This document lists the various memberships, testimony, presentations, and media appearances of an individual relating to energy regulation and consumer advocacy. It includes leadership positions with the National Association of State Consumer Advocates and service on state task forces and boards. Testimony and presentations covered topics like rising energy costs, smart grid development, rate cases, and federal climate policy. Media appearances involved local radio, TV, and print outlets discussing utility and consumer issues.

1. Memberships, Testimony and Presentations
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Board and Association Memberships
National Association of State Consumer Advocates (NASUCA), Executive Committee (2007-
2013) and President (2011-2013)
Critical Consumer Issues Forum, Executive Committee (2012-2013)and Advisory Committee
(2011), www.criticalconsumerissuesforum.com
Keystone Energy Board (2011-2013)
Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board (Advice on distribution of proceeds from Regional
Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI))
Maryland Clean Energy Center Advisory Council
Congressional Testimony
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Healthcare and Entitlements, Testimony Regarding “The
Effects of Rising Energy Costs on American Families and Employers,” Washington, D.C.,
February 14, 2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Technical Conference on Winter 2013-14 Operations and Market Performance, Case No. AD14-
8, April 1, 2014
Maryland General Assembly
Testimony on a variety of energy, telecommunications, consumer protection and public
transportation bills, from 2007 to present, available at
http://www.opc.state.md.us/opc/Legislation/State/Testimony.aspx
State Task Force and Summit Presentations
Governor’s Task Force on Improving Maryland’s Electric Distribution System, Roundtable
Discussion on Cost Recovery, Annapolis, Maryland, September 11, 2012
Governor’s Energy Summit, Annapolis, Maryland, July 25, 2007
Federal Workgroups

2. Department of Energy Smart Grid Initiative, Voluntary Code of Conduct (VCC) Workgroup
(https://www.smartgrid.gov/news/doe_addresses_privacy_data_enabled_smart_grid_technolo
gies_convenes_multistakeholder_process)
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Panel Presentations
Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative – “Conversations with Consumer Advocates”, July 30, 2014
(webinar)
National Regulatory Conference, The Marshall-Wythe School of Law, “The Challenges of New
Technologies: Beginning of the End or End of the Beginning,” Williamsburg, VA, May 15, 2014
Mid-Atlantic Demand Response Initiative (MADRI) – “Rate Design Alternatives for Customers”,
Alexandria, Virginia, April 10, 2014
National Governors Association and Government of Puerto Rico – “What Is the Role of
Consumer Advocates: The Maryland Experience”, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 21, 2014
NARUC Winter Meeting – “Managing CapEx Risk Against the Odds: A Consumer Perspective”,
Washington, D.C., February 10, 2014
SNL Energy: Utility Regulation Conference – “Current Trends in Rate Cases: Returns on Equity”,
Washington, D.C., December 9, 2013
EEI Financial Conference, November 10, 2013, Orlando, Florida
MD-DC-VA Utilities Association, “Fueling the Economic Engine – A Consumer Perspective,”
Cambridge, MD, September 12, 2013
American Association of Black Engineers (AABE) – “Electric System Resiliency: Consumer
Concerns and Expectations”, Baltimore, Maryland, April 11, 2013
Mid-Atlantic Demand Response Initiative (MADRI) – “Data Needs, Access to Data and Consumer
Protection: Consumer Privacy Concerns and How to Address Them”, Baltimore, Maryland,
February 21, 2013
NARUC Annual Meeting – Committee on Consumer Affairs – “Consumer Credit Reporting:
Should It Include On-Time Utility Payments?”, Baltimore, Maryland, November 11, 2012
World Energy Forum, “Factoring Consumer Concerns Into the Public Interest,” Quebec City,
Quebec, Canada, May 4, 2012
American Antitrust Institute (AAI) Annual Energy Roundtable – “Emerging Issues in Electricity
Mergers”, Washington, D.C., April 24, 2012

3. U.S. DOE – IEA –RAP PEPDEE-North America – “Energy Efficiency – Sustaining the Momentum”,
Washington, D.C., April 18, 2012
DOE National Energy Forum, “The Customer’s Vision of a 21st Century Grid,” Washington, D.C.,
January 20, 2012
SNL Energy – 4th Annual Rate Symposium – “A Consumer Advocate’s Perspective on Rate Cases”,
Washington, D.C., December 6, 2011
Energy Bar Association – Demand-Side Resources and Smart Grid Committee – “Smart Grid
Update: A Consumer Perspective”, Washington, D.C., October 24, 2011
SURFA – 43rd Financial Forum – “The Post-Recession Environment: A Regulatory Perspective”,
Washington, D.C., April 14, 2011
University of Florida – Public Utility Research Center – “Dumb Policies and Smart Grids: A
Consumer Perspective”, Jacksonville, Florida, February 3, 2011
George Washington University and PMLA, “Demand Response – The Role of Regulation in the
Protection of Consumers,” Washington, D.C., December 1, 2010
NARUC Annual Meeting – “Smart Meters? Smart Rates? What Do Consumers Want and Need?”,
Atlanta, Georgia, November 15, 2010
ELCON (Industrial Customers) Fall Workshop – “Cost Recovery of Smart Grid Investments: Who
Should Bear the Risk?”, Washington, D.C., October 26, 2010
Keystone Energy Board – “Smart Grid-Smart Meters: What Do Consumers Have to Say?”,
Washington, D.C., October 7, 2010
Harvard Energy Policy Group – “Smarting from Resistance to Smart Grid –A Consumer
Viewpoint”, Cambridge, MA, September 29, 2010
Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utility Commissions, “Federal Climate Change Policy –
How to Deal with Uncertainty at the State Level,” Hershey, PA, June 30, 2010
Roundtable and Dialogue Participation (Invitation only)
Brookings Institute, Global Electricity and Technology Roundtable, Washington, D.C., October
18, 2013 and October 24, 2014
Princeton Distributed Energy Valuation Roundtable, Princeton, New Jersey, April 26, 2013
Utilities 2020 Regulator-Utility Dialogue, Denver, Colorado, October 2012
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Statewide Community Presentations
Numerous presentations to community associations, faith and interfaith organizations, local
government forums, and consumer organizations
Media
Radio and TV: Maryland Public Television (MPT), WBAL-TV, WJZ-TV, WMAR-TV, WYPR, WBAL,
WAMU, WTOP, NBC4
Print: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, Daily Record, Baltimore Business
Journal, Capital News, Gazette, City Paper, Public Power Daily, Electric Utility Week, AARP
Bulletin, Mother Jones