Event Description
Deadline
to Register: Monday, November 13,
2017
Please join us for a 2018
legislative preview and energy policy discussion with Representative Pat Garofalo
(R-58B) Chair of the Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy
and Finance Committee and Senator David Osmek (R-33), Chair of the Senate
Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee. Rep. Garofalo and Senator Osmek
will each separately discuss what their priorities are for the 2018 legislative
session. After their presentation, we will bring both legislators up together to answer
question and have a dialogue with members of the committee. This is a
great opportunity for CLE Committee members to engage in direct dialogue
with the elected officials most responsible for setting Minnesota energy
policy.
Please
join us for lunch beginning at Noon, followed by the program from 12:30 – 1:30
p.m.
Box
lunch will be provided. Special meal
requests need to be received no later than Monday, November 13.
Presenters:
Rep. Pat Garofalo is an information
technology network engineer and lives in Farmington, Minnesota. Rep. Garofalo
was first elected in 2004 and is serving his seventh term in the Minnesota House
of Representatives. Garofalo has showed a keen interest in the energy regulatory
process since becoming Chair, including his interest in the electrification of
transportation. Representative Garofalo also serves on the Taxes and Ways and
Means committee. Representative Garofalo graduated from Minnesota State
University, Mankato with a
B.S. in Law Enforcement.
Senator
David Osmek was elected in 2013 and is serving his second term in the
Minnesota Senate. Senator Osmek is the Chairman of the Minnesota Senate Energy
and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee. Senator Osmek served as the Senate
Minority Whip from 2014 to 2016. Prior to his election to the Minnesota Senate,
Senator Osmek served more than eleven years as a Mound City Council member.
Senator Osmek is a graduate of Saint Cloud State University and is a Project
Manager for United Health Group where he is responsible for data processing and
reporting for over 139,000 military servicemen, their dependents, and
retirees. In August 2017 Senator Osmek announced he was running for
Governor of Minnesota.
CLE Credits:
1.0 Standard CLE
credit approved | Event Code: 249383
Remote Participation:
Teleconferencing/webcasting are NOT available.
Cost:
Public
Utilities Law Section Member:
$10.00
MSBA Member But Not a Member of the Public Utilities Law
Section: $15.00
Non-MSBA
Members: $15.00
Law
Students:
Free
Join
the Public Utilities Law Section: $32.00 MSBA members who are not members of the
Public Utilities Law Section can join the section & attend this CLE for
FREE. Click here to
add the section to your membership and then contact Shawn Carlson to register for this meeting at no
charge.
Want to learn more about the Public
Utilities Law Section?
To pay by check, use the registration form located
here.
Need
to cancel? Please see our cancellation
policy.
Questions? Contact: Shawn Carlson l scarlson@mnbar.org l
612-278-6305
If
you need reasonable accommodations to participate in this event please notify
Shawn Carlson at 612-278-6305 or scarlson@mnbar.org. Please provide
notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to allow sufficient time to
make arrangements for accommodations at this event.