Event Calendar

Start Date: 10/14/2026 9:00 AM CDT
End Date: 10/14/2026 4:00 PM CDT

Venue Name: Florian Gardens Conference Center

Location:

Organization Name: Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association

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PROGRAM LOCATION
Florian Gardens Conference Center
2340 Lorch Avenue
Eau Claire, WI
(715) 832-8836

Registration:  8:30 a.m.
Program:  9 a.m.–4 p.m.

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ROOM BLOCK
Holiday Inn South
4751 Owen Ayres Court
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 830-9889
Room Block Name: Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association or WECA
Room Block Rate: $TBD (double queen)
Room Block Expires: 
Room Block Link:  October Room Block

Rooms may be available under the room block after the cut-off date only if the hotel has rooms available. Contact the hotel directly to book rooms after the deadline.

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Power Supply Decision-Making (BLC #976.1)
1-1/2 Skill Builder Credits

This course focuses on navigating the G&T responsibility of making generation and transmission investment decisions for the benefit of distribution cooperative member systems. Some of these investments, such as with coal-fired generation, may have had a lower initial capital investment but have required significant additional investment throughout their productive life to comply with changing emissions laws and regulations. On the other hand, nuclear generation entailed significant initial investment, much of which was driven by changing regulations, lengthy construction periods and high interest rates during the era in which much of our nation’s nuclear plant investment was made. Regardless, these generation and transmission investments were made with a vision and a plan, and that requirement will also be the case going forward in an uncertain power supply future.

KEY TOPICS

• Understanding of the G&T decision points regarding future power supply decisions.

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