Wednesday, February 8, 2017
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Keynote Address
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Keynote: The Electric Cooperative Model: The PEC Story & the Future of the Utility Industry!
Peter Muhoro, Director of Energy Research and Strategies, Pedernales Electric Co-op • Click to view PDF slides
Integrating Renewables
10:00 – 11:15 AM
Panel: Integrating Renewables into the Grid
Moderator: Lenae Shirley, Senior Director, Technology Innovation and Market Adoption, Environmental Defense Fund
Featured Panelists:
- Dan Smith, Vice President, Electric Service Delivery, Austin Energy
- Patrick Chapman, Senior Director – Development, SunPower
- Paul Wattles, Senior Analyst – Market Design and Development, ERCOT • Click to view PDF slides
- Bill Muston, Manager of R&D, Oncor • Click to view PDF slides
ISO Market Design
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Panel: Evolving ISO Market Design: TX, CA, NY & Mexico
Moderator: Ross Baldick, Professor, UT Austin Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Click to view PDF slides
Featured Panelists:
- Cheryl Mele, Sr. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, ERCOT
- Dede Hapner, Vice President, FERC & ISO Relations, Pacific Gas & Electric
- Jose Maria Lujambio, Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton (CCN) Law
- Laura Manz, Director, Navigant Consulting • Click to view PDF slides
Smart Building Technologies
1:00 – 2:15 PM
Panel: Smart Building Technologies
Moderator: Michael Garrison, Professor, UT Austin School of Architecture • Click to view PDF slides
Featured Panelists:
- Pliny Fisk, Co-Director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems • Click to view PDF slides
- Michael Sciortino, Sales Executive, View Dynamic Glass • Click to view PDF slides
- Gavin Dillingham, Program Director, Clean Energy Policy, HARC • Click to view PDF slides
- Doug Lewin, VP, Regulatory Affairs and Market Development, CLEAResult • Click to view PDF slides
- Scott Hinson, Director of Engineering, Pecan Street Inc • Click to view PDF slides
Consumer-Utility Relationship
2:15 – 3:15 PM
Panel: The Changing Consumer-Utility Relationship
Moderator: Roger Duncan, Research Fellow, UT Austin Energy Institute
Featured Panelists:
- Paula Gold-Williams, President & CEO, CPS Energy • Click to view PDF slides
- James Faulk, Director, KPMG Strategy • Click to view PDF slides
- Debbie Kimberly, Vice President, Customer Energy Solutions, Austin Energy • Click to view PDF slides
- Dana Harmon, Executive Director, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute • Click to view PDF slides
Grid of the Future
3:30 – 4:30 PM
Panel: Grid of the Future: Centralized or Distributed?
Moderator: Fred Beach, Assistant Director, UT Austin Energy Institute
Featured Panelists:
- Jeffery Sabins, Senior Development Manager, RES America • Click to view PDF slides
- Erich Schneider, Associate Professor, UT Austin Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Colin Meehan, Director of Regulatory and Public Affairs, First Solar • Click to view PDF slides
- Dan Seif, Managing Director, Grid Economics, LLC • Click to view PDF slides
Energy Security & Resilience
4:45 – 5:45 PM
Panel: Energy Security & Resilience
Moderator: Robert Hebner, Director, UT Austin Center for Electromechanics
Featured Panelists:
- Jimmy Glotfelty, Executive Vice President, Clean Line Energy Partners • Click to view PDF slides
- Lt Gen Ken Eickmann, United States Air Force (Ret)
- Michael Goin, IT Manager, Austin Energy • Click to view PDF slides
Evening Reception
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Reception & Award Ceremony
Startup Competition & Poster Competition Awards