WIRES Events
Featured Events
WIRES Fall Member Meeting 2023
November 1-2, 2023
The Watergate Hotel, Washington, DC
Past Events
Member Meetings
WIRES Summer Member Meeting 2023
July 26-27, 2023
The Omni Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
WIRES Spring Member Meeting 2023
April 26-27, 2023
Mills House Hotel, Charleston, SC
WIRES Fall Member Meeting 2022
October 26-27, 2022
Willard Hotel, Washington DC
WIRES Summer Member Meeting 2022
July 27-28, 2022
Viking Hotel, Newport, RI
WIRES Spring Member Meeting 2022
April 27-28, 2022
Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, TN
WIRES Fall Member Meeting 2021
October 27-28, 2021
Willard Hotel, Washington DC
WIRES Summer Member Meeting 2021
July 29, 2021
WIRES Spring Member Meeting 2021
April 27, 2021
WIRES Fall Member Meeting
October 29, 2020
WIRES Summer Member Meeting
July 30, 2020
Tech Talks
WIRES Tech Talk – Terrestrial Photogrammetry for Line Ratings
September 20, 2023
Public Welcome
Webinars
August 2023 Webinar – 20th Anniversary of the Northeast Blackout
August 14, 2023
Public Welcome
September 2022 Webinar – FERC OEPI Office
September 29, 2022
Public Welcome
June 2022 Webinar – FERC Office of Public Participation
June 7, 2022
Public Welcome
June 2022 Webinar – FERC Environmental Justice & Equity
June 1, 2022
Public Welcome
May 2022 Webinar – Priorities for Improving Transmission Planning
May 4, 2022
November 2021 Webinar – Rep. Sean Casten
November 16, 2021
September 2021 Webinar – Janet Sena, Senior VP External Affairs at NERC
September 15, 2021
Public Welcome
August Webinar – The FERC ANOPR and What it Means for the Midwest
August 17, 2021
June Webinar – Matt Christiansen, FERC’s General Counsel
June 23, 2021
May Webinar – Rep. McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-05)
May 18, 2021
March Webinar – Introducing FERC’s New Chief of Staff Pamela Quinlan
March 30, 2021
February Webinar – Growing Federal-State Collaboration on Energy Issues
February 24, 2021
December Webinar – Electrification and the Grid
December 10, 2020
November Webinar – Impacts of the Election on Transmission Energy Policy
November 12, 2020
September Webinar – The Macro Grid Initiative: Can America still build big, beautiful things?
September 15, 2020
FERC 101 Webinar
August 19, 2020
EXPERT SPEAKERS
WIRES events feature leading voices in energy and transmission policy
(Please note, titles may have changed since presenting.)
FERC: Current/Past Commissioners, Staff
Hon. Norman C. Bay, Former FERC Chairman, Head of the Energy Regulatory and Enforcement Group, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP
Conrad Bolston, Senior Counsel for Environmental Justice and Equity, FERC
David Borden, Economist, FERC Policy Office, Team Leader Transmission NOPR
Matt Christiansen, FERC General Counsel
Hon. Mark Christie, FERC Commissioner
Tony Clark, Senior Adviser, Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP, Former FERC Commissioner
Hon. Allison Clements, FERC Commissioner
Montina Cole, Senior Counsel for Environmental Justice and Equity, FERC
Hon. James Danly, FERC Commissioner
Elin Swanson Katz, Director of the Office of Public Participation (OPP), FERC
Hon. Suedeen Kelly, Former FERC Commissioner, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP,
Hon. Richard Glick, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Jignasa Gadani, Director of the Office of Energy Policy and Innovation (OEPI), FERC
Hon. Joseph Kelliher, Former FERC Chairman, Former Executive VP, NextEra Energy
Tristan Kessler, Economist, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation (OEPI), FERC
Hon. Willie L. Phillips, Chairman, FERC
Pamela Quinlan, FERC Chief of Staff
Elizabeth Salerno, Lead, Transmission and Technology Initiatives, FERC
Eric Vandenberg, Deputy Director of the Office of Electric Reliability (OER), FERC
Hon. Marc Spitzer, Former FERC Commissioner, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP,
Members of Congress/Staff
Rep. Sean Casten, U.S. Congressman for the 6th District of Illinois
Sen. Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator for New Mexico
Pat McCormick, Special Counsel for the Minority on Senate ENR Committee
Sen. Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator for West Virginia
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, U.S. Congresswoman for the 5th District of Washington
Daniel Palken, Legislative Assistant for Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Sen. Hickenlooper
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator for Rhode Island
Department of Energy
Cynthia Bothwell, Ph.D, Grid Integration Engineer, Wind Energy Technology Office, DOE
Jay Caspary, Senior Consultant, DOE
Jeff Dennis, Deputy Director for Transmission Development, U.S. DOE Grid Deployment Office
Charles Kosak, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity, Department of Energy
Teja Kuruganti, Section Head – Advanced Computing Methods for Engineered Systems, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Liza Reed, Engagement, Outreach and Strategic Initiatives, U.S. DOE Grid Deployment Office
NERC
Jim Robb, President and CEO, NERC
Janet Sena, Senior VP External Affairs, NERC
RTOs/ISOs
Derek Bandera, Executive Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
Craig Glazer, Vice President, Federal Government Policy, PJM Interconnection
Sue Glatz, Director, Strategic Initiatives & Interregional Planning at PJM Interconnection, PJM
David Kelley, VP, Engineering, SPP
Antoine Lucas, VP of Engineering, Southwest Power Pool
Kenneth Seiler, Vice President, Planning, PJM
Kristin Swenson, Senior Advisor, Market Development, Market & Grid Strategy, Midwest ISO
Gordon van Welie, President, ISO New England
Scott Wright, Executive Director, Resource Adequacy and Resource Utilization, MISO
State Commissions/Experts
Judy Chang, Undersecretary of Energy, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Tricia DeBleeckere, Planning Director, Regulatory Analysis Division, Minnesota PUC
Jennifer Murphy, Director of Energy Policy and Senior Counsel, NARUC
Tony Niknejad, Policy Director, Office of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
Georges Sassine, Vice President, Large Scale Renewables, NYSERDA
Abe Silverman, General Counsel, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)
Hon. Jason M. Stanek, Chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission
Ryan Stanton, EV Research and Strategy, Tennessee Valley Authority
Alexa Voytek, Energy Programs Administrator, Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs (TDEC OEP)
Industry Experts
Aaron Bloom, Chair – System Planning Working Group, Energy Systems Integration Group
Dave Bonenberger, WIRES Board Member, Vice President, Operations Integration, PPL Corporation
Stacey Burbure, Vice President FERC & RTO Strategy & Policy, AEP
Brennen Cain, Policy Advisor, BlueGreen Alliance
Amanda Conner, Vice President FERC & RTO Strategy & Policy, AEP
Lathrop Craig, Vice President, Offshore Wind Development, PSEG
Kellie Donnelly, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, LotSixteen, Former Chief Counsel for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Julia Frayer, Managing Director, London Economics Int’l
Tiffany Ganthier, Director of Governmental Issues, Van Ness Feldman LLP
Brian Gemmell, Chief Clean Energy Development Officer, National Grid
Rob Gramlich, Exec Dir, Americans for a Clean Energy Grid
Kevin Hernandez, Partner, Scott Madden
Terron Hill, Clean Energy Director, National Grid
Rob Hobart, Founding Partner, HHQ Ventures
Philip Jones, Executive Director, Alliance for Transportation Electrification
Cristin Lyons, Partner and Energy Practice Leader, ScottMadden, Inc
Charles (Chuck) Marshall, Vice President, ITC Holdings Corp.
John Moore, NRDC, Sustainable FERC Project
Jodi Moskowitz, WIRES Secretary, Deputy General Counsel & RTO Strategy Officer, PSEG
Hon. Richard Mroz, Former President of NJBPU and Senior Advisor, Protect Our Power
Stuart Nachmias, President and CEO, Con Edison Transmission, Inc.
Karen Onaran, Vice President, Electricity Consumers Resource Council (ELCON)
Nina Plaushin, Vice President, Federal & Regulatory Affairs, ITC Holdings
Bill Quinlan, President, Transmission and Offshore Wind Projects, Eversource
Daniel Rogier, CEO, Grid Assurance
Jamie Simler, Vice President, Federal Regulatory, Ameren
Jacob Tetlow, Senior VP, Operations, Arizona Public Service Company
Dr. Yavonda Ulfig, Energy Transition and Sustainability Manager, AEP
Arthur (Bud) Vos, President, Enbala
Dave Weaver, WIRES President, Vice President, Transmission Strategy, Exelon Corporation
Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Bill White, Director, Business Development, Northeast United States, CTC Global
Press
Pete Behr, Senior Reporter, E&E News
Brian Eckhouse, Reporter, Bloomberg News
Jasmin Melvin, Editor, Inside FERC, S&P Global Platts
Sam Mintz, New England Correspondent, RTO Insider
Daniel Moore, Reporter, BloombergLaw
Arianna Skibell, E&E News