Washington DC Energy & Environmental Funders

Hosting Sponsor:
Andrews Kurth LLP

The Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc., will sponsor its next Washington, DC Energy & Environmental Funders’ meeting on Friday October 3, 2008.

LPP Combustion, LLC (LPP) has developed an innovative technology to produce clean energy from conventional, renewable, and alternative liquid fuels. The patented LPP Combustion System uses a self-contained fuel preparation skid to convert conventional liquid fuels, such as kerosene or #2 fuel oil as well as alternative fuels such as biodiesel, ethanol or coal derived liquids, into a substitute natural gas, called LPP Gas. This LPP Gas can then be burned with low emissions in gas turbines or other combustion devices without modifying the combustor hardware, producing environmentally friendly power and providing substantial fuel flexibility to power generators.

Current technology for burning liquid fuels results in high pollution levels compared to natural gas; hence natural gas has become the "clean" fuel of choice. However, LPP's Technology solution enables the clean combustion of liquid fuels with the same criteria pollutant emission levels as natural gas for NOx, CO and particulates, thus providing a clean alternative for power generators that can burn multiple fuels. The LPP solution offers the gas turbine power industry a high, immediate return on investment in the course of normal operations by:

1. reducing criteria pollutant emissions to levels comparable to those of natural gas.
2. providing the cleanest use of renewable fuels by producing clean "green" power with no net CO2 emissions.
3. providing "dispatchable" (on-demand) generation of renewable energy.
4. providing opportunities for generation of renewable energy credits and carbon credits.
5. improving the heat rate for gas turbine plants currently burning liquid fuels.
6. enabling low cost liquid fuels, such as naphtha, to be used for clean power generation.
7. enabling fuel flexibility thus providing arbitrage opportunities as fuel prices fluctuate.

LPP Combustion has conducted multiple successful demonstrations on commercial gas turbine combustor hardware for power generation, proving the viability of the technology. The Company has been granted two U.S. Patents with additional patents pending. The Company has also received several international patents and has patents pending in 35 countries. LPP's fuel based technology is also applicable to liquid fuel combustion devices other than gas turbines such as reciprocating engines, process, boiler and duct burners. The first commercial LPP Combustion System is being designed, engineered and built for delivery in the first half of 2009 for a gas turbine application.

Leo D. Eskin, President & COO of LPP Combustion LLC., will discuss the advantages of using the LPP System to cleanly burn conventional, alternative and renewable fuels as cleanly as natural gas to provide clean energy solutions to the power industry.

Sector Expert: Ben Schlesinger, President of Benjamin Schlesinger and Associates, Inc. (BSA), will discuss the relationships between the chemical and market values of various fossil fuels and biofuels, and how these relationships might impact LPP Combustion's business strategy.

Date: Friday, October 3, 2008
Time: 8:00 – 10:00 am
Place: Andrews Kurth LLP
1350 I Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
202-662-2700

Nearest Metro stop: The building is between 13th and 14th Street. You can exit at McPherson Square and cross the street to the building or exit Metro Center on 13th Street (and G Street) and walk up to 13th and I, where you make a left and cross the street.

Cost: $50 if you pre-register.
Cash or checks (payable to CEEP) accepted. Must register or cancel by 4pm the previous day. No shows will be invoiced.
$60 if you pay at the door.
See below for Annual Registration opportunities and other important conditions.

Agenda:
8:00 to 8:20 – Networking with Members
8:30 to 9:00 – Presentation by Leo D. Eskin, President & COO of LPP Combustion LLC.
9:00 to 9:30 – Presentation by Sector Expert: Sector Expert: Ben Schlesinger, President of Benjamin Schlesinger and Associates, Inc. (BSA)
9:30 to 10:00 – Discussion and Networking

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the next DC Funders meeting.

If you have any questions about registration or need more information about the program, please contact Gelvin Stevenson at gelvin@optonline.net.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

Leo D. Eskin is the President and COO of LPP Combustion, LLC. Before joining LPP, Leo was the Co-founder, President and CEO of Washington DC-based, Tech, Inc., a low-voltage construction firm which he led to an annual volume in excess of $15 million. Mr. Eskin also founded Cogent Science, LLC, specializing in numerical modeling and design of gas turbine, coal, and nuclear power plants. Previously, he participated in developing the GateCycle software program (now owned by GE), which is widely used throughout the industry for power plant design and optimization. Mr. Eskin has extensive contacts in power plants throughout the U. S. and hands-on turbine testing and operations experience. Mr. Eskin was also licensed by the NRC as a Senior Nuclear Reactor Operator. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Minor in Electrical Engineering) from Stanford University and his Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Dr. Benjamin Schlesinger, founding president of BSA Inc., is one of North America's leading independent energy consultants, specializing in gas and electricity marketing, pricing, infrastructure, trading practices, strategic planning, and power plant development worldwide. He has nearly four decades of experience in managing and carrying out engineering/economic analyses of complex energy issues, with particular focus on North American energy commodity movements and pricing, policies and programs. Dr. Schlesinger has advised over 400 clients in the U.S., Canada, and fifteen other countries, including the top utility, energy trading and producing, manufacturing, regulatory, educational, private power, and financial services companies. A former vice-president of the American Gas Association, Dr. Schlesinger has testified before the U.S. Congress and in 16 states and provinces on the direction of the gas industry, gas contracting, purchase and sales prices, royalty valuations, market value, hedging and risk management, and related industry practices. Dr. Schlesinger received an AB and B. Engineering from Dartmouth College and an M.S. (1969) and Ph.D. (1975), Industrial Engineering, from Stanford University.

Advisory Board
Zachary Alexander, ebT Design, LLC
Bob Lawrence, Bob Lawrence & Associates
Mark Riedy, Andrews Kurth LLC
Ira Rubenstein, Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc.
Gelvin Stevenson, Ph.D., Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc.
Michael Ware, Advance Capital Markets, Inc.

DCE&EF Pricing Policy
1. Cost, with pre-registration up to 4pm the day before the meeting: $50.
2. No-shows will be invoiced.
3. Cancellations allowed until 4pm the day before the meeting.
4. Cost, with registration at the door the day of the meeting: $60.
5. All paid registrants will be emailed any information made available electronically for that meeting.
6. An Annual Registration for DCE&EF can be purchased for $400. It will provide admittance to all regularly scheduled meetings held during a 12-month period.
7. Annual registrants will be emailed any information made available electronically for any of the regularly scheduled meetings covered by their annual registration.

Formed in February 2004, DC Energy & Environmental Funders (DCE&EF) is a joint service of Investors Circle, the Energy & Environmental Capital Network (ECN), the Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc. (EBA/NYS), Investors Circle and Cleantech Venture Network LLC (Cleantech). DCE&EF provides networking, information, and other services to investors interested in energy and environmental companies. DCE&EF activities are produced by the Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc. (CEEP) in furtherance of its educational mission.

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