prospects for Federal Legislation: U.S. EPA regulatory efforts: Endangerment finding, light-duty
vehicle regulations and impacts on stationary source pre-construction review and operating permits,
NSPS (new source performance standards), BACT requirements, NAAQS regulation, and the tailoring
rule. Schedule for regulation and practical impacts. Status of and outlook for litigation.
Session 2
Moderator:
Panelists:
California Programs Panel
Malcolm Weiss, Partner, Hunton & Williams
James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
Harold Buchanan, Managing Partner, CE2 Capital Partners LLC
Michael Hertel, Director, Corporate Environmental Policy, So. Cal. Edison Co.
Josh Margolis, CEO, CantorCO2e
California Issues: AB 32 implementation update, regulatory actions, cap and trade, carbon trading, local
and regional initiatives, CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) update, litigation, Brown vs.
Whitman.
10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. — Networking Break

Session 3
Renewable Power’s Future in California
Michael Ruffatto, President and Founder, North American Power Group
Audrey Louison, Partner, Hunton & Williams
Renewable Power Issues: Energy producers and consumers are affected by the rapidly changing
renewable power landscape. RPS (renewable power standards) and RECs (renewable energy credits),
project development issues, early action credit, financial and tax considerations will be discussed.
Session 4
Climate Change Litigation
Allison Wood, Partner, Hunton & Williams
A Review: As nuisance and other climate change lawsuits are brought, companies are at risk.
15-Minute Break — Lunch
Session 5
Moderator:
Panelists:
Voluntary and Compliance Planning in a Carbon-Constrained World
Bill Brownell, Partner, Hunton & Williams
K.C. Bishop III, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, Chevron Corporation
Allan Bedwell, Vice President, CantorCO2e
Ann Marie Mortimer, Partner, Hunton & Williams
Industry Executive, Invited
Voluntary and Compliance Implications: How companies are currently coping with impending
congressional, EPA, state, and shareholder imposed carbon limits in an uncertain economic
environment; disclosure of climate change liabilities (SEC, NY AG Martin Act, practical guidance);
what companies/regulators are doing to prepare for more climate regulation and litigation; what happens
to the developing regulatory regime with climate legislation; how likely is a robust federal preemption
provision in any climate legislation; and what are alternatives to comprehensive climate legislation?
1:00 — Adjourn
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