NGA Energy Innovation Summit
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 National Governors Association, the NGA, convened teams from thirty-four states and leading experts to participate in an Energy Innovation Summit, October 3-5 in Denver, Colorado. It's a part of the 2017-2018 NGA Chairs Initiative under Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, "Ahead of the Curve: Innovation Governors."
The teams included representatives from governors offices, public utility commissions and energy offices, as well as state officials working on information technology, cyber-security, workforce training and economic development. Familiar names were speakers: Jeffrey Ackermann, Chair, Colorado Public Utilities Commission; Nick Akins, CEO, AEP; Kristen Munch, Deputy Director, Illinois Citizens Utility Board; Armando Pimentel, CEO, NextEra Resources; and Anne Pramaggiore, CEO, Commonwealth Edison.
Lead image: ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore was keynote speaker at NGA Energy Innovation Summit
Summit’s opening roundtable, from left to right, Tendril CEO Arian Tuck, AEP CEO Nick Akins, Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper, BU Prof. Peter-Fox Penner, Deloitte’s Stanley Porter
