Generation Sector Update   
August, 2007
ADVANCED COAL PLANT PORTFOLIO ISSUE AREA

CoalFleet for Tomorrow-Future Coal Generation Options (Program 66)

Phillips Testifies About Carbon Capture and Storage.

EPRI’s assessment of the current state of development of technologies for capturing CO2 from coal power plants, and the additional RD&D needed for demonstrating commercial-scale capture and storage of CO2, were the topics when Program Manager Jeff Phillips testified on behalf of EPRI before the Senate Energy Committee on Aug. 1 in Washington, DC and at a field hearing of the Senate Appropriations Water and Energy Subcommittee in Bismarck, ND on Aug. 13. For copies of the testimony, contact Jeff Phillips (jphillip@epri.com, 704-595-2250) or EPRI Washington representative John Novak (jnovack@epri.com, 202-293-6180).