Electric Utilities: The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
PROGRAM
PRESENTATIONS
Day 1 | Wednesday, March 26, 2014
KEYNOTE REMARKS
Alice Madden, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and External Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy
Julia Hamm, President & CEO, Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA)
L. Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions
THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF THE UTILITY BUSINESS MODEL: WHAT ARE THE KEY DRIVERS OF CHANGE?
Jonathan Koehn, Regional Sustainability Coordinator, City of Boulder, Moderator
Hermina Morita, Chair, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
William “Bill” Parks, Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
Lauren Azar, Former Commissioner, Wisconsin Public Service
EXPECTATIONS OF TOMORROW’S UTILITY CUSTOMERS
Maurice Kaya, Program Director, PICHTR, former head of the State Energy Office, Moderator
Dawn Weisz, Executive Officer, Marin Clean Energy
Michael Mount, Vice President, Pace Global, a Siemens Business
Tom Plant, Vice President, State Policy at Advanced Energy Economy
Will Rolston, Energy Coordinator, County of Hawaii
THE EVOLVING ENERGY MIX IN A 21ST CENTURY UTILITY
Jay Griffin, Policy and Research Director, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, Moderator
Jennifer DeCesaro, Special Advisor, Office of the Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Ken Geisler, Vice President of Strategy, Siemens Smart Grid, North America
Jonathan Koehn, Regional Sustainability Coordinator, City of Boulder
David Bissell, President and CEO, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
THE REGULATION OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN JAPAN POST FUKUSHIMA: AN OVERVIEW
Kazuhiko Ogimoto, Project Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
WHAT ROLE WILL TECHNOLOGY PLAY IN TRANSFORMING TO A 21ST CENTURY UTILITY?
Doug McLeod, Energy Commissioner, Maui County, Moderator
Kazuhiko Ogimoto, Project Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
Kazuyuki Takada, Deputy Director, Smart Community Department, NEDO
Fumitoshi Emura, Department Manager, Smart City Project Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
Mark Glick, Administrator, Hawaii State Energy Office, DBEDT
Michael Reiley, President, HNU Energy
Day 2 | Thursday, March 27, 2014
MAUI TOPICS DISCUSSION (Optional)
Sebastian “Bash” Nola, Energy Consultant, Moderator
Carl Freedman, Owner, Haiku Design and Analysis
Mathew McNeff, Engineering Department Manager, Maui Electric Company
Matias Besasso, Owner, Rising Sun Solar + Electric
Bob King, Founder, Pacific Biodiesel
Don Guzman, Council Member, Maui County
KEYNOTE REMARKS
Ron Binz, Former Chief, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
REDEFINING THE CUSTOMER’S ROLE IN THE UTILITY OF THE FUTURE
Lorraine Akiba, Commissioner, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, Moderator
Neil “Dutch” Kuyper, Chief Executive Officer, Parker Ranch
H. Ray Starling, Program Director, Hawaii Energy
Bob Lachenmayer, Smart Cities Manager, Schneider Electric
Ben Springer, Senior Associate, Energy Futures Coalition
HOW WILL THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM CHANGE IN THE FUTURE?
Bob Lachenmayer, Smart Cities Manager, Schneider Electric, Moderator
Ron Binz, Former Chair, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
L. Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions
Richard Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer, Hawaiian Electric
Ben York, Sr. Project Engineer, Electric Power Research Institute
Kyle Datta, General Partner, Ulupono Initiative
HAWAII’S UNIQUE PLACE IN THE EMERGING ENERGY TRANSFORMATION
Constance Lau, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.
CLOSING REMARKS
Hermina Morita, Chair, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission