2010 Meeting Presentations


2010 Annual Meeting Presentations

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

NRECA IF&S plan update: Robert Alvin, Senior Relationship Manager, Insurance and Financial Services Division, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Lunch presentation - Keynote speakers: John Andrew Leman and Dean Thompson, Shareholders, Kemppel, Huffman & Ellis, P.C.- Alaska Power Association's attorneys, Leman and Thompson, will highlight legal and regulatory issues impacting electric utilities in Alaska and the Lower 48.

ARECA Insurance Exchange Board of Trustees, Year in Review
Presented by Marilyn Leland, Executive Vice President, ARECA Insurance Management, Inc. AIE Subscribers may contact AIE staff for a copy of this presentation.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

APA General Session I
Opening Remarks: Brad Reeve, President Alaska Power Association

Federal Energy Policy Presentations
Kellie Donnelly, Republican Deputy Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Energy Committee
Tony Eberhard, Principal, Legislative Affairs, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Joel Neimeyer, Federal Co-Chair, Denali Commission

APA General Session II

State Energy Policy Panel Discussion
Senator Lesil McGuire (R-Anchorage)
Representative Charisse Millett (R-Anchorage)

Trade Association Reports
APA Executive Director Report: Marilyn Leland

Keynote speaker: Lunch presentation by Mike Donnelly, Ph.D., Supervising Director, Fuel Markets, R.W. Beck

Alaska Power Association Awards Banquet

Friday, August 13, 2010

APA General Session III

Keynote speaker: Steve Haagenson, Executive Director and State Energy Coordinator, Alaska Energy Authority - AEA's " Alaska Energy Pathway" plan

Fairbanks Power
Brian Newton, President and CEO, Golden Valley Electric Association
Buki Wright, President, Aurora Energy LLC
Jack Hebért, Chief Executive Officer, Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power

APA General Session IV

Geothermal Energy in Alaska
Donna Vukich, General Manager, Naknek Electric Association
Josh Nordquist, Geothermal Development Manager, Ormat

Glaciers in the Hydrologic System - Implications for Alaska Hydropower
Louis Sass, Graduate Student, Alaska Pacific University


2010 Legislative Conference Presentations

2010 Legislative Update
Presented by Marilyn Leland, Executive Director and Larry Markley, APA Lobbyist

Denali Commission Energy Program Report
Presented by Denali Daniels, Energy Program Manager

Emerging Technology Project Presentation
Presented by Cordova High School Students: Craig Bailer, Danielle Hess, Taylor Kelly, Shannon Lindow, Christina Morrisett, Jessica Smyke, and Cordova High School Science Teacher, Adam Low.


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