Draft-At-A-Glance Agenda

Workshop Attendees:
Task Force members plus invited stakeholder representatives and subject matter experts ("stakeholders")

Workshop 2 Objectives:

  • Cohort teams develop descriptive "personas" and refined process maps, incorporating input from stakeholders
  • Task force members and stakeholders deepen their understanding of building blocks and process steps that could align planning processes

Anticipated Workshop Outputs:

  • Cohort personas
  • Refined process maps with sequences of steps and interactions between planning processes well-articulated
  • Clearer vision for final roadmap deliverables that will support operationalizing process maps in the future

PDF Agenda

Travel Day: Tuesday, October 1

Time

Session

Configuration

Format

4:00pm – 6:00pm

Task Force member arrival and registration

 

 

Approx.
6:30pm

Optional no host dinner at TBD downtown Columbus location

Day 1: Wednesday, October 2

Time

Session

Configuration

Format

  7:30am – 8:30am

  Breakfast

  Open seating  

8:30am – 12:00pm

Task Force Members’ Only Pre-Workshop
Reconvene and prepare for workshop 2 stakeholder engagement

Cohorts: 
states only

Facilitated exercises

11:00am – 1:00pm

Stakeholder arrival and registration

12:00pm –1:00pm

Lunch

Open seating

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Welcome and Start of Workshop
Collective orientation to Task Force on Comprehensive Electricity Planning

Plenary:
all attendees

Interactive session

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Break

3:00pm – 5:30pm

Leading Edge Experiences with Integrated Planning
Presentations by consumer-owned electric utilities

  • James Barner, Manager of Long Term Strategic Planning, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
  • Zachary Ruzycki, Manager, Power Supply Planning, Great River Energy
  • Dave Kempf, Manager of Transmission Planning Engineering, Great River Energy

Plenary:
all attendees

Learning session

6:30pm

Dinner on Your Own

Day 2: Thursday, October 3

Time

Session

Configuration

Format

7:30am – 8:30am

Breakfast

Open seating

8:30am – 8:45am Check-in/Overview of the Day Plenary:
all attendees
 

8:45am – 10:15am

Cohort Breakouts: Process Maps, Part I
Cohorts meet with assigned stakeholders to review and begin refining process maps

Cohorts:
states and stakeholders

Interactive exercises

10:15am – 10:45am

Break

10:45am – 12:45pm

Cohort Breakouts: Process Maps, Part II
Cohorts meet with assigned stakeholders to continue refining process maps

Cohorts:
states and stakeholders

Facilitated exercises

12:45pm – 1:45pm

Lunch

Discussion tables

1:45pm – 3:15pm

Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrating Planning
Reflections on planning process improvements relevant to all cohorts

  • David Springe, Executive Director, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA)
  • Denise Foster, Vice President - State and Member Services, PJM Interconnection
  • Ryan Katofsky, Managing Director, Advanced Energy Economy

Plenary:
all attendees

Learning session

3:15pm – 3:45pm

Break

3:45pm – 5:30pm

Cohort Breakouts: Process Maps, Part III
Shift and share

Cohorts:
states and stakeholders

Interactive exercises

5:30pm – 7:00pm

Reception

Day 3: Friday, October 4

Time

Session

Configuration

Format

7:30am – 8:30am

Breakfast

8:30am – 10:30am

Cohort Breakouts: Process Maps, Part IV
Cohorts meet with assigned stakeholders to conclude refining process maps and begin to document considerations for operationalizing them

Cohorts:
states and stakeholders

Interactive exercises

10:30am – 10:45am

Break

10:45am – 11:15am

Cohorts Share Refined Process Maps

Plenary

Facilitated exercises

11:15am – 12:15pm

Tools, Part I: Modeling and Analytical Tools Landscape 
Expert presentation(s) on how tools support planning process building blocks and alignment

Plenary

Learning session

12:15pm – 1:00pm

Lunch

 

 

1:00pm – 2:00pm Tools, Part II: Reflections and Questions 
Guided opportunities to explore some currently available tools in greater depth
TBD Interactive exercises
2:00pm – 2:15pm Closing: Synthesis and Take-Aways    

2:15pm – 3:30pm

Task Force Member Huddle and Debrief
Members-only discussion to discuss next steps

Cohorts:
states only

Informal

3:30pm

Depart for airport