NRRI, in association with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, presents:

The Fundamentals of Electricity Law, Energy Efficiency,
Renewable Energy and Smart Grid
March 17-19, 2010 • Columbia, SC

Featuring:
Scott Hempling, Esq., Executive Director, NRRI
Frederick Weston, Director, The Regulatory Assistance Project
Michael Jung, Policy Director, Silver Spring Networks, Inc.

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The electricity industry is changing rapidly. Energy efficiency, renewable energy, and advanced metering infrastructure (“smart grid”) are the new watchwords. Meanwhile, understanding the fundamentals of the electricity industry and its regulation is as crucial as ever. Join state regulators in the Southeast for this intensive three-day seminar for practitioners and decisionmakers, focusing on current challenges facing regulators, competitors, consumers, and practitioners.

Who Should Attend

Whether you’re an attorney, economist, engineer, commissioner, legislator, or manager of a public or private entity—beginner or veteran—this seminar will strengthen your decisionmaking.

Join the ranks of the thousands of professionals from all 50 states and every industry sector, many of whom have returned repeatedly to hear Scott Hempling’s seminars on the electricity industry. You’ll gain the insights you need to better grasp the industry’s ever-changing landscape.

What’s more, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to find new colleagues, share ideas, build your network, and strengthen your organization. Find out what your colleagues are doing—or will do—as they anticipate and adapt to the changing electric industry.

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Program Information

Here’s an outline of the topics we’ll cover during this comprehensive three-day workshop:

Day One: March 17, 2010

Part One: Fundamentals

I. Electric Industry Structure
II. Ratemaking Principles and Procedures
III. Regulatory Law and Procedure

Day Two: March 18, 2010

Part Two: Renewable Energy

I. Methods of Encouraging Renewable Energy: Existing and New
II. Intersections of Renewable Energy Policy with Traditional Regulation

Part Three: Energy Efficiency

I. Overview of Electric Utility Supply and Demand
II. Goals
III. Program Options
IV. Cost-Benefit Analysis

Day Three: March 19, 2010

Part Three, continued

V. Provider Options
VI. Provider Performance
VII. Utility Cost Recovery
VIII. Miscellaneous Topics

Part Four: Advanced Metering Infrastructure (“Smart Grid”)

I. Overview: What is the Smart Grid?
II. Applications
III. Networking Concepts
IV. Network Performance
V. Networking Technologies
VI. Interoperability Standards
VII. Security

Date/Time

Wednesday, March 17: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 18: 10 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Friday, March 19: 10 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.


Location

The River Center at Saluda Shoals Park
5605 Bush River Road
Columbia, SC 29212
803-772-1228


Cost

$295 for three days
$150 for Day Two only
$150 for Day Three only


CLE Credit

Attendees apply for credit on their own. All prior in-person seminars by Scott Hempling or NRRI have been approved for CLE credit. We will provide proof of attendance, resume, class schedule, and all other materials traditionally required for CLE credit. This seminar is designed to offer 15 hours of CLE credit.


How to Register

Click here to register. If close reading of the registration page raises questions, please call Alicia Lugo at 301-588-5385 ext. 303.


Seminar Leaders

Scott Hempling, Esq. became the Executive Director of the National Regulatory Research Institute in October 2006. He has taught electricity law to thousands of regulators and practitioners from all U.S. jurisdictions. Prior to October 2006, Mr. Hempling was the principal in a national law practice advising state commissions, state legislatures, municipal power systems, marketers, and independent power producers on legal issues affecting the electric industry. He has advised the state commissions of Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia; the Organization of MISO states (14 state Commissions in the Midwest); the consumer counsels of Connecticut, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Texas; municipal systems in Connecticut and Iowa; investor-owned utilities; independent marketers; and public interest organizations.

Mr. Hempling has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress and the state legislatures of Arkansas, California, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. He has published articles in The Electricity Journal and Public Utilities Fortnightly, and speaks frequently at industry conferences.

Mr. Hempling received a B.A. with honors from Yale University (Economics and Political Science, Music), and a J.D. with high honors from Georgetown University Law Center.

Frederick Weston is a Director of The Regulatory Assistance Project. Since 1999, when he joined RAP, Mr. Weston has been working extensively in China, assisting in the development of new policy initiatives in efficiency, pricing, and environmental regulation. When not in China, Mr. Weston works with US state and federal policymakers on matters relating to energy efficiency, renewables, regulatory reform and pricing, regional market operations, and emissions regulation. More recently, he has begun work under the International Energy Agency's DSM Programme. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Weston served as Economist and Hearing Officer at the Vermont Public Service Board. He was Co-Chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Staff Subcommittee to the Committee on Energy Conservation from 1994 to 1997. He also served as Co-Chair of NARUC's Staff Subcommittee on Electric Industry Restructuring in 1996 and 1997. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Weston worked as an energy and economic consultant for clients in the U.S. and Middle East. He worked for the American International Group in Saudi Arabia from 1981 to 1984. Mr. Weston received his M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1987 and his B.A. in English Literature from Middlebury College in 1979. He also received advanced intensive training in Arabic from the American University in Cairo in 1986.

Michael Jung is an energy and environmental policy professional with experience in the cleantech, public service, and electric power sectors. He is currently Policy Director for Silver Spring Networks, Inc. Formerly he was the assistant to Ohio governor Strickland’s chief energy advisor, responsible for developing statewide energy policies including comprehensive electricity policy, state agency efficiency initiatives, climate change mitigation measures, and energy industry development strategies. He is a frequent public speaker on administration-of-energy issues. He is a graduate of Yale University, a winner of the 1997 Yale-China Prize, and a 1997-98 Fulbright Fellow.

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