Speakers

Speaker Biographies 2025 Annual Meeting

Keynote Speakers

Dave Sabey

Chairman and President, Sabey Corporation

Seattle, WA

For over 50 years, Dave Sabey has tirelessly built a network of people whose fresh perspectives, inspired visions, and relentless senses of purpose propel the world forward.

Megan Decker

Consultant, Staircase Advisory

Portland, OR

Megan Decker currently works as an independent consultant under the name Staircase Advisory. Most recently, Decker was a member of the Oregon Public Utility Commission from 2017 to 2025, serving as Chair from 2018.

Suzanne Cooper

Acting Chief Operating Officer, Bonneville Power Administration

Portland, OR

Suzanne Cooper is acting Chief Operating Officer at Bonneville Power Administration, having been names senior vice president of Power Services in April 2021.

Special Addresses

Moderator

Bill Magness

Partner, McDowell Rackner Gibson

Portland, OR

Bill Magness is partner at McDowell Rackner Gibson since 2023. His practice focuses on energy and telecommunications law, with an emphasis on regulatory, litigation, policy, and business advice to regulated companies.

David Mills

Board Chair, PJM Interconnection

Seattle, WA

David is currently the Board Chair as well as the Chair of the Competitive Markets Committee for PJM Interconnection.

Travis Kavulla

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, NRG Energy

Washington, DC

Travis Kavulla works to ensure that energy markets continue to deliver value for electricity consumers. .

Panel 1

The Good, The Bad, and the Slow: Solving Resource Deployment Needs

Josh Jacobs

Vice President, Clean Energy Strategy & Planning, Puget Sound Energy

Bellevue, WA

Josh Jacobs is vice president of Clean Energy Strategy and Planning for Puget Sound Energy. Under his direction, PSE is working toward its aspirational goal of being a Beyond Net Zero Carbon energy company by 2045.

David Bromberg

Co-Founder, Pearl Street Technologies

Pittsburg, PA

David Bromberg is a Co-founder of Pearl Street Technologies and served as its CEO from inception through its successful acquisition by Enverus, Inc, where he is now VP of Power and Renewables, and oversees the team developing interconnection study automation solutions.

Arne Olson

Partner, E3 - Energy & Environmental Economics

San Francisco, CA

Arne Olson leads E3’s Integrated System Planning practice helping clients navigate changes to bulk electric system operations and investment needs brought about by higher levels of clean and renewable energy production.

Moderator:

Elaine Albrich

Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine

Portland, OR

Elaine Albrich teams with clients to offer practical, strategic solutions for navigating and resolving complex situations involving use of land, impacts to natural resources and resource lands, discretionary permits and licenses, and other government-imposed hurdles.

Panel 2

Transmission Solutions: Old Problems, New Paradigms

Mike Miller

Acting Senior Vice President of Transmission Services, Bonneville Power Administration

Portland, OR

Mike Miller currently serves as the Acting Senior Vice President of Transmission Services at Bonneville Power Administration, a position he has held since May 2025.

Lynn Mostoller

Executive Director, New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority

Santa Fe, NM

Lynn Mostoller assumed the role as Executive Director of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority (RETA) in July 2024.

Keegan Moyer

Principal, Energy Strategies

Salt Lake City, UT

Keegan Moyer joined Energy Strategies in 2014 and directs the firm’s technical transmission and market analyses. His project teams combine advanced grid simulation tools, complex industry datasets, and financial analyses to help clients identify and evaluate generation and transmission investments, market strategies, and energy policies.

Moderator:

George Lynch

Washington State Department of Commerce

Olympia, WA

George Lynch

Panel 3

Hyperscaling the Grid: Real Electrons, Artificial Intelligence

Robert Cromwell

Principal, Robert Cromwell Consulting

Bainbridge Island, WA

Robert Cromwell acts as a consultant to a variety of energy industry companies who are navigating the intersection of large load growth, power supply, and transmission.

Emily Moore

Director, Sightline Institute

Seattle, WA

Emily Moore is the Director of Sightline’s Climate and Energy program. She leads Sightline’s research and policy advocacy transitioning Cascadia away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner energy sources.

Brandon Oyer

Head of Energy and Water for the Americas, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Seattle, WA

Brandon Oyer is Head of Energy & Water for the Americas at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He has more than two decades of experience in critical infrastructure and energy markets, and in his current role he leads procurement of energy and water for AWS data centers in North and South America.

Moderator:

Letha Tawney

Chair, Oregon Public Utilities Commission

Salem, OR

Letha Tawney was appointed to the Oregon Public Utility Commission by Governor Kate Brown in June 2018 and appointed Chair in June 2025 by Governor Tina Kotek.

Panel 4

Beyond Red Rover: Regional Collaboration in the West

Sarah Edmonds

President & CEO, Western Power Pool (WPP)

Portland, OR

Sarah Edmonds was selected in 2022 to be President and CEO of WPP. WPP is a nonprofit corporation that helps coordinate electric grid operations for the western United States and Canada.

Raymond Gifford

Managing Partner, Denver Office, Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer

Denver, CO

Ray Gifford is a former state PUC chairman, think tank president, and First Assistant Attorney General. Through all these “formers,” he has learned a great deal about closely regulated industries from electricity to broadband to natural gas to railroads. His practice takes him to multiple places: state PUCs, state and federal courts, the FCC, and FERC.

Laura Rennick

Executive Director, Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB)

Denver, CO

Laura Rennick is the Executive Director at WIEB. She was previously WIEB’s Director of State, Federal, and International Affairs supporting the WIEB Board of Directors, CREPC, and coordination with partners and stakeholders including US DOE and FERC. .

Moderator:

Ed Lodge

Chair, Idaho Public Utilities Commission

Boise, ID

Commissioner Edward Lodge was appointed to his first six-year term with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission by Governor Brad Little in February of 2023.

Speakers

Speaker Biographies 2025 Annual Meeting

Keynote Speakers

Dave Sabey

Megan Decker

Suzanne Cooper

Special Addresses

Bill Magness

David Mills

Travis Kavulla

Panel 1

The Good, The Bad, and the Slow: Solving Resource Deployment Needs

Josh Jacobs

David Bromberg

Arne Olson

Moderator:

Elaine Albrich

Panel 2

Transmission Solutions: Old Problems, New Paradigms

Mike Miller

Lynn Mostoller

Keegan Moyer

Moderator:

George Lynch

Panel 3

Hyperscaling the Grid: Real Electrons, Artificial Intelligence

Robert Cromwell

Emily Moore

Brandon Oyer

Moderator:

Letha Tawney

Panel 4

Beyond Red Rover: Regional Collaboration in the West

Sarah Edmonds

Raymond Gifford

Laura Rennick

Moderator:

Ed Lodge

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