Your opportunity to join the nation’s leading transmission CEOs, presidents and senior executives at the industry’s eighth annual conclave. Hear their plans for dealing with the forces— strategic, regulatory, financial, and technological—shaping the new transmission era.

Now in its eighth year, the Transmission Summit has established itself as the premier gathering place for transmission CEOs, presidents and other senior executives responsible for this critical sector of the power industry. In what has become a tradition, these strategic leaders engage in thoughtful and open discussions on the changing strategic, regulatory and investment issues facing transmission business owners, grid operators, and system users. Year after year, the Transmission Summit delivers remarkable insights into the business planning and investment activities of the industry.

The business and investment environment for transmission business owners and investors has been fundamentally transformed in the post-EPAct 2005 era. FERC has embarked upon a number of new initiatives aimed at mitigating what it sees as critical under-investment in and congestion of the nation’s transmission infrastructure. It has proposed new incentives-based rates. The siting and approval process is being streamlined under a reconfigured regulatory framework. Reliability mandates have been put into place. In this new environment, transmission owners are weighing options and exploring alternative strategies that will enable them to capture the true value of their transmission businesses and their investments. Acquisitions, sales, and spin-offs are among the options on the table. At the Executive Forum, leading executives and investors will explore this new environment, the impact it will have on encouraging new transmission investment, and the strategic options being considered by transmission owners and investors to maximize the value of their businesses and investments.

In addition to the changes brought about by EPAct 2005 and new FERC initiatives, a multitude of on-going issues continue to ‘redraw the map’ of the power transmission sector. At Transmission 2006, the industry’s key leaders will provide a detailed examination of these business and regulatory shifts on the transmission business and how owners and operators will plan for the future of their transmission system in this changing milieu. Our panelists will provide a detailed examination of the most critical issues facing the industry.

This workshop will focus on solutions to the problems with transmission owner maintenance incentives, both in terms of the optimal scheduling and duration of transmission maintenance outages.