Tuesday Oct 6 10AM – 11:30AM – Click to watch

Our event opens with updates from utility leaders with communities most impacted by the recent wildfires.

• Scott Bolton, EVP External Relations, PacifiCorp

• Kevin Christie, Chief Customer Officer, Avista

• Frank Lawson, GM, EWEB

• John McFarland, Chief Customer Officer, Portland General Electric

Then a prominent group of participants will introduce the key topics at GridFWD 2020.

• Mark McGranaghan, Vice President, Innovation, EPRI

• Giovanni Bertolino, Head of Emobility, Enel X

• Andrea Reimer, Governor, University of BC

• Letha Tawney, Commissioner, Oregon PUC

• Debra Smith, CEO and General Manager, Seattle City Light

Finally, join our Live Podcast Recording of “The Pathway to Carbon Free Electricity at Xcel Energy.”

• Alice Jackson, President of Xcel Energy Colorado

• Bryce Yonker, Executive Director, Grid Forward

Tuesday Oct 6 12PM – 12:30PM – Click to watch

Join us for a lively, interactive debate as Andy Stone of University of Pennsylvania and host of Energy Policy Now moderates a debate between Former Alberta Utility Commission Chair Mark Kolesar, taking the side that deregulation/restructuring is beneficial for community outcomes, vs. former Southern Company Policy VP Bruce Edelston who will debate that deregulation/restructuring does not lead to beneficial community outcomes. The audience gets to decide who made the most convincing case! So don’t miss the chance to cast your vote. 

• Mark Kolesar, former chair of the Alberta Utilities Commission

• Bruce Edelston, President, Energy Policy Group and former vice president of energy policy, Southern Company

• Andy Stone (moderator), host of the Energy Policy Now podcast and Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.

What FERC order 2222 means for the industry

Wednesday Oct 7 10:45AM – 11:20AM – Click to Watch

Jon Wellinghoff and Kelly Speakes-Backman dissect what the recent FERC 2222 order means for the industry: will it be transformative or transitional for distributed energy resources and the grid?

• Jon Wellinghoff, GridPolicy, Inc. and former Chairman of FERC

• Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO of Energy Storage Association

  
  

Friday Oct 9 7:30AM – 8AM – Click to Watch

Start your day with the lively live podcast session lead by Paula Gold-Williams, President and CEO, CPS Energy in San Antonio Texas & Debra Smith, CEO/General Manager of Seattle City Light. Debra was one of our first podcast guests, and will now turn the tables and be the host for Paula as they explore “Keeping People and the Community Value at the Core.”

• Paula Gold-Williams, President and CEO of CPS Energy

• Debra Smith, CEO/General Manager of Seattle City Light

Panel Discussion: Utility Opportunity for Federal Support of Grid Innovation

• Carl Imhoff, Electric Sector Lead and Chair Grid Modernization Consortium, PNNL

• Jacob McCurdy, Staff Member, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee

• Amit Ronen, Advisor, Senator Maria Cantwell

Closing Discussion: Creating the Grid We Need for Deep Decarbonization

• Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions,

• Ralph Cavanagh, Energy Program Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO, California ISO