The Basics
Practical regulatory training for the electric or natural gas local distribution (LDC) industries
Pipeline Course
The basics of natural gas pipeline ratemaking.
Current Issues
Industry leaders and commissioners discuss issues facing the electric, natural gas, water, and telecommunications industries.
Spring. Current Issues: March 9-12, 2014
Note: Papers are posted on this webpage when written permission has been received from the presenter.
Note: Papers are posted on this webpage when written permission has been received from the presenter.
Public Officials Attendees: Spring 2014
Name | Title | Public Agency | Online Presentation |
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James Alarid | Deputy Utilities Manager | County of Los Alamos | |
Hon Shari Feist Albrecht | Chair | Kansas Corporation Commission | |
Hon Abdullah Alshehri | Governor | Electricity & Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA) | |
Allan Arlow | Administrative Law Judge | Oregon Public Utility Commission | |
Tonya Baer | Public Counsel | Texas Office of Public Utility Council | |
Hon Eduardo Balbis | Commissioner | Florida Public Service Commission | |
Hon John Betkowski | Vice Chairman | Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority | |
Drew Bolin | Chief | Colorado Public Utilities Commission | |
Hon David Boyd | Chairman | Minnesota Public Utilities Commission | |
Hon Lawrence Brenner | Commissioner | Maryland Public Service Commission | |
Hon Julie Brown | Commissioner | Florida Public Service Commission | Declining Consumption: Regulatory Strategies and Ratemaking Methods of the FPSC |
Hon John Burke | Member | Vermont Public Service Board | |
Hon Alaina Burtenshaw | Chairman | Nevada Public Utilities Commission | |
Hon. Kirk Bushman | Commissioner | Montana Public Service Commission | |
Hon Eric Callisto | Chairman | Public Utility Commission of Wisconsin | |
Hon Tony Clark | Commissioner | FERC | |
Hon Mignon Clyburn | Commissioner | Federal Communication Commission | |
Amy D'Alessandro | Legal Counsel | Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission | |
Hon David Danner | Chairman | Washington Utilities and Transportation Committee | |
Susan D'Auteuil | Administrative Law Judge | Arkansas Public Service Commission | |
Hon Valerie Espinoza | Commissioner | New Mexico Public Regulation Commission | |
John Evans | Small Business Advocate | Pennsylvania Dept. of Community & Economic Development | |
Bryce Freeman | Administrator | Wyoming Office of Consumer Advocate | |
Marguerite Friedlander | Administrative Law Judge | Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission | |
Gail Fuller | Supervisor | Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority | |
Hon Roland George | Member | NEB Board-Canada | |
Michele Gregg | Director, External Relations | Texas Office of Public Utility Council | |
Hon. Cecil Gutierrez | Mayor: Loveland, Colorado | City of Loveland: Water, Wastewater, and Electric | |
Hon Ben Hall | Commissioner | New Mexico Public Regulation Commission | |
Hon Gary Hanson | Chairman | South Dakota Public Utilities Commission | |
Jacquelynne Hernandez | Member, Technical Staff | Sandia National Labs | |
Hon Colette Honorable | NARUC President | Arkansas Public Service Commission | |
Hon John (Butch) Howard | Commissioner | South Carolina Public Service Commission | |
Hon Libby Jacobs | Chair | Iowa Utilities Board | |
Hon Betty Ann Kane | Chairman | DC Public Service Commission | |
J.R. Kelly | Public Counsel | Florida Office of Public Counsel | |
Cholla Khoury | Assistant Attorney General | New Mexico Attorney General's Office | |
Hon Paul Kjellander | President | Idaho Public Utilities Commission | |
Hon Bob Lake | Commissioner | Montana Public Service Commission | |
Hon. Sherina Maye | Commissioner | Illinois Commerce Commission | |
Hon Carolene Mays | Commissioner | Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission | |
Hon Karen L. Montoya | Commissioner | New Mexico Public Regulation Commission | |
Alan Nault | Utility Rate Analyst | Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission | |
Hon Donna Nelson | Chairman | Public Utility Commission of Texas | |
Hon Chris Nelson | Vice Chair | South Dakota Public Utilities Commission | |
Hon Erin O'Connell-Diaz | Commissioner Emeritus | Illinois Commerce Commission | |
Hon John Quackenbush | Chairman | Michigan Public Service Commission | |
Hon Paul Roberti | CPU Chairman & Commissioner | Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission | |
Mark Schuling | Consumer Advocate | Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate | |
Hon Barry Smitherman | Chairman | Railroad Commission of Texas | |
Hon Stephen Stoll | Commissioner | Missouri Public Service Commission | |
Carolyn Tanner | General Counsel | Public Utilities Commission of Nevada | |
Hon Sheila Tipton | Commissioner | Iowa Utilities Board | |
Hon Nick Wagner | Commissioner | Iowa Utilities Board | |
Hayley Williamson | Administrative Attorney | Public Utilities Commission of Nevada | |
Hon Stan Wise | Commissioner | Georgia Public Service Commission | |
Hon Tom Wright | Commissioner | Kansas Corporation Commission |
Industry Attendees: Spring 2014
Name | Title | Industry | Online Presentation |
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Pauline M. Ahern | Principal | AUS Consultants | |
William Akley | SVP, US Gas Operations | National Grid | National Grid's Response to Sandy |
Tom Alley | VP, Generation | EPRI | Challenges Facing Power Generation |
Dawn Anaiscourt | Director, CPUC Regulatory Affairs | Southern California Edison | |
William Ashburn | Director, Pricing & Financial Analysis | TECO Energy | |
Michelle Barnaby | Senior Energy Industry Analyst | FERC | |
Bryan Batson | Senior VP | AGL Resources | |
Rob Berntsen | VP, Policy & Public Affairs | MISO | |
Lewis Binswanger | VP, Regulatory Affairs | Nicor Gas | |
Noel Black | Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs | Southern Company | |
Chrissy Borskey | Executive, Government Affairs & Policy, Distributed Power | General Electric | |
Ben Boyd | Regulatory Liaison | SGIP | |
Jennifer Brooks Hutchinson | Senior Counsel | National Grid USA | |
Lori Burrows | Senior Staff Attorney | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | |
Fred Butler | President | Butler Advisory Services | |
Jolynn Butler | Exec Director | AT&T | |
Sandy Butterfield | Chief Technology Officer and Founder | Boulder WindPower | Wind Energy Technology: The future |
Sandra Byrd | VP, Public Affairs | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | |
Hiram Camp | Council Member | Gridwise Architecture Council | |
Mark Carpenter | SVP, T&D Grid Ops | Oncor | |
Scott Carter | SVP, Commercial Operations & Chief Regulatory Office | AGL Resources | Addressing Declining Consumption: Natural Gas Sector |
Thomas Champion | Managing Partner | T Champion Consulting LLC | |
Susan Clark | Partner | Radey Law Firm | |
Bruce Connell | Regulatory Counsel | ConocoPhillips Company | |
Doug Cooley | Director, Government Affairs | Comcast | |
Debra G. Coy | Principal | Svanda & Coy Consulting | As the Revenue Tide Falls: Regulatory strategies and ratemaking mechanisms to deal with declining consumption patterns in gas, electric & water |
Calvin Crowder | President | Electric Transmission Texas, LLC | |
Tom Darin | Western State Policy Director | American Wind Energy Association | |
Ron Darnell | Senior VP | PNM Resources | |
Dylan D'Ascendis | Principal | AUS Consultants | |
Phil Dion | SVP, Public Policy and Customer Solutions | UNS Energy Corporation | The Wires Industry: Who Will Pay for Tomorrow's Grid? |
Dennis Doll | President & CEO | Middlesex Water Company | Middlesex Water: Disaster Mitigation Examples |
Jeff Dygert | Executive Director, Public Policy | AT&T Services | |
Albert Ernst | Attorney at Law | Dykema Gossett PLLC | |
Katherine Farroba | State Government Affairs | Verizon | |
Steve Fleishman | Managing Director, Senior Utilities Analyst | Wolfe Research | |
Jim FLetcher | Vice President | Georgia Power Company | |
Peter Frost | Director, Regulatory Affairs | ConocoPhillips | |
Brent Gale | Sr. Vice President | MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company | Declining Consumption Patterns |
Mark Garrett | Principal | Garrett Group LLC | |
Robert Gee | President | Gee Strategies Group LLC | |
Paul Genoa | Sr. Director, Policy | Nuclear Energy Institute | |
Matthew Gerst | Director, State Regulatory | CTIA-The Wireless Association | |
Miller Girvin | VP, Communications | The Hawthorn Group | |
Joe Gillan | President | Gillan Associates | |
Mike Grable | President | Lone Star Transmission LLC | |
Kathy Grant | Consultant | kathygrant.com | |
Charles D. Gray | Executive Director | NARUC | |
David Hadley | Consultant to President | NIPSCO | |
Charles Harder | Sr. Director of Reg. Policy & External Relations | CenterPoint Energy | |
Stacy Hartman | Director, Federal Public Policy | CenturyLink | Disaster Preparedness and Business Continuity |
Chris Hobson | Chief Environmental Officer | Southern Company | The Technologies of the Future |
Pamela Hollick | VP Regulatory | tw telecom | |
Barry Howell | Director | Entergy Texas, Inc. | |
Hank Hultquist | VP, Federal Regulatory | AT&T | |
Matthew Jaramillo | Administrator | Public Service Company of New Mexico | |
Selby Jones | Associate | AUS Consultants | |
Gregg Kantor | AGA Chairman & President and CEO | NW Natural | |
Joe Kelliher | Executive VP for Federal Regulatory Affairs | NextEra | Preparing for the Next “Storm of the Century” |
Thomas King | Executive Director, US President, National Grid | National Grid | Connecting the US Energy Network to the 21st Century |
Bob Koenig | Director of Regulatory Relations | Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co | |
Jeffrey Larsen | VP, Regulation and Government Affairs | Rocky Mountain Power | |
Roy Lathrop | Director, State Government Affairs | NCTA | |
Erik Lindhjam | Software Product Line Leader | GE Oil & Gas - Measurement & Control | |
Emmanuel Lopez | Utility Accounting Manager | PNM Resources | |
Theo MacGregor | Principal | Democracy & Regulation | |
Tom Maquire | SVP, National Operations Support | Verizon | Verizon's Network Evolution |
Brandon Marzo | Partner | Troutman Sanders LLP | |
Don Mason | President | All American Energy Partners, LLC | |
Robert Mayer | VP, Industry & State Affairs | USTelecom Association | |
Matthew McCaffree | Director, State Regulatory Relations | NAWC | |
Paul McKaig | Vice President | Oncor Electric Delivery | |
Christine McLeod | Project Manager | Southern California Edison | |
Will McNamara | Senior Manager | West Monroe Partners | |
Johnny Montoya | Director, Regulatory Affairs | CenturyLink | |
Peter Nelson | Chairman of the Board | California Water Service Group | |
Fred Newton | Senior Investment Officer | UNUM | |
Kelly Norwood | VP State & Federal Regulation | Avista Corporation | |
Jerry Oppenheim | Principal | Democracy and Regulation | The Wires Industry: Financial implications of aggressive renewable energy policies |
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland | VP-Corporate Public Affairs | Duke Energy | |
Kevin Queen | Regulatory Affairs Manager | Georgia Power | |
Deanna Rodriguez | Vice President | Entergy Texas, Inc. | |
Kyle Rogers | Vice President | Government Relations American Gas Association | |
Don Rowlett | Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs | Oklahoma Gas and Electric | |
Raymond Sandoval | SF Community Relations | Public Service Company of New Mexico | |
Robert Schain | Senior VP, RRA | SNL Financial | |
Gary Shambaugh | Principal & Director | AUS Consultants | |
Frank Shambo | VP Regulatory & Legal Affairs | NIPSCO | |
Patrick Shore | Senior Attorney | Oklahoma Gas & Electric | |
Walt Shumate | Principal | Shumate & Associates | |
Colleen Smith | Senior Advisor, Regulatory & Environmental Policy | Capital Power Corp. | |
Kristin Smith | VP, General Counsel and Regulatory Affairs | SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company | |
Natalie Smith | Executive Director, Regulatory Management | NextEra Energy Transmission | |
Wade Smith | President & Chief Operating Officer | AEP Texas | |
Marc Spitzer | Partner | Steptoe & Johnson LLP | |
Randa Stephenson | Director, Regulatory Strategy & Planning | Lone Star Transmission | |
Elizabeth Stipnieks | Director, Regulatory Relations | EEI | |
Susan Story | Chief Financial Officer | American Water | |
Jim Sullivan | President | The Sullivan Group | |
Paul Suskie | Executive VP & General Counsel | Southwest Power Pool | |
David Svanda | Consultant | Svanda & Coy Consulting | |
Judith Talavera | Director | AEP Texas | |
Allan Thoms | Principal | Allan Thoms Consulting LLC | |
Barbara Tyran | Director | EPRI | |
Paul Vasington | Director, State Public Policy | Verizon | |
Scott Vogt | VP Regulatory Projects | ComEd | |
Joan Walker-Ratliff | Director, Regulatory Affairs | Phillips 66 | |
Joseph Wathen | VP, Support Services | Pepco Holdings, Inc. | |
Raquel Webster | -- | National Grid | |
William Welzant | Manager, Energy Supplier Services | Baltimore Gas & Electric Company | |
Esther Whieldon | Senior Reporter-Electricity | ||
Simon Whitelock | VP, Regulatory & External Affairs | ITC Holdings Corp | The Wires Industry: Who Will Pay for Tomorrow's Grid? |
Dena Wiggins | President-Elect | Natural Gas Supply Association | |
Christopher Winland | Manager | ITC Great Plains |