BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Midwestern Governors Association - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Midwestern Governors Association X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://midwesterngovernors.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Midwestern Governors Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T140000 DTSTAMP:20260119T071730 CREATED:20251215T222051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T173204Z UID:10239-1768914000-1768917600@midwesterngovernors.org SUMMARY:MID-GRID Webinar: Benefits of Interregional Transmission DESCRIPTION:The MGA will continue our MID-GRID Webinar series on the Benefits of Interregional Transmission with the next webinar scheduled for Tuesday\, January 20 at 12 pm Central. \nMGA has been engaging with state government and stakeholders on cross-regional studies. To continue this topic of discussion\, this webinar will connect policymakers to challenges with assessing the benefits of interregional transmission. \n Presenting on their work at ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group)\, James Okullo\, Director of System Planning and Trieu Mai\, Visiting Fellow from will discuss ways policy makers can better understand these unique benefits. \nRegister for the webinar URL:https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/what-about-the-waste/ CATEGORIES:MID-GRID,Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T121500 DTSTAMP:20260119T071730 CREATED:20260112T180250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260117T000701Z UID:10271-1769511600-1769516100@midwesterngovernors.org SUMMARY:America's Smartland Series: What About the Waste? DESCRIPTION:This webinar will address lingering questions about commercial nuclear waste\, including: \n\nthe basics about how it is produced and stored—and in some cases\, stranded—at nuclear power plants across the Midwest;\nthe policy and legal history concerning its removal\, transportation\, consolidated storage\, recycling\, and permanent disposal;\nthe increasing impacts of federal government inaction on host communities\, utilities\, electric customers\, and all US taxpayers;\nthe potential opportunities and impacts of new nuclear reactors and SMRs and facts about recycling technologies; and\nhow states can engage to support a successful national integrated nuclear waste management program that both addresses longstanding concerns and broadens opportunities for the nuclear sector and future host communities.\n\nCo-Moderators: \n\nCommissioner Katherine Peretick\, Michigan Public Service Commission & Chair\, Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (NWSC)\nCommissioner Stacey Paradis\, Illinois Commerce Commission and Vice Chair\, NWSC\n\nPanelists: \n\nDr. Sven Bader\, Technical Executive\, EPRI\nDr. Erica Bickford\, Director\, Office of Storage & Transportation\, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (Invited)\nAdam Levin\, Consultant\, AHL Consulting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/webinar-5-what-about-the-waste/ CATEGORIES:America's Smartland,Nuclear,Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR