MEPC Agenda
Thursday, July 27, 2023
10:00 AM Registration
12:00 PM Welcome Luncheon (Guests also)
1:00 PM Welcome Comments
1:05 PM Real World Use of Hydrogen-Natural Gas In Electricity Production
Paul Spicer, Senior Vice President of Power Generation, WEC Energy Group
1:40 PM Securing Our Digital and Physical Assets
Moderator: Brian Sheldon, Energy Security Section, MPSC
Andy Bochman, Senior Grid Strategist, National & Homeland Security, Idaho National Laboratory
Nick Bonstell, Senior Manager- Emergency Management, Safety and Security, SEMCO Energy Gas Company
Jim Beechey, Executive Director, Security, Consumers Energy
2:20 PM Networking Break
2:50 PM Sizing up the Future: Small Nuclear Reactors
Moderator: Commissioner Katherine Peretick, MPSC
Kati Austgen, Senior Project Manager for New Reactors, Nuclear Energy Institute
Jeff Navin, Director of External Affairs, TerraPower
3:35 PM Networking Break
4:00 PM Keynote: Reliability in Transition
Moderator: Dan Scripps, Chairman, MPSC
Clair Moeller, President and COO, MISO
5:00 PM Announcements & Adjourn
6:00 PM – MEPC Reception (Guests also)
7:30 PM Music by Doug Thomas
Friday, July 28, 2023
7:30 AM – Breakfast (Guests also)
9:00 AM
8:40 AM Welcome Comments
8:45AM Introduction to New MPSC Commissioner
Moderator: Dan Dundas, President, MEGA
Commissioner Alessandra Carreon, MPSC
9:00 AM The State of Politics and Policy
Baldly Bipartisan
John Sellek, CEO, Harbor Strategic
Adrian Hemond, CEO, Grassroots Midwest
10:00 AM Networking Break
10:30 AM EV Supply Chain
Colin Seals, Director, Public Sector Consultants
11:00 AM Customer Service in the Hospitality Sector – Lessons for Utilities
Moderator: Robert O’Meara, Manager, Business Affairs, ITC
Brad Keen, COO, Boyne Resorts
Todd Callewaert, CEO, The Island House
11:45 PM Announcements & Adjourn