OCTOBER 19-21 • RMEL.ORG/FALL

KEYNOTE SPEAKER JOHN ELLIS • CEO PANEL

8 GENERAL SESSIONS • DISASTER RESPONSE ROUNDTABLE

RMEL AWARDS • RMEL FOUNDATION AUCTION + MORE

FINDING SOLUTIONS TO TOMORROW’S CHALLENGES

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Tuesday, OCTOBeR 19, 2021

9:00-9:15 a.m. MDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks Paul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President & Chief Grid Optimization and Resiliency Officer, CPS Energy, Presiding

9:15-10:30 a.m. MDT

KEYNOTE: SEEING AROUND THE CORNER – A VIEW OF WHAT’S TO COMEJOHN ELLIS, TECHNOLOGy AND FUTURIST KEyNOTE SpEAKER, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, SOFTWARE ExpERT, AND FORMER GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIST WITH FORD MOTOR COMpANySPONSORED BY: BLACK & VEATCH

10:45-11:30 a.m. MDTCost-effective Resiliency-as-a-service: a Critical Facility Microgrid Case study at salt River Project Dan Sowder Co-Founder and Principal, Sound Grid Partners Tess Williams, Co-Founder and Principal, Sound Grid Partners

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. MDT

Tapping Into your untapped Resource: unconscious BiasRegina Lewis, Ph.D., ReginaSpeaking, LLC

1:00-1:45 p.m. MDTHow Crypto Mining Operations and utilities WIN TogetherDave Perrill, CEO, Compute NorthNicole Sedlacek, CEcD, Economic Development Manager, Nebraska Public Power District

2:00-2:45 p.m. MDT Renewable Policy and the Implication to energy MarketsEva Liu, Manager, Market Analysis, NextEra Energy Resources

2:45-3:00 p.m. MDT 2021 RMeL service awards announcements

3:00 p.m. MDT Closing CommentsPaul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President & Chief Grid Optimization and Resiliency Officer, CPS Energy

WedNesday, OCTOBeR 20, 2021 WILL FeaTuRe a dIsasTeR ResPONse ROuNdTaBLe aNd TeCH. sHOWCases

9:00-10:30 a.m. MDT

Roundtable: emergency Response….it is not IF, it is WHeN Ruth Marks, VP, Transmission Maintenance, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association; Art Wiese, VP Energy Delivery, Nebraska Public Power District; John Bowerfind, COO, Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association; Moderated by Ken Wilmot, Sr. VP and Chief Operations Officer, Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.

THuRsday, OCTOBeR 21, 2021

9:00-9:30 a.m. MDT Welcome Back & Passing of the Gavel Paul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President & Chief Grid Optimization and Resiliency Officer, CPS EnergyNeal Walker, 2021-2022 RMEL President & President, Texas New Mexico Power

RMeL annual Business Meeting

9:30-10:30 a.m. MDTCEO PANELMODERATED By NEAL WALKER, pRESIDENT, TExAS NEW MExICO pOWERpANELIST: TRACEy LEBEAU, ADMINISTRATOR AND CEO, WESTERN AREA pOWER ADMINISTRATIONpANELIST: ARAM BENyAMIN, CEO, COLORADO SpRINGS UTILITIES pANELIST: BARBARA SUGG, pRESIDENT & CEO, SOUTHWEST pOWER pOOLpANELIST: GARy HOOGEvEEN, pRESIDENT AND CEO, ROCKy MOUNTAIN pOWER SPONSORED BY POWER ENGINEERS, INC.

10:45-11:30 a.m. MDT Grid security – Physical & Cyber Daniel Marvin, Director, Cyber Security, Berkshire Hathaway Energy

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MDT

What the Heck is Going On: a Guide to the Climate debate in WashingtonPhil Musser, VP, Federal Government Affairs, NextEra Energy Resources

12:45-1:45 p.m. MDT anirban Basu and the Chamber of dataAnirban Basu, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group, Inc.

2:00-2:45 p.m. MDT Powering decarbonization: strategies for Net-Zero CO2 emissionsGeoffrey J. Blanford, Ph.D., Senior Technical Executive, EPRI

2:45 p.m. MDT RMeL Foundation update & auction Results Barry Ingold, Sr. VP, Generation, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association

Closing Comments Neal Walker, 2021-2022 RMEL President & President, Texas New Mexico Power

AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE *Topics and presentersare subject to change.

Tuesday, OCTOBeR 19, 2021

9:00-9:15 a.m. MDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks Paul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President & Chief Grid Optimization and Resiliency Officer, CPS Energy, Presiding

9:15-10:30 a.m. MDT

KEYNOTE: SEEING AROUND THE CORNER – A VIEW OF WHAT’S TO COMEJOHN ELLIS, TECHNOLOGy AND FUTURIST KEyNOTE SpEAKER, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, SOFTWARE ExpERT, AND FORMER GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIST WITH FORD MOTOR COMpANySPONSORED BY: BLACK & VEATCH

10:45-11:30 a.m. MDTCost-effective Resiliency-as-a-service: a Critical Facility Microgrid Case study at salt River Project Dan Sowder Co-Founder and Principal, Sound Grid Partners Tess Williams, Co-Founder and Principal, Sound Grid Partners

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. MDT

Tapping Into your untapped Resource: unconscious BiasRegina Lewis, Ph.D., ReginaSpeaking, LLC

1:00-1:45 p.m. MDTHow Crypto Mining Operations and utilities WIN TogetherDave Perrill, CEO, Compute NorthNicole Sedlacek, CEcD, Economic Development Manager, Nebraska Public Power District

2:00-2:45 p.m. MDT Renewable Policy and the Implication to energy MarketsEva Liu, Manager, Market Analysis, NextEra Energy Resources

2:45-3:00 p.m. MDT 2021 RMeL service awards announcements

3:00 p.m. MDT Closing CommentsPaul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President & Chief Grid Optimization and Resiliency Officer, CPS Energy

WedNesday, OCTOBeR 20, 2021 WILL FeaTuRe a dIsasTeR ResPONse ROuNdTaBLe aNd TeCH. sHOWCases

9:00-10:30 a.m. MDT

Roundtable: emergency Response….it is not IF, it is WHeN Ruth Marks, VP, Transmission Maintenance, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association; Art Wiese, VP Energy Delivery, Nebraska Public Power District; John Bowerfind, COO, Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association; Moderated by Ken Wilmot, Sr. VP and Chief Operations Officer, Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.

THuRsday, OCTOBeR 21, 2021

9:00-9:30 a.m. MDT Welcome Back & Passing of the Gavel Paul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President & Chief Grid Optimization and Resiliency Officer, CPS EnergyNeal Walker, 2021-2022 RMEL President & President, Texas New Mexico Power

RMeL annual Business Meeting

9:30-10:30 a.m. MDTCEO PANELMODERATED By NEAL WALKER, pRESIDENT, TExAS NEW MExICO pOWERpANELIST: TRACEy LEBEAU, ADMINISTRATOR AND CEO, WESTERN AREA pOWER ADMINISTRATIONpANELIST: ARAM BENyAMIN, CEO, COLORADO SpRINGS UTILITIES pANELIST: BARBARA SUGG, pRESIDENT & CEO, SOUTHWEST pOWER pOOLpANELIST: GARy HOOGEvEEN, pRESIDENT AND CEO, ROCKy MOUNTAIN pOWER SPONSORED BY POWER ENGINEERS, INC.

10:45-11:30 a.m. MDT Grid security – Physical & Cyber Daniel Marvin, Director, Cyber Security, Berkshire Hathaway Energy

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MDT

What the Heck is Going On: a Guide to the Climate debate in WashingtonPhil Musser, VP, Federal Government Affairs, NextEra Energy Resources

12:45-1:45 p.m. MDT anirban Basu and the Chamber of dataAnirban Basu, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group, Inc.

2:00-2:45 p.m. MDT Powering decarbonization: strategies for Net-Zero CO2 emissionsGeoffrey J. Blanford, Ph.D., Senior Technical Executive, EPRI

2:45 p.m. MDT RMeL Foundation update & auction Results Barry Ingold, Sr. VP, Generation, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association

Closing Comments Neal Walker, 2021-2022 RMEL President & President, Texas New Mexico Power

*Topics and presentersare subject to change.

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POWER Engineers, Inc.

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Wilson & Company, Engineers & Architects

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TuESDAy, oCToBEr 19, 20219:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. MDTWELCOME/OPENING REMARKSPaul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President & Chief Grid Op-timization and Resiliency Officer, CPS Energy

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. MDTKEYNOTE: SEEING AROUND THE CORNER – A VIEW OF WHAT’S TO COMEJohn Ellis, Technology and Futurist Keynote Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Software Expert, and Former Global Tech-nologist with Ford Motor CompanySponsored by Black & Veatch

John Ellis is a top technology and futurist keynote speaker, best-selling author, and expert in new and emerging transporta-tion technology. His work in the field in-spired the book The Zero Dollar Car: How the Revolution in Big Data will Change Your Life, a #1 Amazon Best Seller (Auto Industry Book). For the past 25 years, he has been the managing director of the industry consulting firm JTE Consulting.

John speaks around the world about how data—from cars and all kinds of devices—

will transform industries, business models, and our lives. As a former executive at Motorola and Global Technologist at Ford Motor Company, he led or participated in teams that built many of the innovations we see today in con-nected vehicles on the ground and in the air. Since then he has helped businesses and organizations understand how technology is affecting the way they operate now and into the future.

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.BREAK

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.COST-EFFECTIVE RESILIENCY-AS-A-SERVICE: A CRITICAL FACILITY MICROGRID CASE STUDY AT SALT RIVER PROJECTDan Sowder Co-Founder and Principal, Sound Grid PartnersTess Williams, Co-Founder and Principal, Sound Grid Part-nersMicrogrid technologies offer new ways for utilities and custom-ers with high resiliency needs to enhance critical facility resilience while supporting the grid for the benefit of all utility customers. This presentation will describe how Salt River Project, with the support of Sound Grid Partners, analyzed how solar and energy storage could provide resiliency for a critical facility campus while also providing grid support services. The critical facility in this case study is a military base taking steps towards compliance with Department of Defense directives for energy resiliency. Performed collaboratively with the critical facility military base campus, this work resulted in a microgrid design and business model that en-ables the base to meet resiliency requirements with the support of SRP through an innovative resiliency-as-a-service business model. Distributed energy resources and electrical equipment are owned and operated by SRP, which can do so

efficiently and cost-effectively, while the base enjoys cost-effec-tive enhanced resiliency in a model that enables it to focus on its core mission.

The presentation will describe:1. The technical analysis used to optimize asset sizing and configuration2. How grid support services were identified and quantified3. The innovative commercial models that were identified to provide resiliency as a service while being fair to all utility customers4. Lessons learned from the collaborative design process5. Lessons learned are applicable to other military installations and to any customer with enhanced resiliency requirements, such as those with public safety missions or high-value industrial processes.

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.BREAK

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.TAPPING INTO YOUR UNTAPPED RESOURCE: UNCONSCIOUS BIASRegina Lewis, Ph.D., ReginaSpeaking, LLCDid you know that our unconscious bias can be a resource? Our society is changing, and we must find new and innovative ways to keep up with the demands of our industry. Join Dr. Regina Lewis as she facilitates a one-hour discussion of how to operate between our cultural mindset and a cultural mind shift through understand-ing how to navigate the impact of our unconscious bias. 12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.BREAK

1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.HOW CRYPTO MINING OPERATIONS AND UTILITIES WIN TOGETHERDave Perrill, CEO, Compute NorthNicole Sedlacek, CEcD, Economic Development Manager, Nebraska Public Power DistrictThis session will explore how a crypto mining company and utility have worked together for a win-win scenario for all.

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.BREAK

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.RENEWABLE POLICY AND THE IMPLICATION TO ENERGY MARKETS Eva Liu, Manager, Market Analysis, NextEra Energy ResourcesEarlier this year, the Biden administration set goals to reduce the U.S. carbon emission by 50% by 2030 and completely decarbonize the grid by 2035. To achieve these goals, the federal government is currently in negotiation to extend and expand incentives to renewable energy. This session will review the possible policy outcomes and how it could impact and redefine the U.S. power markets.

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.2021 RMEL SERVICE AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS

3:00 p.m.CLOSING COMMENTSPaul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President & Chief Grid Op-timization and Resiliency Officer, CPS Energy

CoNVENTioN AGENDA CoNGrATuLATioNS 2021 AWArD WiNNErS

Distinguished Leadership Award Tom Kent, President & Chief Executive Officer, Nebraska Public Power DistrictTom Kent was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer, NPPD, in May 2020. Tom joined the District in May 1990 as Environmental Qualification Coordina-tor at Cooper Nuclear Station. He also has held the positions of Retail District Manager, Retail Regional Manager, Retail

Customer Care Manager, Chief Information Officer, Cor-porate Planning and Risk Manager, and Transmission and Distribution Manager. He was appointed a Vice President in May 2011, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operat-ing Officer in January 2020. Tom is a veteran of the United States Navy. Tom served on RMEL’s Board of Directors from 2011 to 2020 and was RMEL’s President in 2018. During his presidency, he led a major market research project for the association that set the course for RMEL and put the association in a very strong position to withstand the CO-VID-19 pandemic. Among other things, Tom’s work helped RMEL to seamlessly transition to a virtual and now a hybrid education model. He is very active in the industry and his community.

Honorary Life MembershipDoug Bennion, Retired, PacifiCorpIn April 2021, Bennion retired from Rocky Mountain Power a Division of PacifiCorp after 43 years. Bennion had worked in the energy industry since 1978, starting as a Student Engineer. As an Electrical Engineer, he started his career by plan-ning, designing, trouble shooting and operating the power grid. With Rocky Mountain Power, he has held senior management positions in distribution systems engineering, transmission systems planning, and was the Director for his company’s sponsor-ship of the Salt Lake 2002 XIX Olympic Winter Games. Bennion served on the RMEL Board of Directors for more than 10 years, and he also was a past Board Member of the Utah Safety Council, Utah Energy Infrastructure Authority, Intermountain Electrical Association, and was an Advisory Board Member of University of Utah Department of Electri-cal and Computer Engineering.

Industry Leadership AwardKeith Carman, Vice President, Transmis-sion Operations, Tri-State Generation & Transmission AssociationKeith Carman is the Vice President of Transmission Operations for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Associa-tion. Keith enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the New Mexico National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserves before retir-

ing after 23 years of service at the rank of Major. Keith be-gan his electric utility career with Public Service Company of Colorado as a Distribution Engineer and served Public Service Company of Colorado, now known as Xcel Energy. In 2007, Keith joined Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association.

Industry Leadership AwardNicholas Peters, Manager, Operating Engineering Group, Colorado Springs UtilitiesNick Peters is the Manager of the Operating Engineering Group at Colorado Springs Utilities. The Oper-ating Engineering Group is a techni-cal service group and is comprised of engineers, engineer support staff, and Equipment Condition Specialists. Nick has been in the energy industry for 20 years. His experience includes Demand Side Management, Project and Construction Management, performance testing of generation units and plant engineering and operational support. Nick Graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering degree and is a registered Professional Engineer.

Industry Leadership Award Angela Piner, Vice President, HDR, Inc.A Vice President for HDR, Angela Piner drives the North Central Region power program, collaboratively grows the global renewables program, and man-ages client development across a broad range of utilities, cooperatives, and other energy companies. Her 19-year career has focused on developing pow-

er projects throughout North America. Her enthusiasm for power and energy has driven her to participate in and lead several transmission and renewables industry firsts. She is utmost a relationship-builder and connects clients with the people best able to meet their needs and solve ever-evolving challenges. Angela is the Chair of RMEL’s Transmission Committeee.

Industry Leadership Award John Quintana, Supervisory Electrical Engineer, Western Area Power AdministrationJohn Quintana is a supervisory electrical engineer at Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) in the Headquarters office in Lakewood, CO. Serving as WAPA’s Transmission Asset Maintenance Manager, John’s main du-ties include oversight of WAPA’s maintenance program and policies, craft apprenticeship standards, project man-agement, labor issues, special studies addressing power system maintenance issues, craft safety, and maintenance equipment data standards. John began his career at WAPA over 30 years ago. John is the former Chair of RMEL’s Transmission Committee.

CoNGrATuLATioNS 2021 AWArD WiNNErS

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WEDNESDAy, oCToBEr 20, 20219:00-10:30 a.m. ROUNDTABLE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE….IT IS NOT IF, IT IS WHENRuth Marks, VP, Transmission Maintenance, Tri-State Generation & Transmission AssociationArt Wiese, VP Energy Delivery, Nebraska Public Power DistrictJohn Bowerfind, COO, Poudre Valley Rural Electric AssociationRaging wildfires, winter storms, flooding, hurricanes and tornadoes have challenged our ability to maintain a resilient and reliable system. Over the past few years, many of our member companies have experienced a variety of these unprecedented, unplanned threats. We’ll hear from three utilities on how they faced the challenges. You are invited to join in on the conversation and participate in a discussion on how we can best prepare and respond to such events.

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASES

panelist: Tracey LeBeau, Administrator and CEO, Western Area power Administra-tionTracey A. LeBeau is the Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Western Area Power Administration, a position she has held since August 2021. In this role, LeBeau leads one of Department of Energy’s four federal utilities. WAPA markets and delivers low-cost federal hy-dropower from 57 hydroelectric plants to nearly

700 wholesale customers across its 15-state, 1.4 million-square-mile footprint. LeBeau has more than 20 years of experience in manage-ment, energy development, public-private partnerships, business and organizational start-ups and reorganizations, utility business operations, federal policy and energy finance. She has served in executive capaci-ties for numerous energy businesses, including an interstate pipeline, wind development and investment company, energy trading business and other energy development companies.

panelist: Aram Benyamin, CEO, Colorado Springs Utilities Aram was sworn in as Chief Executive Officer of Colorado Springs Utilities Oct. 2, 2018. He joined the organization in 2015 as the general manager of energy supply. Prior to Springs Utilities, Aram was the Senior Assistant General Manager, serv-ing as head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s power system. Aram is a Professional Engineer with a bachelor of science degree in engineering from California State University, Los Angeles. He also has a master’s degree in business administration from the Univer-sity of La Verne and a master’s degree in public administration from California State University, Northridge.

panelist: Barbara Sugg, president & CEO, Southwest power poolBarbara Sugg joined Southwest Power Pool in 1997 and has more than 10 years of execu-tive leadership in the electric utility industry. As President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2020, she leads SPP’s ongoing efforts to work together to responsibly and economically keep the lights on, today and in the future. Prior to this position, Sugg served SPP as senior vice

president of IT and chief security officer, leading complex technol-ogy initiatives while protecting SPP from cyber risk. She has 35 years of IT experience, working her way up from software develop-ment to the executive level. In 2018, Sugg became a certified execu-tive coach and founded the Leadership Foundation for Women, a nonprofit focused on equipping women for success, based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

panelist: Gary Hoogeveen, presidentand CEO, Rocky Mountain powerGary Hoogeveen is President and Chief Ex-ecutiveOfficer of Rocky Mountain Power. He is re-sponsible for the company’s transmission and distribution operations, customer service, regulatory and legislative affairs in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Hoogeveen is addition-ally responsible for PacifiCorp’s coal fueling and mining operations as well as all natural gas fired, coal fired, and geothermal generation operations. Prior to his current position Hoogeveen served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Rocky Moun-tain Power and President and Chief Executive Officer of Kern River Gas Transmission company for four years.

ThurSDAy, oCToBEr 21, 20219:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. MDTWELCOME BACK & PASSING OF THE GAVELPaul Barham, 2020-2021 RMEL President, Chief Grid Optimization and Resiliency Officer, CPS EnergyNeal Walker, 2021-2022 RMEL President & President, Texas New Mexico Power

RMEL BUSINESS MEETING

Moderated by Neal Walker, President, Texas New Mexico Power

Thursday, October 219:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. MDTCEO PANELSponsored by POWER Engineers, Inc.

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.BREAK

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.GRID SECURITY: KEY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH PACIFICORPDaniel Marvin, Director, Cyber Security, Berkshire Ha-thaway EnergyCyber security concerns are multiplying. Government regula-tory focus on all areas of critical infrastructure is rising. Ran-somware threats and information breaches are headlines in general media and a new fact of life for business. A successful industry response must address the following questions:1. Do we have executive ownership and support for security?2. Is security an “us” issue, involving the entire company? 3. Do we prepare like it matters?4. Is our virtual and physical perimeter secure? 5. Can our systems be hacked?6. How resilient are we in the event of attack?7. How prepared are we to respond to an incident? 8. Are we keeping up with changing threatscape?

In this presentation we will consider each of the above ques-tions and how Berkshire Hathaway Energy and PacifiCorp have responded.

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.BREAK

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON: A GUIDE TO THE CLIMATE DEBATE IN WASHINGTONPhil Musser, VP, Federal Government Affairs, NextEra Energy Resources Mr. Musser will provide an overview of clean energy provisions in the reconciliation bill and discuss possible scenarios and outcomes to look for over the next two months.

12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.BREAK

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.ANIRBAN BASU AND THE CHAMBER OF DATAAnirban Basu, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group, Inc. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Is it coming from an oncoming train? This presentation supplies economic data and analysis juxtaposing the pre-pandemic and pandemic world, and then supplies a forecast for the post-pandemic one. Among the areas of focus are labor markets, financial markets, real estate, construction, consumer spending, business investment, international trade and government finances. Anirban Basu is Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm in Baltimore. In 2014, Maryland governor Larry Hogan appointed him Chair of the Maryland Economic Development Commission. Anirban also serves as the chief economist to Associated Builders and Contractors and as chief economic adviser to the Construction Financial Management Association. In 2007 and then again in 2016, Mr. Basu was selected by the Daily Record newspaper as one of Maryland’s 50 most influential people. The Baltimore Business Journal named him one of the region’s 20 most powerful business leaders in 2010. He holds four graduate degrees, including a JD and a PhD.

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.BREAK

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.POWERING DECARBONIzATION: STRATEGIES FOR NET-zERO CO2 EMISSIONSGeoffrey J. Blanford, Ph.D., Senior Technical Executive, EPRIThis talk will explore scenarios for achieving net-zero emissions targets in the U.S. electric sector in the context of deep economy-wide decarbonization, considering the implications of how the target is defined, the timing of the target, the costs of the transfor-mation, and interactions with the end-use sectors.

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.RMEL FOUNDATION UPDATE & AUCTION RESULTSBarry Ingold, Sr. VP, Generation, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association

CLOSING COMMENTSNeal Walker, 2021-2022 RMEL President & President, Texas New Mexico Power