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Industry News
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Training and Education
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Calendar of Events
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American Coal Magazine
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Technology / R&D
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Industry News
 2015 ACC President, Robert Hardman named Vice President Coal Supply, Dynegy.
Congratulations to Rob Hardman for his recent appointment as Vice President Coal Supply at Dynegy effective May 1, 2015.
Dynegy operates power generating facilities in eight states in the Midwest, the Northeast and the West Coast. The company's portfolio consists of nearly 26,000 megawatts of generating facilities that are capable of generating enough electricity to power about 21 million homes nationwide. The company serves residential, municipal, commercial and industrial customers through its Homefield Energy and Dynegy Energy Services businesses in Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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 We have recently learned that Jeff Wallace, Vice President - Fuel Services at Southern Company, has announced his plans to retire. From Southern Company’s announcement, "Jeff began his Southern Company career in 1978 as a Georgia Power joint-ownership accounting analyst. He progressed through accounting and budgeting positions before being named manager of Georgia Power’s Resource Management in 1989. He later served as Georgia Power’s Metro Southwest Region manager, assistant to the president, vice president of customer service and vice president of planning and utility relations. He has served in his current role since 2006.
Active in numerous professional organizations, Jeff has served as chairman of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee to the Surface Transportation Board and chairman of the American Coal Council. He is currently chairman of the National Coal Council."
The ACC would like to wish Jeff all the best as he looks forward to a well-deserved retirement. We would also like to thank him for his many years of dedicated service to this industry and to our organization.
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 The Women’s Mining Coalition celebrated another successful Fly-In to Washington D.C. from April 13-17, 2015. 40 participants took part in 228 meetings (70 Senate and 158 House) over the 3½-day event.
ACC members who attended this year’s fly-in included,
• Terah Burdette, Arch Coal, Inc.
• Jean Bustard, ADA ES, Inc. (retired)
• Barbara Coppola, Duke Energy
• Ruth Demeter, Peabody Energy
• Sarah Fakhari, United Bulk Terminals
• Lorali Simon, Usibelli Coal Mine
ACC members who are interested in information on the Women’s Mining Coalition or in attending next year’s event should contact Betsy Monseu at 202-756-4540 or by email bmonseu@americancoalcouncil.org.
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New partnership will produce all ACC publications
The American Coal Council is pleased and excited to announce our new partnership with Naylor Association Solutions! Beginning April 1, 2015, Naylor will serve as ACC’s exclusive publications partner. We are confident that this partnership will enhance the educational, networking and promotional opportunities already included in an ACC membership.
We are partnering with Naylor to provide the following ACC publications and communications outlets:
• American Coal biannual magazine
• Membership Directory
• Annual Buyer’s Guide
• ACC Calendar
• Online Buyer’s Guide
• ACC Members Update monthly eNewsletter
• ACC bi-monthly eNewsletter
• Mobile App
• AmericanCoalCouncil.org Website Sales
• American Coal magazine Website Sales
Tell the American coal industry about your company’s quality product or service, and show them that you stand with your peers in support of our association. When an account executive from Naylor contacts you, please consider allocating part of your advertising budget to placing your message in American Coal Council media. Thank you for your support of our publications and communications programs.
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You are invited to join an exclusive group of American Coal Council (ACC) member companies who have elevated their level of commitment to the ACC through their Annual Sponsorship support. In doing so, these companies have also gained recognition as industry leaders in supporting the ACC’s objective to advance the development and utilization of coal as an economic, abundant and environmentally sound fuel source.
Click here to learn more about the benefits and opportunities associated with an annual ACC sponsorship.
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Training and Education
Douglas C. Brauer, Ph.D., Vice President Economic Development & Innovative Workforce Solutions Richland Community College, Decatur, IL
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 ˜ 2 pm - 3 pm Eastern
Our May webcast builds on the topic of our April 2015 webcast with Scott McDonald of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). In that webcast, we discussed the carbon capture and storage project at ADM’s Decatur, Illinois facility, part of the Department of Energy’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Initiative. Carbon dioxide is captured, compressed, and transported via pipeline and then injected deep underground into the nearby Mount Simon Sandstone shale formation.
The Decatur project’s unique partnership includes Richland Community College, which has successfully developed and managed community education and outreach to cultivate public acceptance and promote understanding that CCS technologies safely reflect the best interests of the community.
Join us as Dr. Brauer shares information on the strategy and tactics resulting in effective educational outreach to over 3.4 million people since 2011
There is no charge for members of the American Coal Council, but pre-registration is required.
Non-members may register for a fee of $50.
Space is limited to the first 50 registrants. Register TODAY!
Be sure to set aside May 20th at 2pm Eastern on your calendar!
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Calendar of Events
Mark your calendars for these
upcoming 2015 ACC events:
• Coal
Q&A Webcast: Carbon Capture and Storage - Public Acceptance 101 – May 20,
2015 ~ 2 pm - 3 pm Eastern
• Coal
Market Strategies Conference – August 10-12 Stein Eriksen Lodge (Park City, UT)
• Coal
Trading Conference with CTA – December 7-8, 2015 Marriott Marquis (New
York, NY)
• Spring
Coal Forum – March 8-10, 2016, Sandpearl Resort, (Clearwater, FL)
Be sure to watch the events page
on the new ACC website (http://www.americancoalcouncil.org/events/event_list.asp)
for registration and event information for our conferences and monthly webcast
programs
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American Coal Magazine
In a recent media event,former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg and senior Sierra Club staffers like CEO Michael Brune, exulted in their ability to pourtens of millions of dollars into misleading pressure campaigns, that are aimed at putting coal industry workers into unemployment lines.
Click here to read the full article on www.coalblog.org.
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We are partnering with Naylor to provide the following ACC publications and communications outlets:
• American Coal biannual magazine
• ACC Membership Directory
• Annual Buyer's Guide (print & online)
• ACC Calendar
• Mobile application
• ACC Members Update monthly eNewsletter
• ACC Live bi-monthly eNewsletter
• AmericanCoalCouncil.org website sales
• American Coal magazine website sales
Advertising opportunities will be available in all of these publications, and we will have integrated package options available.
ACC communications deliver your message to key industry decision-makers who specify products, lead projects, and approve purchases on behalf of their companies. This is your opportunity to advertise and promote your products and services to a major purchasing audience through our full complement of publications options.
For more information or to reserve your space today, please contact Anthony Land at (352) 333-3454 or via email at aland@naylor.com.
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