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Transmission Summit 2013

Investing in the Future Grid

Washington, DC—February 26-27, 2013

Summit Agenda 7:45 –8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast Sponsored by 8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks by the Summit Chair Laurie J. Oppel, Managing Director/Energy, NAVIGANT 9:00 – 9:30 Keynote Address Cheryl A. LaFleur, Commissioner, FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 9:30 – 10:15 Presentation: Update on Policies and Market Developments that Will Drive Transmission Development and Investment This presentation will provide an update on the drivers for transmission investment in the Eastern Interconnect, including the implementation of Order 1000 and other policies, the need to replace aging infrastructure and the potential of emerging technologies to solve reliability and market needs. It will offer projections of the pace and types of investment needed. Elliot Roseman, Vice President, Energy, Climate & Tranportation, ICF INTERNATIONAL 10:15 – 10:45 Networking Break 10:45– 11:45 Panel Discussion: FERC Order 1000 Compliance Plans—Will the Transmission Landscape Be Changed? Compliance filings for regional planning and cost allocation were submitted in October 2012, and filings for interregional coordination are due in April 2013. What can the filings—and the receptions they have received at FERC—tell us about how cost allocation and right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) issues will be handled in the future? How will regional planning and interregional coordination be handled, especially as DOE funding for interregional study groups dries up? Will the opportunities be enhanced for

merchant transmission projects? This panel will scope out the lay of the land regarding FERC Order 1000 implementation. Moderator: Glen S. Bernstein, Partner, MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Panelists: Bruce Edelston, President, ENERGY POLICY GROUP David Grover, Manager Regulatory Strategy, ITC HOLDINGS CORP. Donald A. Kaplan, Partner, K&L GATES Katherine Prewitt, Director, Planning, SOUTHWEST POWER POOL 11:45– 1:15 Networking Luncheon 1:15-1:45 Case Study 3: Transmission Construction in Sensitive Environments Jim Palmer, Director of Marketing & Manufacturing Services, Steel Structures Division, THOMAS & BETTS 1:45-2:45 Panel Discussion: Regulators’ Perspectives on Transmission Planning, Rate Recovery and Innovative Technologies This panel of state regulators will provide their perspectives on:

• The potential impacts of increased reliance on gas-fired generation
• Regional planning and interstate siting of transmission
• Cost allocation and rate recovery
• Demand response, energy storage and other advanced technologies

Moderator: Kiran H. Mehta, Partner, K&L GATES Panelists: David Boyd, Chairman, MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Linda Breathitt, Commissioner, KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Eric Callisto, Commissioner, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN Jeanne Fox, Commissioner, NEW JERSEY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES Robert S. Kenney, Commissioner, MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 2:45-3:15 Afternoon refreshment and networking break 3:15-4:15 Panel Discussion: Utility Perspectives on Joint Ventures and Upcoming Project Plans What are utilities doing in transmission? What plans do they have, and how are they proceeding with projects? Is the current trend towards joint venture interstate transmission projects likely to continue? This panel will discuss the work being done by utilities, their concerns and potential investments. Moderator: William M. Keyser, Partner, K&L GATES Panelists: Paul Jett, Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Projects, DUKE- AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY David Till, General Manager, Transmission Strategy, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Evan R. Wilcox, P.E., Director, East Transmission Planning, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER 4:15-5:15 Panel Discussion: Will Cost and Availability of Capital Spur Development by Transcos? The ongoing Quantitative Easement combined with decreased investment flowing to renewables is creating a potentially vast pool of cheap capital available for transmission

• development. Will the cost of capital be low enough that utilities could abandon the

traditional rate-of-return/return on equity model for financing transmission? Will a new FERC initiative on capacity allocation for merchant projects have a major impact on finance and investment? How will the entrance of new players affect transmission investment? Moderator: David S. Robbins, Partner, K&L GATES Panelists: Ali Amirali, Senior Vice President, STARWOOD ENERGY GROUP GLOBAL LLC John Cogan, Managing Director, CREDIT-SUISSE, POWER & RENEWABLES INVESTMENT BANKING Daniel Mallo, Managing Director, Project and Structured Finance – Energy, SOCIETE GENERALE – NEW YORK 5:15-6:30 Transmission Summit Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Wednesday, February 27, 2013: 7:45 – 8:45 Networking Continental Breakfast 8:45 – 9:30 Case Study 4: HVDC Project Jimmy Glotfelty, Executive Vice President, External Affairs, CLEAN LINE ENERGY PARTNERS Mark Lawlor, Director for Development, CLEAN LINE ENERGY PARTNERS 9:30-10:30 Joint Presentation: Transmission Data, Analytics and Control Room Needs for the Future The addition of DR, Dynamic Line Ratings (DLR), energy storage and the introduction

• f 15-minute energy markets to support renewable energy integration place

unprecedented demands on control rooms. What will be needed in the control room of the future? What data analytics do we need to get to support transmission operations? What software capabilities are needed to support the use of DR and energy storage to balance systems? How are ISOs and RTOs enhancing their capabilities to implement 15-minute (and shorter) markets? Sandy K. Aivaliotis, Senior Vice President, Operations, Technology and Business Development, THE VALLEY GROUP, A NEXANS COMPANY Jay Caspary, Technical Director, SOUTHWEST POWER POOL 10:30-11:00 Refreshment and networking break 11:00-11:30 Case Study 5: Innovative Transmission Technology Project Phil Harris, Chief Executive Officer, TRES AMIGAS

11:30-12:00 Joint Presentation: Emerging Cybersecurity Concerns—Grid Resilience and NERC Compliance Issues Cybersecurity threats to control systems have radically increased over the past year, triggering the creation of a new FERC Office of Energy Infrastructure Security. What can and should be done to increase the resilience of the grid to cyber threats? What investments will need to be made? Can regulatory and reliability standards truly increase the security of the grid in the face of a rapidly changing threat? David Batz, Director, Cyber & Infrastructure Security, EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE Kenneth C. Lotterhos, Managing Director, NAVIGANT Noon Summit Adjourns