Monday May 15, 2023
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception on the Vue Rooftop & Sky Bar
Tuesday May 16, 2023
7 to 8 a.m. Buffet Breakfast
8 to 8:30 a.m. Edison Congress Kickoff
Welcome Address by Pepco Holdings/Exelon COO Tamla Olivier.
8:30 to 9:45 a.m. COO Roundtable
Eversource Energy COO Werner Schweiger, San Diego Gas & Electric COO Kevin Geraghty, Tampa Electric CEO Archie Collins, Jacksonville Electric Authority COO Raynetta Marshall, Arizona Public Service EVP Jacob Tetlow.
9:45 to 10 a.m. Networking Break
10 to 11 a.m. Working Session 1:
Towards Low-Carbon
CMS Energy SVP Tonya Berry, NYPA SVP Patricia Lombardi, Southern Company VP Clay Rikard, NERC Chief Engineer Mark Lauby, PSM President Alex Hoffs.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on the electric industry’s transition to low and ultimately zero carbon emissions.
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Working Session 2:
Innovating While Transforming the Grid
Dominion Energy VP Matt Gardner, National Grid VP Carol Sedewitz, Ameren VP Luke Wollin, industry veteran Mike Beehler, GE Digital General Manager-Grid Software Mahesh Sudhakaran.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on new technologies, methods and strategies in electric transmission and distribution.
Special Guest Keynote
President of the United States Senior Infrastructure Advisor, Mitch Landrieu.
12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Luncheon
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Working Session 3:
Tomorrow’s Resilience
AEP SVP Robert Bradish, SCE Director Russ Ragsdale, SPP COO Lanny Nickell, EPRI VP Daniel Brooks.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on resource adequacy with extreme weather challenges and greater demands for uninterrupted electric service.
2:30 to 3:15 p.m. Networking Break
3:15 to 4:25 p.m. Working Session 4:
Grid Modernization/Transformation
Xcel Energy SVP Michael Lamb, PJM former Chair Ake Almgren, PSEG Director Jason Kalwa, SCE Director Dana Cabell, AVANGRID VP Chuck Eves, Ericsson VP Koustuv Ghoshal.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on major grid projects recently completed, currently underway and expected this decade.
4:25 – 5:05 p.m. Working Session 5:
Higher Expectation Customers
Duke Energy EVP Harry Sideris, Evergy VP Jeff Martin, Guidehouse Partner Dan Bradley.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on increased demands by utilities’ C&I customers particularly and breakthroughs in addressing these needs.
5:05 to 5:35 p.m. Working Session 6:
Grid on Steroids
Southern Company Director Farris Wallace, PJM SVP Mike Bryson.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on the rapidly evolving system operations problems and processes of today and tomorrow integrating more and more intermittent supply and demand resources.
5:35 to 6:15 p.m. Con Edison’s Two Hundred Year Anniversary
Con Edison Chief Engineer Dan Taft and VP Rich Miller.
6:15 to 8:15 p.m. Mid-Conference Reception on the Vue Rooftop & Sky Bar
Wednesday May 17, 2023
7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Buffet Breakfast
8:15 to 9 a.m. Regulators Roundtable
NARUC President Michael Caron, Connecticut PURA; NARUC Second Vice President Tricia Pridemore, Georgia PSC.
9 to 9:15 a.m. Edison Congress 2023 Innovation Award
9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Working Session 7:
Grid Building for the Future
PacifiCorp SVP Curt Mansfield, Florida Power & Light VP Mike Jarro, WEC Energy Group Director Paul Gogan, Duke Energy Director Neil Bhagat, Anterix COO Ryan Gerbrandt.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on the building and increasingly the rebuilding of utility distribution networks with new approaches.
10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Networking Break.
10:45 to 11:30 a.m. Working Session 8:
Protecting Grid Data from Threats Digital and Other
Exelon Chief Security Officer Kevin Perkins, FBI Assistant Director-Cyber Bryan Vorndran, moderated by Exelon Director India James.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on cybersecurity threat identification, protection and response strategies and other threats as well.
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Working Session 9:
CapEx Investment in Grid Transition
Entergy CFO Kimberly Fontan, Edison International CFO Maria Rigatti, Puget Sound Energy CFO Kazi Hasan, Moelis & Company Managing Director John Colella, moderated by EEI SVP Richard McMahon.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on investment to accelerate the grid’s transition, as viewed by utility chief financial officers and the financial community.
12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Luncheon
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Working Session 10:
Power Generation Futures
Dominion Energy SVP Cedric Green, Southern Company SVP Jim Heilbron, Emerson President Power & Water Solutions Bob Yeager.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on the transformation of power generation fleets with more intermittent resources, more storage and the increasing need for reliable controllable supply.
2:30 to 3:45 p.m. Working Session 11:
Twenty-First Century Energy Efficiency
Keynote by U.S. Congressman Paul Tonko, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials.
Ameren VP Kristol Simms, PG&E VP Yvonne McIntyre, TVA VP Jessica Hogle, Alliance to Save Energy CEO Paula Glover.
The panel will share their experiences and perspectives on the critical role of energy efficiency in utility transition plans and lessons learned across our industry.
3:45 to 4:30 p.m. Working Session 12:
Chief Challenges to 2030
Duke Energy VP Richard Donaldson, Tampa Electric Senior Director David Lukcic, CenterPoint Energy Division VP Brad Tutunjian, ALLETE Safety/External Affairs Officer Al Rudeck, moderated by The Select Group VP-Utilities Kelly Dominguez.
The panel will share their views on the greatest technological, people, process, and societal challenges facing utilities as we transform this decade.