RSVP to the 4th Annual Energy Forum on June 6th, 2025 using the form below:

2024 Speakers & Topics

  • Welcome – Tim Thompson, CEO, LREC
  • Moderator – Jeff Haase, Director of Members Services, DER & End Use Strategy, GRE
  • Where we’re at, where we’re going (virtual)– Jim Matheson, CEO, NRECA
  • Legislation update – Darrick Moe, CEO, MREA
  • GRE’s energy portfolio – Zac Ruzycki, Director of Resource Planning, GRE
  • Hydropower – Jim Horan, Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
  • Transmission future (virtual)– Priti Patel, Vice President & Chief Transmission Officer, GRE
  • Providing affordable and reliable energy (virtual) – Jon Brekke, VP & Chief Power Supply Officer, GRE
  • Current and future impacts of electric vehicles – Steve Nisbet, EV Program Director, MN Automobile Dealers Association

Breakout sessions
-Electric vehicles (GRE, LREC, and Steve Nisbet)
-Battery Storage and generators (Briggs & Stratton)
-LREC local options: generators, water heaters, and solar