January 19, 2011 Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator for the U.S. USA's largest energy, utility and environment conference being held at the Phoenix Convention Center from January 31 through February 2, 2011...EPA recently announced a two-year plan to set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards under the Clean Air Act for power plants and oil refineries. McCarthy will open the plenary session at 9:00 a.m. on January 31 with a presentation about the EPA's schedule to issue proposed regulations for power plants by July 26, 2011, and final regulations by May 26, 2012. Representatives from the nation's top energy agencies and organizations will also make plenary presentations about crucial issues facing the industry...A list of plenary speakers, topics, and times is available at http://blog.euec.com . Following the plenary session, more than 600 of the world's leading experts will speak on diverse topics in 12-track program agenda: A...Wind, solar, electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles F...It offers networking and business development opportunities with senior executives from most of the major electric utilities, reputed environmental engineering and consulting firms and related government agencies in the U.S. The technical program offers over 600 world-class expert speakers from diverse fields and backgrounds who present new technologies and ideas to comply with current regulations and plan new corporate strategies.