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Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc.
NYS Energy and the Environment Showcase & Spring Conference
May 5 & 6, 2015
The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center / Albany, New York

Contact

Vanessa LaClair, CMP 
Director of Events & Operations Management
Independent Power Producers of New York 
vanessa@ippny.org
(518) 436-3749

When

Tuesday, May 5, 2015
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
7:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Registration / Fees

Early Conference Registration
(On or before April 20, 2015)
IPPNY Members $415; Non-Members $465*

At the Door
(and after April 20, 2015)
IPPNY Members $465; Non-Members $530*

Registration will not be processed without payment. No registration refunds will be given after April 20, 2015.  All cancellations prior to April 20, 2015 are subject to a $50 per person processing fee.  *Registration fee includes the conference materials, breakfast & lunch.

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Where

The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center 
660 Albany Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12211
 

 
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HOTEL RESERVATIONS
All exhibitors and attendees will be responsible for making their own hotel and travel reservations. To make hotel reservations, contact Desmond Hotel* at 518-869-8100 and let reservations know that you are booking in the Independent Power Producers of New York room block for our Spring Conference or refer to Group ID #1294PG.

Guest rooms are available for $139 per night until the reservations deadline date of Monday, April 20, 2015 or until rooms are sold out.

Self parking in hotel parking lot for is complimentary for overnight guests and event attendees. Complimentary transportation to and from the Albany International Airport (ALB) is available.  High Speed internet access will be available throughout the entire hotel.  

Energy in the 21st Century: 
Commemorating 15 Years of Competitive Market Transition  

Our spring conference regularly attracts well over 100 energy industry executives, policy makers and members of the financial and legal communities.

New York is celebrating its 15th year of restructured energy markets. In recognition of this milestone, this year's conference will feature a panel of former FERC Chairs and Commissioners to discuss the evolution of energy markets over the past two decades and the challenges FERC faced during those times.

IPPNY is fortunate to have confirmed speakers in former FERC Chair Pat Wood, III and former FERC Commissioners Nora Mead Brownell, Suedeen Kelly, and William Massey, as well as former New York State Public Service Commission Chairman William Flynn as moderator.

The spring conference will also feature updates from the Assembly and Senate Energy Chairs as well as a panel discussion on power plant and cyber security!

Talk 1300 AM
Live Radio Broadcast - On Location! 
Wednesday, May 6 @ 6:00 to 11:00 AM

AGENDA*
Please note that the agenda set forth below is subject to change. 

Tuesday, May 5

12:00 to 5:00 PM
IPPNY Board Meeting (Members Only)

5:30 to 7:30 PM
Reception and Exhibitor Showcase

8:00 to 10:00 PM
Hospitality Suite (Members Only)

Wednesday, May 6

7:00 to 8:30 AM 
Registration & Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:30 to 8:45 
Welcome & Opening Remarks
John Reese, Senior Vice President
US Power Generating Company
Chairman, IPPNY Board of Directors

8:45 to 9:30 
NYS Legislative Update
Hon. Amy Paulin, Member of Assembly and Chair
NYS Assembly Committee on Energy

Hon. Joseph Griffo, Senator and Chair 
NYS Senate Committee on Energy and Telecommunications

9:30 to 10:00 
NYS and Federal Regulatory Update
David Johnson, Partner
Read & Laniado, LLP

10:00 to 10:45 
Coffee Break with Exhibitors

10:45 to 12:15 PM
From Regulation to Competition: 
A Power Walk Through History with Energy Champions

Moderator: 
William M. Flynn, Partner
Harris Beach, PLLC
NYS PSC Chair: 2003 - 2006

William Massey, Senior Counsel
Covington & Burling, LLP
FERC Commissioner: 1993 – 2003

Pat Wood, III
, Principal
Wood3 Resources
FERC Chair: 2001-2005

Nora Mead Brownell, Founding Partner
EPSY Energy Solutions, LLP
FERC Commissioner: 2001 - 2006

Suedeen G. Kelly, Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
FERC Commissioner: 2003 - 2009

12:15 to 1:45 
Lunch with Exhibitors

1:45 to 3:00
To Secure & Protect: 
Guarding Today’s Energy Assets

Moderator: 
William F. Flynn, Former, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection
US Department of Homeland Security

Matthew Dimmick, PSP
Director, Critical Infrastructure & Key Resources
MSA Security

Aimiee Ghosh, Associate
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Dr. Edward Goldberg, Manager of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Threat Assessment
Eversource Energy

3:00 to 4:00
The NYISO: Then and Now

Moderator
Maureen O. Helmer, Partner
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
NYS PSC Chair: 1996 - 2003

William Museler, Board Member
Ontario Electric System Operator & International Transmission Company
NYISO President & CEO: 1999 - 2005

Mark Lynch, President & CEO
NYSEG and RG&E
NYISO President & CEO: 2005 - 2008

Stephen Whitley, President & CEO
New York Independent System Operator
NYISO President & CEO: 2008 - Present

4:00 – 4:15 
Closing Remarks



Check our website for updates at www.ippny.org!