2026 Director & Staff Conference Agenda
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  • Pemigewasset

    8-8:30 am Registration & Breakfast

    8:30 - Noon Director Education- 943.1 Conversation Skills Outside the Boardroom- Lou Green, NRECA

    Noon-1pm - Lunch

    1pm-4pm Course continues

  • Pemigewasset

    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Welcome Reception & Vendor Expo

    6:30 PM - Dinner, Opening Remarks, John Gasstrom, NEAEC Board President

  • Pemigewasset

    8 - 8:45 am Registration & Breakfast

    8:45 - 9:00 am Welcome & Safety Minute - John Gasstrom, NEAEC President

    9:00 - 9:45 am Keynote Address, Mark Santero, Homestead

    9:45 - 10:00 am Break

    10 - 10:45 am Industry Update, Brian Sloboda, CFC

    10:45 -11:30 NRECA Update, Kris Reitzel, NRECA ‍

    11:30 - 12:30 pm Lunch

    12:30 - 1:30 pm ‍ Transition to Breakout Sessions

    Piscataqua Modern Ratemaking: Principles and AMI Data Essentials, Omar Abdallah & Jefferson Choti, CFC

    Merrimack Cybersecurity, Vantagepoint ‍

    1:30 - 1:45 pm ‍ Break ‍

    1:45 - 2:45 pm Breakout Sessions

    Piscataqua 85/15 Rule, Bill Miller, Bolinger, Segars, Gilbert & Moss LLP

    Merrimack NISC Operations Update, Paula Linke, NISC

    2:45 - 3 pm Breakout Session Transition

    3 - 4 pm ‍ Breakout Sessions ‍

    Piscataqua‍ ‍NISC Accounting Update, Paula Linke, NISC

    Merrimack Voltage Conversion-Power Surge, Jeffery Wright, Block Island Utility District

    Pemigewasset

    5:00 - 6:30 pm Reception

    6:30 pm Dinner

  • Pemigewasset

    8 - 8:45 am Breakfast & Women in Power Mentoring Program, Alexandra Townsend, NRECA This has been cancelled, a new session will be post soon.

    8:45 - 9:30 am Hazard risk Across the Electric Sector, INL Labs

    9:30 - 10:30 am Economic Update, Sam Kem, CFC

    10:30 - 10:45 am Break

    10:45 - 11:30 am YLC/Youth Tour, Cale McCall, NRECA ‍

    11:30 - 12:30 pm Lunch

    12:30 - 1:30 pm ‍ Transition to Breakout Sessions

    Piscataqua Funding Strategies for Short-lived Equipment Assets, Adam Wagner, First American

    Merrimack INL Labs - Operations Session ‍

    1:30 - 1:45 pm ‍ Break ‍

    1:45 - 2:45 pm Breakout Sessions

    Piscataqua Compass/KRTA Pro, Adam Hargett, CFC

    Merrimack YLC/Youth Tour Deep Dive, Cale McCall, NRECA

    Outside Operations Session Battery Systems (TBD)

    2:45 - 3 pm Breakout Session Transition

    3 - 4 pm ‍ Breakout Sessions ‍

    Piscataqua‍ A Bankers Perspective on Credit, Cathy Davison, VP Electric Distribution, CoBank

    Merrimack PSE, Kevin McCutchen, PSE

    4:00 - 4:30 CEO & General Managers

    Merrimack UUS Annual Meeting for CEO & General Managers

    Pemigewasset

    5:00 - 6:30 pm Reception

    6:30 pm Dinner on your own

  • Pemigewasset

    8:00 - 8:45 am ‍ ‍
    Breakfast

    8:45 - 9:30 am
    FEMA Modernizing the Co-op Grid, Vantage Point

    9:30 - 10:15 am‍ ‍
    Leasing as a Cash Flow Tool, Clayton Willis, Senior Relationship Manager, CoBank - Farm Credit Leasing, Cathy Davison, VP Electric Distribution, CoBank

    10:15 - 10:30 am‍ ‍
    Break

    10:45 - 11:30 am
    R‍oundtable Discussion, Homestead ‍

    11:30 - 12 pm‍ ‍
    Conference Wrap up & 2027 Conference Planning, NEAEC Board

    12 pm‍ ‍
    Goodbyes, Lunch on your own

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