Online registration is closed. To register, email Tram Nguyen
attnguyen@mnbars.org .
Remote
participation only.
This program is co-sponsored by
the MSBA Public Utilities Section and Mitchell Hamline School of
Law.
Please join the MSBA Public Utilities Law Section for a
discussion with experts from around the country on how to enhance distributed
justice in contemporary energy transition efforts, including within the
regulatory landscape that applies to electric utility integrated resource
planning (IRP).
We are especially delighted that we have as our Keynote
Speaker, Professor Hannah Wiseman from Penn State Law, who has written about
this issue and is one of the leading scholars on this topic.
Her Keynote will be followed by
two expert panels. The first will address the state and national trends in
IRP not only in Minnesota, but other jurisdictions from around the country. We
look forward to gain insight into what Minnesota and other states and
jurisdictions are doing to deal with IRP issues. For example, the Texas grid
disaster will be considered along with other challenges in an effort to enhance
justice and equity within the energy transition. The second panel will do a deep
dive into IRP, the Resource Mix and Capacity Needs in the Plethora of Emerging
Technologies and State Policies.
Keynote
Speaker: Hannah Wiseman,
Professor of Law at Penn State Law and Wilson Faculty Fellow in
the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Keynote Address: “Enhancing
Distributive Justice Within the Energy Transition”
Panel I: Policy Issues
and General Trends in IRP Including Enhancing Justice and
Equity
The first panel will address the major policy issues and general trends in
IRPs including issues of equity and justice. The panel will address important
issues in Minnesota’s process but we also hope to gain insight into what other
states and jurisdictions are doing to address these issues. We will also explore
the Texas grid disaster. This panel will be moderated by Professor Alexandra
Klass, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota Law
School.
Panelists:
Hannah Wiseman, Keynote Speaker and Professor of
Law, Penn State Law
Colette D. Honorable, Partner, Reed Smith Law Firm,
Washington D.C., Former Commissioner, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),
Former Chair of the Arkansas Public Service
Commission
James Coleman, Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University
Dedman School of Law
Matt Schuerger, Commissioner, MN Public Utility
Commission
Amanda Rome,
VP and General Counsel, Northern States Power Co., dba Xcel
Energy
Annie Levenson-Falk, Executive Director, MN
Citizens Utility Board
Panel II: Deep Dive
into IRP Including the Energy Resource Mix and Capacity Needs
The second panel will do a deep dive
into IRP, the resource mix, and capacity needs in the plethora of emerging
technologies and state policies. This panel will be moderated by Dan Lipschultz,
Former MN PUC Commissioner, Attorney and Energy
Consultant.
Panelists:
Gabriel Chan,
Assistant Professor, Humphrey
School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Andrew
Moratzka, Managing Partner, Minneapolis Office, Stoel Rives Law Firm
Jennifer
J. Peterson, Manager of Regulatory Strategy and Policy, Minnesota
Power
Isabel Ricker, Senior Clean Electricity Manager, Fresh Energy
Beth Soholt, Executive Director, Clean Grid
Alliance
CLE Credits:
4.0 CLE Credits, including 1.0 Elimination of Bias
credit | Event Code: 355966
Cost:
MSBA Member and Non-Member: $10
Law
Student: FREE
Deadline to register: April 21, 2021
Remote Participation: Remote instructions will be
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Thank you.
Program Manager:
Tram Nguyen | tnguyen@mnbars.org |
612-278-6316