CLE Event: Impact of New EPA Regulations on Electric Utilities

The State Bar’s Energy & Telecommunications Law and Environmental Law Sections and the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute (WPUI) at UW-Madison are sponsoring a CLE event focusing on Proposed Federal Regulations and Their Potential Impacts on Wisconsin's Electric Utilities, Their Ratepayers, and Reliability.

Keynote speakers will include Susan Hedman, EPA’s Administrator in its District 5 Chicago office, and Ellen Nowak, recently-appointed as a Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

When: January 26, 2012, 7:30AM-12:45PM
Where: Fluno Center
CLEs: 4.5
Cost: $95 Fee includes all print materials, continental breakfast and buffet lunch, and underground parking pass.

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Draft Agenda

7:30 - 8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:10 Introductions and Overview of the Program

Keynote Speakers

8:10 - 8:40 Susan Hedman, Administrator, EPA Region V

• General discussion of EPA's proposed rules

8:40- 9:15 Ellen Nowak, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

• Potential implications for Wisconsin's electric utilities and their ratepayers

Background and Summary of Proposed Rules

9:15 - 10:00 Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) -- Todd Palmer, Michael Best & Friedrich

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 10:45 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for Power Plants (aka "Utility MACT") -- Marney Hoefer, Stafford Rosenbaum

10:45 - 11:15 Other EPA Rules and Regulatory Issues Affecting Utilities -- Holly Bressett, Sierra Club

• New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gases (GHG NSPS)
• National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
• Other proposals, including CWA 316(b) regulations on Cooling Water Intake Structures, and regulatory changes regarding Coal Combustion Residues

Panel Discussion

11:15 - 11:45 Stakeholder Perspectives: Panelist Presentations

• Industrial Ratepayers -- Todd Palmer, Michael Best and Friedrich
• Municipal Utilities -- Dan Ebert, WPPI Energy
• Environmental Interests -- Dave Bender, McGillivray Westerberg & Bender
• Investor-owned Utilities -- Brian Potts, Foley & Lardner
• Residential Ratepayers -- Kira Loehr, Citizens Utility Board

11:45 - Noon Pick up lunch and return to room for panel discussion

12:00 - 12:45 Panel Discussion: Implications, Problems, Rule Challenges and Responses

12:45 Adjourn