Obama meets privately with utility CEOs

On Wednesday, the White House put out a press release indicating President Obama met privately with electric utility executives, trade association representatives and members of his response team.

Obama spoke with the utility executives about the lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy and discussing best approaches and responses to future extreme weather events.

In attendance on the utility side were:

Tom Kuhn, President of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
David Owens, Executive Vice President of Business Operations at EEI
Brian Wolff, Senior Vice President at EEI
Jo Ann Emerson, CEO of National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Joe Nipper, Senior Vice President-Government Relations at the American Public Power Association (APPA)
Joy Ditto, Director of Legislative Affairs at APPA
Jim Burpee, President and CEO of the Canadian Electric Association
Nick Akins, President and CEO of American Electric Power
Tony Alexander, President and CEO of FirstEnergy
John Bilda, General Manager at Norwich Public Utilities
Kevin Burke, Chairman, President and CEO of Consolidated Edison
Mel Coleman, CEO of North Arkansas Electric Corp.
Chris Crane, President and CEO at Exelon
Anita Decker, Chief Operating Officer for the Bonneville Power Administration
Ken DeFontes, president and CEO of BGE
Leo Denault, chairman of the board and CEO at Entergy
Charles Freni, Senior Vice President of Customer Services at Central Hudson
Mark Gabriel, administrator of the Western Area Power Administration
Lew Hay, executive chairman at NextEra Energy
Tom King, President of U.S. Business National Grid
Bob Kump, CEO at Iberdrola
Ralph LaRossa, President and Chief Operating Officer at Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Ron Litzinger, Principal Executive Officer and President of Southern California Edison
Len McMillan, Vice President of Operations and Maintenance at Hydro One
Lee Olivier, CEO at NSTAR
Paul Pallas, Electric Department Superintendent of Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Mary Powell, CEO at Green Mountain Power
Bob Powers, executive vice president and chief operating officer of American Electric Power
Gil Quiniones, President and CEO at New York Power Authority
Joe Rigby, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of PEPCO
Eric Silagy, President of Florida Power & Light
Bill Spence, Chairman, President and CEO at PPL
Jim Torgerson, President and CEO at UIL Holdings
Keith Trent, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Regulated Utilities at Duke Energy
Geisha Williams, Executive Vice President of Electric Operations at PGE
Rod West, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Entergy

And here are the members of Obama's staff that attended:

Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett
Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Heather Zichal
Acting Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman
Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Patricia Hoffman
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Bill Bryan
Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration Adam Sieminski
Other, unidentified members of Obama's response team