Palmetto Power Cities Annual Meeting

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• Annual Meeting Program
• 2026 Meeting Sponsors

• More information about the Palmetto Power Cities

   

Presentations

• Update on Supply and Policies in the Energy Market
  Dr. David Gattie, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of Georgia
• Using the Right Information to Improve Customer Communication
  Katherine Elrod, Principal, Seeker Solutions, LLC
• Data Centers and Their Approach With Conservation
  Michael Bryan, CEO & President, Patterson & Dewar Engineers, Inc.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency – Recovery Project Documentation and Requirements
• Handout - FEMA Resource Links
• Handout - 2025 FEMA Equipment Rates
• Handout – FEMA – Public Assistance Program Delivery Guide
• Handout – FEMA – Public Assistance Work Eligibility Matrix
  Kelley Donkle, Owner, Chaos Coordinator, LLC
• Capital Planning and Debt Management (Ratios, Reserves and Rates)
  Stephanie Beauregard, Vice President, Booth and Associates LLC
• New Monitoring Technologies
  Mike Burns, Vice President of Sales U.S., Safegrid
• Power and Partnership: How Councils, Boards and Utilities Work Together
  Charlie Barrineau, Senior Field Services Manager, Municipal Association of SC
• Better Together: GIS and Asset Management
  David Miller, Manager, CXO Group, SSP Innovations, LLC
• Five Generations of the Workforce
  Rebecca Battle-Bryant, Director, SC Department of Employment and Workforce
• Charged Up and Ready: SC NEXUS, Clemson University and the Future of Microgrids in South Carolina
  Fearn Gupton, Strategic Initiatives and Operations Manager, SC Department of Commerce
  Dr. Sez Russcher, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University 
• Grant Project Update
  Joey Meadors, City Manager, City of Clinton
  Keith Wood, Operations Director, Laurens CPW
  Wade Holmes, Electric Division Director, Orangeburg DPU
  Sylvia Williams, Grant and Proposal Writer, Santee Cooper