Environmental Leadership Learning Conference

Remediation

• Tools and strategies for overcoming challenges on complex remediation sites:
  • Strategies, tools and best practices for maximizing the use of existing data
  • Integrated approaches to expedite the remediation process and achieve results at a lower cost
  • Two case studies will be presented to demonstrate application and proofs of concept

Renewables & Climate Change

Remediation

• Magnitude discussion about how deviations from the design impact construction implementation.
• Impact to cost and disposal options when asbestos tiles are found in below grade gas holder historic backfill debris
• Lessons learned and best practices for managing historic gas holder backfill debris.

Renewables / Climate Change

Feature Presentation

• An overview of how ComEd/Exelon is addressing their path to clean to become the utility of the future.

One of the greatest challenges organizations face is hiring the right contractor for the job. When sourcing work, considerations include price, performance, safety, capacity, and diversity status among other factors. Hear from representatives from the utility industry’s Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Diversity groups, as well as consultants on their perspective regarding contractor selection.  The roundtable members will discuss their goals during the contractor and subcontractor selection process and how they move forward collectively to provide the expertise, value and diversity necessary to successfully complete projects.

Emerging Contaminants

The presentation will give a brief introduction to:

• The general chemical properties of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that influence remedial approaches
• A summary of remedial technologies currently being implemented for PFAS, with factors that impact performance
• A high-level overview of remedial technologies that are currently in development for PFAS.

Government

State and federal agency representatives familiar with their agency’s development and application of PFAS regulations will discuss how they are developing and applying PFAS regulations to site investigations and remediation projects. This moderated discussion will offer conference participants an opportunity to hear how several states and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) is moving forward with this emerging contaminant. The panel will also address questions from various utility companies. Currently the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and US EPA are scheduled to participate, which agency representatives from several other states expected to be confirmed in the near future.

Government

• Discussion on Alliant Energy’s approach to Environmental, Social and Governance matters.
• Will discuss goals, disclosure, transparency and methods to addressing ESG interest of stakeholders.

Decommissioning

• The story of Plant Riverside in Savannah, GA.
• The story of how an old coal fired power plant transformed into an exuberant entertainment district along the riverfront of Savanah, GA.