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Tentative Program <br />WEDNESDAY. MARCH 30 Track 1 (cont.) <br />9:00 MMUA Board of Directors Meeting 4:15-5:00 to be determined <br />12:00-5:00 Registration Desk Open <br />1:00-1:45 Minnesota Energy Policy <br />Governor Mark Dayton (Invited) <br />1:45-2:30 Cost Allocation for New Transmission <br />Ray Wahle, MRES <br />2:30-2:45 Refreshment Break <br />Track 2 <br />1:30-2:15 A New, Cleaner Way to Use Coal <br />Bob Walker, President/CEO <br />Bixby Energy <br />2:15-3:00 Energy Storage for Renewable Energy <br />Integration <br />Nancy Pellowski, Corp. Strategy & <br />Planning Consultant, Xcel Energy <br />2:45-3:30 You Wouldn't Drive a Car Without a <br />Dashboard...Would you? <br />Key Performance Indicators for <br />Municipal Utilities <br />John Miner, Collaboration Unlimited <br />3:30-4:45 Legislative Briefing <br />Dinner is on your own. <br />THURSDAY . MARCH 31 <br /> <br />6:30-8:00 Hosted Breakfast Buffet at Hotel <br />7:00-8:30 Shuttle Buses to Front Steps of Capitol <br /> Schedule: 7, 7:30, 8 & 8:30 <br />7:00-11:30 Meet with Your Local Legislators <br />9:00-11:00 Visits with Legislative Leadership <br />11:00-12:45 Shuttle Buses return to Hotel <br /> Schedule: 11, 11:30, 12, 12:30 & 12:45 <br />12:15-1:15 Hosted Luncheon Buffet at Hotel <br />Afternoon will have two concurrent tracks of programming. <br />Track 1 <br />1:30-2:15 Wastewater Treatment Facilities <br />Construction Challenges <br />Todd Wicklund, Brainerd Public Utilities <br />2:15-3:00 Lighting the Energy Revolution...with <br />LEDs for Minnesota Municipalities <br />Charles Szoradi, GREENandSAVE <br />3:00-3:30 Refreshment Break <br />3:30-4:15 Nashwauk-Essay Steel Minn. Project <br />Bryan Adams, Nashwauk Public Utilities <br />3:00-3:30 Refreshment Break <br />3:30-4:15 A Tale of Two Cities; Hibbing 8 Virginia <br />Biomass <br />Terry Leoni, General Manager <br />Laurentian Energy Authority <br />4:15-5:00 Warehouse Energy Conservation <br />Systems <br />Paul Wessel, Thermal Barrier Solutions <br />Dinner is on your own. <br />FRIDAY. APRIL 1 <br />8:00-12:00 Registration Desk Open <br />8:00-9:30 Analyze and Improve: CIP Tracking & <br />Reporting Tools <br />Joe Plummer, Sr. Engineering Specialist <br />MN Office of Energy Security <br />Leo Steidel, CEO, Energy Platforms <br />9:30-10:00 1.5% Energy Efficiency Solutions <br />Project Overview <br />Jack Hogin <br />Assoc. Director of Environmental Projects <br />Minnesota Environmental Initiative <br />10:00-10:15 Refreshment Break <br />10:15-11:00 Water Sustainability <br />Deborah Swackhamer, Ph.D, <br />University of Minnesota (Invited) <br />11:00-11:30 Issues Roundup <br />MMUA Staff <br />11:30-12:00 Rally Recap <br />MMUA Staff <br />• <br />• <br />L <br />