Presentations from the 2025 Energy Forum

Jim Matheson, CEO of NRECA
Darrick Moe, CEO of MREA
Justin Kringstad, ND Pipeline Authority
Zac Ruzycki, Director of Resource Planning, GRE
Priti Patel, VP & Chief
Transmission Officer, GRE
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  • Welcome – Tim Thompson, CEO, LREC
  • Moderator – Jeff Haase, Director of Members Services, DER & End Use Strategy, GRE
  • Where we’re at, where we’re going (virtual)– Jim Matheson, CEO, NRECA
  • Legislation update – Darrick Moe, CEO, MREA
  • GRE’s energy portfolio – Zac Ruzycki, Director of Resource Planning, GRE
  • Hydropower – Jim Horan, Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
  • Transmission future (virtual)– Priti Patel, Vice President & Chief Transmission Officer, GRE
  • Providing affordable and reliable energy (virtual) – Jon Brekke, VP & Chief Power Supply Officer, GRE
  • Current and future impacts of electric vehicles – Steve Nisbet, EV Program Director, MN Automobile Dealers Association

Breakout sessions
-Electric vehicles (GRE, LREC, and Steve Nisbet)
-Battery Storage and generators (Briggs & Stratton)
-LREC local options: generators, water heaters, and solar