Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago
Utilities: Delivering Reliable, Accessible, Affordable, Clean Energy Across our Delicate System
-Gary Scott Steffens, Adjunct Lecturer in Energy Management, WCU (moderator)
-Kent Singer, Executive Director, Colorado Rural Electric Association
-Jessica Kelleher, Manager of Commercialization, Xcel Energy
-Drew Bolin, Director of Strategic Communications, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities in delivering reliable, accessible, affordable, clean energy across our delicate energy infrastructure to all from a variety of perspectives including the public utility, rural co-op, and consumer standpoints. Panelists will shed light on the complexities of competing stakeholder needs and evolving resource portfolios, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for adding renewable energy capacity to existing resource portfolios.
GCEA: Powering Possibilities
-Mike McBride, Chief Executive Officer, Gunnison County Electric Association
Mike McBride will introduce Gunnison County’s local electricity cooperative, discussing GCEA’s unique structure, service territory, and stakeholder base. Mike will hit on GCEA’s most recent strategic plan and provide important insight on key points relating to GCEA’s challenges and opportunities in achieving strategic plan goals.
Utilities: Delivering Reliable, Accessible, Affordable, Clean Energy Across our Delicate System
-Gary Scott Steffens, Adjunct Lecturer in Energy Management, WCU (moderator)
-Kent Singer, Executive Director, Colorado Rural Electric Association
-Jessica Kelleher, Manager of Commercialization, Xcel Energy
-Drew Bolin, Director of Strategic Communications, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities in delivering reliable, accessible, affordable, clean energy across our delicate energy infrastructure to all from a variety of perspectives including the public utility, rural co-op, and consumer standpoints. Panelists will shed light on the complexities of competing stakeholder needs and evolving resource portfolios, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for adding renewable energy capacity to existing resource portfolios.
GCEA: Powering Possibilities
-Mike McBride, Chief Executive Officer, Gunnison County Electric Association
Mike McBride will introduce Gunnison County’s local electricity cooperative, discussing GCEA’s unique structure, service territory, and stakeholder base. Mike will hit on GCEA’s most recent strategic plan and provide important insight on key points relating to GCEA’s challenges and opportunities in achieving strategic plan goals.
