Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority, LSU Center for Energy Studies

Date Issued: 1987-05-17

Duration: 00:58:06

Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | Energy | Electric cooperatives | Electricity | Public utilities

Contributors:

• Courtney, Bob Moderator
• Brubaker, Morris Panelist
• Draper, Linn Panelist
• Harlan, David Panelist
• Rouse, James Panelist
• Quinn, Louis Panelist
• Stuckey, Wes Panelist
• Kleiner, Richard Panelist
• Mohr, David Panelist

This program from May 17, 1987, features Bob Courtney moderating a panel discussion on cogeneration sponsored by the LSU Center for Energy Studies. The panelists are: Morris Brubaker, the vice president of Drazen and Brubaker in St. Louis, Missouri; Dr. Linn Draper, the president and CEO of Gulf States Utilities; David Harlan, the director of corporate planning for Louisiana Power and Light; James Rouse, the manager of energy policy for Union Carbide; Louis Quinn, the former executive secretary of the Louisiana Public Service Commission; Wes Stuckey, the vice president for economic and industrial development for the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce; Richard Kleiner, the public information coordinator for the Louisiana Chemical Association; and David Mohr, the general manger of Cajun Electric. They discuss: the changing electric utility market; cogeneration and wheeling; the current laws and regulations in Louisiana; competition; and the future of utilities. This program was preserved through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting’s Transcribe to Digitize Challenge, a partnership with George Blood LP.