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Thursday, July 29, 2021

11:30 AM   Registration (Art Gallery)

1:00 PM     Welcome (Theatre)

1:10 PM    Lasting Changes:  Positive Outcomes from Pandemic Challenges

Moderator:  Shari Culver, VP of Communications & Member Services/Chief Marketing Officer, Great Lakes Energy/Truestream
Heather Rivard, Sr VP of Distribution Operations, DTE Energy
Tonya Berry, VP of Gas Ops, Consumers Energy
Andrew Boatright, General Manager, Zeeland Board of Public Works

2:10 PM    The Perfect Storm:  Could Michigan Weather It Better Than Texas?

Moderator:  Chairman Dan Scripps, MPSC
Melissa Seymour, Regional Executive, Central Region, MISO
Patrick Bowland, CEO & General Manager, MPPA
Greg White, Executive Director, NARUC

3:10 PM     Networking Break

3:30 PM     Electrify Everything:  Electric Vehicles In Our Energy Future

Moderator:  Commissioner Tremaine Phillips, MPSC
Barbara Kiss, Director for Emissions Certification and Compliance, General Motors
Ray Anderson, City Manager, City of Norway
Kathryn Snorrason, Managing Director, Office of Future Mobility and Electrification

4:30 PM     Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness Through Employment

  Veronika Scott, CEO & Founder, The Empowerment Plan

6:15 PM  –  Children’s Activity (Cottage Restaurant)
8:15 PM    

6:30 PM –   MEPC Reception on the Front Porch (Guests Also) 
8:00 PM     Music by Doug Thomas

 

Friday, July 30, 2021

7:30 AM     Breakfast in Main Dining Room (Guests also)

8:30 AM     Welcome (Theatre)

8:40 AM    Morning Wake-Up:  The Senate and House Blend

Senator Dan Lauwers, Senate Majority Floor Leader & Chairman of Senate Energy & Technology Committee
Representative Joe Bellino, Chairman, House Energy Committee

9:10 AM   Resilient Power:  Storage In Our Energy Future

Moderator:  Commissioner Katherine Peretick, MPSC
Swaraj Jammalamadaka, Chief Technology Officer, Aypa Power
Chuck Marshall, VP of Planning, ITC
Dr. Michael Craig, Assistant Professor of Energy Systems, University of Michigan

10:00 AM  Networking Break

10:20 AM  Carbon Crunch: Reducing Carbon and other Greenhouse Gases

Moderator:  Pat Poli, Director, Energy Operations, MPSC
Marc Simone, VP of Operations & Engineering, SEMCO Energy Gas Company
H.J. Decker, Director of Gas Sales & Marketing,  DTE Energy
Craig Degenfelder, Executive Director, Gas Strategy, Consumers Energy

11:20 AM   Climate Action and Our Energy Future

 Liesl Eichler Clark, Director, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE)

12:20 PM   Announcements  

12:30 PM   Adjourn

1:30 PM     Golf Scramble on the Jewel Course