Transmission Summit 2005
March 7-9, 2005 - Westin Embassy Row - Washington, DC
Early Bird Rate Expires February 7!

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Now in its seventh year, the Transmission Summit has established itself as the premier networking event for transmission CEOs, Presidents and other senior executives. Each year, these strategic leaders meet in Washington to address the changing strategic, regulatory, investment and technology issues facing the industry and explore the solutions that will shape the future of the industry and affect the decision-making and fortunes of transmission businesses and organizations. This year's theme is "Building the Grid of the Future" and the Summit will feature three outstanding events:

• Transmission Executive Forum: March 7, 2005

• The Future of the Grid: March 8-9, 2005

• New Transmission Technology Symposium: March 9, 2005

Transmission Executive Forum: Spurring Transmission Investment -  Mar. 7

Keynote Address - FERC'S Policies To Encourage Transmission Investment, Joseph T. Kelliher, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Panel Discussions!

Panel 1      STATE PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT

Panel 2      INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND INVESTMENTS

Panel 3      PUBLIC POWER PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT

Panel 4      INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION OWNERS' PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT AND THE FUTURE OF MERCHANT TRANSMISSION

Panel 5      FINANCING TRANSMISSION: WALL STREET AND PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTOR PERSPECTIVES

Future of the Grid - An Interactive Summit, Mar. 8-9

Keynote Address - AN UPDATE ON FERC TRANSMISSION POLICY, Nora Mead Brownell, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Featured Speaker: AN UPDATE ON NERC RELIABILITY STANDARDS, Gerry Cauley, Director of Standards, North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)

More Panel Discussions!

Panel 1      THE IMPACT OF NERC'S RELIABILITY STANDARDS

Panel 2      UPDATES FROM THE NATION'S RTOs

Panel 3      SEAMS ISSUES

Panel 4      STATE TRANSMISSION POLICIES AND REGULATION

Panel 5       ENABLING A GREEN GRID

Panel 6       THE FUTURE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

New Transition Technology Symposium - Mar. 9

(An Intensive Briefing on the State of the Art in New Transmission Technology)

Utilities are increasingly pressed between the need to increase throughput and reliability of their transmission system and the opposition of their customers to new right of ways and transmission infrastructure construction. The opposition to building new transmission comes from environmental concerns, health concerns around EMF issues, aesthetics and the scarcity of land for right of ways leading into urban centers where the need for electricity is growing at an increasingly rapid pace. These opposing pressures create an environment where new technology applications are gaining acceptance even among conservative utilities who have implemented tried and true transmission technologies over the last 100 years. This is good news as many of the new technologies have been proven in the field and can dramatically improve the performance of the grid. This intensive symposium will provide a comprehensive introduction to four of the most promising areas of new technology applications in the grid from the best-in-class technology companies. The four selected areas are:

• Power Electronic Applications for the Grid

• Super Conducting Technologies for the Grid

• Advances in Cable and Conductor Technologies

• Next Generation of Control and Communication Tools for the Grid

 Senior Executive Speakers From Leading Industry Firms

Laurie J. Oppel, Managing Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Joseph T. Kelliher, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Nora Mead Brownell, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Douglas Everett, Commissioner, Georgia Public Service Commission
Alan Schriber, Chairman, The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Laura Chappell, Commissioner, Michigan Public Service Commission
Randy McAdams, Principal, Scott, Madden & Associates
Charles W. Jenkins, VP, Transmission Grid Management, TXU Electric Delivery
Bernard M. Pasternack, P.E., Managing Director, Transmission Planning, AEP
Stanley F. Szwed, VP, Energy Delivery Policy, FirstEnergy Service Company
Lloyd Yates, Senior Vice President, Energy Delivery, Progress Energy
Adrienne Clair, Partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker
Dan Jones, Director of Market Policy and Planning, City Public Service (San Antonio)
Paul Malone, Regulatory & Contracts Manager, Nebraska Public Power District
James Shelter, Assistant General Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Chris Vlahoplus, Principal, Scott, Madden & Associates
Jose M. Delgado, President & CEO, American Transmission Company
Bob Mitchell, President & COO, Trans-Elect, Inc.
Masheed Rosenqvist, VP and Director of Transmission Strategy, National Grid/Grid America
Joseph L.Welch, President & CEO, International Transmission Company
Jonathan Schneider, Partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker
Jonathan Baliff, Director, Energy Group, Credit Suisse First Boston
Richard Klapow, Head of US Origination/Associate Dir., MacQuarie Corporate Finance (USA)
Jon Erik Larson, Managing Director, Trimaran Capital Partners
Gerry Cauley, Director of Standards, North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)
Stanley W. Widger, Jr., Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
Mark Bennett, Director of Policy, Electric Power Supply Association
Roberta S. Brown, Vice President, Transmission, Conectiv Power Delivery and Pepco
R. Scott Henry, Vice President, Energy Policy, Duke Power
Scott Moore, Vice President, Transmission Operations, American Electric Power (AEP)
Harvey Reiter, Partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker
Steven R. Herling, Vice President, Planning, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Carl Monroe, Senior VP, Operations &Chief Operating Officer, Southwest Power Pool
William J. Museler, President and CEO, New York ISO
Robert Daileader, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
Steve Greenleaf, Director of Regulatory Policy, California ISO
William H. Whitehead, GM, Transmission & Interconnection Planning, PJM
Richard M. Cogen, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
William M. Flynn, Chair, New York State Public Utility Commission
Diane Munns, Chairman, Iowa Utilities Board
Sharon M. Reishus, Commissioner, Maine Public Utilities Commission
Elizabeth W. Whittle, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
Robert E. Gramlich, Economic Advisor to Chairman Pat Wood III, FERC
Charlie Smith, Executive Director, Utility Wind Interest Group Director
Randall Swisher, Executive Director, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
Rana Mukerji, Vice President & General Manager, ABB Electric Systems Consulting
James Avery, Senior VP of Electric Transmission, San Diego Gas & Electric
Gilbert Bindewald, P.E., Program Mgr., U.S. DOE, Electric Transmission & Distribution
Chris Hickman, Director of Engineering and Technology, Public Service of New Mexico
John Howe, Vice President Electric Industry Affairs, American Superconductor
Michael Bahrman, Mgr., Marketing, HVDC & FACTS, ABB Electric Systems Consulting
John Howe, Vice President, Electric Industry Affairs, American Superconductor Inc.
Tracy Anderson, Senior Program Manager, 3M Composite Conductor Program
Le Tang, Ph.D., Vice President, ABB US Corporate Research Center

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