Obama meets privately with utility CEOs

On Wednesday, the White House put out a press release indicating President Obama met privately with electric utility executives, trade association representatives and members of his response team.
Obama spoke with the utility executives about the lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy and discussing best approaches and responses to future extreme weather events.
In attendance on the utility side were:http://www.utilitydive.com/news/obama-meets-privately-with-utility-ceos/129488/

• Tom Kuhn, President of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
• David Owens, Executive Vice President of Business Operations at EEI
• Brian Wolff, Senior Vice President at EEI
• Jo Ann Emerson, CEO of National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• Joe Nipper, Senior Vice President-Government Relations at the American Public Power Association (APPA)
• Joy Ditto, Director of Legislative Affairs at APPA
• Jim Burpee, President and CEO of the Canadian Electric Association
• Nick Akins, President and CEO of American Electric Power
• Tony Alexander, President and CEO of FirstEnergy
• John Bilda, General Manager at Norwich Public Utilities
• Kevin Burke, Chairman, President and CEO of Consolidated Edison
• Mel Coleman, CEO of North Arkansas Electric Corp.
• Chris Crane, President and CEO at Exelon
• Anita Decker, Chief Operating Officer for the Bonneville Power Administration
• Ken DeFontes, president and CEO of BGE
• Leo Denault, chairman of the board and CEO at Entergy
• Charles Freni, Senior Vice President of Customer Services at Central Hudson
• Mark Gabriel, administrator of the Western Area Power Administration
• Lew Hay, executive chairman at NextEra Energy
• Tom King, President of U.S. Business National Grid
• Bob Kump, CEO at Iberdrola
• Ralph LaRossa, President and Chief Operating Officer at Public Service Electric and Gas Company
• Ron Litzinger, Principal Executive Officer and President of Southern California Edison
• Len McMillan, Vice President of Operations and Maintenance at Hydro One
• Lee Olivier, CEO at NSTAR
• Paul Pallas, Electric Department Superintendent of Rockville Centre, N.Y.
• Mary Powell, CEO at Green Mountain Power
• Bob Powers, executive vice president and chief operating officer of American Electric Power
• Gil Quiniones, President and CEO at New York Power Authority
• Joe Rigby, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of PEPCO
• Eric Silagy, President of Florida Power & Light
• Bill Spence, Chairman, President and CEO at PPL
• Jim Torgerson, President and CEO at UIL Holdings
• Keith Trent, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Regulated Utilities at Duke Energy
• Geisha Williams, Executive Vice President of Electric Operations at PGE
• Rod West, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Entergy

And here are the members of Obama's staff that attended:

• Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett
• Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco
• Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Heather Zichal
• Acting Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman
• Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Patricia Hoffman
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Bill Bryan
• Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration Adam Sieminski
• Other, unidentified members of Obama's response team