Chair's Breakfast

Doors open at 7:30 am. Please be seated by 8:30 am for breakfast service.
July 1, 2026
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Generation
Legislation that creates a pathway for Colorado Springs Utilities to operate a coal-fired unit until Dec. 31, 2032, passed the Colorado Senate.
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Bonds and Financing
The Tennessee Valley Authority on May 5 reported $6.6 billion in total operating revenues on nearly 82 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity sales for the six months ending March 31, 2026.
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Community Engagement
Alabama public power utility Riviera Utilities is successfully leveraging the social media app TikTok to connect with its community in a number of ways including in the area of workforce recruitment.

GASB Update

Hear directly from a representative from the Governmental Accounting Standards Board on how the latest changes to the standards affect your public power utility’s accounting and reporting.
September 14, 2026

Making Financial Statements Meaningful for Non-Financial Audiences

Learn strategies to transform your key financial information and concepts into plain language to provide your organizational leaders outside of finance with a clear understanding of where your utility stands. Discuss tips and review examples of how utilities have helped translate capital planning...
September 14, 2026

Transforming Succession Planning into an Organizational Advantage

Yesterday’s rigid succession plans won’t build tomorrow’s leaders. Your organization needs a nimble, embedded approach that uses technology and data to align talent with evolving roles and anticipate workforce needs. Learn a fresh, practical perspective for turning succession planning from a routine...
September 14, 2026

Rates 101: How Cost of Service Becomes a Customer Bill

Learn the most important concepts behind COS and rate design and how to interpret common rate components on a bill. This is an introduction for non-financial utility professionals (e.g., operations, engineering, customer service, communications), or newer finance staff, who want a practical...
September 14, 2026

Strategic Trends for Effective Resilience Planning

Any number of developments — now or in the near future — could reshape your resilience planning efforts. Instead of gazing into the proverbial crystal ball, hear which requirements trends, planning targets, operational shifts, and forecasting insights experts advise you follow and analyze to better...
September 14, 2026

Understanding How Utilities Work

For those new to the utility world, get an overview of key industry terms, common challenges, and current trends affecting utilities. Gain a deeper understanding of how utilities work and how they can affect the communities they serve and the environment. Also discuss the utility’s role in hot...
September 14, 2026