PolicyMaker Series: State of the Energy Market

Understanding How Energy Decisions Are Made

Energy policy affects every business. It shapes operating costs, economic development, infrastructure investment, reliability, and growth.

Yet few business leaders outside the energy sector really understand how energy policy gets made, or how power is generated, delivered, and regulated. The roles played by federal and state regulators, grid operators, utilities, and elected officials are often just as unclear.

The Loudoun Chamber's "State of the Energy Market” will give Loudoun's business and community leaders a clear look at how the energy system actually works and how the big policy and infrastructure decisions get made.

The event opens with a keynote from The Honorable Josephus Allmond, Chief Energy Officer in the Spanberger Administration. Following Mr. Allmond’s presentation, there will be a panel discussion featuring the leading decision-makers in setting regional, state and local energy policies.  

Our panel brings together four people at the center of these decisions:
Judge Kelsey Bagot — Commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, the state body that regulates utilities and sets rates.
Jason Stanek — Executive Director of Governmental Services at PJM Interconnection, the operator that runs the regional power grid.
Bill Murray — Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications at Dominion Energy, an investor-owned utility.
Katharine Bond — Vice President of Commercial Operations at NOVEC, a member-owned electric cooperative.
 
Together they'll help attendees understand who makes energy decisions, what drives those decisions, and how businesses and communities can have a voice in the process.