Executive Energy Seminar
October 26, 2017
Eckert Seamans was a platinum sponsor of the 2nd annual invitation-only Executive Energy Seminar: Regional Energy Markets 10 Years After Marcellus Shale*, in Hershey, Pennsylvania on October 26 – 27, 2017. This year’s Executive Energy Seminar featured energy executive and policy maker perspectives on where regional energy markets are after ten years of drilling in the Marcellus shale gas formation, and where the markets may be heading in the future.
Below are links to some of the presentations:
Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment & What It Means for Energy
John C. Dernbach, Professor of Law, Widener University, Commonwealth Law School, Harrisburg
John Hanger, Hanger Consulting (moderator)
Gas Market Jigsaw: Production, Delivery, Power Generation, and Regional Electricity Prices – Making the Pieces Fit
David W. Sweet, Commissioner, PA Public Utility Commission
Sam Robinson, Deputy Secretary of Policy and Planning, PA Governor’s Office
Craig E. White, President & Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia Gas Works
Chris Rugh, Manager of Origination and Trading, EverPower
John Hanger, Hanger Consulting (moderator)
The “New Climate Economy,” the Social Cost of Carbon and Energy Access
Karl Hausker, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute
Making Pennsylvania Retail Electricity Markets Even Better for Consumers
Gladys M. Brown, Chairman, PA Public Utility Commission
John F. Coleman, Jr., Commissioner, PA Public Utility Commission
Tanya McCloskey, Consumer Advocate, PA Office of Consumer Advocate
Jim Steffes, Executive Vice President for North American Corporate Affairs, Direct Energy
Mike Starck, Vice President & General Manager, NRG Retail Business NE
Daniel Clearfield, Member, Eckert Seamans (moderator)
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Robert Powelson, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Mauricio Gutierrez, President and Chief Executive Officer, NRG Energy
Patrick McDonnell, Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection
Andrew Ott, President and Chief Executive Officer, PJM Interconnection
FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION:
Gladys Brown, Chairman, PA Public Utility Commission
Andrew G. Place, Vice Chairman, PA Public Utility Commission
John F. Coleman, Jr., Commissioner, PA Public Utility Commission
David W. Sweet, Commissioner, PA Public Utility Commission
SPEAKERS & PANELISTS:
R. Brent Alderfer, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder, Community Energy
Kathleen Barron, Senior Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs and Wholesale Market Policy
Daniel Clearfield, Member, Eckert Seamans
Thomas Gros, Executive Vice President, Talen Energy
Tanya McCloskey, Consumer Advocate, PA Office of Consumer Advocate
Sam Robinson, Deputy Director of Policy and Planning, Office of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf
Christina Simeone, Director of Policy & External Affairs, Kleinman Ctr. for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Jim Steffes, Executive Vice President for North American Corporate Affairs, Direct Energy
Gordon Van Welie, President and Chief Executive Officer, ISO New England
SPONSORS
Funding for Regional Energy Markets 10 Years After Marcellus Shale is provided by the following generous sponsors:
Platinum Sponsors: Direct Energy ● Eckert Seamans ● Exelon ● NRG ● PECO
Other Sponsors: Community Energy ● EverPower ● Next Era ● Retail Energy Supply Association ● Shell ● Talen Energy
*Eckert Seamans is a platinum sponsor of this conference, which is organized, presented, and managed by John Hanger Consulting, LLC.