Join the southern chapter in Richmond, VA or Atlanta, GA for their 2024 Annual Conference. Session topics will include grid stress in the Southern energy market, regulator’s eye on emergent issues, and Southern state regulatory updates.

Registration is now closed for this event. Please contact Olivia Dwelley (odwelley@eba-net.org) if you have any questions.

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM: Welcome, Opening Remarks & Introductions

9:15 AM – 9:50 AM: Keynote Address

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM: Florida/Georgia Line – Studying Inter-Coordination

Panelists will address:

1. How differing approaches and policies are playing into resources and reliability (Florida’s grid hardening approach, the Department of Defense resilience initiatives, Integrated Resource Planning)
2. An update on the Southeastern Energy Exchange Market (SEEM)

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: State of the States – Regulatory and Policy Updates From Several of the Southeastern States

This panel of Southeastern State Commissioners and energy experts will provide updates and discussion on the most important Southeastern States’ regulatory and legislative developments from 2023 and early 2024.  Participants will hear about recent legislation, key regulatory and/or court decisions, rulemakings, projects and processes happening in the Southeast United States.

2:35 PM – 3:05 PM: LawTech Drive-by: The IP of AI (LLMs)

This session will cover:

1. Risks and mitigations of using Large Language Models in drafting or filing in Public Proceedings if underlying licenses are required if “fair use exception” is novated
2. Direct Impacts on related energy projects and indirect ripples that may affect others in government/industry – Advisory considerations, and recommended best practices

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM: Ethics Jeopardy!

Ethics made fun and easy! Sam Brumburg is the ringmaster in this gameshow pitting the Atlanta, Richmond and online audience against each other to test knowledge in a fun interactive gameshow context based on yes/no answer to pre-prepared Ethical questions and scenarios. 

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM: Closing Remarks

EBA does not have a hotel room block at either location for this event. Please see below for a list of hotels that are within walking distance from our venues. 

Atlanta:

1. AC Hotel Atlanta Midtown
2. Atlanta Marriott Suites Midtown
3. Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Midtown

Richmond:

1. Omni Hotels and Resorts Richmond
2. Courtyard Richmond Downtown

CLE Statement:

This program is eligible for 4.5 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states, and 5.4 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute states. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.