David Danner, Executive Director, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission

Join in this important discussion with the PUC and Legislative Energy Chairs as they address the question of how state and provincial regulatory agencies coordinate regionally to address the challenges of the regional grid system, including:

• cost of integration, balancing, firming, and capacity of renewables;
• how they make their decisions within the context of other regulatory decisions made throughout the region; and,
• obstacles they are concerned about or suggestions for new legislative solutions

Regional Energy Chairs

• Sen. Phil Rockefeller, Chair of Senate Environment, Water & Energy Committee, WA 
• Rep. John McCoy, Chair, WA Technology, Energy, and Telecommunications Committee
• Rep. George Eskridge, Co-Chair of House Interim Environment, Energy & Technology Committee, ID
• Hon. Mel Knight, Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, AB
• Rep. Craig Johnson, Co-Chair of House Resources Committee, AK
• Oregon - TBC