Papers Presented at March 2009 Current Issues Conference

Program: “Current Issues” Conference 2009

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All speakers did not prepare papers. The papers that were provided are listed by panel. Permission to reprint these presentations has been granted by each presenter.

Monday, March 16

Opening Remarks

• Jason Marks (Commissioner, New Mexico Public Regulation Commission): Welcome to the 2009 Issues Conference

Panel 1. All Industries’ State of the Sector Address: CEO Overview and Discussion of the Crisis in the Financial Markets and Uncertainty about Infrastructure Development

• Donald L. Correll (President and CEO, American Water): Financial Markets, Infrastructure and the State of the Water Industry
• Tom Skains (Chairman AGA; Chairman, President and CEO, Piedmont Natural Gas): Natural Gas: America’s Responsible Energy Choice
• Jessica Zufolo (Senior Policy Director, Medley Advisors): Regulatory Policy Trends Impacting Investment in the Telecom and Tech Sectors

Panel 2. GreenWatts, FossilWatts or NegaWatts: Building a Resource Portfolio in an Option-constrained World

• David Shpigler (President, The Shpigler Group): Energy Supply Options-Pursuing Opportunities in Smart Grid

Panel 3. The Implementation: How Do We Balance Resource Options in a Carbon-constrained Yet Economically Depressed Future?

• T. Graham Edwards (CEO, MISO): Midwest ISO
• Frank Graves (Principal, Brattle Group): Extreme IRP: Resource Planning Challenges of the Coming Decade
• Jerry Oppenheim (Principal, Democracy and Regulation): How do we Balance Resource Options in a Carbon Carbon-constrained Yet Economically Depressed Future

Tuesday, March 17

Panel 4. Is The FCC Broken and What Can the New Administration Do to Fix It?

• Larry Landis (Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission): Is the FCC Broken and What Can the New Administration Do To Fix It

Panel 5. The Financial Crisis: A View from the Street

• Richard W. Cortright, Jr. (Managing Director, Standard & Poor’s): The Financial Crisis-A View From the Street
• Heike Doerr (Research Analyst-Water Sector, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC): Navigating the Financial Crisis: Focus on Water Utilities
• Jay Horine (Managing Director, JP Morgan Securities)
• Alan James (Senior Managing Director, Macquarie Capital): The Financial Crisis-A View From The Street

Panel 6. Keeping Systems Functioning: The Challenge of Construction, Maintenance, and Extensions in Money Constrained Times

• William N. Cantrell (President, TECO Peoples Gas): Keeping Systems Functioning
• Nicholas DeBenedictis (Chairman, President and CEO, Aqua America): Keeping Systems Functioning

Panel 7. War or Peace: The New Federalism

• Bryan Batson (Senior VP, External Affairs, AGL Resources): War or Peace: The New Federalism