Forty-Third Financial Forum Agenda

Thursday, April 14, 2011
7:45 - 8:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
SURFA Conference Registration - Salon TBD
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Wm. Reed Owens, CPA, FMA - President
Welcoming Remarks
PANEL 1

The Post-Recession
Environment: An
Industry Perspective

8:45 - 10:00 a.m.

Course Level: Intermediate


Moderator

Eric Ackerman, Dir., Alternative Regulation
Edison Electric Institute

Panelists Vincent Ammann, Vice Pres. & CFO
Washington Gas Light Company

Paul Hunt, Ph.D., Dir. of Reg. Fin. & Econ.
So. California Edison Company

William D. Rogers, VP & Treasurer
American Water Works Company

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. BREAK
PANEL 2

The Post-Recession
Environment: A
Regulatory
Perspective

10:15 a.m.- Noon

Course Level: Intermediate

Moderator

Rusty Maddox, CRRA
Virginia State Corporation Commission


Panelists Hon. John "Butch" Howard, Chair
South Carolina Public Service Commission


Hon. Larry S. Landis, Commissioner
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

Hon. Olan W. "Butch" Reeves, Commissioner
Arkansas Public Service Commission

Brenda K. Pennington, Esq., Int. People’s Counsel
Office of the People’s Counsel - DC

Paula M. Carmody, Esq., MD People’s Counsel
Maryland Office of People’s Counsel

LUNCH
Noon - 2:00 p.m.
Conference Center Salon TBD
PANEL 3

The Post-Recession
Environment: A Wall
Street Perspective

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Course Level: Intermediate

Moderator

Enrique Bacalao, CRRA, Assistant Treasurer
Alliant Energy Corporation


Panelists Scott Solomon, Vice President - Senior Analyst
Moody’s Investors Services

Scott MacDonald, Ph.D., Sr. Managing Dir.
Aladdin Capital Holdings LLC

Mary Beth Mandanas, Managing Director
Global-Banking - Power & Utilities, Citigroup

David E. Parker, Director - Equity Research
Robert W. Baird & Co.

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. COCKTAIL RECEPTION - Salon TBD


Friday, April 15, 2011
7:45 - 8:45 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - Salon TBD

PANEL 4

Utility Cost Recovery
Mechanisms
(Trackers 101)

8:45 - 10:15 a.m.

Course Level: Advanced


Moderator

Tommy Oliver, CRRA
Virginia State Corporation Commission


Panelists

Ken Costello, Principal, Nat'l Gas Research & Policy
National Regulatory Research Institute

Carlos Aldazabal, Director - Regulatory Affairs
TECO Energy Inc.

Stephen St. Marie, Advisor on Policy & Planning
California Public Utilities Commission

10:15 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK

PANEL 5

Impact of Cost
Recovery Mechanisms
on the Perception of
Public Utility Risk

10:30 - 12:00 p.m.

Course Level: Advanced


Moderator

Pauline M. Ahern, CRRA
AUS Consultants

Panelists Richard A. Michelfelder, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Finance
Rutgers Univ. School of Business / AUS Consultants

James Hempstead, Sr. V.P. - Power / Utilities - Americans
Moody’s Investors Services

Christine Hoover, Esq., Sr. Asst. Consumer Advocate
Pennsylvania Office of the Consumer Advocate



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