NRRI,
in association with
The Public Service Commission of South Carolina,
The South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff,
and
The South Carolina Public Utility Review Committee,
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
Dr. Philip Carver, Energy Policy Analyst and Utility Economist
Michael Jung, Policy Director, Silver Spring Networks, Inc.
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.
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 all three days
$150 for Day One only
$150 for Days Two and Three combined
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.
Dr. Philip H. Carver is an energy policy analyst and utility economist. From October 2008 to July 2009, Dr. Carver drafted and negotiated the rules for the renewable portfolio standard for the Oregon Public Utility Commission. During this time he was an advisor to the governor’s office and other agencies on greenhouse gas regulation, energy efficiency, and renewable generation.
Dr. Carver worked as a senior economist, manager, and senior policy analyst for the Oregon Department of Energy from 1980 to 2008. His tasks included developing and negotiating energy policies, drafting rules and legislation, providing technical analysis, and testifying in proceedings before the Oregon PUC, the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Topics included fuel price forecasting, retail rate design, power sales by qualifying facilities under PURPA 210, energy-efficiency program design, marketing and evaluation, integrated resource planning, independent transmission system operators, and greenhouse gas regulation. He worked directly with two Oregon attorneys general and the governor’s office for two governors.
Since 2000 Dr. Carver has been the Technical Subcommittee Chair for the Governor's Advisory Group on Global Warming and lead technical staff for the Governor’s Carbon Allocation Task Force and the Electricity Committee of the Western Climate Initiative. He helped design the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS) for verifying and tracking the ownership of renewable energy certificates (a.k.a. “green tags”). He also represented the Oregon Department of Energy on the Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation, a joint committee of the Western Interstate Energy Board and the Western Conference of Public Utility Commissioners.
From 1978 through 1980, Dr. Carver was an Assistant Professor of Policy Studies and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Dr. Carver earned his B.A. cum laude in Economics from the University of California, San Diego. He earned his Ph.D. in Utility and Natural Resource Economics from the Johns Hopkins University in 1978.
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.