Agenda
All events are Pacific Time.
Wednesday, April 29
6:00 – 9:00 pm PT
Cocktail Reception and Dinner
Thursday, April 30
8:00 – 9:00 am PT
Breakfast
Keynote Address
9:00 – 10:00 am
Honorable Katie Jereza, Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity
Panel 1 – Wildfires and the Impact on the Grid
10:00 – 11:00 am
Panelists:
Shawn Holder, Senior Director, Wildfire Operational Mitigations, PG&E
Kal Ayoub, Director, Office of Electric Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Andrew Dressel, Vice President, Charles River Associates
Moderator:
Willie Phillips, Partner, Holland & Knight and former FERC Chairman
11:00 – 11:15 am
Coffee Break
Panel 2 – The Eve of the Extended Day-Ahead Market: What Can We Expect?
11:15 – 12:15 pm
Panelists:
Becky Robinson, Director, Market Policy Development, CAISO
Kathleen Staks, Executive Director, Western Freedom
Vijay Singh, Senior Organized Markets Analyst, PacifiCorp
Moderator:
Larry Gasteiger, WIRES Executive Director
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch
Location
The Spring Member Meeting will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara, CA
This is an invitation-only event.
Event Program
WIRES Spring 2026 Member Meeting Agenda and Program [PDF, 330.67 KB]
