CONFERENCE OF CALIFORNIAPublic Utility Counsel
We are excited to return to Monterey for our 2025 Annual Meeting. The conference will feature expert panelists at the forefront of legal developments and best practices on utility regulation. Join us under the sea for a kid-friendly strolling dinner at the world-class Monterey Bay Aquarium. Mingle with friends and colleagues at the Young Utilities Lawyers (YUL) late night happy hour and for the karaoke enthusiast, your stage awaits!
Our specialty bar association is an authorized California Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) provider. The meeting agenda includes 5 hours of general MCLE credit for California State Bar attorneys, including 1.5 hours of Elimination of Bias (including 1 hour of Implicit Bias sub-category).
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2025 CCPUC Annual Meeting Presentations
Judicial Review Memo March 2025 by Thomas MacBride (Downey Brand, LLP)
Sunday, March 16
4:30 - 5:00 PM
CCPUC Board Meeting and Officer Elections, John Steinbeck Boardroom
6:30 - 9:00 PM
Reception and Strolling Dinner, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monday, March 17
7:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration (Cypress Ballroom) and Continental Breakfast (Monterey Bay Banquet Room)
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Welcome/Business Meeting 2025 CCPUC President Michael Callahan (Cypress Ballroom)
9:15 - 10:00 AM
VIP Fireside Chat - Commissioner John Reynolds
Introduction by CCPUC President Michael Callahan, General Counsel, Silicon Valley Clean Energy
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Networking Break
10:30 - 12 Noon
Intergenerational Bias and Navigating Generation Friction at Work - 1.5 hrs MCLE Elimination of Bias, including 1 hour of Implicit Bias Sub-Category
Introduction: Grady Mathai-Jackson, Chief Counsel – PG&E
Noon - 1:30 PM
Lunch (Dolphins Room)
Introduction: Lisa-Marie Clark, Sr. Counsel – PG&E
Keynote: Kasie Regnier, Director of Applied Water Science, Monterey Bay Aquarium
1:45 - 3:15 PM
The 2025 California Utility Policy Landscape – Views from Sacramento - 1.5 Hrs. of MCLE Credit (Cypress Ballroom)
Moderator: Erin Rodriguez, Director of Office of Governmental Affairs – CPUC
Chase Hopkins, Policy Consultant - Office of Speaker Robert Rivas, California Assembly
Kip Lipper, Chief Policy Advisor on Energy & Environment for the Office of the Senate Pro Tempore
Grant Mack, Office of Governor Newsom - Deputy Legislative Secretary, Energy/ Natural Resources/Climate/Telecommunications
3:15 - 3:45 PM
3:45 - 4:45 PM
Wildfire Mitigation: What is the Plan? - 1.25 Hrs. of MCLE Credit
Moderator: Gary Chen, Director of Safety and Infrastructure, SCE
Michael Wara, Climate & Energy Policy, Stanford University
Megan Somogyi, Executive Partner, Downey Brand, LP
Patrick Doherty, Program Manager, Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety
Nathaniel Skinner, Program Manager, Safety Public Advocates Office, CPUC
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Evening Reception (Dolphins Room)
9 PM - Midnight
YUL Reception (Tipsy Putt, 95 Prescott Avenue, Monterey)
Tuesday, March 18
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Breakfast (Monterey Bay Banquet Room)
8:30 - 9:30 AM
The CPUC in the Digital Age: Evolving Role of the CPUC in Addressing Broadband Service - 1 Hr. of MCLE Credit (Cypress Ballroom)
Moderator: Patrick Rosvall, Partner – BRB Law, LLP
Robert Osborn, Director of Communications Division, CPUC
Janus Norman, President of California Video and Broadband Association
Ashley Salas, Attorney, Telecom and Regulatory Section, TURN
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Ex Parte Meetings - 1 Hr. of MCLE Credit - Ethics
Moderator: Willis Hon – Partner, Nossaman, LLP
Justin Ong – Chief of Staff to CPUC Commissioner Matthew Baker
Suzanne Thompson – Chief of Staff to CPUC Commissioner John Reynolds
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Break and Hotel Checkout
11:00 - 12:15 PM
Charting A Course To A Decarbonized Future and SB 100 - 1.25 Hrs. of MCLE Credit - General
Moderator: Samir Hafez, Attorney – Buchalter, APC
Erica Bowman, Vice President of Strategy, Planning & Performance, SCE
Wade Stano, Senior Policy Counsel, MCE
Michael Colvin, Director of California Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund
Megan Lorenz, Assistant General Counsel – Environmental, SoCalGas
11:45 - 12 Noon
Recognitions, Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Your conference registration fee includes one ticket to Welcome Dinner on Sunday, March 16. Explore the depths of the ocean in an intimate dinner setting at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Dine with friends and colleagues in front of one million-gallon Open Sea Exhibit where powerful tuna speed by and sea turtles glide lazily behind the huge window. Later, nibble on dessert and drift the night away with the glowing jellies.
Chef Matthew Beaudin's creative, inspired and sustainable cooking centers on fresh, local and in-season ingredients, and suppliers who care about ocean conservation. Chef Matthew sources 90 percent of all produce, protein and dairy products within 90 miles of the Aquarium which reduces carbon emissions associated with shipping and storing food from outside the region. He is also an advocate for the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch.
Additional dinner tickets may be added for a fee during registration or guests may purchase stand-alone tickets on our website. Your dinner ticket includes admission to the World Class Monterey Bay Aquarium, with private access to the Ocean's Edge Wing, opening reception, strolling dinner, and hosted bar.
Adult Ticket: $250 per person. Child Ticket: $125 per person. (12 years or younger; Under 5 years FREE)
Monterey Bay Aquarium 886 Cannery Row Monterey CA 93940
Hotel accommodations at the Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa are available at special conference rates and discounted parking. Our room block tends to sell out quickly so book early to ensure your stay!
Room upgrades available at the hotel's prevailing rate. If booking over the phone, please reference you are with the CCPUC group event.
Monterey Hotel Plaza and Spa 400 Cannery Row Monterey CA 93940 (877) 862-7552
Special Rates Ends February 22!
We have a limited number of Inland View rooms remaining!
The Govt/nonprofit rate is sold out.To be placed on a waitlist for a room at the overflow hotel, please request a room using the link above. The Intercontinental The Clement Monterey is located within a 5 minute walk of the Monterey Hotel Plaza.
Please reach out to admin@ccpuc.org for reservation cancellations or transfers.
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