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Registration The UEC Summit is designed for influential leaders and executives. Utility industry leaders are invited to apply online at www.uiuec.org.

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The UEC Summit is an executive forum designed specifically for utility leaders to provide up-tothe-minute information on critical issues shaping the future.

A select group of C-suite panelists and key stakeholders will engage participants in dynamic discussion and debate about the technologydriven, sustainability-focused future, including: • Ways consumer preferences and values are shaping the marketplace • Evolving utility business models

Dates: June 23 - 25, 2015 Fee: Includes instruction, materials, continuing education units, meals, and special events

$2,095 before March 28

$2,195 after March 28 Location: The Coeur d’Alene Resort, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Phone: 208.885.6265 E-mail: uiuec@uidaho.edu Website: www.uiuec.org The UEC Summit runs concurrently with the third week of the Utility Executive Course. (The 62nd annual Utility Executive Course is June 8-25, 2015, on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho.) UEC participants will join the Summit cohort in Coeur d’Alene for the capstone presentation by Ralph Cavanagh and David Owens on Thursday, June 25. The final banquet and dinner cruise with advisory committee, faculty, and staff on beautiful Coeur d’Alene Lake follow.

“The 2014 UEC Summit was excellent!

Presentations and discussions covered a variety of topics all at the top of our minds in today’s utility environment. The content also challenged us to take a proactive approach to tomorrow’s emerging technologies, customer needs, and infrastructure security. The presenters and participants were engaging and brought additional insight from each of their respective companies.”

5th Annual

Anne M. Jones, Vice President Customer Service, Human Resources & Safety Cascade Natural Gas Corporation | Intermountain Gas Co. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. | Great Plains Natural Gas Co.

Cancellations and Substitutions Please submit cancellation and requests for refunds via email by May 13, 2015. Refunds received by this date will be processed less a $150 administrative fee. No refunds will be made for cancellations after May 13, 2015. Substitutions will be processed for no additional fee and will be accepted until the first day of the program.

• Risk management and disruptive technology • Trends in energy security • Operation technology systems Delivered in a sophisticated retreat setting, the UEC Summit features industry thought leaders grappling with the challenges of the 21st century energy industry.

“The Summit is an excellent forum on the latest energy industry trends through an informed and knowledgeable set of speakers and a highly engaged group of attendees— very well done with great customer focus!”

Tom O’Brien, Vice President, Information & Technology Services PJM Interconnection, LLC

The Changing Energy Sector

June 23 - 25, 2015 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

21st Century Energy Industry — Technology Driven, Sustainability Focused Critical Issues Shaping the Future Leading the Transition to Renewable Energy Companies are leveraging their scale and buying power to drive new renewable projects in a comprehensive effort to achieve their goals. In the U.S. alone, according to the EPA Green Power Partnership, Walmart is the largest on-site green power generator. Hear how organizations are leveraging scale, brand, and communications to demonstrate that renewable energy is cost effective.

Renewables and Distributed Energy A panel of operations officers analyze the implications of renewable integration into the grid, generation facilities, grid modernization and resilience, fuel diversity and long-term resource strategy.

Maria Pope, Senior Vice President, Power Supply, Operations, and Resource Strategy, Portland General Electric Company Anita Romero, Senior Vice President, Staff Operations and Technology, Southwest Gas Corporation

The Next Business Model

Trends in Energy Security

A panel of senior leaders envision the energy company of the future and consider the challenges of an increasing focus on sustainability, changing regulatory policies, advancing technologies, and shifting consumer preferences and how they are working to convert these challenges into value for their customers and investors.

Industry experts present the challenges in building up the resiliency of infrastructure to withstand disruptions such as weather events and cyberattacks.

Discussions include areas of greatest vulnerability, oversight, critical infrastructure systems, and the costs of preparing for and recovering from extreme weather events.

Elliot Mainzer, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration

Crawford Owens, Director, Technology Deployment, Electric Operation Organization, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Scott Morris, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Avista Corp.

Sean Trauschke, President, OGE Energy Corp.

Moderator: J. Frank Russell, Senior Vice President, Concentric Energy Advisors

Ken Wells, Senior Director, Substations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Enterprise Risk Management and Disruptive Forces A panel of industry CFOs discusses the impact of demand-side efficiency programs, distributed energy resources, regulatory mandates, and deploying capital.

David Anderson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, NW Natural Brian Bird, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, NorthWestern Corporation

The New Energy Consumer A leading expert examines the energy consumer experience including the preferences and values shaping the energy marketplace.

Gregory Guthridge, Global Managing Director, Accenture Retail and Business Services for Utilities

What Customers Really Want from Utilities

Moderator: Darrel Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, IDACORP Inc., Idaho Power

A diverse panel of industry stakeholders explore changing customer preferences, where businesses are going and how utilities fit into that future, and what the industry is going to look like in 2020.

Proactively Embracing Change

William Clayton, Vice President, Customer Care Operations, Reliant

Mark Thies, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Avista Corp.

A panel of industry CIOs analyze cybersecurity, natural disasters, analytics, and operation technology systems.

David Harkness, Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Xcel Energy James Kensok, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Avista Corp.

Cristina McQuistion, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Performance Improvement, and Chief Information Officer, OGE Energy Corp.

Moderator: Karen Lefkowitz, Vice President, Business Transformation, Pepco Holdings, Inc.

Denis George, Corporate Manager, Energy, The Kroger Co. Moderator: Jesse Langston, Vice President, Retail Energy, OGE Energy Corp.

Industry and the Environment Stellar instructors Ralph Cavanagh and David Owens conclude the Summit with a provocative point-counterpoint on the industry and the environment. The 62nd annual Utility Executive Course participants join Summit participants and UEC Advisory Board members in Coeur d’Alene for this rousing Cavanagh/ Owens dialogue.

Ralph Cavanagh, Co-Director, Energy and Transportation Program, Natural Resources Defense Council David Owens, Executive Vice President, Edison Electric Institute