Thursday, July 22nd, Noon -- 2:00 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
The Rotunda Room
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

Speakers:

• Wayne H. Brunetti, Chairman and CEO, Xcel Energy (presentation available here)
• Andrew Smith, Senior Analyst, Electric Utilities, JP Morgan
• Richard Hunter, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings Global Power Group
• James Lucier, Senior Vice President and Analyst, Prudential Equity Group, LLC

Wayne H. Brunetti, the chairman and CEO of Xcel Energy Inc., delivered his first major policy speech as the new chair of the Edison Electric Institute. Reliability, environmental protection and the remaking of electricity markets are among the topics he addressed at the latest in a series of CEO Lunches sponsored by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Following his comments, Brunetti answered questions from a panel of industry analysts.

Questioning Brunetti were Andrew Smith, senior analyst and head of the Electric Utilities Equity Research Team at JPMorgan, Richard Hunter, managing director of Fitch Ratings Global Power Group, and James Lucier, senior vice president and analyst at Prudential Securities.