A Day at Virginia SCC
State Commissions
Conversations with the chair, commissioners and more.
Law & Lawyers
Under Forty: John Siefert
EPRI
“Power generation materials, steels, and materials that are common to many of our mainstay fossil fired plants is where my expertise is.”
CAMPUT 2021: Behind the Meter
Canadian Regulators
“A proactive approach is required. The issues facing us are directly related to costs. In Alberta, we have a cost to grid. You hear about that a lot from consumers.”
EEI: Harnessing Digital Technologies
Global Electrification Forum
This panel focused on digital transformations in the electric power sector and its challenges.
Virginia SCC: Chair Judith Williams Jagdmann
Chair
“Each Commissioner is Chair once every three years. If you weren’t already inclined to be collegial, this practice provides a little extra incentive.”
Under Forty: Amanda Olson
Burns & McDonnell
“A working group for CIGRÉ is made up of participants from across the globe. They compile best practices that are published on our website. One I’m on currently, which applies to the role I’m in now, is knowledge transfer.”
CAMPUT 2021: Responding to Social Impacts of Transition
Canadian Regulators
“How can regulators address the ongoing impact on consumers from market transition, disruption, and innovation? We're looking at the social impacts of these changes we're seeing in our utility markets.”
EEI: Evolving Business and Regulatory Models
Global Electrification Forum
Panelists address these questions: Given the changing regulatory and policy landscape, how will these companies of the future operate? How are regulatory models and markets evolving to incorporate new technologies and objectives into the energy system?
EEI 2021: Sprint to Secure the Grid
Edison Electric Institute
Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning and Berkshire Hathaway Energy CEO Bill Fehrman explored the growing collaboration between the federal government and the electricity sector to help secure the grid at a time of growing cyber peril.
AABE 2021: Climate Change, Zero Emissions: Community Development
Connecting the Dots
This panel explored the purposeful actions necessary to be taken to ensure that African American and underserved communities – rural and urban – are full participants in the new energy economy.