Educational Program
Presentations: Wednesday & Thursday
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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7:30 am Registration Opens
Room: National Ballroom Foyer
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8:30 – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
Room: National Ballroom Foyer |
| 9:00 – 10:30 am Smart Grid Policy Leadership – What Should We Expect? |
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Room: National Ballroom
Utilities and other critical infrastructure industries will face new requirements for cleaner, greener and more efficient operations, as well as the need to support economic recovery. A secure energy communication network to the billions of devices on the smart grids and consumers is essential to meet these objectives. This panel will provide important insights into what we can expect from smart grid policy makers.
Welcome: William R. Moroney, President & Chief Executive Officer, Utilities Telecom Council
Keynote Address: John Norris, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Policy Leadership Panel:
Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
David Coen, Commissioner, Vermont Public Service Board, President National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Pat Hoffman, Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
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10:30 – 11:00 am Networking Break
Room: National Ballroom Foyer
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11:00 am– 12:30 pm Balancing Policy Goals: The Challenge to Getting it Right
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Room: National Ballroom
It has been said that the smart grid will deploy “at the speed of regulation.” However, balancing policies on technology, broadband, business, consumers and other issues will not be easy. But the outcome of this process will have a significant impact on the future of smart grids and our ability to meet other National goals. This panel will look at the different perspectives on policy initiatives and their potential impact on smart grid deployment.
Moderator: Michael Oldak, Vice President & General Counsel, Utilities Telecom Council
Speakers:
Philip Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Paul Centolella, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Paul DeMartini, Vice President, Advanced Technologies, Southern California Edison Corporation
Maureen McLaughlin, Special Assistant to the General Counsel, U.S. Dpeartment of Energy
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12:30 – 2:00 pm Networking Lunch
Room: National Ballroom Foyer Luncheon Keynote Speaker:
Andrew McLaughlin, , United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer
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2:00 – 3:15 pm How Can Smart Grid Networks Support Community Development and Other Public Policy Initiatives?
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Room: National Ballroom
Fundamentally, smart grids are about communications. The question is can smart grid deployments that require broadband communications to support a host of utility and consumer applications be leveraged to support community development? What “enlightened policies” are needed to encourage “multi-purpose” networks that promote broadband deployment to rural and unserved communities and support other public policy initiatives? This panel will focus on the barriers to these communication networks and the kinds of creative solutions that are needed.
Moderator: David Mohre, Executive Director, Energy and Power Division, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Speakers:
Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Garry Brown, Chair, New York Public Service Commission, Chair Electricity Committee, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Glenn Steiger, General Manager, Glendale Water & Power
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3:15 – 3:45 pm Networking Break
Room: National Ballroom Foyer
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3:45 – 5:00 pm Ensuring the Promises of Smart Grids Through Comprehensive Spectrum Policies
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Room: National Ballroom
Spectrum is an essential component for meeting the needs of smart grid deployment. Cost effective smart grids are virtually impossible without dedicated spectrum for utilities. At the same time commercial providers need much more spectrum to deploy the next generation of wireless broadband. How and when will policymakers provide enough spectrum for the smart grids and what strings might be tied to this spectrum? This panel will focus on the broad issue of spectrum policy for smart grids.
Moderator: James Bradford Ramsay, General Counsel, National Association of Utility Regulatory Commissioners
Panelists:
John Holt, President and Business Manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1900
George Bjelovuk, Managing Director GridSmart Project, American Electric Power Company Nick Sinai, Energy and Environment Director, Federal Communications Commission
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5:00 – 7:00 pm Networking Reception
Room: National Ballroom Foyer |
Thursday, April 8, 2010
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7:30 am Registration Open |
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8:00 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 – 10:30 am Smart Grid Technologies: A New Era of Mandatory Standards
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Room: National Ballroom America became the world’s leader in technological innovation through the use of voluntary standards and market-driven interoperability standardization. Today, the voluntary nature of technology standardization is viewed as an impediment to the deployment of smart grid networks and the federal government is on a path to mandate technology and systems interoperability through the FERC adoption of NIST smart grid interoperable standards including communications related technologies. The broader policy implications of government-mandated technologies aside, this session will examine the impact of the NIST/FERC standards on the evolution of smart grid and whether any changes to current policies are needed. Moderator: Sue Kelly, Vice President and General Counsel, American Public Power Association
Panelists:
Dr. George Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kevin Kelly, Director, Policy Development Division, Office of Energy Policy Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Ron Binz, Chair, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Greg Ford, CEO and President, Georgia System Operations Corporation Inc. |
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10:30 – 11:00 am Networking Break
Room: National Ballroom Foyer |
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11:00 am – 12:30 pm Protecting the Grid and Consumer Data: Cyber Security and Privacy
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Room: National Ballroom
Utilities have an underlying responsibility to protect the grid while at the same time maintaining the privacy of customer data. Policy makers need to balance the need to ensure cyber security and enable energy management using customer data collected by smart grids while still fulfilling the obligations to maintain the privacy of the data.
Moderator: David Owens, Executive Vice President, Edison Electric Institute
Panelists:
Annabelle Lee, Senior Cyber Security Strategist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Orjiakor Isiogu, Chair, Michigan Public Service Commission, Co-chair FERC/NARUC Smart Grid Collaberative
Suedeen Kelly, Former FERC Commissioner
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12:30 – 1:30 pm Networking Lunch
Room: National Ballroom Foyer
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1:30 – 3:00 pm Making it Work for Everyone: Benefits of Smart Grids
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Room: National Ballroom
Smart grids enable grid optimization in ways that benefit all consumers. Smart grids also drive economic growth, support climate change initiatives, spur job creation, enable the rapid expansion of renewable resources, and support domestic business revival. What policies are necessary to guarantee that smart grids will evolve this way?
Moderator: Katherine Hamilton, GridWise Alliance, President
Panelists:
Stacy Angel, Program Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Laurence Daniels, Assistant People's Counsel, DC Office of People’s Counsel
Maureen Harris, Commissioner NY PSC, Co-Vice Chair NARUC Telecommunications Committee
Lisa Wood, Executive Director, Institute for Electric Efficiency
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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Networking Break
Room: National Ballroom Foyer |
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3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Challenges for Smart Grid Policies - What’s Next?
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Room: National Ballroom
What next steps ensure that the smart grid era yields the maximum benefits for society? How can regulators, legislators and the industry work together to identify key action to positively shape the future for smart grids? At what level should new policy initiatives take place – federal, state or local? If more government funding is necessary to help foster smart grids, how can that be achieved? These and other questions will be addressed by policymakers and industry representatives during this brainstorming session.
Moderator: Michael Oldak, Vice President & General Counsel, Utilities Telecom Council
Panelists:
William R. Moroney, President & Chief Executive Officer, Utilities Telecom Council
Henry Kenchington, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
John Jimison, Senior Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee
Larry Landis, Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission & Chair 706 Joint Conference , State Chair, Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services
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4:45 – 5:00 pm Wrap up Room: National Ballroom |
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