Northwestern Events Calendar

May
7
2018

Electricity Dialogue (NU Law)

SHOW DETAILS

When: Monday, May 7, 2018
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT

Where: 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

Cost: $250-$800

Contact: Searle Center  

Group: Trienens Institute

Category: Global & Civic Engagement

Description:

Monday, May 7, 2018 - Tuesday, May 8, 2018
The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern Prtizker School of Law is once again pleased to host the 5th Electricity Dialogue at Northwestern, on May 7-8 (noon-to-noon) at its Chicago Campus (located near Chicago's Magnificent Mile). Like previous Dialogues, this Electricity Dialogue at Northwestern unites a select group of regulators, policymakers, industry representatives, NGOs, and academic experts from the center of the country to participate in substantive, challenging and thought-provoking conversations on the issues reshaping the region's electricity landscape.

Now in its fifth year, this year's event sponsors will include Edison Electric Institute, MISO, and PJM.

This year's theme will be “Managing the Present While Preparing for the Future.”

For additional information please contact the Searle Center at searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu.

MAY 7

Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks

• Chairman Brien J. Sheahan, Illinois Commerce Commission
Overview of the Issues: Today’s, Tomorrow’s & How to Prepare
• Ted J. Thomas, Chairman, Arkansas Public Service Commission
• David E. Dismukes, Professor and Executive Director, Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University

Session One — The “Grid of the Future” and Using the Grid as a Platform and Backbone 

How can/should the regional electricity systems and local DG work together? What does the future look like and how do we build it? What are the long-term needs and expectations of the MISO grid for current grid owners and the new energy technologies and their providers?
• Commissioner Rachael A. Eubanks, Michigan Public Service Commission (Moderator)
• Lynne Kiesling, Visiting Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Purdue University Research Center in Economics, Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
• Jennifer Curran, Vice President, System Planning & Seams Coordination, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
• Philip D. Moeller, Executive Vice President, Business Operations Group and Regulatory Affairs, Edison Electric Institute
• Alison Silverstein, Independent Consultant

Session Two — Customers & Ratepayers

As customers become more demanding, more diverse, and more in control. What do they want and how deliver it?
• Commissioner M. Beth Trombold, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (Moderator)
• James W. Coleman, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
• Kristin Munsch. Deputy Director, Illinois Citizens Utility Board
• Tina Koecher, Manager - Customer Solutions, Minnesota Power
• Amelia Axtell, Utility Services Business Development Representative, Lockheed Martin Energy

Cocktail Reception

Dinner & Keynote Address: Grid Resiliency & Data Security

Introduction: Mike Huebsch, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

Keynote Speaker: Jonathon E. Monken, Senior Director, System Resiliency and Strategic Coordination, ITS Division, PJM Interconnection

MAY 8

Session Three — The Evolving Utility Regulatory Paradigm 

Rate reform; the Utility of the Future; New Utility Business model. Federal & State jurisdictional tensions over wholesale sales of electricity.
• John R. Rosales, Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission (Moderator)
• Kate Konshnik, Director, Climate and Energy Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
• Aakash Chandarana, Regional Vice President of Rates and Regulatory Affairs, Xcel Energy
• Doug Scott, Vice President, Great Plains Institute

Session Four — New Technologies

EVs, storage, renewables, microgrids, smart communities, pole attachments/5G roll out and their integration challenges.
• Commissioner Nancy Lange, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
• Alexandra B. Klass, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota Law School
• Lamar B. Davis, Executive Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, MISO South Region, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
• D. Andrew Owens, Director, Regulatory Research, Entergy Corporation
• Maria Robinson, Associate Director, Energy Policy and Analysis, Advance Energy Perspectives

Concluding Thoughts and Pulling It All Together

Tony Clark, Senior Advisor, Wilkinson, Barker & Knauer

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May
8
2018

Electricity Dialogue (NU Law)

SHOW DETAILS

When: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT

Where: 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

Cost: $250-$800

Contact: Searle Center  

Group: Trienens Institute

Category: Global & Civic Engagement

Description:

Monday, May 7, 2018 - Tuesday, May 8, 2018
The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern Prtizker School of Law is once again pleased to host the 5th Electricity Dialogue at Northwestern, on May 7-8 (noon-to-noon) at its Chicago Campus (located near Chicago's Magnificent Mile). Like previous Dialogues, this Electricity Dialogue at Northwestern unites a select group of regulators, policymakers, industry representatives, NGOs, and academic experts from the center of the country to participate in substantive, challenging and thought-provoking conversations on the issues reshaping the region's electricity landscape.

Now in its fifth year, this year's event sponsors will include Edison Electric Institute, MISO, and PJM.

This year's theme will be “Managing the Present While Preparing for the Future.”

For additional information please contact the Searle Center at searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu.

MAY 7

Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks

• Chairman Brien J. Sheahan, Illinois Commerce Commission
Overview of the Issues: Today’s, Tomorrow’s & How to Prepare
• Ted J. Thomas, Chairman, Arkansas Public Service Commission
• David E. Dismukes, Professor and Executive Director, Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University

Session One — The “Grid of the Future” and Using the Grid as a Platform and Backbone 

How can/should the regional electricity systems and local DG work together? What does the future look like and how do we build it? What are the long-term needs and expectations of the MISO grid for current grid owners and the new energy technologies and their providers?
• Commissioner Rachael A. Eubanks, Michigan Public Service Commission (Moderator)
• Lynne Kiesling, Visiting Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Purdue University Research Center in Economics, Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
• Jennifer Curran, Vice President, System Planning & Seams Coordination, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
• Philip D. Moeller, Executive Vice President, Business Operations Group and Regulatory Affairs, Edison Electric Institute
• Alison Silverstein, Independent Consultant

Session Two — Customers & Ratepayers

As customers become more demanding, more diverse, and more in control. What do they want and how deliver it?
• Commissioner M. Beth Trombold, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (Moderator)
• James W. Coleman, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
• Kristin Munsch. Deputy Director, Illinois Citizens Utility Board
• Tina Koecher, Manager - Customer Solutions, Minnesota Power
• Amelia Axtell, Utility Services Business Development Representative, Lockheed Martin Energy

Cocktail Reception

Dinner & Keynote Address: Grid Resiliency & Data Security

Introduction: Mike Huebsch, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

Keynote Speaker: Jonathon E. Monken, Senior Director, System Resiliency and Strategic Coordination, ITS Division, PJM Interconnection

MAY 8

Session Three — The Evolving Utility Regulatory Paradigm 

Rate reform; the Utility of the Future; New Utility Business model. Federal & State jurisdictional tensions over wholesale sales of electricity.
• John R. Rosales, Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission (Moderator)
• Kate Konshnik, Director, Climate and Energy Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
• Aakash Chandarana, Regional Vice President of Rates and Regulatory Affairs, Xcel Energy
• Doug Scott, Vice President, Great Plains Institute

Session Four — New Technologies

EVs, storage, renewables, microgrids, smart communities, pole attachments/5G roll out and their integration challenges.
• Commissioner Nancy Lange, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
• Alexandra B. Klass, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota Law School
• Lamar B. Davis, Executive Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, MISO South Region, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
• D. Andrew Owens, Director, Regulatory Research, Entergy Corporation
• Maria Robinson, Associate Director, Energy Policy and Analysis, Advance Energy Perspectives

Concluding Thoughts and Pulling It All Together

Tony Clark, Senior Advisor, Wilkinson, Barker & Knauer

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