COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
P.O. BOX 3265, HARRISBURG, PA 17105-3265
IN REPLY PLEASE
REFER TO OUR FILE
M-00061984
Nov. 14, 2008
(updated)
Docket No. M-00061984
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:
Re:
Special En Banc Hearing on Alternative Energy,
Energy Conservation and Efficiency, and
Demand Side Response
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is providing notification that the public en banc
hearing originally scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, 2008, beginning at 9:30 a.m. will now begin at
8:30 a.m. in the Commonwealth Keystone Building in Harrisburg. The PUC also is releasing the final
agenda which is attached. Announced by the Secretarial Letter issued on October 29, 2008, this hearing was
originally scheduled for Thursday, November 13, 2008, at 12:30 p.m. The Commission will hold the public en
banc hearing to seek information from experts on alternative energy resources, as well as energy conservation
and efficiency, and demand side response (DSR) tools and programs to assist consumers. This hearing is a
continuation of the DSR investigation at Docket No. No. M-00061984, which was reopened in September
2006, and resulted in the compilation of a Working Group Report in June 2007.
Very truly yours,
James J. McNulty
Secretary
cc: Chairman’s Office
Vice Chairman’s Office
Commissioners’ Offices
Karen Oill Moury, Director of Operations
Veronica A. Smith, Chief Administrative Law Judge
David Salapa, Administrative Law Judge
Robert F. Wilson, Director, Fixed Utility Services
Paul Diskin, Manager, Energy, Fixed Utility Services
Mitchell A. Miller, Director, Bureau of Consumer Services
Bohdan R. Pankiw, Chief Counsel
Robert F. Young, Deputy Chief Counsel
Louise Fink Smith, Assistant Counsel
Wayne L. Williams, Director, Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning
June Perry, Director, Legislative Affairs
Tom Charles, Manager, Office of Communications
Docket No. M-00061984, Investigation of Conservation, Energy Efficiency
Activities, & DSR by Energy Utilities& Ratemaking Mechanisms to
Promote Such Efforts
PA Public Utility Commission
En Banc Hearing
Alternative Energy Resources, Conservation, Efficiency, DSR
November 19, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Keystone Building, Hearing Room 1
AGENDA
8:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Chairman James H. Cawley
Vice Chairman Tyrone J. Christy
Commissioner Robert F. Powelson
Commissioner Kim Pizzingrilli
Commissioner Wayne E. Gardner
8:45 a.m.
Panel One – Public Officials
Rep. Camille Bud George (D-Clearfield)
Chairman, House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee
Rep. David Kessler (D-Berks)
Acting Secretary John Hanger, Department of Environmental Protection
Questions from Commissioners
9:45 a.m.
Panel Two – Electric Utilities
Frank Jiruska, Director of Energy & Marketing Services, PECO Energy Co.
Nancy Krajovic, Major Commercial and Industrial Accounts Manager
Duquesne Light
Doug Krall, Manager, Regulatory Strategy, PPL Electric Utilities
John Paganie, Vice President of Energy Efficiency, FirstEnergy Cos.
Questions from Commissioners
10:45 a.m.
BREAK
11 a.m.
Panel Three – Natural Gas
Paul H. Raab, Principal, energytools llc
Ron Edelstein, Director of Regulatory and Government Relations, Gas
Technology Institute
Questions from Commissioners
11:30 p.m.
Panel Four – Electric Suppliers
Ritchie Hudson, Pennsylvania Chairman
Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA)
Chris Kalleher, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs
Direct Energy
Questions from Commissioners
12 p.m.
LUNCH BREAK
12:30 p.m.
Panel Five – DSR and Energy Efficiency Experts
Arthur Pearson, Director of Operations, The E Cubed Company LLC
On behalf of Joint Supporters
Donald D. Gilligan, President, National Association of Energy Service
Companies
Greg Thomas, President, Performance System Developers
Edward V. Johnstonbaugh, Extension Educator, Renewable Energy, Penn
State University, Westmoreland County Cooperative Extension
Tom Casey, President and CEO, Current Group LLC
Robert Chiste, Chairman and CEO, Comverge Inc.
Carolyn Pengidore, President/CEO, ClearChoice Energy
Tom Rutigliano, Program Manager, Mid-Atlantic Region, CPower Inc.
Ed Gray, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Elster Integrated Solutions
George Uram, Vice President of Industry & Regulatory Marketing
Sensus Metering Systems
Glenn Garland, President, CLEAResult Consulting Inc.
Jeremy Kirsch, Vice President, Client Solutions, Positive Energy Inc.
Helen E. Perrine, Executive Director, Affordable Comfort Inc.
Doug Bloom, CEO, RealWinWin Inc.
Clif Payne, Executive Vice President, CMC Energy Services
Questions from Commissioners
2:30 p.m.
BREAK
2:45 p.m.
Panel Six – Consumers
Pamela C. Polacek, Counsel, McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
On behalf of Industrial Energy Consumers of Pennsylvania (IECPA)
William Lloyd Jr., State Small Business Advocate
Sonny Popowsky, State Consumer Advocate
Scott H. DeBroff, Chair, Energy & Telecommunications Practice Group,
Rhoads & Sinon, on behalf of Wal-Mart Stores
Questions from Commissioners
3:45 p.m.
Panel Seven – Environmental and Advocacy Groups
Courtney Lane, Policy Analyst, Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
(PennFuture)
Justina Wasicek, Co-Chair, State Energy Issue Committee
PA Chapter of the Sierra Club
Roger Clark, Manager for Technology and Policy, The Reinvestment Fund
Liz Robinson, Executive Director, Energy Coordinating Agency
4:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks