2014 CCPUC
Annual Meeting Agenda
September 28-30, 2014
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Agenda
Sunday, September 28, 2014
RECEPTION AND STROLLING DINNER
Backyard BBQ Terrance, Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Introductory Remarks by Commissioner Michael Picker
(from 6:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Libations
Dinner
Agenda
Monday, September 29, 2014
7:30 to 9:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 to 9:15 a.m.
WELCOME/BUSINESS MEETING
Suzanne Toller
2014 CCPUC President
9:15 to 10:15 a.m.
CONSUMERS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMMISSION: A
CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT PEEVEY
Introduction:
Joe Guzman
Attorney, Guzman Law Offices
Michael Peevey
President, CPUC
Ralph Cavanagh
Co-Director, Energy Program NRDC
Matt Freedman
Staff Attorney, TURN
Dan Morain
Reporter, Sacramento Bee
10:15 to 10:30 a.m. BREAK
Agenda
Monday, September 29, 2014
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. GOT WATER? REGULATORY RESPONSES TO THE CALIFORNIA
DROUGHT
Introduction:
Kim Hassan
Senior Attorney, Southern California Gas Company
Moderator:
Catherine J.K. Sandoval
Commissioner, CPUC
Panelists:
Allison Brown
Attorney, CPUC Legal Division
Max Gomberg
Climate Change Advisor, State Water Resources Control Board
Jack Hawks
Executive Director, California Water Association
Rami Kahlon
Director, CPUC Division of Water and Audits
Martin A. Mattes
Partner, Nossaman, LLP
12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH
Pines Ballroom, Ritz-Carlton
Agenda
Monday, September 29, 2014
1:45 to 2:45 p.m.
NEW LEADERS, NEW IDEAS: BALANCING INNOVATION AND
THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Introduction:
Patrick Rosvall
Partner, Cooper, White & Cooper
Moderator:
Rudy Reyes
Vice President – Government Affairs, Verizon Communications
Panelists:
Assembly Member Brian Dahle
District 1
Assembly Member Cristina Garcia
District 58
Assembly Member Jim Patterson
District 23
Assembly Member Bill Quirk
District 20
2:45 to 3:00 p.m.
BREAK/REFRESHMENTS
Agenda
Monday, September 29, 2014
3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
MOVE IT: EFFECTIVE MOTION PRACTICE AT THE COMMISSION
Introduction:
Carol Schmid-Frazee
Senior Attorney, Southern California Edison Company
Moderator:
Brian Cragg
Partner, Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Day & Lamprey, LLP
Panelists:
Katherine MacDonald
Administrative Law Judge, CPUC
Thomas Pulsifer
Administrative Law Judge, CPUC
Hallie Yacknin
Administrative Law Judge, CPUC
5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
CCPUC RECEPTION
Pines Foyer, Ritz-Carlton
After dinner
YUL RECEPTION
Highlands Bar, Ritz-Carlton
Agenda
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 to 9:45 a.m.
CPUC JURISDICTION: KEEPING UP WITH – OR STAYING OUT OF
THE WAY OF – EVOLVING INDUSTRIES
Introduction:
John Leslie
Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Moderator:
Ed O’Neill
Senior Advisor to CPUC on Modernization and Reform
Panelists:
Lindsay Brown
Attorney, Legal Division, CPUC
Krishna Juvvaadi
Senior Counsel, Uber Technologies, Inc.
Sara Steck Myers
Attorney, Law Offices of Sara Steck Myers
9:45 to 10:30 a.m. VIEW FROM THE INTERIM GENERAL COUNSEL
Introduction:
Carol Schmid-Frazee
Senior Attorney, Southern California Edison Company
Speaker:
Karen Clopton
Chief Administrative Law Judge/Interim General Counsel, CPUC
Agenda
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
10:30 to 10:45 a.m. BREAK – Room Check-Out (By noon)
10:45 to 11:45 a.m. WALKING THE RULE 1.1 TIGHTROPE
Ethics MCLE Credit
Moderator:
Patrick Rosvall
Partner, Cooper, White & Cooper
Panelists:
Peter Allen
Attorney, Legal Division, CPUC
Alison Buchanan
Shareholder, Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
Charlie Read
Partner, Jones Day
Jesus Roman
Assistant General Counsel, Verizon Communications
11:45 to 12:00 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS AND ADJOURNMENT
Remarks by the 2015 CCPUC President