NJUA Annual Conference 2024 - EVENT AGENDA
New Jersey Utilities Association 109th Annual Conference - Making Connections For New Jersey’s Future
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2024
MODERATED BY TOM BERGERON, ROI-NJ AND BRIAN THOMPSON, NJ’S FINEST NEWS BROADCASTER
8:00 – 9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast (Ocean Place Resort – Oceanfront Foyer)
8:00 – 9:00 am NJUA Board Breakfast with BPU President Christine Guhl-Sadovy (Promenade 1& 2)
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome/Introduction (Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2)
9:15 – 10:00 am Interview with BPU President Christine Guhl-Sadovy (Managing the Fast Pace of Change at the BPU)
10:00 – 10:45 am Transforming NJ’s Ratemaking Model – (Stacy Peterson, BPU; Brian Lipman, Rate Counsel; Heike Doerr, S&P; Doug Mokoid, ACE; Mark McDonough, NJ American; Joe Accardo, PSE&G)
10:45 – 11:15 am Break
11:15 – 12 noon Women in Utilities – Leadership and Workforce Development (NJUA Members and Associate Members discuss diversity & workforce development)
Noon – 12:30 pm Break
12:30 – 2:00 pm NJUA Annual Conference Luncheon (Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2) Presentation of NJUA 2023 Distinguished Service Awards
2:00 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 3:15 pm The State of Cyber and Physical Security and AI (Michael Chertoff, United States Secretary of Homeland Security)
3:15 – 3:45 pm Building a High Reliability Organization (Chris Trucillo, NJ Transit)
3:45 – 4:15 pm Break
4:15 – 5:00 pm What to Expect in the New Legislative Session (Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin & Senate President Nick Scutari)
5:30 – 7:30 pm Chairperson’s Reception (Ocean Place Resort – Outside Oval on Beach or Centennial Pavilion) – Celebration of Legislative leader from NJUA perspective and celebration of NJUA Special Recognition Awards for utility workers.
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2024
8:00 – 9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast (Oceanfront Foyer)
8:00 – 9:00 am Associate Members Breakfast with NJUA Board Members (Promenade 1 & 2)
9:00 – 9:15 am Introduction (Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2)
9:15 – 10:00 am Establishing the Grid Reliability Plan for NJ’s Energy Master Plan
10:00 – 10:45 am Utility Research and Innovation in Action
10:45 – 11:15 am Break
11:15 – noon Lessons Learned from ex-BPU Commissioners
12 noon Wrap up
12:15 pm Buffet Lunch (Golfers leave for course - lunch @ Colts Neck Golf Club)
1:30 – 6:30 pm NJUA Scholarship Golf Outing @ Colts Neck Golf Course