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Study Group: Coking Coal Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 64

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Thomas Shewski
Owner
High Energy Services

Thomas Shewski is the Owner of High Energy Services, a firm providing fuel, transportation, emissions, and power plant services to existing and proposed generating plants. Mr. Shewski is currently involved in buying fuel, transportation, and emissions allowances for several generating units across the...

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John Bechtold, Coal & Energy Consultant, John BechtoldJohn Bechtold
Coal & Energy Consultant
John Bechtold

John Bechtold is an independent Coal and Energy Consultant providing services to a wide variety of clients including Hill & Associates, a premier coal consultancy firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. He specializes in handling issues facing coal suppliers and consumers throughout the region. Formerly,...

Markus Bates
Executive Vice President
Geo Trade International, LLC

Markus Bates is Executive Vice President at Geo Trade International, a firm providing coal trading services. Mr. Bates is responsible for managing international raw materials trading operations. He has more than 15 years of experience in international coal trading activities. Mr. Bates traded blast...

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James King, Independent Consultant, James KingJames King
Independent Consultant
James King

James King is an independent consultant and economic advisor to industrial metals and raw materials industries. Mr. King started his consultancy on a part-time basis in 1981, specializing in aluminum and steel, and it has since become a full-time occupation. The main clients for these services are metal...

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Rhett Fulwider
Plant Engineering Superintendant
OREGON STEEL MILLS INC

Rhett Fulwider is a plant engineer at Oregon Steel Mills. Oregon Steel Mills is one of the most diversified mini mills in the US producing a broad line of specialty and commodity steel products for domestic and global markets. He has a wide technical base that can provide solutions in both mechanical...

Guanghua Liu, President, AAA Minerals InternationalGuanghua Liu
President
AAA Minerals International

Guanghua Liu, PhD, is a President at AAA Minerals International, a Germany based firm providing consulting services in the mining industry. Dr. Liu has more than 24 years of experience in providing consulting services on coal reserves and managing marketing and production operations in Chinese Coal...

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John Cousins, Managing Director, Interim Energy Management LimitedJohn Cousins
Managing Director
Interim Energy Management Limited

John Cousins is Managing Director of Interim Energy Management, a Scotland based energy consultancy. He is an energy specialist with more than 45 years of experience in electricity and gas industries. He combines technical and commercial knowledge and experience across a wide spectrum of energy issues....

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Guodong Sun, Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University - CCGuodong Sun
Assistant Professor
Stony Brook University - CC

Guodong Sun, PhD, is a Professor of Technology Assessment at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Sun is a leading analyst with more than 15 years of experience on advanced energy technologies and China's energy industries. He led a collaborative...

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Clean Air Ruling’s Potential Affect on Utilities and IPPs Long SO2 and NOx Allowances | 08-19-2008
Analysis of: Clean Air Ruling Raises Doubts Over Investments | www.cattlenetwork.com
Author: Thomas Shewski, Owner, High Energy Services

    Court’s decision vacating the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) potentially affects utilities or IPPs long the allowances as described in the section that follows.

Regulated Utilities Benefit from Environmental Retrofit Spending on Power Plants and on Shorter Depreciation Period | 08-18-2008
Analysis of: Proposal Would Cut Oregon Coal Plant’s Haze-Causing Pollution | www.oregonlive.com
Author: Thomas Shewski, Owner, High Energy Services

    When air pollution retrofits are placed on a power plant, a regulated, investor-owned, utility financially benefits.  An unregulated, independent power producer (IPP) does not necessarily financially benefit.

CAIR Ruling Makes it Cheaper to Turn Off/Bypass Scrubbers, But Unlikely to Happen | 08-18-2008
Analysis of: Power Failure: A Court Defeat for the EPA Leaves it Up to Congress to Tackle Utilities' Air Pollution | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: Thomas Shewski, Owner, High Energy Services

    The Court’s July 11, 2008 decision vacating the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) caused the price of SO2 emissions allowances to decrease less than the cost of operating a scrubber to reduce the SO2 emissions.  The discussions that follow discuss this and the likelihood...

Coal- to Gas-Fired Generation Considerations: It is Not Just Fuel Economics | 08-18-2008
Analysis of: Gas Drop Buoys Dynegy, Mirant in Slowing U.S. Economy | www.bloomberg.com
Author: Thomas Shewski, Owner, High Energy Services

    As the article points out, natural gas-fired generation may be cheaper than coal-fired generation in certain parts of the nation.  The section below discusses some of the items that go into the decision to fuel switch from coal to natural gas.

Green Washing or is Corporate "Environmentalism" for Real? | 08-13-2008
Analysis of: Environmentalism Sprouts Up on Corporate Boards | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The trend by corporations is to demonstrate in some form that they are a green company. Going green can have numerous definitions from a product that is eco-friendly to reducing a company's carbon footprint by use of alternative energy.

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