With gas-fired generation becoming an increasing part of the electric resource mix, there is a greater potential for the risks and challenges facing either industry to impact the other. New challenges will require new approaches to improve coordination and communication between the two industries. In addition, a new role for physical and financial options, including access to storage, dual-fuel capabilities, new products and services, different approaches to contracting, and additional gas and electric transportation infrastructure will all be needed to ensure safe, reliability service at just and reasonable rates.

Join a panel of experts, representing a range of industry perspectives, to discuss these important issues, using a stress-test scenario to highlight the challenges facing those who operate the electric and gas systems on a daily basis.

Moderators

Hon. John Norris      Commissioner      FERC Hon. Phyllis Reha      Commissioner      Minnesota PUC

Presented to the Honorable Kevin Gunn, Chairman, Missouri Public Service Commission.

Moderator

Hon. Kevin Gunn      Chairman      Missouri PSC

NARUC and DOE staff will brief the Subcommittee on the resources available, and facilitate a session to get input from the States, to brainstorm and to develop an outline for a specific workplan that meets the States' needs.

Speakers

Miles Keogh      Director, Grants & Research      NARUC Representative      U.S. DOE

EPRI and NARUC will commemorate the 40th anniversary of their working relationship with this special session. Dr. Michael Howard, EPRI President and CEO, will outline the continuing need for technology innovation in the electricity sector. He will be followed by a All-Pro panel of NARUC Committee Chairs, consumer advocates, and utility CEOs for a fascinating discussion on how we can collectively achieve the forward-looking vision for a power system that provides electricity in a reliable, affordable and environmentally responsible manner.

Moderator	Dr. Michael Howard      President and CEO      EPRI
Panelists	Hon. Terry Jarrett      Commissioner      Missouri PSC Nicholas K. Akins      President & CEO      AEP Pat Vincent-Collawn      President, CEO & Chairman      PNM Resources, Inc. Hon. Lori Murphy Lee      Commissioner      District of Columbia PSC Bryce Freeman      Administrator      Wyoming Consumer Advocate

Reports
* Environmental Coordinating Committee
* Washington Report
* Grants and Research
* National Regulatory Research Institute
* Electric Power Research Institute
* Gas Technology Institute
* Tracking Energy Imports into the RGGI Region

* American Efficient

*National Home Performance Council

Discussion of Resolutions
Discussion of Future Activities

Joint session with Committee on Critical Infrastructure

Moderator	Hon. Terry M. Jarrett      Commissioner      Missouri PSC
Panelists	James Marean      Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure Sector      Gas Technology Institute Chuck Harder      Senior Director of Regulatory Policy and External Relations      CenterPoint Michael Sache      Sr Dir, Government Affairs and General Counsel      OPower Hon. Todd Snitchler      Chairman      Ohio PUC

A member of the BRC will discuss the report while two BRC advisors will discuss finance and legal considerations, A representative of the Department of Energy will talk about what happens next.

Moderator	Hon. David C. Boyd      Commissioner      Minnesota PUC
Panelists	Dr. Richard A. Meserve      Commissioner      Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Joseph S. Hezir      Consultant      EOP Group Michael F. McBride      Attorney      Van Ness Feldman, P.C. Dr. Peter B. Lyons (invited)      Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy      U.S. DOE

The State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network (SEE Action) is the successor to the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency. Committees included in this meeting include: Consumer Affairs, Electricity, Energy Resources and the Environment.

The session will broadly detail SEE Action resources for NARUC members and provide perspectives on energy efficiency from key senior industry and government leaders. The panel will explore the critical issues State, local and federal government officials have taken toward establishing and measuring energy efficiency savings, the drivers of these actions, and how they have worked across government lines. The panel will also detail how SEE Action can assess policy options on energy efficiency, such as: regulatory considerations, motivating utilities, managing consumer concerns, allowing EE to compete with supply side resources, and much more.

Moderator	Hon. Phyllis Reha      Commissioner      Minnesota PUC
Panelists	Kathleen Hogan      Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency      U.S. DOE Mark Sylvia      Commissioner      MA Department of Energy Resources Gene Rodrigues      Dir., Customer Energy Efficiency & Solar      SCE Will Wynn      Former Mayor and Chairman      City of Austin and Austin Energy

Moderator	Hon. Jolette A. Westbrook      Commissioner      Massachusetts DPU
Panelists	Christopher Smith      Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy      U.S. DOE Gary L. Sypolt      Executive Vice President      Dominion Resources, Inc. David Schryver      Executive Vice President      American Public Gas Association

1. Whether bill and keep should be the final stage of intercarrier compensation?
2. How to implement such a system as ordered by the FCC - State vs. federal role?

Moderator	Hon. Catherine Sandoval      Commissioner      California PUC
Panelists	Jennifer McKee      VP and Associate General Counsel      NCTA Hon. James H. Cawley      Commissioner      Pennsylvania PUC Jonathan Banks      Senior VP for Law & Policy      US Telecom Joshua Seidemann      Director of Policy      NTCA Joseph Gillan      Gillan Associates

A companion discussion to the panel on State-level telecommunications deregulation, this panel will debate the proper balance of regulatory federalism in the communications space going forward. In a world increasingly dominated by IP-enabled communications, what role can/should state PUCs play? Where does a national regime make sense? Where are State rules more appropriate? Panelists will discuss the merits of recalibrating regulatory federalism in light of disruptive innovation throughout the broadband ecosystem.

Moderator	Hon. Ward Loyd      Commissioner      Kansas CC
Panelists	Peter Bluhm      Rolka Loube Saltzer Associates Michael Santorelli      Director      Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute New York Law School Tillman Lay      Partner      Spiegel & McDiarmid