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A Biomass Energy Task Force Meeting is scheduled for June 4 & 5,
1996 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers
(717/233-6000). This day and one-half meeting is being held in 
conjunction with the Electric Power Research Institute's (Evan Hughes)
Biomass Task Force meeting of June 5 (half day) and June 6 (full day). 

The Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, EPRI and GPU/Met-Ed/Penelec are 
sponsoring/coordinating the Biomass Energy Task Force Meeting. While 
the meeting will have a Pennsylvania orientation, the overall 
objective transcends the Commonwealth's boundaries. Its objective 
is to explore possible actions and investments that meet current 
utility (and nonutility) strategies and operational/business 
objectives and yet are also on the path to commercial use of 
biomass resources for power generation. We hope to bring together 
50 to 80 individuals from various organizations in the Commonwealth 
and from surrounding states, including: utility and nonutility power 
generators, forest products, agriculture, other industries, university,

government, engineering and research.


Topics include: 

Willows for Power (Salix consortium)
Forest Management, Carbon Sequestration, and Power Generation
Energy Crops: Vision and Prospects
Biomass Power Systems: Technologies, Costs, and Advancements
Waste Fuels Cofiring
Biomass Refineries
Forest, Agriculture, Environment, and Jobs
Fluidized Bed Repowering
Climate Challenge: What Utilities Have Volunteered to Do
Gasification and Other Possible Demonstrations
Toward Success: High Yields of Energy Crops
Discussion: Paths to Biomass Development-Partnering with all
Stakeholders

Please call (610/375-5972) Dennis O'Regan at GPU Service Corporation 
in Reading, PA for an agenda and registration form. A registration form

and $30.00 fee must be received at the following address by May 30,
1996. 
Checks should be made payable to GPU Service Corporation (Tax ID
#13-2676321).

     Dennis O'Regan
     GPU Service Corporation
     Route 183 & Van Reed Rd.
     P.O. Box 15152
     Reading, PA 19612-5152

     FAX: (610) 375-5551

The Hilton & Towers is at Market Square in downtown Hrrisburg; is 
accessible from the Harrisburg International Airport by courtesy 
limo; is four blocks down Market Street from the Harrisburg train 
station; and is found easily from Interstate 83 if you take the 
Second Stree exit. The current room rate is $89.00.

A final agenda with named speakers is now in preparation and will 
be mailed/posted later this week.

Dennis M. O'Regan
doregan@gpu.com