Our Chair, South Carolina’s Governor Henry McMaster, hosted the 3-day event from September 17-19 in Greenville, South Carolina.
The theme that led our agenda for the meeting was got power? Fueling Future Growth and Prosperity in the South. Throughout the event, speakers focused on economic development topics at the confluence of energy production, electricity generation, innovative technologies, grid resiliency, and cybersecurity, as well as the influx of federal funding for state energy and environmental programs, state and federal legislative action, regulatory and permitting reform, and much more!
Presentations
Sustainable Aviation Fuel by the Numbers
Ethel Bunch, Sustain South Carolina
Update on the Implementation of the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act Of 2022
William Droze, Troutman Pepper
TVA and Advanced Nuclear
David Fountain, TVA
Electric Reliability: More Than Just MWs
Tim Ponseti, SERC
Federal Representative’s Remarks
Jim Powell, SSEB
Speakers
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/McMaster.png)
Honorable Henry McMaster
Governor of South Carolina
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kemp.png)
Honorable Brian Kemp
Governor of Georgia
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Lee.png)
Honorable Bill Lee
Governor of Tennessee
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Alexander.jpg)
The Honorable Thomas Alexander
Senate President, South Carolina
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Charkoudian-1.png)
Del. Lorig Charkoudian Maryland
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Powell.png)
Honorable Jim Powell
SSEB Federal Representative
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sandifer.png)
Rep. William E. “Bill” Sandifer, III
South Carolina
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Yager.png)
Sen. Ken Yager
Tennessee
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Bateman.png)
Andrew Bateman
Deputy Executive Director, South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Black-1.png)
Noel Black
Sr. Vice President of Federal Regulatory Affairs, Southern Company
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Dan.png)
Honorable Dan Brouillette
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Bunch.png)
Ethel Bunch
Founder & CEO, Sustain SC
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Callahan.png)
Michael P. Callahan
State President – South Carolina, Duke Energy
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Chapman-1.png)
Lee Chapman
Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Jackson EMC
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Crabtree.png)
Honorable Brad Crabtree
Asst. Sec. for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Crapps.png)
Morgan Crapps
Dir. of Public Affairs and Govt. Relations, Redwood Materials
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Davis.png)
Honorable Glenn Davis
Director, Virginia Department of Energy
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Duncan.png)
Honorable Jeff Duncan
U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Fountain.png)
David Fountain
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, TVA
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Frick-1.png)
John Frick
Vice President, Government Relations, The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hamill.png)
Bobby Hamill
Senior Director, Environmental Policy, NRECA
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Hardee.png)
Dr. Tim Hardee
President, South Carolina Technical College System
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hazzard.png)
Sara Hazzard
President & CEO, South Carolina Manufacturers
Alliance
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kissam.png)
W. Keller Kissam
President – Dominion Energy South Carolina
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kollins.png)
Katharine Kollins
President, Southeastern Wind Coalition
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Leonard-1.png)
Lindsay Leonard
Senior Director for National Strategy and Engagement, Boeing
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lightsey.png)
The Honorable Harry M. Lightsey, III
Secretary, South Carolina Department of Commerce
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/McKay.png)
Bruce McKay
Senior Director, External Affairs, BHE Gas Transmission & Storage | Carolinas Natural Gas Coalition
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miller.jpg)
Thomas Miller
Regulatory & Strategy Senior Manager, bp America
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Montross.png)
Tracy Montross
Regional Director of Government Affairs, American Airlines
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Oxford.png)
Vayl S. Oxford
Member, Director for Global Security Affairs, Savannah River National Laboratory
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ponseti.png)
Tim Ponseti
Vice President of Operations, SERC Reliability Corporation
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Smith.png)
Brian Smith
Senior Director, Government Affairs and Policy, GE Vernova
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Stallwitz.png)
David Stallwitz
Managing Director, Business Development – Emerging Energy, Phillips 66
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Staton.png)
Jimmy Staton
President and CEO, Santee Cooper
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Venzke.png)
Pamela Venzke
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer – Americas, Ørsted
![](https://www.sseb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/White.png)
Honorable Knox H. White
Mayor of Greenville