Making Connections - Energy Security and the Grid

Making Connections - Energy Security and the Grid: Local Government Risks and Opportunities

will provide in-depth information to local government decision makers about the risks and opportunities of evolving local energy markets. Hear how coming changes may affect your jurisdiction's economic, environmental, and social goals. Get updates on grid technology and learn how the resiliency of the electric grid may enable or constrain local vitality. Is your entity ready for change?

Metropolitan Energy Policy Coalition

Thursday June 4, 2015 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (CST)

Dakota Lodge, Thompson County Park, West St. Paul

*PLEASE NOTE Construction Issues*

Highway 52 exit ramp is CLOSED

AGENDA

8:00 Registration, Coffee, and Conversation

8:30 Welcome - Commissioner Lisa Weik, Washington County

MC – Zack Hansen, Ramsey County

8:45 What’s Driving Change: Technology, Policy and Customer Demand

Facilitator- Annie Levenson-Falk, Legislative Energy Commission (LEC)

Mike Bull, Center for Energy and Environment (CEE), Bill Grant, Department of Commerce and Kevin Schwain, Xcel Energy

9:45 Break

10:00 Grid Modernization: Challenges, Opportunities and Progress

Facilitator-Matt Schuerger, Energy Systems Consulting

Gordon Pietsch, Great River Energy and Meghan Tisdell, Xcel Energy

11:00 Local Energy to Build Resilience

Facilitator- Brian Ross, Great Plains Institute (GPI)

Jenny Edwards, Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) and Nina Axelson, Ever-Green Energy

12:00 Lunch with Speaker

Hari Osofsky, Professor and 2014-2015 Julius E. Davis Chair in Law, University of Minnesota Law

School and Faculty Director, Energy Transition Lab.

1:30 Local Government as Partners Shaping the Future Grid

Facilitator – Jim Erkel, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA)

Sue Bast, City of Burnsville, Shalini Gupta, Center for Earth Energy and Democracy (CEED), Lisa Barajas, Metropolitan Council and Jodi Slick, E3 & City of Duluth

3:00 Opportunities for Regional Energy Security

Facilitator-- Craig Johnson, League of Minnesota Cities

Sandy Rummel, Metropolitan Council Member, Mike Beard, Scott County Commissioner and Lisa Weik, Washington County Commissioner

4:00 Adjourn

This is a zero waste event!