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1 May 21, Sunday Western Conference of Public Service ers 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Registration May 21-24, :00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception May 22, Monday 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Registration 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. General Session #1 Welcome Patrick J. McCormick III, Special Counsel to the United States Committee on Energy and Natural Resources er Roundtable #1 Moderator: er Stephen McAlpine, Regulatory of Alaska Jeffrey P. Ackermann-Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Eric Anderson, er, Idaho Public Utilities Lorraine H. Akiba, er-hawaii Public Utilities David W. Danner, Chairman, Washington Utilities and Transportation Lisa Hardie, er, Oregon Public Utilities Jordan White, er, Public Service of Utah 9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Networking Break 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions A A1 Cybersecurity and the State Utility Regulator Chairman Robert M. Pickett, Regulatory of Alaska Clay Storey, Senior Security Manager, Avista 1 5/16/2017

2 Joseph McClelland, Director, Office of Energy Infrastructure Security, Federal Energy Regulatory Phil Jones, Phil Jones Consulting, former er, Washington Utilities and Transportation Harold T. Hoang, Colonel, United States Air Force, Director J6, Cyber Operations/C4 Systems, Alaskan NORAD Region and Alaskan Command A2 Energy Imbalance Market, or the Wild West Interconnect er Ann Rendahl Paul Suskie, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Southwest Power Pool Stacey Crowley, Vice President, Regional Affairs, California ISO Carl Linvill, Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project; Member, EIM Governing Body 10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Networking Break 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions B B1 B2 DER 2.0: The Evolution of Distributed Energy Resource Technologies and Regulations er Lorraine H. Akiba, Hawaii Public Utilities Robert S. Kenney, Vice President, CPUC Regulatory Relations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company John Goodin, CAISO Leonard Rainow, Chief Technology Officer, GE Energy Connections Digital Brad W. Rockwell, Power Supply Manager, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Lon Huber, Director, Strategen Walker Wright, Vice President of Public Policy, Green Charge Telecommunication Trends er Rebecca Pauli, Regulatory of Alaska er Paul Kjellander, Idaho Public Utilities Benjamin Aron, CTIA 2 5/16/2017

3 Mark Reynolds, NW Region Vice President Public Policy, CenturyLink Shawn Uschmann, Director of External Affairs, AT&T Sherry Lichtenberg, National Regulatory Research Institute 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Annual Conference Luncheon 12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions C C1 Water: When Government Fails-er Doug Little, Arizona Corporation Richard Svindland, President, California and Hawaii American Water Janice Beecher, Janice Beecher, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University Shawn Bradford, Vice President, Corporate Services, EPCOR Water USA Grace Soderberg, Director, State Regulatory Relations, National Association of Water Companies J. Brett Jokela, General Manager, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility C2 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) Reform er Kristine Raper, Idaho Public Utilities Jan Smutny-Jones, CEO, Independent Energy Producers Association Jonathan M. Weisgall, Vice President, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Philip D. Moeller, Senior Vice President, Edison Electric Institute 1:45 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Networking Break 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. NARUC Resilience Lab Sharon Thomas, Senior Program Officer, NARUC Research Lab Evening on own 3 5/16/2017

4 May 23, Tuesday 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 7:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Registration 8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. General Session #2 CEO Panel-Chairman Robert M. Pickett, Chairman, Regulatory of Alaska Jacob DeWitte, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OKLO Inc. Patricia Vincent-Collawn, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, PNM Resources & Vice Chairman of the Board, Edison Electric Institute Kimberly Harris, President & Chief Executive Officer, Puget Sound Energy Gregory F. Chapados, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, GCI Oran Paul, President, Fairbanks Sewer & Water, Inc. Thomas Starrs, Vice President, Market Strategy and Policy, Sunpower 9:15 a.m.-9:25 a.m. Networking Break 9:25 a.m.-10:25 a.m. Concurrent Sessions D D1 D2 Innovation: Bringing Utilities and Regulation into the Digital Age Vice Chairman Travis Kavulla, Montana Public Service Tom Forese, Chairman, Arizona Corporation Ken Schisler, Vice President Regulatory and Government Affairs, EnerNOC Anda Ray, Senior Vice President, Energy, Environment, and External Relations, Electric Power Research Institute Do We Still Need State USF in Today s World? If so, How Should It be Directed? Jeffrey Ackermann, Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Michael Picker, President, California Public Utility 4 5/16/2017

5 Chairman Sandy Jones, New Mexico Tina Pidgeon, Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs and Senior Counsel 10:25 a.m.-10:35 a.m. Networking Break 10:35 a.m.-11:35 a.m. Concurrent Sessions E E1 Gas Storage and Pipeline Safety: Preparing for the Acts of God and Failures of Man. Is Gas a Viable Bridge From Here to Eternity?-er Stephen McAlpine, Regulatory of Alaska Ron Edelstein, Director of Regulatory and Government Relations, Gas Technology Institute Matt Federle, Manager of Gas Storage Plant, Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska Rebecca Massello, Security and Operations, AGA Chris Mele, Legislative Director, Energy, NARUC E2 The Intersection of Energy, Environment and Infrastructure, and the Aftermath of the Clean Power Plan-er Norman Rokeberg er Tim Echols, Georgia Public Service er Doug Little, Arizona Corporation Robert S. Kenney, Vice President, CPUC Regulatory Relations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company 11:35 a.m. Lunch on your own. 11:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Afternoon activities Climate Change: Glacial Recession, Arctic Ice Melt, Coastal Erosion, Changing Weather Patterns, What Can We Do? Busses to Portage Glacier and Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (Box lunch provided.) Or Networking in Anchorage 5:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Shuttle - Hotel to Museum Reception & Dinner (Returns TBD) 5 5/16/2017

6 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Annual Reception & Dinner at Anchorage Museum May 24, Wednesday 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Business Meeting - Western Conference ers 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m.-10:00 Concurrent Sessions F F1 F2 Can Nuclear Innovate? Jordan White, er, Utah Public Service Tim Echols, er, Georgia Public Service Everett L. Redmond II, Ph.D., Senior Technical Advisor, New Reactor and Advanced Technology, Nuclear Energy Institute Todd Allen, Ph.D., Professor, University of Wisconsin; Senior Fellow, Third Way Jacob DeWitte, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Oklo Inc. The Role of Incentives in Public Utility Regulation: An Institutional Perspective Janice Beecher, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University 10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Networking Break 10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. General Session #3 er Roundtable #2 Moderator: er Norman Rokeberg, Regulatory of Alaska er Andy Tobin, Arizona Corporation er Rebecca Pauli, Regulatory of Alaska er Martha Guzman Aceves, California Public Utilities Chairman Brad Johnson, Montana Public Service 6 5/16/2017

7 er Patrick H. Lyon, New Mexico Public Regulation Kara Brighton Fornstrom, Deputy Chair, Wyoming Public Service 11:45 a.m. Adjourn 7 5/16/2017

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