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Sunday, September 11
Ongoing afternoon activities (please arrange on your own)
Rent a kayak on Hood Canal
Enjoy the Alderbrook Spa
Hike, bike or swim
11:30 am – 11:45 am tee times
Golf at the Alderbrook Golf Club
(reservations required)
2 pm – 4:45 pm
Conference Registration
5 pm – 7 pm
Sunset Cruise: Drinks & Appetizers Aboard the Lady Alderbrook
(registration required)
8 pm – 10 pm
Beach Campfire with S’mores
Monday, September 12
8:00 am – ongoing
Sponsor Display Area Open
8:30 am – 9:15 am
NIPPC Board Meeting
(members only)
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Conference Registration
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Special Seminar hosted by Platinum Sponsor Versify:
Compliance Management: Challenges, Risks and New Approaches
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Box Lunch
(pre-order required)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Special Seminar hosted by Platinum Sponsor K&L Gates:
Environmental Redispatch and the Fight for Comparable, Non-discriminatory and Non-preferential BPA Service
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Break before Opening Conference Session
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Perspectives: Choosing Futures for the West
Moderator: Malcolm McLellan, Van Ness Feldman
Kimberly Harris, President & CEO, Puget Sound Energy
Cheryl LaFleur, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Elliot Mainzer, Executive Vice President for Corporate Strategy, Bonneville Power Administration
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Perspectives: Regulatory Approaches for the West
Moderator: Karen McGaffey, Perkins Coie
Pat Oshie, Commissioner, Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission
Steve Rodgers, Director of Tariffs & Market Development, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Lisa Schwartz, Senior Associate, Regulatory Assistance Project
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Break
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Platinum & Gold Sponsors’ Reception
(includes special presentation!)
7:15 pm – 9:00 pm
Banquet Program
Vito Stagliano Excellence in Electricity Award
Awardee: Ray Baum, Former Chair and Member Oregon Public Utility Commission
Banquet Program Speaker
Branko Terzic, Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions
Introduction: Rick Colgan, Asset Manager West, Calpine; NIPPC President
Tuesday, September 13
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Full breakfast buffet
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Keynote Address
Eric Markell, Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Puget Sound Energy
Introduction: Chris Best, Manager of Market Services, TransCanada
9:00 am – 10:15 am
Natural Gas: Game Changer?
Moderator: Tim McMahan, Stoel Rives
Ralph Cavanagh, Senior Attorney & Co-Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Sarah McCullough, Director of Government Affairs, Spectra Energy Transmission
Keith White, VP of Business Development & Energy Supply, NW Natural
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Coffee Break and Check Out
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Transmission: Where’s the Progress?
Moderator: Harvey Spigal, K&L Gates
John Cupparo, Vice President, Transmission, Pacific Power
Paul Manson, President & CEO, SeaBreeze
Rohan Soulsby, Director of Export Transmission Development, Powerex
Henry Tilghman, Senior Consultant, Tilghman Associates
12:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Luncheon Program
State of the Industry Address: Robert Kahn, Executive Director, NIPPC
Introduction: Dave Domansky, Bracewell & Giuliani
Luncheon speaker: Washington State Representative Jeff Morris
Introduction: Jim Waldo, Gordon Thomas Honeywell
2:00 pm
Conference adjourns
