NEM will convene its 18th Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference on April 29th-May 1st, 2015. This year the conference will focus on “Redesigning Wholesale and Retail Energy Markets - Enhanced Reliability, Consumer Services and Advanced Technologies." The conference will begin with a Welcome Reception on the evening of April 29th at the Georgetown Club. The next two days of substantive discussion will take place at the Embassy Suites, Washington, DC Convention Center.

Featured speakers will include: U.S. Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) (invited); CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad; FERC Commissioner Philip Moeller; FERC Commissioner Tony Clark; FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable; MD Senate Majority Leader Catherine Pugh; FLPSC Commissioner Lisa Polak Edgar, President of NARUC; NYPSC Chairman Audrey Zibelman; DCPSC Chairman Betty Ann Kane; MIPSC Chairman John D. Quackenbush; NCUC Chairman Edward Finley; DEPSC Chairman Dallas Winslow; PAPUC Commissioner James H. Cawley; PAPUC Commissioner Gladys Marie Brown; PUCO Commissioner Steven D. Lesser; GAPSC Commissioner Tim G. Echols; MDPSC Commissioner Anne Hoskins; NJPBU Commissioner Dianne Solomon; NJBPU Commissioner Upendra J. Chivukula; RIPUC Commissioner Paul J. Roberti; PJM Executive Vice President Andrew L. Ott; NYISO Sr. Vice President Rana Mukerji; PJM Market Monitor Dr. Joseph Bowring; Former FERC Chairman Jon B. Wellinghoff; Former FERC Commissioner Marc Spitzer; Former ICC Commissioner Erin O’Connell-Diaz; PAPUC Eric Matheson; MDPSC Calvin Timmerman and Obi Linton.

You may register for the conference at this hotlink. The Agenda is available here.

At yesterday's agenda meeting, FERC adopted Order 809, intended to enhance the coordination of scheduling practices in the natural gas and electric industries. The Order changed the nationwide Timely Nomination Cycle nomination deadline for scheduling natural gas transportation from 11:30AM Central Clock Time (CCT) to 1:00PM CCT and revised the intraday nomination timeline, to include adding an additional intraday scheduling opportunity during the gas operating day. FERC declined to adopt the proposal to change the start of the Gas Day from 9:00AM CCT to 4:00AM CCT on a nationwide basis. The full text of Order 809 is available on the NEM Website.