Energy Bar Association, Oct. 16-17, 2017
Pat McMurray is Editor-at-Large at Public Utilities Fortnightly.
PUF Editor-at-Large Pat McMurray attended this annual event, held this year on October 16-17 in Washington DC. The agenda was packed as usual, for this gathering at the Renaissance Hotel, with outstanding speakers on the most pressing energy issues and the role of the industry's legal community. EBA president Robert Weishaar, of McNees, Wallace & Nurick LLC, opened the conference.
Speakers included: Pacificorp's Stefan Bird, Dynegy's CEO Robert Flexon, LPPC president John DiStasio, NYSERDA CEO Alicia Barton, EPA deputy general counsel David Fotouhi, NARUC assistant general counsel Jennifer Murphy, MISO executive vice president Richard Doying, AEP executive vice president Charles Patton, FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee, Southern California Edison senior vice president Caroline Choi, FERC Commissioner Rob Powelson, and many others.