Who Should Attend:
Utility environmental professionals (new and experienced), and any utility personnel tasked with or interested in environmental issues, regulatory compliance, or mitigation in the environmental arena of electric utilities. This meeting is only open to utility personnel.
Related Events:
Environmental Task Force Meeting, Sept. 9, 2025
Overview:
The long-standing Environmental Task Force is a group of utility professionals working in all areas of environmental compliance that meet to examine environmental issues and the impact of current and proposed environmental regulations on electric utilities. This new, free, utility-only virtual event for environmental professionals is an opportunity to share current topics of interest, problems, ideas, solutions, and feedback. All utility professionals are invited. The webinar agenda will consist of a welcome, roundtable discussions, and collaborative problem-solving breakout sessions.
Agenda*:
9-9:05 a.m. General virtual roundtable welcome and overview of the Environmental Task Force purpose
Aurana Lewis, Environmental Task Force Chair, Seattle City Light
Matt Stevie, Environmental Task Force Vice Chair, Okanogan County PUD
9:15-9:30 a.m. Introductions (name, utility, and topic of interest for breakouts)
9:30-9:50 a.m. Breakout groups based on topics of interest
Moderators: ETF committee members
9:50-10:20 a.m. Breakout group reporting
Reporters from breakout groups
10:20-10:45 a.m. Group discussion
10:45-11 a.m. Closing
*Agenda subject to change
Schedule:
The webinar will be held 9-11 a.m. Pacific Time on Zoom. Attendees will be admitted 15 minutes before the webinar begins.
Recordings:
Webinar recordings can be made available to registrants who are unable to attend live.
Moderators:
Melissa Nies, Learning Program Manager, NWPPA
Environmental Task Force Committee
How to Participate:
Instructions will be emailed to attendees within 24 hours of the webinar, and we recommend that you test the link to the meeting as soon as you get the instructions. The webinar is best viewed using Chrome as your browser. We recommend that you use a landline for both your phone and your internet connections.
This registration is for one person to attend. We manage our webinars on an honor-system basis; if more than one person from a utility wishes to attend, each is to register separately.
Fees:
This event is free for all attendees.