EMC17 March 28 – 20, 2022
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Agenda
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March 28, 2022 – Hyatt Regency, The Regency Room, 2nd Floor
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1:00pm – 3:00pm Two-hour Risk Management Seminar for Competitive Energy Firms – Facilitated by CCRO
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3:30pm – 4:00pm Pre-Conference Brainstorming Breakout Session #1 – “Improving Compliance Practices to Avoid Costly Regulatory Investigations”– Sponsored by Feller Law
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4:00pm – 4:30pm Pre-Conference Brainstorming Breakout Session #2 – “Using Technology to Provide Better Value and Pricing to Your Clients” – Sponsored by ENPOWERED
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4:30pm – 5:00pm Pre-Conference Brainstorming Breakout Session #3 – “Expanding Retail Markets” Ideas on how to expand the geographical footprint in the USA with Richard Spilky, RESA
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5:00pm – 5:30 PM Pre-Conference Brainstorming Breakout Session #4 – “Alternative Ways to Post Collateral and Protect Your Business”– Sponsored by Bondaval
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5:30pm – 7:30pm Registration – Imperial Ballroom, 3rd floor
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6:00pm – 7:30pm Opening Reception – Sponsored by Euler Hermes
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March 29, 2022, Hyatt Regency, Imperial Ballroom, 3rd floor
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7:00am – Registration
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7:30am – Networking Breakfast – sponsored by EDF Trading
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8:15am – 8:30am – Executive Workshop #1-“Go-To-Market Strategy to Future-Proof Your Business” – Presented by EC Infosystems – a VertexOne Brand
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8:30am – 8:45am – Executive Workshop #2 –“Digitization and Future Energy”– Presented by ESG
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8:45am – 9:00am Welcome Address by Jack Doueck
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9:00am – 9:30am Keynote Address by Deb Merril, President of Retail at EDF Energy North America
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9:30am – 10:15am Panel #1: “How Complying With the New Renewable Requirements Can Boost Profits” Sponsored by ArcTrade
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10:15am – 11:00am Panel #2: “International Expansion for Retail Companies, What Does That Look Like?” – Sponsored by Customized Energy Solutions
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11:00am – 12:00pm Panel #3: Achieving Success in Risk Management After Ercot 2021” – Sponsored by cQuant.io
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12:00pm – 1:30pm Networking Luncheon – Sponsored by EC Infosystems – a VertexOne Brand
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12:45pm – 1:00pm Executive Workshop #3 –“Conform & Outperform – Conquering Connections Post Stir/Shaken” – Sponsored by Landfall Data
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1:00pm – 1:15pm Executive Workshop #4 – “Six Steps to Overcoming Adversity: How to Turn Setbacks into Comebacks” – Presented by Jack Doueck
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1:15pm – 1:30pm Retail Supplier of the Year Award Ceremony – Sponsored by Cinch Home Services
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1:30pm – 2:15pm Panel #4 “”What Strong Operational Processes Look Like in Retail Energy” – Sponsored by Broker X
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2:15pm – 3:00pm – Panel #5: “How to Acquire More Customers With Digital Engagement” – Sponsored by Salesforce.com
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3:00pm – 3:45pm Afternoon Coffee and Networking Break – Sponsored by Amperon
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3:45pm – 4:30pm Panel #6 “Developments in Community Solar and DER for Retailers” – Sponsored by Agility CIS
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4:30pm – 5:15pm Panel #7 – CEO Round Table: “Where Do We Go From Here?” – Sponsored by Cyber Group
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5:15pm – 6:15pm Networking Reception – Sponsored by ESG
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6:15pm – Program Concludes
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Platinum Sponsor
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Keynote Speaker EMC17
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President of retail at EDF Energy North America
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Deb Merril
President of Retail at EDF Energy North America
Deb is the President of Retail at EDF Energy North America, a leading competitive supplier to the large C&I segment, and part of EDF Group which is one of the world’s largest power companies and a global leader in low-carbon energy. EDF Energy provides a suite of products including power, gas, renewable energy, demand response, energy efficiency, and on-site generation management. When Deb joined EDF in 2019, she was challenged to take the current business and create meaningful and profitable growth. She designed and implemented a strategic plan that improved systems and processes, made changes to organizational structure to leverage talent and provide clear accountability for key areas, and grew the sales footprint to reach a broader customer base. This has led to significant growth moving EDF from the fifth-largest Commercial and Industrial power supplier up to the third position, while significantly growing the profitability of the business.
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What our Attendees are Saying
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Panel Discussions
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Moderator:
Ananda Goswamni
As more and more states and customers are focused on ESG and implementing renewables, the retail energy industry is changing in a visceral way. There are dozens of new requirements on a state level and the pace of change is truly dizzying. How do we navigate this constantly changing landscape? Is there a way to comply and also to find ways to boost the bottom line profits in the process? This panel will focus on the positives of compliance the opportunities for retailers in the new world of ESG-centered marketing and product creation. CEO’s, COOs and CMO’s will all benefit from this discussion.
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Moderator:
Gustav Beerel
This panel will feature professionals with experience opening up retail energy companies in different countries outside of the USA. Japan, Europe, and South America are just a few of the possibilities for expansion. What does it take to do this? How much capital? What kind of team is needed? How do we navigate the compliance as well as the language barriers? How different are these foreign operations from our operations in the USA? What is the best way to market overseas? How much can be outsourced? How long will it take to open an international business?
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Moderator:
Brock Mosovsky, PHD
In February of 2021, the ERCOT market in Texas experienced catastrophic electricity price spikes that few retail energy providers were prepared to deal with. As a result, many went out of business and the ones that survived were blamed for sky-high rates. This panel will focus on how retailers can survive the next disaster, with an emphasis on risk management around worst-case scenarios. This is a critical panel for C-suite executives, risk managers, traders, wholesale suppliers, finance companies, and anyone who deals with risk in the retail energy industry.
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Moderator:
Brett Jurishi
In February of 2021, the Ercot market in Texas had catastrophic volatility which no one was prepared to deal with. As a result, many REPs went out of business and the ones that survived were blamed for the sky-high rates. This panel will be focused on how to avoid the next disaster; how to properly plan the risk management to prepare for worst-case scenarios. This is a critical panel for CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, traders, wholesale suppliers, finance companies and anyone who manages risk in the retail energy industry
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Moderator:
Nathan Gastineau
Since the pandemic began, digital engagement has become even more important to find, engage, acquire and retain customers. No longer is the day of just door-to-door sales. Energy consumers, especially the younger ones, really do want a relationship with their energy supplier. They go online to research before they buy and prefer digital communications. For this reason, retailers need to focus on how they can build their businesses online to find new customers and own the customer relationship. In this panel our experts will focus on best practices to build their online presence, get creative with products and promotions and what digital tools they use to engage them.
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Moderator:
Jennifer Moore
There is an energy transition going on in this country. ESG has become a focus of millions of people and companies throughout the USA. People are demanding carbon reduction and less reliance on the grid. Community Solar is booming! Distributed Energy Resources are not for the future – they are the present. Retail energy providers are learning how to take advantage of this revolution to build their businesses on strong ground.
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EMC17 Silver Sponsor
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Moderator:
Deryl Brown
This panel of the top CEOs in retail energy will focus on the future “Where do we go from here? The Retail Energy market is evolving and changing very quickly with M&A, climate events, push to move to green products as well as regulatory roadblocks and “bad actors”. Our CEO roundtable is the highlight of every EMC and this one is no different. Our CEO’s will look into their “crystal balls” to discuss “Where do we go from here to change the narrative about retail energy?”
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Natara Feller:
Improving Compliance Practices to Avoid Costly Regulatory Investigations
A key to success in this industry is flying under the radar and staying off the $h!t list. There are significant and costly consequences to your business if you fail to comply with federal, state, and local rules and regulations. Suppliers and brokers are responsible not only for their own employees, but for the agents and vendors that represent them as well. Join Feller Law Group to learn how improving your internal operations and oversight of staff and outside vendors will save your company money and time, avoid lengthy investigations and public enforcement proceedings, and allow you to concentrate on your business.
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Moderator:
Richard Spilky
At present, there are several states considering some form of retail power competition to take place at the customer level. At the same time there are many traditional vertically integrated utilities seeking to prevent these options from taking place. Meanwhile, there is a myriad of misinformation and misunderstanding about the benefits that competitive retail power markets have demonstrated over the years. Meanwhile, the Retail Energy Supplier Association (RESA) has documented numerous facts and figures to document the benefits of competitive retail power markets. However, we need your help to bring this information forward in order to get our message out to the various stakeholders in the traditional vertically integrated states that currently do not enable the choice of supplier. Please join this discussion to see what you can do to help move the ball forward for competitive retail supply markets!
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EMC17 Executive Workshops
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Discussing how technology can help assist a smooth new market entry for energy suppliers.
- Learn what steps energy suppliers can take to adapt to new territories with agility.
- Explore how brand leaders in our industry leverage creative automation tools and techniques to optimize their efficiency.
- Review the technologies available to benchmark brand penetration in fast-changing energy markets.
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