We couldn't decide between two images, so we went with both.
Steve Mitnick is Editor-in-Chief of Public Utilities Fortnightly and author of the book “Lines Down: How We Pay, Use, Value Grid Electricity Amid the Storm.”
The Mid-America Regulatory Conference, MARC, is one of the top conferences in our industry each year. Held in Chicago this year, on June 18 - 20, it was attended by seven hundred of the leading thinkers and doers in utility regulation and policy.
We couldn't decide which of these two should be Pic of the Month. So we went with both. Yes, we know, a cop-out.
Lead image: Commissioner Bill Kenney of the Missouri Public Service Commission is awarding a Chicago Cubs world series champion jersey to former Commissioner Ann McCabe of the Illinois Commerce Commission. Commissioner Kenney knows a thing or two about sports. He was an NFL quarterback in the eighties. While with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1983, he went to the Pro Bowl, after completing over three hundred yards passing in four consecutive games.
In the other pic, six regulators from the Illinois Commerce Commission, FERC and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission got together at one of the lunches. From left to right, ICC Acting Commissioner Sadzi Martha Oliva, ICC Commissioners Sherina Maye Edwards and John Rosales, now former FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable, OCC Chairman Dana Murphy, and FERC Chairman Cheryl LaFleur. That’s a whole lot of regulatory experience at one table.
From left: ICC Acting Commissioner Sadzi Martha Oliva, ICC Commissioners Sherina Maye Edwards and John Rosales, now former FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable, OCC Chairman Dana Murphy, and FERC Chairman Cheryl LaFleur.
