| Sunday 05/15/2016 | |||
 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Registration Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Opening Reception Ballroom West (Salle de bal ouest) | ||
| Monday 05/16/2016 | |||
| 7:00 am - 4:00 pm | Registration Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast Ballroom West (Salle de bal ouest) | ||
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Speakers' Breakfast Salon 6 & 7 | ||
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Opening Remarks Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Session 1: Keynote Address - Mr. Pierre Arcand, Québec Minister of Energy and Natural Resources: The New Québec Energy Policy 2030 Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Partner Program Briefing Salon 3 | ||
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Session 2: The Policies and Politics Around Climate Change Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Professor, Energy Sector Management, HEC Montréal Tyson Dyck, Partner, Tory’s LLP Andrew Leach, Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta Dale Beugin, Ecofiscal’s Research Director, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission | ||
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Keynote Speaker Luncheon Ballroom West (Salle de bal ouest) Eric Martel, CEO , Hydro-Québec | ||
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Session 3: Defining and Measuring Regulatory Excellence in a World of New Expectations Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: Scott Hempling, Attorney, Scott Hempling Attorney at Law LLC Cary Coglianese, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School Douglas Simpson, Director of Regulatory Affairs , Alberta’s Utilities Consumer Advocate Amanda Klein, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel, Toronto Hydro | ||
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Break Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Session 4: Electricity Storage – A Game-Changer for Utilities Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: Francis Bradley, Chief Operating Officer, Vice President, Policy Development, Canadian Electricity Association Janet Fraser, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Human Resources Officer, BC Hydro Nicolas Muszynski, Director, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. Adam White, CEO, Powerconsumer Inc. The traditional business model of electric utilities is ripe for change. Utilities have long provided electricity services to their customers through generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, under the basic premise that electricity cannot be stored. However, this business model may be changing as technologies develop to allow utilities and customers more options. In particular, electricity storage could significantly change the wires portion of a utility’s business, and expand customers’ options for off-grid solutions. This session will explore opportunities for electric utilities to evolve their traditional business model and for re-thinking the potential of service offerings. | ||
| Free Evening | ||
| Tuesday 05/17/2016 | |||
| 7:00 am - 4:00 pm | Registration Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Breakfast Ballroom West (Salle de bal ouest) | ||
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Speakers' Breakfast Salon 6 & 7 | ||
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Community Fund Breakfast Salon 1 | ||
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Session 5: Regulating in the Absence of Clear Public Policy - The Regulator's Dilemma Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: Dan McFadyen, Program Director, Extractive Resource Governance Program, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Sean Conway, Visiting Fellow, Ryerson Centre for Urban Energy, Ryerson University Scott Hempling, Attorney, Scott Hempling Attorney at Law LLC Richard Schultz, James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University The relationship between regulators and the governments which create them can be problematic. Regulators must often make decisions in the context of government policy which is unclear, contradictory or non-existent. In some instances, governments may look to regulators to make policy through their decisions. In other instances governments may be offended by activist regulators that are perceived to be making decisions which usurp government policy-making roles. From time to time, governments seek advice from regulators. This session will examine research and regulatory experience in managing the balance between regulation and policy where policy gaps exist. It will also address the challenges faced by regulators when broader public policy debates infiltrate the regulatory process. | ||
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Partner Program Briefing Salon 2 | ||
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Session 6: Rate of Return: Where the Regulatory Rubber Meets the Road Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: Willie Grieve, QC, Chair, CAMPUT and Chair, Alberta Utilities Commission James Coyne, Senior Vice President, Concentric Energy Advisors, Inc. Travis Kavulla, President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and Commissioner, Montana Public Service Commission Nicole Martin, Senior Director, Canadian Corporate Ratings, Standard and Poor's Rating Services The rate of return allowed by regulators is of fundamental interest to utilities because it determines return on investment, and to customers because it influences the price paid for utility services. Why do regulated rates of return vary across jurisdictions, and sometimes even within jurisdictions? Is it a matter of differing risk profiles of utilities, differing methodologies used by regulators, or perhaps differing regulatory philosophies? In this session, experts from Canada and the U.S. will discuss the approaches to determining the regulated rate of return in both countries, and lessons learned. | ||
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch Ballroom West (Salle de bal ouest) | ||
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Session 7: Customer Driven Change Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: Rosemarie Leclair, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Energy Board Vittoria Bellissimo, Executive Director, Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta Sophie Brochu, President and Chief Executive Officer, Gaz Métro Martine Hébert, Senior Vice-President, Canadian Federation of Independent Business The utility business is fundamentally changing. Changes in environmental regulations, customer interest in renewable energy and the need to take advantage of technological developments are requiring utilities, and their regulators, to reassess the customer relationship. Customers are focusing on energy because of environmental concerns and cost increases. Utilities must understand who their customers are, what they want, and what they are willing to pay both now and in the future and regulators must enable this evolution. This session will look at the changing role that customers play in the evolution of utility service and the opportunities and challenges presented to both regulators and utilities in response to this change. | ||
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Information on CAMPUT 2017 Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Break Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm | Session 8: Ensuring the Resiliency of the Grid Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: Judith Ferguson, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Nova Scotia Power Inc. Gerry Cauley, President and Chief Executive Officer, North American Electric Reliability Corporation Colette D. Honorable, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Byron Williams, Director, Public Interest Law Centre The apparent increase in extreme weather events suggests that the backbone of the electricity grid has to be strengthened, to be ready to deal with the 100-year event which may in fact be happening more frequently. This strengthening of the grid will inevitably lead to increasing costs. Who should pay for this, and over what period of time? What criteria should the regulator examine, in order to determine the public interest, and the extent to which such costs are prudent at any given time? | ||
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Reception Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Banquet Ballroom West (Salle de bal ouest) | ||
| Wednesday 05/18/2016 | |||
| 7:00 am - 11:00 am | Registration Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Breakfast Ballroom West (Salle de bal ouest) | ||
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Speakers' Breakfast Salon 6 | ||
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Session 9: Winds of Change, or Storm Clouds? Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: C. Peter Watson, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, National Energy Board Linda Coady, Chief Sustainability Officer, Enbridge Inc. Sharhzad Rahbar, President, Industrial Gas Users Association Jennifer Winter, Director, Energy and Environmental Policy and Assistant Professor of Economics, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary The 2008 economic crisis significantly affected the demand in Eastern Canada for natural gas originating from Western Canada. Moreover, the shale revolution, leading to the availability of cheap gas in the Eastern United States led to a natural shift in supply from sources closer to home. However, the pipeline network in the northeastern states does not allow for a complete shift in supply plans in the short term and will require new infrastructure assets. Finally, the need for gas in Asia has opened the door to the shipment of LNG from British Columbia, necessitating the construction of new pipelines through the Rockies. As with many new projects, public opposition is a serious issue. These transformations in the market and landscape of gas supply are relevant to the whole North American market. This panel will elaborate on these issues, and address where we might go from here. | ||
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break Foyer - Ballroom Centre and East (Foyer salle de bal centre et est) | ||
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Session 10: Demand Management - A Blessing or a Curse? Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) Moderator: Shawn McCarthy, Global Energy Reporter, The Globe and Mail Chris Neme, Principal, Energy Futures Group Daniel Richard, President, Hydro-Québec Distribution Nancy Rubin, Partner, Stewart McKelvey Many utilities have tried to influence demand, especially for electricity, through time-of-use pricing coupled with smart meters, peak-shaving and other approaches. There have been some successes, but also concerns that the price differential between high rate and medium or low rate is not enough to actually change customer habits, and that the cost of the new technologies is simply driving all rates upwards. Still others believe that a change in price between high and low rates sufficient to strongly influence demand would lead to, at best, a customer backlash, and at worst, departures from the grid. Finally, some feel that, if demand management is ultimately successful, a decrease in revenues associated with a demand decrease will threaten the bottom line of utilities and ultimately force utilities to raise prices for all, which again may hasten departures from the grid. This panel will address these risks, and provide the latest thinking on solutions. | ||
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Concluding Remarks Ballroom Centre and East (Salle de bal centre et est) | ||
