Brief overview of Kinder Morgan, Macro and West Region Trends, Energy Transition Trends and Themes, and Data Center Power Demand.

Power generators and electric utilities have made considerable progress in reducing emissions in western North America in recent years. Thanks in part to the increasing contribution of renewable generation, phasing out of coal fired generation, and, most importantly, the support from natural gas fired generation. This trend coupled with load growth from gas utilities, and changes in demand consumption patterns, requires both changes in gas infrastructure utilization and the addition of new infrastructure to meet power demand while maintaining reliability. Scott Smith, President of Spire Midstream, will discuss the implications from this trend as well as broader impacts to natural gas infrastructure costs and market trends.

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the elimination of fossil fuels (including natural gas), in favor of an all renewables energy future, is simply unachievable in the near term and would result in high priced and unreliable energy for consumers. This panel examines how natural gas is not the problem, but is really part of the solution. Discussion will focus on innovative opportunities that are readily available, that leverage natural gas to provide solutions to the challenge of creating an energy mix that is reliable, sustainable and affordable, while at the same time reducing carbon content and emissions.

Please join our hosts, the Corporate Sponsors, at a cocktail reception in your honor. Don’t make your dinner plans too early as hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be the highlight of this extremely well attended session!