Speakers

(As of 1-30-06)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The Honorable Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy

Samuel Wright Bodman was sworn in as the 11th Secretary of Energy on February 1, 2005 after the United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on January 31, 2005. Previously, Secretary Bodman served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury beginning in February 2004. He also served the Bush Administration as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce beginning in 2001. Born in 1938 in Chicago, he graduated in 1961 with a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. In 1965, he completed his ScD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For the next six years he served as an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and began his work in the financial sector as Technical Director of the American Research and Development Corporation. From there, Secretary Bodman went to Fidelity Venture Associates, a division of the Fidelity Investments. In 1983 he was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments and a Director of the Fidelity Group of Mutual Funds. In 1987, he joined Cabot Corporation, a Boston-based Fortune 300 company with global business activities in specialty chemicals and materials, where he served as Chairman, CEO, and a Director. Over the years, he has been a Director of many other publicly owned corporations.

Secretary Bodman has also been active in public service. He is a former Director of M.I.T.'s School of Engineering Practice and a former member of the M.I.T. Commission on Education. He also served as a member of the Executive and Investment Committees at M.I.T., a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and a Trustee of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the New England Aquarium.

The Honorable Diane Munns, Commissioner of the Iowa Utilities Board and President of NARUC

Diane Munns has served as a member of the three-member Iowa Utilities Board since her appointment in June of 1999 following 15 years of service as a regulatory attorney. She was appointed Chairman of the Board in October of 2001 and served as Chairman until March 10, 2005. Her current term as a member of the Board ends April 30, 2009. Ms. Munns assumed the Presidency of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) in mid-term 2005 and will lead the organization through 2006. She is past Chair of the Committee on Finance and Technology, a member of the Committee on Electricity, a member of the Executive Committee, and serves on the Board of Directors of NARUC. She serves on the Advisory Council to the Board of Directors of the Electric Power Research Institute. She is also a member of the Advisory Council of the New Mexico State University Center for Public Utilities, a member of the FCC Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity State Regulatory Council, a Panel Member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Co-Chair of Leadership Group for EPA/DOE Energy Efficiency Action Plan. Ms. Munns received her bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa and her law degree from Drake University.

Kevin Kolevar, Director of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, US Department of Energy

Kevin Kolevar was named director of the Department of Energy's (DOE) newly established Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability in February, 2005. Before taking this position, Mr. Kolevar served as Chief of Staff to Deputy Secretary of Energy, Kyle McSlarrow, from January, 2003 to January, 2005. In that position, he supported and advised the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on policy, regulatory, and legislative matters as well as Departmental program management. Prior to serving as chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary, Mr. Kolevar worked as a senior policy advisor to the Secretary of Energy on security and technology issues. Mr. Kolevar is the former Chair of the Department of Energy National Security Working Group and was a senior advisor to the U.S.-Canada Task Force that investigated the 2003 blackout. Before coming to DOE, Kolevar spent over 10 years working in the Senate on the staffs of Senators Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.) and Connie Mack (R-Fla.).

GENERAL SESSION

Panel Discussion on Infrastructure Modernization

Session Chair:

Robert Fri, Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future

Robert Fri is a Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow Emeritus at Resources for the Future. He has served as Director of the National Museum of Natural History, President of Resources for the Future, and Deputy Administrator of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Research and Development Administration. Fri is currently a director of American Electric Power Company and of the Electric Power Research Institute; a Trustee of Science Service, Inc.; vice-chair of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems at the National Research Council; and a member of the National Petroleum Council. He received his B.A. in physics from Rice University and his M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Panelists:

Ralph Cavanagh, Co-Director, Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

Ralph Cavanagh is a senior attorney and co-director of NRDC's energy program, which he joined in 1979. In addition, Ralph has been a Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford and UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall), and from 1993-2003 he served as a member of the U.S. Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board. His current board memberships include the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, and the Northwest Energy Coalition. He is a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy, which the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation established in 2002. Ralph has received the Heinz Award for Public Policy, the Bonneville Power Administration's Award for Exceptional Public Service, the Yale Law School's Preiskel-Silverman Fellowship, and the Lifetime Achievement in Energy Efficiency Award from California's Flex Your Power Campaign. He is a graduate of Yale College and the Yale Law School.

The Honorable James Y. Kerr, II, Commissioner, North Carolina Utilities Commission and First Vice President of NARUC

Commissioner Kerr was appointed to the North Carolina Utilities Commission by Governor Mike Easley for an eight-year term that commenced on July 1, 2001 and expires on June 30, 2009. He is the First Vice-President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and a member of its Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and Electricity Committee. Commissioner Kerr is a Past President of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC) and is Co-Chair of the Alliance of State Leaders Protecting Electricity Consumers. Prior to coming to the Utilities Commission, Kerr was a Partner in the law firm of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell, & Jernigan, L.L.P. His practice concentrated in civil and administrative litigation, with significant experience in the Trial Division of both the State and Federal Court systems, the Appellate Division of the State Court system, and the Utilities Commission. He graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 1986. Following completion of his undergraduate degree, Kerr spent three years working for First Union Corporation in Charlotte and Atlanta. He received his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, where he graduated with honors in 1992.

Granger Morgan, Chairman, Committee on Enhancing the Robustness and Resilience of Future Electric Transmission and Distribution in the U.S. to Terrorist Attack, National Academies National Research Council

M. Granger Morgan is Lord Chair Professor in Engineering; professor and department head, Engineering and Public Policy; and professor in electrical and computer engineering; and professor in The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Dr. Morgan's research interests are focused on policy problems in which technical and scientific issues play a central role. Methodological interests include problems in the integrated analysis of large complex systems; problems in the characterization and treatment of uncertainty; problems in the improvement of regulation; and selected issues in risk analysis and risk communication. Application areas of current interest include global climate change; the future of the energy system, especially electric power; risk analysis, including risk ranking; health and environmental impacts of energy systems; security aspects of engineered civil systems; national R&D policy; radio interference on commercial airliners; issues of privacy and anonymity; and a number of general policy, management, and manpower problems involving science and technology. Most of Dr. Morgan's professional career has been spent at CMU with short stints at Brookhaven National Labs, the National Science Foundation, and University of California, San Diego. His professional activities include a large number of publications, memberships on numerous panels, including the EPA Science Advisory Board and the EPRI Advisory Board, both of which he chairs, and NRC committee work. He has a B.A. in physics from Harvard University, an M.S. in astronomy and space science from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in applied physics and information science from the University of California at San Diego.

Glenn Steiger, General Manager, Imperial Irrigation District Energy, Imperial, CA

Glenn Steiger, a utility manager with more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of the power industry, is the Manager of the Imperial Irrigation District Power Department. As manager of IID's power department, Steiger oversees the operation of California's 6th largest power utility. He has experience both in public power and in investor-owned utilities. A New Jersey native, Steiger was director of engineering and operations and assistant general manager of Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative in Sussex, NJ, from 1975 to 1982. For the next 15 years he held several positions with Jersey Central Power & Light (GPU Energy), including vice president of corporate affairs and deregulated business initiatives, director of competitive strategies and initiatives, and division director and general manager of the Skylands Region. In 1997, Steiger joined Energy Strategies, LLC, a regulatory energy-consulting firm in Phoenix, AZ. He worked on supply-side services as vice president of ESS Engineering/Comfort Systems USA in Tempe, AZ, from 1998 to 2001. He was president and principal of CSI Group Inc., Utility and Energy Regulatory Strategy Consultants, immediately prior to joining IID. Steiger graduated with a civil engineering degree and a master's degree in management from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He completed an advanced executive management program at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and is a licensed professional engineer.

John Anderson, President, Electricity Consumers Resource Council

John Anderson is the President & CEO of the Electricity Consumer Resource Council (ELCON). He joined ELCON in 1980. He was named Executive Director in 1984. He has presented papers and spoken extensively on a wide range of electricity issues of importance to large industrial firms. Dr. Anderson holds both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Florida with concentration in public utility and industrial organization. ELCON is the national association representing large industrial electricity consumers. ELCON's member companies come from virtually every sector of the manufacturing community. They own and operate facilities throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. The member companies of ELCON consume over 5 percent of all electricity in the United States. Many ELCON members cogenerate some of their electricity requirements.

Mike Morris, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, American Electric Power and Chairman of the Board, Edison Electric Institute

Michael G. Morris is chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Electric Power Co., Inc. Since joining AEP in January 2004, Morris has led AEP's efforts to build an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant. He was chairman, president and CEO of Northeast Utilities System from 1997 to 2003. He was also heavily involved in the formation of ISO-New England. Before joining Northeast Utilities, Morris was president and CEO of Consumers Energy, principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, and president of CMS Marketing, Services and Trading. He was previously president of Colorado Interstate Gas Co. and executive vice president of marketing, transportation and gas supply for ANR Pipeline Co., both subsidiaries of El Paso Energy. Morris was the founder and president of ANR Gathering Co., one of the first gas marketing companies in the United States. Morris serves as chairman of the Edison Electric Institute. He also serves on the U.S. Department of Energy's Electricity Advisory Board, the National Governors Association's Task Force on Electricity Infrastructure, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, Business Roundtable, and the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation. Morris serves as a director of the Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, Cincinnati Bell, and The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. He is past chairman of the board of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association. Morris graduated from Eastern Michigan University with both bachelor's and master's degrees in science. Morris received a law degree, cum laude, from the Detroit College of Law.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS #1

The Electric Reliability Organization - Getting From Here to There

Session Chair:

Richard P. Sergel, President and Chief Executive Officer, North American Electric Reliability Council

Richard P. Sergel is President and Chief Executive Officer of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), effective September 12, 2005. Until 2004, Mr. Sergel served as President and Chief Executive Officer for National Grid USA, and was National Grid Group plc Executive Director for North America upon the completion of the National Grid and New England Electric System (NEES) merger in March 2000. From 1998 through the date of the merger, Mr. Sergel was President and CEO of NEES, where he held positions of increasing responsibility since 1979. Mr. Sergel is presently a director of State Street Corporation. He also served on the boards of the Edison Electric Institute, the Consortium for Energy Efficiency, and the United Way of the Merrimac Valley. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Florida State University, a Master of Science in applied mathematics from North Carolina State University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami.

Panelists:

Trudy Harper, President, Tenaska Power Company

As President of Tenaska Power Services Co., Trudy Harper leads the power marketing affiliate of Tenaska. Tenaska Power Services is engaged in the physical marketing of wholesale power throughout the United States and Canada. Ms. Harper assists large industrial customers, municipal utilities, and competitive retailers economically meet load obligations and optimize resource value through a broad range of power marketing services. Before leading Tenaska Power Services Co., Ms. Harper was general manager of business development for Tenaska's independent power development efforts. She is actively involved in various industry activities, including serving as Chairman of the NERC Stakeholders Committee and as a member of the MAPP Executive Committee and the SPP Members Committee. Prior to joining Tenaska in 1992, Ms. Harper held various transmission planning, generation planning and state and federal regulatory affairs positions with Texas Utilities Electric Co. (TXU) in Dallas. As a generation planning engineer, she was involved in several studies of generation expansion and reliability, including the use of production costing and loss of load expectation models. Ms. Harper earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering with an electric power emphasis from Tennessee Technological University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University.

Tim Newton, Chairman, Western Electricity Coordinating Council

With engineering and economics degrees earned at Cape Town and then Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship, Tim Newton contributed a wide range of operating and planning expertise to BC Hydro during his thirty-three years working there. BC Hydro provides electricity to most of the Canadian Province of British Columbia, and serves 1.7 million customers. Mr. Newton's primary areas of experience included computer science, international operations, generation and transmission planning, energy management, and marketing. This included 30 years of experience working on the Columbia River Treaty. Mr. Newton is now officially retired, but in April 2002 he was elected to the Board of the newly formed Western Electricity Coordinating Council, WECC, and in April 2005 was elected as Chair for a one-year term. In October 2003 Tim was appointed by Canada as one of four members to the international Permanent Engineering Board established under the Columbia River Treaty between Canada and the United States.

Sonny Popowsky, Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania

Sonny Popowsky has served as the Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania since 1990 and has worked at the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) since 1979. He was the President of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) from 1996 to 1998 and was previously Chairman of the NASUCA Electric Committee. He served on the Board of Trustees of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) from 1997 to 2001 and currently serves on the NERC Stakeholders Committee. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) and the Keystone Energy Board. In 1988, he briefed and argued the landmark United States Supreme Court case of Duquesne Light Company v. Barasch, in which the Court upheld the position of the OCA that two Pennsylvania utilities had no constitutional right to charge consumers for the costs of four cancelled nuclear power plants. Mr. Popowsky graduated Cum Laude from Yale University and received his J.D. Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as a member of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

David Goulding, President & Chief Executive Officer, Independent Electricity Operator of Ontario

David Goulding was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Electricity System Operator in March 1999. Under Mr. Goulding, Ontario's IESO is responsible for overseeing the safe and reliable operation of Ontario's bulk electrical system - one of the most diversified, reliable and efficient in the world. The organization also oversees the IESO-administered wholesale electricity markets. Mr. Goulding is a member of the Stakeholder Committee of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) as well as The Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) Advisory Board. Mr. Goulding was a former member of the Executive Committee of the Northeast Power Co-ordinating Council and Board of Trustees for NERC. Born in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Mr. Goulding was educated at the University of Bradford, England, where he obtained a Bachelor of Technology Degree.

William O. Ball, Senior Vice President, Transmission and Operations, Southern Company

William O. Ball is Senior Vice President, Transmission Planning & Operations, Southern Company Services. He is a board member of the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (SERC), Vice Chairman of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) Stakeholders Committee, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Consortium for Electric Reliability. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Ball was Vice President of Transmission Planning, Policy, and Support Services. From January 2001 to March 2002, Mr. Ball was Vice President of Technical Support at Mirant (formerly Southern Energy). From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Ball held the position of Director of Technical Support at Southern Energy. From 1995 to 1999, he held the position of Manager, System Planning, with both generation and transmission planning responsibilities at Mississippi Power Company (MPC). Mr. Ball is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Mississippi State University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He also holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. Mr. Ball is a Registered Professional Engineer.

Siting Part I: Cooperation on Regional Siting - How is it Working?

Session Chair:

Susan F. Tierney, Chairman of the Board, Energy Foundation

Susan Tierney is an expert on energy policy and economics, specializing in the electric and gas industries. She has consulted to companies, governments, non-profits, and other organizations on energy markets, economic and environmental regulation and strategy, and energy facility projects. Her expert witness, business consulting, and arbitration services have involved industry restructuring, market analyses, wholesale and retail market design, contract disputes, resource planning, resource procurement analysis, market monitoring, and asset valuations. In addition, Dr. Tierney's work has covered regional transmission organizations, siting of generation and transmission facilities and natural gas pipeline projects, natural gas markets, electric system reliability, and environmental policy and regulation. A former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy and state Public Utility Commissioner, she is Chairman of the Board of the Energy Foundation and a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy. She has published widely and frequently speaks at industry conferences.

Panelists:

The Honorable Laura Chappelle, Commissioner, Michigan Public Service Commission and Vice Chair, NARUC Electricity Committee

Laura Chappelle was appointed by Governor John Engler to the Michigan Public Service Commission on January 16, 2001 and served as Chairman of the Commission until August, 2003. Her appointed term ends on July 2, 2007. Prior to her appointment to the Commission, Ms. Chappelle served as deputy legal counsel for Governor John Engler and was his regulatory affairs coordinator. She also served as the regulatory affairs advisor to the House of Representatives, legislative aide for Senator William Van Regenmorter, attorney for House Speaker Paul Hillegonds, and was an assistant prosecuting attorney with the Saginaw County Prosecutor's Office. Ms. Chappelle has served as an adjunct faculty member at Lansing Community College, Michigan State University and the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan (1985) and a J.D. from Thomas Cooley Law School (1988). She is admitted to practice law in Michigan and Illinois. Ms. Chappelle is currently the Vice-Chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Committee on Electricity, Chair of NARUC's Broadband Over Power Line Task Force. Co-chair of the Future of Transmission working Group through the Consumer Energy Council of America (CECA). Formerly she was the Treasurer for the Organization of MISO States (OMS), and has served as a member of the Department of Energy's Electricity Advisory Board.

Catherine Morris, Director, Energy Program, Keystone Center

Catherine Morris is a Senior Associate with over 25 years of experience in energy and environmental policy and stakeholder engagement. While working with Keystone, Catherine has facilitated stakeholder forums on advanced transportation technologies, electricity transmission planning and siting, assessment & remediation of US DOE contaminated sites, and state-level energy efficiency and renewable energy policies. Prior to joining The Keystone Center, Catherine worked with stakeholder and policy forums on advancing renewable energy policy in Mexico, developing state climate change action plans, integrating efficiency and renewables in air quality planning, developing utility green power marketing and state disclosure policies, addressing brownfield redevelopment and air quality implications, analyzing the costs and environmental impacts of alternative multi-pollutant strategies for the electric power sector, addressing the environmental implications of the electricity industry restructuring, reforming the Clean Air Act and resolving federal energy information confidentiality policies. Catherine has 10 years of experience as a utility regulator for the state of Massachusetts, three years as a free lance writer for The Electricity Journal and eight years with a non-profit air quality and climate policy think tank. She has a B.A. in Economics from the College of William and Mary; a Master's degree in Regional and Environmental Planning from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and facilitation and mediation training from George Mason University.

The Honorable Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

Dian M. Grueneich was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and was sworn in on January 18, 2005. Her six year term will end on January 1, 2011. She has served on the Board of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy and was a past President of the Board of the California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV), where she oversaw development of CLCV's strategic plan and its evolution into a bipartisan spokesperson for California environmental groups. She has also served on the Board of the Mono Lake Committee. In 1986, Ms. Grueneich founded her own law and consulting firm, known as Grueneich Resource Advocates (GRA) since 1993. In addition to assisting clients on strategic energy planning, rate analysis, utility negotiations, and energy efficiency opportunities, she has analyzed the State's energy and environmental problems, assisted in the implementation of energy efficiency programs and is the author of energy reports on energy efficiency to the California State Legislature and others. From 1982-1985 Ms. Grueneich was a Senior Associate at Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, a major San Francisco law firm, specializing in West Coast energy issues, including Pacific Northwest matters. From 1977-82, she was Staff Counsel at the California Energy Commission. Ms. Grueneich earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1977 and a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University in 1974.

Lisa Barton, Vice President, Northeast Utilities

Lisa M. Barton is Manager-Transmission Regulations and Compliance for Northeast Utilities which provides transmission service in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In her current position, she is responsible for representing Transmission's interests on various federal/regional policy matters, participating in the NEPOOL stakeholder process where she serves as the transmission owner sector vice chair, as well as coordinating Transmission's compliance program. She earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA in 1987 and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, Boston MA in 1993. Ms. Barton joined Northeast Utilities in 1987 and through 1999 worked in various capacities in engineering, marketing, rates and the legal department. Prior to rejoining Northeast Utilities in 2002 as Manager-Transmission Regulatory Affairs, she worked for Strategic Energy LLC as an energy consultant specializing in the electric and gas industries. During that time she consulted for nationally based corporations, trade associations, industrial end-users and municipalities. She continued representing nationally based clients in the private practice of law at Ransmeire and Spellman, Concord, NH where she concentrated on utility regulation, energy procurement contracts, generator interconnections and corporate law. Mr. Barton was appointed to her current position in 2005.

Enhancing the Nation's Electricity Delivery System Part I - Transmission System Needs

Session Chair:

Jose M. Delgado, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Transmission Company

President and Chief Executive Officer José Delgado worked to create the company he now leads, American Transmission Co. Previously, Delgado spent 27 years at Wisconsin Electric Power Co. starting as an electrical engineer and ending as Vice President of Electric System Operations, when named CEO of ATC in late 1999. Delgado serves on the Edison Electric Institute board of directors and is vice chairman of the Policy Committee on Energy Delivery. He also serves on the board of directors of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies and on the advisory board of the Consortium for Electrical Reliability Technology Solutions. Delgado has served as chairman and president of MAIN, the regional reliability council for eastern Wisconsin, Illinois and western Missouri. He is also a former trustee of the North America Electric Reliability Council, a member of the Midwest Independent System Operator Transmission Owners Committee and an advisor to the Electric Power Research Institute's Power Delivery Group. Additionally, Delgado was a member of the Department of Energy Electric System Reliability Task Force, the advisory board to the Department of Energy laboratories as well as other positions on various committees within the utility industry. Delgado graduated cum laude from Marquette University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He also earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Panelists:

The Honorable Phyllis Reha, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Chair, NARUC Energy Resources and the Environment Committee

Phyllis A. Reha was appointed to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission by Governor Jesse Ventura on May 16, 2001, and serves as its Vice Chair. Her current term expires on January 1. 2007. Commissioner Reha is the Chair of the Energy Resources and Environment Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Currently she serves as Vice-President of the Mid-America Regulatory Conference (MARC) and will be its President in June 2006. Commissioner Reha currently serves on the Advisory Councils of the Electric Power Research Institute, the New Mexico State University Center for Public Utilities and the National Council on Electricity Policy. Before joining the PUC as a Commissioner, she spent 20 years as an Administrative Law Judge for the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings specializing in public utility, telecommunications and environmental regulation. Commissioner Reha has a B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Terry Boston, Executive Vice President, Tennessee Valley Authority

Terry Boston is Executive Vice President of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Transmission/Power Supply Group. Boston is the senior officer responsible for the planning, building, operation, and maintenance of TVA's transmission and power supply network. Boston has focused on ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the TVA power system. He joined TVA as a power supply engineer in 1972, and was named head of the Power Supply Group in 1980. Over the next 16 years, he directed three TVA divisions in succession: Transmission, Regional Operations, and Electric System Reliability. He was named Senior Manager of Pricing in 1996 to prepare TVA for deregulation, and he assumed his current duties in 1999. Boston is a member of the executive committee of the Electric Power Research Institute's National Reliability Initiative, and he is Chairman of the SERC board of directors and executive committee. He has served for six years on the North American Electric Reliability Council's Engineering Committee and Transmission Task Force, and is on the NERC Board/Stakeholders Committee. He is vice president of CIGRE, the International Council on Large Electric Systems, and vice president of CERTS (the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions). Boston holds a B.S. in engineering from Tennessee Technological University and an M.S. in engineering administration from the University of Tennessee, both magna cum laude.

Mark S. Lynch, President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Independent System Operator

Mark S. Lynch is President and CEO of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO). He came to the NYISO from Mirant Corp., where he was Vice President and served as President of Mirant New York and Mirant New England. He was responsible for management of Mirant's Northeast Business unit including P&L responsibility, regional strategy, operations, engineering, construction, maintenance and power marketing. Mr. Lynch held various leadership positions with the Mirant Corporation. He was named Vice President of Mirant Corporation, Chairman of DWR CYMRU from 2000 - 2001. He managed all aspects of the Welsh water utility, located in the United Kingdom, serving over 1.1 million customers. From 1999 - 2000, he was Vice President, Power Generation and Delivery of Mississippi Power Company. Mr. Lynch was responsible for power plant and transmission system operations for this division of Southern Company. From 1996 - 1999, Mr. Lynch held the position of Vice President of Southern Energy, President and Chief Executive Officer of ELDENOR. From 1992 - 1996, he held domestic and international Project Director positions with Southern Energy. Mr. Lynch is a graduate of Villanova University with a B.E.E. in Electrical Engineering.

Earl Watkins, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation

Earl Watkins has served as Sunflower's President and CEO since June 2004. Previously, he served as Sunflower's General Counsel for more than twenty-four years. He is a 1973 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law. After a four-year career with the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps, he began his civilian career and was in private practice until 2001 when he became Sunflower's Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Earl is keenly focused on continuing the development of Sunflower's culture which is based on the core values of respect and dignity, trustworthiness, integrity, accountability, technical competence, and servant leadership. He believes the consistent application of these values enable Sunflower to always make sound decisions as Sunflower continues to live its mission statement of providing reliable, long-term power supply and transmission services to its Member-Owners. He is at the Forum to speak about Sunflower's activities including recent announcements regarding the construction of three new power plants at Holcomb Station.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS #2

Open Access - FERC's Actions on Open Access

Session Chair:

Kevin Kelly, Director, Policy Analysis and Rulemakings, Office of Markets, Tariffs, and Rates, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Kevin Kelly is Director of Policy Analysis and Rulemakings in the Office of Energy Markets and Reliability at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is responsible for analysis of major electric, gas, and oil policy issues and advising the Commission about these policies. Since joining the Commission in June 1994, he has helped develop commission staff analyses of all major electricity policy issues, including reliability, generator interconnections, market design, transmission pricing policies, regional transmission organizations, open access, stranded costs, and mergers. Previously, Mr. Kelly was Vice President of The Keystone Center and Director of the Keystone Energy Program. Before that, he was the Director of the Office of Electricity, Coal, Nuclear, and Renewable Policy in the U.S. Department of Energy. He contributed substantially to the development of the National Energy Strategy and Administration positions on the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Before joining DOE, he was the Associate Director of the National Regulatory Research Institute and an adjunct member of the Nuclear Engineering faculty at Ohio State University. At NRRI, he headed the Electric and Gas Research Division.

Panelists:

The Honorable Sandra L. Hochstetter, Chairman, Arkansas Public Service Commission

Sandra Hochstetter was appointed as Chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission by the Honorable Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas, effective July 1, 2000. Reappointed to a second term, she will serve until January, 2011. Ms. Hochstetter had previously served as Executive Director of the Commission and as Governor Huckabee's Regulatory Policy Advisor. Her experience and background include working in the natural gas industry for 12 years as assistant general counsel for Reliant Energy ARKLA, a multi-jurisdictional natural gas utility. She has practiced before the state public service commissions of Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. She received her law degree from Washington University in St. Louis and her bachelor's degree in social work from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Ms. Hochstetter is the Past President of the Mid America Regulatory Conference (MARC). She is also a founding member of the Southwest Power Pool Regional State Committee, which is working with the state commissions, utilities, and energy stakeholders in eight states, along with the FERC and SPP, to shape the transmission policies and rules in the southwest region of the United States. Ms. Hochstetter currently serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the New Mexico State University Center for Public Utilities. She is a member of the National Council on Electricity Policy Steering Committee, the FERC-South Joint Board on Economic Dispatch, and the Electricity Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

Roy Thilly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Public Power, Inc.

President and Chief Executive Officer Roy Thilly has been with Wisconsin Public Power, Inc. since Jan. 1, 1992. Before joining WPPI, Mr. Thilly was a partner in the Madison law firm of Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, where he served as outside counsel to WPPI from its inception. President & CEO Roy Thilly, a native of New York, completed his undergraduate degree in English at Columbia University in 1968. Mr. Thilly graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1974. He returned to New York and spent a year as an associate at a Wall Street law firm. In late 1975, he joined Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field. He is a past president of the American Public Power Association and past member of the Board of Trustees of the National Electric Reliability Council (NERC). He served as Chair of the industry Stakeholder Committee, NERC's new independent Board in 2004. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest Reliability Organization and President of MAPPCOR Board of Directors. He also is chair of the Transmission Access Policy Study Group (TAPS). In 2004, he served on the Governor's Task Force on Energy Efficiency and Renewables. Mr. Thilly was instrumental in consolidation of the transmission systems in eastern Wisconsin into a single company, the American Transmission Company. He serves on the Board of Directors of this company.

Elizabeth A. Moler, Executive Vice President, Exelon, Inc.

Elizabeth A. Moler joined Unicom Corporation, now Exelon Corporation, as Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, in January 2000. She was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2002. She heads the firm's Washington, D.C. office, and serves as a member of the Exelon senior officers group known as the Strategy & Policy Committee. During 1999, she was a partner in the law firm of Vinson & Elkins and a member of the Unicom Board of Directors. Ms. Moler is responsible for all aspects of Exelon's federal government affairs initiatives. She is also responsible for Exelon's corporate environmental, health, and safety initiatives. She was a staff member on Capitol Hill for 20 years. She served as Counsel and Senior Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1976 to 1988. In 1988, she was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, and confirmed by the United States Senate, to serve as a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. She was reappointed twice by Presidents George H.W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton. In 1993, Ms. Moler was designated by President Clinton to serve as the Commission's Chair. She continued to serve as the Commission's Chair until June 1997, when she was appointed by the President, and confirmed by the Senate, to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Energy. She resigned her duties in governmental service in October 1998.

Tom Brooks, President, Constellation Commodities Group and Executive Vice President, Constellation Energy

Thomas V. Brooks, was named President of Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Constellation Energy's wholesale sales and risk management arm, in October 2001. In April 2001, Mr. Brooks joined Constellation Energy as Vice President of Business Development and Strategy. Prior to that, he was at Goldman Sachs, where he worked within its Fixed Income Currency and Commodities division and was a key member of the Goldman Sachs team that worked in partnership with Constellation Power Source to develop its energy marketing and trading business. Mr. Brooks has more than 15 years of experience in the energy sector, including oil, exploration and production, natural gas and power. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 1997, he worked at Enron in a variety of roles within its energy marketing and trading businesses in North America and Europe. Mr. Brooks joined Enron in 1992, when the company bought AERX, Inc., a firm specializing in emissions credit trading under the Clean Air Act, in which he was a founding partner in 1989. Mr. Brooks holds a bachelor's degree in geology and geophysics from Yale University and a master's degree in management from the Yale School of Management. Mr. Brooks serves on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations, including the Baltimore Freedom Academy, Inc., College Bound Foundation, and the Hippodrome Foundation.

Ellen Ruff, Group Vice President for Planning and External Affairs, Duke Power

Ellen Ruff is the Senior Group Vice President of Power Policy and Planning and External Affairs for Duke Power, the electric operations business unit of Duke Energy. She is responsible for leading the company's strategic planning, compliance, and environmental, health and safety strategy efforts, and external relations strategy efforts. She is also responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with key regulators at the state and federal level. Ruff began her career with the company in 1978 as an attorney in the legal department. She was named vice president and general counsel of electric operations following the creation of Duke Energy in 1997. She was promoted to vice president of corporate, gas and electric operations in 1999; senior vice president and general counsel for Duke Energy in 2001; and senior vice president of asset management for Duke Power in 2001. She was named senior vice president of power policy and planning in 2003, and group vice president of power policy and planning in 2004. She was named to her current position in March 2005. A native of Hartford, Conn., Ruff earned a B.A. in Business from Simmons College and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a member of the Mecklenburg County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the North Carolina State Bar. She is past president of the board of the Mental Health Association of Mecklenburg County.

Siting Part II - Efforts to Build New Infrastructure

Session Chair:

Kevin Kolevar, Director of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, US Department of Energy

Kevin Kolevar was named director of the Department of Energy's (DOE) newly established Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability in February, 2005. Before taking this position, Mr. Kolevar served as Chief of Staff to Deputy Secretary of Energy, Kyle McSlarrow, from January, 2003 to January, 2005. In that position, he supported and advised the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on policy, regulatory, and legislative matters as well as Departmental program management. Prior to serving as chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary, Mr. Kolevar worked as a senior policy advisor to the Secretary of Energy on security and technology issues. Mr. Kolevar is the former Chair of the Department of Energy National Security Working Group and was a senior advisor to the U.S.-Canada Task Force that investigated the 2003 blackout. Before coming to DOE, Kolevar spent over 10 years working in the Senate on the staffs of Senators Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.) and Connie Mack (R-Fla.).

Panelists:

The Honorable Marsha Smith, Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission and Second Vice President of NARUC

Marsha H. Smith, a Democrat, is serving her third six-year term on the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. Her current term expires January 2009. She served as commission president from November 1991 to April 1995. Commissioner Smith is the Second Vice President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), a member of the NARUC Executive Committee and a member and past chair of the NARUC Electricity Committee. She serves on the boards of directors of both the NARUC and National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI). She is an elected member of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council Board of Directors. She chaired the Committee for Regional Electric Power Cooperation of the Western Interstate Energy Board from October 1999 to October 2005. She is a member of the Electric Power Research Institute's Advisory Council, the National Council on Electricity Policy Steering Committee, the Harvard Electricity Policy Group, the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions, the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, and the Idaho State Bar. Smith received a B.S. in Biology/Education from Idaho State University, a Master of Library Science from Brigham Young University and her Juris Doctorate (law degree) from the University of Washington.

Edward N. Krapels, Director, Anbaric LLC (an independent transmission development company) and Director, Gas and Power Services, Energy Security Analysis, Inc.

Ed Krapels is an expert on a wide variety of energy markets and the author of many studies and reports on natural gas and electricity market dynamics. Most recently, he has been a principal in the development of several major North American transmission projects, most notably the independent 660MW Neptune High Voltage Direct Current transmission project between New Jersey and Long Island. From that platform, Mr. Krapels has launched Anbaric (see AnbaricPower.com)which will specialize in the development of new transmission projects. Anbaric is participating in independent transmission opportunities in New York, PJM, and California. Its role is to provide pre-development feasibility evaluations for investors interested in the transmission sector. In his role as a consultant on energy matters, Mr. Krapels is a Director of Energy Security Analysis, Inc. (see www.ESAI.com), and in that role is an advisor on evolving electricity policy to federal, regional, and state organizations, utilities, generating entities, and investment firms. He has written extensively about gas, power, and petroleum risk management, including an influential series of monographs for Risk Magazine titled Guide to Electricity Trading and Hedging (2000), Guide to Natural Gas Hedging (1999), and Crude Oil Hedging: Benchmarking Price Protection Strategies (1998). Mr. Krapels received his Ph.D. at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, his MA at the University of Chicago, and his B.A at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Phillip G. Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer, PJM Interconnection and Chair, RTO/ISO Council

Phillip G. Harris, a 30-year energy industry veteran, is president and chief executive officer of PJM Interconnection and chairman of the PJM Board. Mr. Harris has served as a member of the North American Electric Reliability Council's (NERC) Board of Trustees. He serves on the board of the Mid-Atlantic Area Council (MAAC), one of 10 reliability councils within NERC, and has served as the regional manager of MAAC. He also is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, serving on its Corporate Advisory Committee. In 2005, Mr. Harris was named CEO of the Year by Platts Global Energy Awards, becoming the first chief executive from his industry to receive the honor. Mr. Harris also has been named to World-Generation's Class of 2005. Mr. Harris has forged partnerships with Electricité de France, Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the State Grid Corp. of China to further each company's preparedness to meet the world's rapidly increasing demands for reliable and affordable power. A native of New Mexico, Mr. Harris is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, with a degree in Applied Science and Engineering. He earned his Master of Arts in Business Management, with an emphasis on research and statistical methodology, from the University of Northern Colorado. He is a Certified Management Accountant and a Computer Systems Professional.

Shelton Cannon, Director, Energy Markets and Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Shelton Cannon is Director of the Office of Energy Markets and Reliability. The Office was created to integrate the economic regulation of the electric, natural gas, and oil industries at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In addition to its wholesale rate and tariff responsibilities, the Office is also charged with helping to oversee mandatory, enforceable standards affecting the reliability of the Nation's electric power grid. Mr. Cannon has been at the FERC for more than twenty-five years. He has been involved in a variety of important energy policy initiatives related to fostering non-discriminatory access to interstate transmission and transportation facilities and establishing competitive wholesale energy markets. Mr. Cannon holds a law degree from the University of Illinois and undergraduate degrees in English and Economics from the University of Maryland.

Enhancing the Nation's Electricity Delivery System Part II - Distribution System Need

Session Chair:

Fred Day, President and Chief Executive Officer, Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Fred Day is president and chief executive officer, Progress Energy Carolinas, a regulated electric utility serving 1.4 million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina. Day leads an organization that includes six customer service and operations departments. Those functions include four regional distribution operations departments, a distribution service organization, and a customer service organization that includes three customer service centers (one in North Carolina and two in Florida). Day has spent his entire career with Progress Energy (formerly CP&L) and has held several management positions within the company. He was named senior vice president-Energy Delivery in 1997, executive vice president in 2000, and promoted to his current position in 2003. Currently, Day serves on the boards of the N.C. Engineering Foundation, Advanced Energy Corporation, Microcell, and the N.C. Economic Development Board. He is immediate past chair of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. He is also past chair and director of the N.C. Zoological Society, Eastern N.C. Industrial Council and Wilmington Industrial Development, Inc. Day received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Mars Hill College. He is also a graduate of Progress Energy's Management Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Panelists:

The Honorable Allen Freifeld, Commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission

Allen M. Freifeld is a member of the Maryland Public Service Commission, the independent regulator of Maryland's electric, gas, and telecommunications industries. Mr. Freifeld was appointed to the Commission in July 2004. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Freifeld served as a Hearing Examiner and also as the Commission's Chief Staff Counsel. From 1996 through 2002, Mr. Freifeld represented MCI Telecommunications as Chief Regulatory Attorney in the Mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Freifeld is a member of the Organization of PJM States Inc. Executive Committee, is Treasurer of the Organization, and is a member of NARUC's Electricity Committee. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Freifeld received a B.A. in Economics from State University of New York at Binghamton and a J.D. from University of Maryland School of Law. He has been a member of the Maryland bar since 1977.

John Hewa, Utilities Director, City of Manassas, Virginia

John Hewa, Director of Utilities for the City of Manassas Virginia, is responsible for overseeing the delivery of Water, Wastewater, Electric and Communications services to the 37,000 citizens of Manassas. John has a wealth of engineering and management experience in the utility industry serving municipal systems for more than a decade. John's primary concentrations have been in the design of electric transmission, distribution and substation facilities, as well as fiber optic and BPL communications systems. Today, John leads the City of Manassas in the nation's first city-wide Broadband over Powerline deployment. John holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee and Masters degree in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee. John is a licensed Professional Engineer. John serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Broadband Over Power Lines Industry Association headquartered in Washington, DC and has served on a variety of committees for the American Public Power Association.

Joseph McGee, Vice President, Business Council of Fairfield County, Connecticut

Joseph J. McGee is Vice President, Public Policy and Programs for The Business Council of Fairfield County. Joe has worked extensively with the business community, civic organizations and government officials in the areas of economic development, transportation, housing, energy conservation, environment and tax and fiscal policy. His community leadership roles reflect his commitment to these priorities. He is a member of the boards of The Fairfield County Foundation, New Neighborhoods, Inc., The Housing Development Fund, Inc. New England Advisory Board, The Trust for Public Lands, the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, The WorkPlace, Inc., Fairfield University School of Continuing Education, the MetroNorth Commuter Council and the legislatively mandated Coastal Corridor Transportation Investment Area. Before joining The Business Council of Fairfield County, Mr. McGee was Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic Development, Chairman of the Connecticut Development Authority and Chairman of Connecticut Innovations, Inc. from 1990-1994, Vice President at People's Bank between 1979 and 1990. Prior to joining People's Bank, he served as Staff Director for Congressman Stewart McKinney, from 1971 to 1978.

Rik Drummond, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientist, Drummond Group, Inc. and Chair, Gridwise Architecture Council

As Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientist of Drummond Group Inc. (DGI), Rik Drummond has led the company's technical and research strategies while steering DGI to constant growth and innovation. Drummond also has been involved in the development of XML, EDI, EDI over the Internet (EDI-INT) and electronic messaging. Most recently, he served as the chairperson for "Secure EDI over the Internet (AS1 (RFC 3335, AS2 and AS3))," an IETF workgroup with more than 400 members, and led the Work Group for the ebXML messaging standard v1. He also serves as editor and secretary for the UN/CEFACT Technologies and Methodologies Work Group, and is involved as a team participant on the UN/CEFACT BFSS committee. Drummond has collaborated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a subgroup leader in an eBusiness Standards Reuse Conversions Workshop, serving as a member of the EC Institute Advisory Board and working on a recent initiative conducted by the Public Health Informatics Institute Executive Workshop. In addition, Drummond currently serves as chairman of 13 on the GridWise Architecture Council. GridWise is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) task group focused on defining the next generation of information systems for the national electrical generation and distribution power grids. Before co-founding DGI, Drummond helped drive industry-wide adoption for Internet enabled secure messaging, including consulting industry clients with standards development and architecture strategies. In corporate-level management at General Dynamics, he played a key role in the implementation of the X.400 standard by Value Added Networks, EDI and managed one of the largest e-mail and groupware implementations in the world in the 1980s.

GENERAL SESSION #2

Regional Planning Part I - What Methodologies are the Regions Using?

Session Chair:

Peggy Welsh, Senior Vice President, Consumer Energy Council of America

Peggy Welsh joined the Consumer Energy Council of America in October 2001 as Senior Vice President. In 2005, Ms. Welsh managed the CECA Forum on Transmission Infrastructure, a blue-ribbon panel that brought together an impressive array of diverse views to assess the costs and benefits to consumers of enhancing the U.S. transmission system. In 2003, she managed the CECA Electric Industry Restructuring Forum. Ms. Welsh is currently managing the National DOE-NARUC Electricity Delivery Forum, a first-of-its-kind national forum to examine progress on modernizing the nation's electricity delivery infrastructure. Prior to joining CECA, Ms. Welsh was Executive Director of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. She also served as Executive Director of the Electric Generation Association (EGA), a national association representing independent power producers from 1992-1997. In 1996, Ms. Welsh, as Acting Executive Director of EPSA, facilitated the merger of the EGA and the National Independent Energy Producers to become the Electric Power Supply Association. She has held numerous other positions, including serving as Administrative Director of the IPP Working Group, a coalition of independent power producers. Earlier, Ms. Welsh worked in the White House during the Ford Administration and began her career with U.S. Senator Dewey F. Bartlett (R-OK). She has served on several boards including the Board of Directors of the North American Electric Reliability Council, the National Regulatory Research Institute, the National Energy Resources Organization and Women in Government Relations. In 1997, Ms. Welsh won the national award for the utility sector from the National Business Women's Network.

Panelists:

The Honorable Kathleen A. Lewis, Deputy Chairman, Wyoming Public Service Commission

Commissioner Lewis earned her law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1984, after graduating cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1981. She has practiced law for over 20 years. Just prior to her June 2004 appointment to the PSC, she served as executive director of the Wyoming Board of Parole. She was a senior staff attorney for Legal Services for Southeastern Wyoming, assistant bar counsel for the Wyoming State Bar, executive secretary and legal counsel for the State Board of Equalization and clerk for Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Marilyn S. Kite. Commissioner Lewis is the Chairman of the Electricity Committee of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, the Wyoming Commission's NERC Segment 9 Representative, WECC Member-Representative and a member of the FERC's West Region Joint Board on Economic Dispatch. She also co-chairs the NARUC Electricity Committee's working group on EPACT modifications of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act.

Janet Gail Besser, Senior Vice President, National Grid USA

Janet Gail Besser is Vice President, Transmission Regulation and Commercial, for National Grid USA, where she oversees all regulatory and commercial policy issues for National Grid's US transmission business at the federal and state levels, covering New England, New York, and developments in the rest of the US. Ms. Besser joined National Grid after holding positions as Vice President at Analysis Group, Inc., and Senior Vice President at Lexecon Inc., two economic, regulatory, policy and strategy consulting firms. Prior to becoming a consultant, Ms. Besser was the Chair and Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, where her major focus was electricity industry restructuring. As a commissioner, Ms. Besser served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and as member and Vice-Chair of its Energy Resources and Environment Committee. She has also been a member and past President of the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners, and a member of the Electric Power Research Institute's Advisory Council, the Energy Foundation's Utility Futures Group, and the Harvard Electricity Policy Group. Ms. Besser has also served as the Policy Director of the National Independent Energy Producers (NIEP), a Washington, DC-based trade association, and has held senior staff positions at the Massachusetts and New Hampshire public utility commissions and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy Resources. She was Assistant to the Director of Development at Essex Hydro Associates. Ms. Besser earned a Master in Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Williams College.

Gary Voigt, Chief Executive Officer, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

(Bio to be provided)

Sam R. Jones, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ERCOT

Sam Jones became the first Director of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Independent System Operator (ISO) on December 1, 1996. In March 2000, he was appointed as the Executive Vice President and COO of ERCOT. Prior to joining ERCOT, Mr. Jones was employed by the City of Austin Electric Utility in Texas for over 35 years. During his career with the City of Austin, he held engineering and management positions in the areas of distribution, transmission, substation, generation and system operations. He was responsible for the development of Austin's first energy control center. Mr. Jones retired from the City of Austin as the Director of Generation and Energy Control. Mr. Jones has been active in inter-utility reliability work for over 24 years. He is a two-time past Chair of the ERCOT Operating Subcommittee and the current Chairperson of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) Operating Committee; he has chaired or participated in numerous NERC and ERCOT committees and task forces. Mr. Jones has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and is a registered professional engineer in Texas.

GENERAL SESSION #3

Regional Planning Part II - What are the Regions Doing Regarding Integration of Fuel Supply and Generation Planning?

Session Chair:

John Shelk, President and Chief Executive Officer, Electric Power Supply Association

John E. Shelk is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA). He also serves as an ex officio member of the association's Executive Committee. Prior to joining EPSA, Mr. Shelk was the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Mining Association, where he directed a federal legislative advocacy team on behalf of the nation's coal and hard rock mining sectors. Mr. Shelk's government career was capped with service as Republican Counsel to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, where he worked on matters before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Following his government service, Mr. Shelk assumed a series of positions in a variety of business sectors: Federal Affairs Counsel for The Harford Financial Services Group; Assistant General Counsel for ITT Corporation; Vice President of the American Gaming Association; and Director of Federal Relations for Calpine Corporation. Mr. Shelk earned his J.D. degree with honors from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. degree in American Government from Georgetown's College of Arts & Sciences.

Panelists:

The Honorable David Hadley, Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

David W. Hadley was appointed to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on February 9, 2000, by Governor Frank O'Bannon. Reappointed in 2002, Commissioner Hadley's term expires January 2006. Prior to his appointment to the Commission, Hadley served as an executive officer for the Indiana AFL-CIO. He also has served as a business development specialist with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Commissioner Hadley worked as a union coal miner where he held numerous leadership positions and served as a legislative affairs representative for the United Mine Workers of America. He also is a former high school social studies teacher. Hadley earned a master's degree in secondary education from the University of Evansville. He holds an undergraduate degree in social science education from Indiana State University. Hadley received post-graduate training through the U. S. Department of Labor and the University of Southern Indiana. Active in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Hadley is a member of the Gas Committee, Finance and Technology Committee, the International Committee and serves as Chairman of the NARUC Clean Coal Technology Partnership with the Department of Energy. Hadley also serves on the Public Advisory Board for the Gas Technology Institute and on the Board of Directors for the Organization of MISO States.

Peter Smith, President, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and Chairman of the National Association of State Energy Officials

Peter R. Smith was appointed President of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority by the NYSERDA Board of Directors in January of 2004. Mr. Smith is responsible for the overall management of NYSERDA which is a public benefit corporation of the State of New York with assets of more than $330 million. NYSERDA is the third party administrator of New York's five year $750 million public benefits program, as well as Central Procurement Agent for New York's Renewable Portfolio Standard. Mr. Smith is very active on the national energy scene as Chairman of the National Association of State Energy Officials and President of Board of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy; as well as serving on the Board of Directors of the Alliance to Save Energy. Peter has more than 26 years of experience in analyzing energy and environmental issues and problems while crafting workable solutions. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Nelson A. Rockefeller School of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, and a Bachelor of Arts from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York.

James Cross, Vice President, System Planning, ISO New England

Jimmy Cross received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1963 and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1972. Since March 2004, he has been Vice President of System Planning at ISO New England Inc. Prior to joining the ISO, Jimmy was a Long Term Transactor with the Exelon Generation Power Team from 1996-2003. He also has over 30 years experience with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) where he held several positions including Vice President of Power Business Operations, Vice President of Customer Planning, and Vice President of System Planning. He was responsible for the management of the day-to-day operation of TVA's power system during the critical period when all of TVA's nuclear power plants were shut down and for the adequacy of TVA's power supply and resource planning. He negotiated several unique power supply contracts and power purchase agreements during his career at TVA and Exelon.

The Honorable Lucy Mason, Representative, Arizona House of Representatives

Lucy Mason was educated at Arizona State University, the University of Houston, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona Masters Watershed Program. In her early career, she was a technical illustrator for the NASA lunar landing missions and thereafter, for over twenty years she was an architectural illustrator for commercial and institutional projects across the nation. Over the years, Ms. Mason has held positions in the following: Board member of the Education Foundation at Yavapai County; Chairman of the Gang Prevention Task Force; graduate and past president of Prescott Area Leadership; Children's Council; and founding member of Youth Count. In addition, she was on Governor Jane Hull's Task Force on Efficiency and Accountability for K-12 Education. Ms. Mason also served on the Prescott City Council in 1997 as representative for all water issues on local, regional and state levels, and was the founding member of the Yavapai County Water Advisory Committee. She was the Board Chairman of the Yavapai Combined Insurance Trust for over 3000 employees' health insurance. At the Legislature, Mrs. Mason served on the following committees: Vice Chairman - Counties, Municipalities and Military Affairs; Vice Chairman, Appropriations; Vice Chairman - Natural Resources & Agriculture; and is Chairman of Renewable Energy Generation & Energy Efficiency.

GENERAL SESSION #4

Regional Planning Part III - New Technologies and Incorporation of Demand Programs

Session Chair:

Wade P. Malcolm, Vice President, Power Delivery and Markets, Electric Power Research Institute

Wade Malcolm is vice president of Power Delivery and Markets at the Electric Power Research Institute. He rejoined EPRI in March 2004 as president and chief executive officer of EPRI Worldwide Holdings Inc., formerly a wholly owned subsidiary. Malcolm was originally employed at EPRI in 1991 as a program manager in the Customer Systems Division. He rose to the level of director in the power delivery group in 1994 and to lead director in the product line division in 1997. In 1999, Malcolm left EPRI to be the principal management consultant in the Chemicals and Energy Practice at SRI Consulting. He later became vice president of e-commerce development at Utility.com, the world's first Internet-based utility. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Powel Group Inc., a Scandinavian-owned energy software and services company focusing on North American and Pacific Rim markets. Earlier in his career, Malcolm served as a project manager and held various engineering positions at Philadelphia Electric Company. Malcolm holds a BSEE and MSEE from Drexel University. He is a registered professional engineer, a senior member of the IEEE and member of CIGRE.

Panelists:

The Honorable Pat Oshie, Commissioner, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission

Patrick Oshie was appointed to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission in 2001. Prior to his commission appointment, Oshie was a partner in his Yakima law firm, specializing in federal Indian and environmental law. In his career, Oshie has served as an assistant city attorney for the City of Seattle, representing Seattle City Light and the Seattle Water Department, and as an assistant attorney general in Utah under Attorney General David Wilkinson. In that capacity, he represented the Division of Public Utilities and the Committee for Consumer Services before the Utah Public Service Commission on natural gas, electricity and other utility matters. In 1986, Oshie was an adjunct professor of law at the University of Utah's College of Law. Oshie is currently a member of Energy Resources and the Environment Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and serves as the committee's Vice-Chair. He is also a member of the National Council on Electricity Policy, the Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) Advisory Council, the National Wind Coordinating Committee and the Gas Technology Institute's Public Interest Advisory Committee. Oshie graduated from Western Washington State College in 1977, and received his law degree from the University of Washington in 1980.

Kathleen Hogan, Director, Climate Protection Partnership Division, US Environmental Protection Agency

Kathleen Hogan is the Director of the Climate Protection Partnerships Division of the US Environmental Protection Agency. There she manages many of the Agency's industry partnership programs designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while saving businesses and consumers money, including the ENERGY STAR Program. Recognizing the environmental benefits to be gained from government-industry partnerships, Kathleen has helped the ENERGY STAR program grow from a partnership with product manufacturers to one with major retailers, utilities, and states. She has helped make the ENERGY STAR available for products in more than 40 product categories and bring national recognition of the ENERGY STAR to more than 60% of the public, as well as help bring the benefits of energy efficiency to schools, hospitals and commercial buildings. Prior to this, she managed partnership programs designed to reduce emissions of the more potent greenhouse gases. She developed and managed programs with the U.S. natural gas industry and the U.S. primary aluminum industry as well as a joint effort with the Russian natural gas industry. Ms. Hogan has been with the EPA for 15 years. Prior to EPA, she worked in consulting and for a water resources planning commission for the Potomac River. She received her doctorate in systems analysis and environmental engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Bucknell University.

Mike Heyeck, PE, Vice President, Transmission, American Electric Power

Michael Heyeck is Vice President-Transmission, responsible for AEP's 11-state transmission system, including engineering, construction and maintenance services, operations, asset management, and business services. Mr. Heyeck was previously AEP Vice President-Transmission Asset Management since August 2004. Since June 2000, he held a leadership position in AEP's Corporate Planning and Budgeting for corporate budgeting and economic forecasting. Prior to June 2000, Mr. Heyeck held various engineering and leadership positions in AEP's Transmission Planning and Transmission Operations, and for the period 1994-1996, he served in Corporate Planning and Budgeting in a project management role to develop and install AEP's Activity-Based Management System, which modernized AEP's budgeting practices. Mr. Heyeck earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He earned a MBA at the University of Dayton. He also is a graduate of the Executive Program at the University of Virginia's Darden School and the AEP Management Development Program at The Ohio State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio. Mr. Heyeck has been elected as a Westerville City Council member since 1993, and has served as Chairman (2001-2003) and Mayor (2003-2005). In 2004, he was appointed to a three-year term on the board of trustees for the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), representing Westerville, Worthington and Gahanna. He previously served COTA from 1995 to 1998.

GENERAL SESSION #5

Regional Transmission Organizations Part I - How to Effectively Work with the Current RTO Structure

Session Chair:

The Honorable Wendell Holland, Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Wendell F. Holland was appointed Chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission by Governor Edward G. Rendell on September 30, 2004. He has served as a Commissioner since September 2003. Chairman Holland is a retired Judge and is presently serving his second non-consecutive term as Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. His regulatory expertise includes exposure to virtually all types of issues involving electric, water, gas, telephone, railroad and transportation utilities. He has focused on the economic aspects of regulation, electric restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. Chairman Holland has extensive experience in international energy and utility law. He had been retained by the multinational Southern African Development Community to draft its Energy Protocol and served as lead energy counsel. In addition, he has made presentations to and negotiated with energy ministers and chief executives regarding the formation of a sub-Saharan power pool and an Energy Treaty. Prior to returning to the Commission, Chairman Holland was with Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP. He was a member of the firm's Business and Finance Department. Prior to joining Obermayer, he was a Vice President at American Water Works Company where he focused on major acquisitions of domestic and international water systems. Chairman Holland is a member of the Pennsylvania, Florida and New York Bars, and has served on corporate boards and a number of national committees and boards. He received his B.S. from Fordham University in 1974 and his J.D. from Rutgers Law School in 1977. His term continues until April 1, 2008.

Panelists:

Tony Ahern, President & Chief Executive Officer, Buckeye Power, Inc. and the Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc.

Anthony J. Ahern is the president and chief executive officer of Buckeye Power, Inc. and the Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. He was named to these positions in August 2002. He joined Buckeye in 1993 as vice-president of engineering and power supply. Before joining Buckeye he had 17 years of service with the American Electric Power Service Corporation working in the power generation and environmental areas and six years with Babcock & Wilcox primarily with sulfur dioxide scrubbers. He serves on the board of ACES Power Marketing, LLC. Ahern graduated from Clarkson College of Technology with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering, the University of Akron with a master of science degree in chemical engineering, and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management with a master of science in management.

William Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Power Supply and Chair, Board of Directors, American Public Power Association

William J. Gallagher has been General Manager and CEO of VPPSA since January 1990. He has 43 years experience in the electric utility business. He has been active in APPA, having served on numerous task forces. He currently serves on APPA's Board of Directors and is Chairman of APPA. In 2004, he received the APPA Kramer-Preston Personal Service Award. In 1985, he received the NEPPA Distinguished Service Award and was elected an honorary lifetime member. He also is on the TAPS and NAESB and has been on the NERC Stakeholder's Boards as well. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Merrimack College.

GENERAL SESSION #6

Regional Transmission Organizations Part II - Alternative Models to RTOs

Session Chair:

The Honorable Sam J. Ervin, IV Commissioner, North Carolina Utilities Commission and Chair, Electricity Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Commissioner Ervin attended Davidson College, where he received an A. B., magna cum laude, in 1978, and Harvard Law School, from which he received a J.D., cum laude, in 1981. After becoming licensed to practice law in North Carolina in 1981, Commissioner Ervin entered private practice in Morganton, North Carolina, with the firm of Byrd, Byrd, Ervin, Whisnant, McMahon & Ervin, P. A., and its predecessors. While in private practice from 1981 to 1999, Commissioner Ervin represented clients in a variety of administrative, civil, and criminal cases before various governmental agencies, the North Carolina trial and appellate courts, and the United States trial and appellate courts for North Carolina. Commissioner Ervin left the practice of law to take office as a member of the Commission on July 2, 1999. He served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues and Waste Disposal of the National Association of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (NARUC) from 2002 through 2005 and currently serves as Chairman of the NARUC Committee on Electricity. His term ends June 30, 2007.

Panelists:

Marilyn Showalter, Executive Director, Public Power Council

Marilyn Showalter is Executive Director of the Public Power Council (PPC). The PPC represents the Pacific Northwest's consumer-owned utilities on important issues, both within the region and in Washington, D.C., with a particular focus on the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Prior to her current position, Ms. Showalter served, for six years, as Chairwoman of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, which regulates investor-owned utilities. She is also immediate past President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Ms. Showalter has served in a number of governmental capacities in the state of Washington, including Counsel to the Governor, Chief Clerk of the state House of Representatives, Counsel to the state House Appropriations Committee, and Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. She has also practiced law privately and taught law-school courses.

Robert P. Gruber, Executive Director, Public Staff of the North Carolina Utilities Commisson

Robert P. Gruber received his B.A. in 1965 and his J.D. in 1968, both from the University of North Carolina. After graduating, he established a private law practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. From 1973 to 1975, he was a Staff Attorney at the Utilities Division of the North Carolina Attorney General's Office. Later, he served as Special Deputy Attorney General from 1975-1977. In 1978, he became General Counsel for the North Carolina Utilities Commission. He was appointed by the Governor as Executive Director of the Public Staff for a six-year term on July 1, 1983 and then reappointed in 1989, 1995, and 2001.

James Averweg, Vice President, Engineering, MidAmerican Energy Company

Mr. Averweg has held various supervisory and managerial engineering and operating positions with MidAmerican and its predecessor companies. He is currently responsible for Company-wide planning, design and construction of the gas and electric transmission and distribution systems and electric substations, system reliability, control center operation and the administration of transmission tariffs. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He is past Chairman of the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) Executive Committee, past Chairman of the MAPP Management Committee, past President of the MAPPCOR Board of Directors, and a former MAPP representative to the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) Stakeholder Committee. He continues to serve on the MAPP Executive Committee, MAPPCOR Board of Directors and is a member of the Midwest Organization Reliability Board of Directors.

Steven Corneli, Vice President, Regulatory and Government Affairs, NRG

Steven B. Corneli is the Vice-President of Regulatory and Government Affairs for NRG Energy, Inc. He is responsible for facilitating and coordinating market and regulatory policy development and advocacy in NRG's key markets across the United States and for NRG's government affairs efforts. Mr. Corneli has a master's degree in public policy from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from St. John's College, and has studied applied economics in the doctoral program at the University of Minnesota. He has also worked as a utility policy analyst in the Minnesota Office of Attorney General, as the head of that office's utility consumer advocate division, and as a consultant affiliated with the law firm of Leonard, Street and Dienard on behalf of utility and independent power producer clients. Mr. Corneli has also been an adjunct faculty member of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and has served on the Operating Committee of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), and as the vice chair of the Executive Committee for the Wholesale Electric Quadrant of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB).