Transmission Summit 2013
Investing in the Future Grid
Washington, DC—February 26-27, 2013
Summit Agenda
7:45 –8:45
Registration and Continental Breakfast Sponsored by
8:45 – 9:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks by the Summit Chair
Laurie J. Oppel, Managing Director/Energy, NAVIGANT
9:00 – 9:30
Keynote Address
Cheryl A. LaFleur, Commissioner, FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY
COMMISSION
9:30 – 10:15
Presentation: Update on Policies and Market Developments that Will Drive
Transmission Development and Investment
This presentation will provide an update on the drivers for transmission investment in the
Eastern Interconnect, including the implementation of Order 1000 and other policies, the
need to replace aging infrastructure and the potential of emerging technologies to solve
reliability and market needs. It will offer projections of the pace and types of investment
needed.
Elliot Roseman, Vice President, Energy, Climate & Tranportation, ICF
INTERNATIONAL
10:15 – 10:45 Networking Break
10:45– 11:45
Panel Discussion: FERC Order 1000 Compliance Plans—Will the Transmission
Landscape Be Changed?
Compliance filings for regional planning and cost allocation were submitted in October
2012, and filings for interregional coordination are due in April 2013. What can the
filings—and the receptions they have received at FERC—tell us about how cost
allocation and right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) issues will be handled in the future? How
will regional planning and interregional coordination be handled, especially as DOE
funding for interregional study groups dries up? Will the opportunities be enhanced for
merchant transmission projects? This panel will scope out the lay of the land regarding
FERC Order 1000 implementation.
Moderator:
Glen S. Bernstein, Partner, MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
Panelists:
Bruce Edelston, President, ENERGY POLICY GROUP
David Grover, Manager Regulatory Strategy, ITC HOLDINGS CORP.
Donald A. Kaplan, Partner, K&L GATES
Katherine Prewitt, Director, Planning, SOUTHWEST POWER POOL
11:45– 1:15
Networking Luncheon
1:15-1:45
Case Study 3: Transmission Construction in Sensitive Environments
Jim Palmer, Director of Marketing & Manufacturing Services, Steel Structures Division,
THOMAS & BETTS
1:45-2:45
Panel Discussion: Regulators’ Perspectives on Transmission Planning, Rate
Recovery and Innovative Technologies
This panel of state regulators will provide their perspectives on:
• The potential impacts of increased reliance on gas-fired generation
• Regional planning and interstate siting of transmission
• Cost allocation and rate recovery
• Demand response, energy storage and other advanced technologies
Moderator:
Kiran H. Mehta, Partner, K&L GATES
Panelists:
David Boyd, Chairman, MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Linda Breathitt, Commissioner, KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Eric Callisto, Commissioner, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
Jeanne Fox, Commissioner, NEW JERSEY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Robert S. Kenney, Commissioner, MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
2:45-3:15
Afternoon refreshment and networking break
3:15-4:15
Panel Discussion: Utility Perspectives on Joint Ventures and Upcoming Project Plans
What are utilities doing in transmission? What plans do they have, and how are they
proceeding with projects? Is the current trend towards joint venture interstate
transmission projects likely to continue? This panel will discuss the work being done by
utilities, their concerns and potential investments.
Moderator:
William M. Keyser, Partner, K&L GATES
Panelists:
Paul Jett, Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Projects, DUKEAMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY
David Till, General Manager, Transmission Strategy, TENNESSEE VALLEY
AUTHORITY
Evan R. Wilcox, P.E., Director, East Transmission Planning, AMERICAN ELECTRIC
POWER
4:15-5:15
Panel Discussion: Will Cost and Availability of Capital Spur Development by
Transcos?
The ongoing Quantitative Easement combined with decreased investment flowing to
renewables is creating a potentially vast pool of cheap capital available for transmission
development. Will the cost of capital be low enough that utilities could abandon the
traditional rate-of-return/return on equity model for financing transmission? Will a new
FERC initiative on capacity allocation for merchant projects have a major impact on
finance and investment? How will the entrance of new players affect transmission
investment?
Moderator:
David S. Robbins, Partner, K&L GATES
Panelists:
Ali Amirali, Senior Vice President, STARWOOD ENERGY GROUP GLOBAL LLC
John Cogan, Managing Director, CREDIT-SUISSE, POWER & RENEWABLES
INVESTMENT BANKING
Daniel Mallo, Managing Director, Project and Structured Finance – Energy, SOCIETE
GENERALE – NEW YORK
5:15-6:30
Transmission Summit Cocktail Reception Sponsored by
Wednesday, February 27, 2013:
7:45 – 8:45
Networking Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9:30
Case Study 4: HVDC Project
Jimmy Glotfelty, Executive Vice President, External Affairs, CLEAN LINE ENERGY
PARTNERS
Mark Lawlor, Director for Development, CLEAN LINE ENERGY PARTNERS
9:30-10:30
Joint Presentation: Transmission Data, Analytics and Control Room Needs for the
Future
The addition of DR, Dynamic Line Ratings (DLR), energy storage and the introduction
of 15-minute energy markets to support renewable energy integration place
unprecedented demands on control rooms.
What will be needed in the control room of the future? What data analytics do we need
to get to support transmission operations? What software capabilities are needed to
support the use of DR and energy storage to balance systems? How are ISOs and RTOs
enhancing their capabilities to implement 15-minute (and shorter) markets?
Sandy K. Aivaliotis, Senior Vice President, Operations, Technology and Business
Development, THE VALLEY GROUP, A NEXANS COMPANY
Jay Caspary, Technical Director, SOUTHWEST POWER POOL
10:30-11:00
Refreshment and networking break
11:00-11:30
Case Study 5: Innovative Transmission Technology Project
Phil Harris, Chief Executive Officer, TRES AMIGAS
11:30-12:00
Joint Presentation:
Emerging Cybersecurity Concerns—Grid Resilience and NERC Compliance Issues
Cybersecurity threats to control systems have radically increased over the past year,
triggering the creation of a new FERC Office of Energy Infrastructure Security. What
can and should be done to increase the resilience of the grid to cyber threats? What
investments will need to be made? Can regulatory and reliability standards truly increase
the security of the grid in the face of a rapidly changing threat?
David Batz, Director, Cyber & Infrastructure Security, EDISON ELECTRIC
INSTITUTE
Kenneth C. Lotterhos, Managing Director, NAVIGANT
Noon
Summit Adjourns