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 7:30 a.m.         Registration – Plaza Ballroom ABC Foyer 

 8:00 a.m.         Breakfast – Plaza Ballroom ABC 

 8:45 a.m.         Welcome – Plaza Ballroom ABC

                        D. Rico Munn, Executive Director
                        Department of Regulatory Agencies

  9:00 a.m.         Leading Colorado Forward – Plaza Ballroom ABC

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.                    

 9:30 a.m.         A View from Washington D.C. – Plaza Ballroom ABC

                        Dr. Susan Tierney, Managing Principal
                        Analysis Group; Member of the National Commission
                        On Energy Policy and Co-Chair of the Department of Energy Agency Review Team

 10:00 a.m.        Networking Break

 10:30 a.m.        Break-Out Sessions

            The Next Generation of Renewables—Plaza Ballroom F

Speakers:

Dr. Dan Arvizu           Director and Chief Executive
                                     U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

                        Ellen Petrill               Director of Public/Private Partnerships
                                                            Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

                        Andrew Weissman     Senior Managing Director
                                                            Energy Business Watch                        

           Frank Prager              Vice President of Environmental Policy
                                                 Xcel Energy

                        Moderator:                   PUC Commissioner Matt Baker

            Transmission Siting:  Whose Decision is It? – Plaza Ballroom DE

                        Speakers:

                        Marc Spitzer               Commissioner
                                                            Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

                        William Burnidge      Northeast Colorado Project Director
                                                            The Nature Conservancy

                        Dan Hodges                Executive Director
                                                            Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities

                        Matt Heimerich          Commissioner
                                                            Crowley County

                        Moderator:                   PUC Commissioner Jim Tarpey

Noon:               Lunch – Plaza Ballroom ABC

 12:30 p.m.        “Lighting the Way:  Understanding the Smart Energy Consumer”

                        Speaker:           Michael Valocchi, Vice President Global Energy Strategies
                                                IBM

  1:30 p.m.         Break-Out Sessions

               The Mind of the Consumer:  An Interactive Exercise – Plaza Ballroom DE

                        Facilitators:       Drew O’Connor and Bill Fulton
                                                Colorado Civic Canopy

                        Moderator:       The Consumer Counsel Bill Levis

                 Is Baseload an Outdated Concept? – Plaza Ballroom F

                         Speakers:

                        Jackie Sargent           Generation Dispatch & Power Marketing Director
                                                            Black Hills Energy

                        Marc Peterson            Western USA Power & Water Sales Manager
                                                            GE Energy

                        Stephen Doig             Energy & Resources Vice President
                                                            Rocky Mountain Institute

                        Mac McLennan          Senior Vice President, External Affairs
                                                            Tri-State Generation and Transmission       

                        Moderator:                   Former PUC Commissioner Polly Page

 3:00 p.m.          Networking Break

 3:20 p.m.          A Vision for the Future –Plaza Ballroom ABC

Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary for Energy for the U.S. Department of Energy      

4:15 p.m.          Conference Ends