RESA Announces Retail Energy Markets Symposium

The Retail Energy Supply Association has announced an agenda for its 2013 Energy Competition Symposium in Boston, Mass. on Sept. 18

Speakers include Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities Chair Ann Berwick and Maine Public Utility Commission Chair Thomas Welch.

Link to Agenda

"Retail energy competition and its public profile are growing in the states that encourage customer choice. And since our first symposium last year, we've seen a number of states open formal proceedings to consider bringing the benefits of retail energy competition to their consumers," said RESA President Melissa Lauderdale.

RESA said that the symposium will feature panel discussions on consumer protection for retail energy customers and how to successfully meld renewable energy policy goals and retail electric competition.

Additional speakers include:

• Joe Rosenthal, Office of Connecticut Consumer Counsel

• Tanya McCloskey, Acting Consumer Advocate, Pennsylvania

• Mass. Assistant Attorney General Jesse Reyes

• Mass. Energy Undersecretary Barbara Kates-Garnick

• Conn. Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Chief of Staff Alex Kragie

• The Northbridge Group's Scott Fisher

• Mark Pruitt, The Power Bureau and former Illinois Power Agency executive director

• Conservation Law Foundation Vice President Jonathan Peress

• Chris Hendrix, Director of Markets and Compliance for Wal-Mart