Fall 2011 Conference

October 20, 2011

Economic Impacts from Updating our Infrastructure

Session 1: Updating our Infrastructure: Water, Electric Grid and Natural Gas Pipelines

Session 2: Impacts from Legislative Mandates on the Market

Session 3: Changing Transmission Regulation: Market Distortions, Incentives, and the Demand for Natural Gas

Conference Agenda

Read article by Dr. Adrienne Ohler, Director of Outreach, published in Law Bulletin Fall CLE Guide, September 2011.

Speakers and Moderators

• Robert Berntsen, Vice President of Governmental & Regulatory Affairs, Midwest RegionMISO Energy
• Hon. John Colgan, Acting Commissioner, ICC
• Michael Deane, Executive Director, National Associations of Water Companies
• Hon. Lula M. Ford, Commissioner, ICC
• David B. Grover, Manager, Regulatory Strategy,ITC Holdings Corporation
• Hon. Tom Holbrook, Chair, House Public Utilities Committee, State Representative, 113th District, Belleville, IL
• Robert Lieberman
• David G. Loomis, Executive Director, IRPS
• Shiv Mani, Group Manager and Team Lead for Order #1000, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• James R. Monk, President, Illinois Energy Association
• Hon. Erin O'Connell-Diaz, Commissioner, ICC
• Susan Satter, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Illinois Attorney General's Office
• Hon. Douglas Scott, Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
• Paul Sotkiewicz, Ph. D., Senior Economist, PJM Interconnection
• J. T. Smith, Manager, Regulatory Studies, MISO Energy
• Kevin Wright, President, Illinois Competitive Energy Association