Generating Electric Power:
Key Legal & Technical Power Plant Issues

Make plans to attend the Generating Electric Power: Key Legal & Technical Power Plant Issues seminar, offering a one-of-a-kind learning experience and networking opportunity for professionals actively involved with the development, design, construction, and operation of power plants.

This 3-day course is one of the most comprehensive training experiences available to power industry and legal professionals. Attendees will gain a thorough understanding of key business, engineering, and legal issues and concepts associated with power plant operations including:

• Development and operations of a power plant
• Alternative sources of energy
• Structuring a Financial Development Package
• Major plant operational problems
• Drafting  and Understanding Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts
• Key Contractual Terms
• Claims, Delays and Damages
• Liquidated Damages
• Dispute resolutions, mediation, arbitration and litigation
• Long Term Service Agreements (LTSAs)
• Engineering pitfalls to avoid
• Marketing

Who Should Attend?

• Legal Advisors & Attorneys who need to understand the intricacies of negotiating, drafting and administering EPC contracts and LTSAs, and power plant dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration and litigation.
• Project Managers responsible for the development, design and construction of power plants, managers responsible for negotiating, drafting, and administration of Engineering, Procurement and Construction ("EPC") contracts and Long Term Service Agreements (LTSAs).
• Bankers & Credit Managers active in the field of power plant development and financing.
• Accountants and other financial professionals involved with power plant cost drivers and cost structure.
• Plant Managers & Plant Engineers responsible for operation of power plants and administration of Long Term Service Agreements ("LTSAs").
• Sales professionals responsible for marketing power projects or power sector design and construction services.

Benefits

• When you register to attend this course you are automatically registered in the “Turbomachinery Round Table” an online forum where you can share ideas with other course attendees and with Professor Boyce.
• With the knowledge gained in this course, you will be able to improve your job performance and decision making capabilities.
• You will gain a thorough understanding of practical plant machinery, design, operation, and maintenance requirements.
• You will be encouraged to ask questions and network with both Dr. Boyce, Mr.  Lifschitz and other attendees throughout the course.

DAY 1

Development and Operations of a Combined Cycle Power Plant

• Terminology
  • Engineering
  • Legal
• Major Equipment Description
  • Gas Turbines
  • Steam Turbines
  • Boiler Feed Water Pumps
  • Heat Recovery Steam Generators
  • Condensers
  • Condenser Cooling Water Pumps
  • Transformers

Alternative Sources of Energy

• Combined Cycle Coal Gasification Plants, Wind, Compressed Wind, Solar, River Hydro and Fuel Cells
  • Initial Cost Including Installation
  • Operational Cost
  • Pay Back Time
• Carbon Sequestration Power Plants

Structuring a Financial Development Package

Modeling a Financial package

DAY 2

Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contracts

• Coordination between Owner and OEM’s of major Equipment
• Owner’s responsibility
• EPC contractor’s responsibilities
• Balance of Plant Equipment
• Labor Concerns
• Legal definition of Acceptance of the Plant
  • Mechanical Completion
  • Performance Acceptance
  • Reliability Acceptance
  • Substantial Completion
    

Major Plant Operational Problems

• Gas Turbines
• Steam Turbines
• Boiler Feed Water Pumps
• Heat Recovery Steam Generators
• Condensers
• Condenser Cooling Water Pumps
  

Long Term Service Agreement (LTSA)

• Coverage of Agreement
• Duration of Agreement
• Agreement Guarantees
• Termination of Agreement
  

DAY 3

Engineering Pitfalls to Avoid

• Gas Turbines
• Steam Turbines
• Heat Recovery Steam Generators
• Power Augmentation
• Fuel Systems

Dispute Resolutions

• Informal Settlement Efforts
• Mediation
• Mediator as a Facilitator
• Arbitration
  • Federal Arbitration Act
  • State Arbitration Statutes
  • Multi-Party Arbitration
    • Owner, EPC Contractor and Subcontractor (Including OEM)
  • Litigation and Judicial Trial Know the Courts
    • Jury vs. Judge
    • Federal vs. State Courts
• Where You Can Sue or Be Sued
• Discovery
• Expert Witnesses
  • Crucial in Technical Disputes
  • Damages and Delay
    

Round Table Discussion between Instructors and Attendees

Participants are encouraged to discuss their projects, and bring case histories to discuss.

Course Schedule

Day	9 -10:30		10:45-12	12-1	1:00-3:00		3:30-5
1	Development and Operations of a Combined Cycle Power Plant	Coffee	Alternative Sources of Energy	Lunch	Structuring a Financial Development Package	Coffee	Structuring a Financial Development Package
2	Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contracts	Coffee	Major Operational Problems	Lunch	Major Operational Problems	Coffee	Long Term Services Agreements
3	Engineering Pitfalls to Avoid	Coffee	Dispute Resolutions	Lunch	Round Table Discussion between  Instructors & Attendees

The Generating Electric Power: Key Legal & Technical Power Plant Issues seminar is taught by two highly experienced and respected practitioners in their fields. Both have worked together extensively in the power sector, one in the field of engineering and the other in law.

Professor Meherwan P. Boyce, PhD., P.E. (USA), C.Eng.  (UK), Fellow ASME (USA), IMechE (UK), & IDGTE (UK) is CEO of The Boyce Consultancy Group, LLC.  He has over 45 years of experience in the power sector in both industry and academia.  His industrial experience includes 30 years of power sector design and service as CEO of a power industry engineering firm which he founded.  His 15 years in academia included the position of Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.  He is the author of over 150 technical articles and the sole author of several books such as the Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook (Elsevier), Cogeneration & Combined Cycle Power Plants (ASME Press), and Centrifugal Compressors, A Basic Guide (PennWell Books).  Professor Boyce is also a contributor to several Handbooks; his latest contribution is to the Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook Seventh and Eight Editions (McGraw Hill) in the areas of Transport and Storage of Fluids, and Gas Turbines. 

Dr. Boyce has taught over 150 short courses attended by over 3000 students representing over 300 Corporations, and has served as an expert witness in many power sector lawsuits and arbitrations.  He is a Consultant to the Aerospace, Petrochemical and Utility Industries globally, and is a much-requested speaker at Universities and Conferences throughout the world.

To learn more about Dr. Boyce’s in-depth experience in mechanical engineering and consulting, awards won, books authored, patents secured, and publications contributed to, visit the Dr. Boyce Biography section of the website.

Attorney Judah Lifschitz J.D., is Co-President of Shapiro Lifschitz & Schram P.C. and has over thirty years of experience representing clients in complex construction disputes, arbitrations, lawsuits and transactions.  Based in Washington, D.C., Mr. Lifschitz handles matters regionally, nationally and internationally and represents government and private owners and regional, national and international contractors, construction managers, subcontractors and design professionals.  Mr. Lifschitz has extensive experience with power industry contracts, projects and dispute resolution.  In addition to power sector construction projects, Mr. Lifschitz is experienced with construction projects of many types, including buildings, heavy highway, industrial, power, hospitals, sports facilities, subway systems, waste water treatment, and military.  He has tried cases and handled arbitration proceedings across the country.  He has published a treatise on construction law and lectured extensively on construction topics, and served on the faculty (construction law) of the Washington College of Law of American University.  He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and Maryland Bar and is admitted to practice before various federal courts across the country and the United States Supreme Court.  Mr. Lifschitz has an AV Martindale-Hubbell rating and has been designated as a Preeminent Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.  Mr. Lifschitz has been designated as a Washington, D.C. “Superlawyer” by Law and Politics.

InterContinental Hotel
2222 W. Loop-South
Houston, TX, 77027

George Bush Intercontinental (IAH)
Distance 26.47 MI / 42.6 KM SOUTH WEST to Hotel
Shuttle Charge (one way): $25.00 (USD)
Taxi Charge (one way): $56.00 (USD)
Time by taxi: 30 - 45 minutes

Houston-Hobby Airport (HOU)
Distance 16.48 MI / 26.52 KM NORTH WEST to Hotel
Shuttle Charge (one way): $20.00 (USD)
Taxi Charge (one way): $46.00 (USD)
Time by taxi: 25-30 minutes

Seats are limited! Register early to ensure participation.

Course Fee: $2,500 per person

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Cancellation

Due to limited space, limited registration is available and it is suggested you register early to ensure participation. An attendee will not be considered as registered unless his fees are paid in full.  A refund, less 15% administration charge, will be made if cancellation is received in writing 10 business days before the start of the course.  Substitutions may be made at any time.  We are happy to hold a rain check credit towards a future course.