Save the Date! The Customers First Coalition will hold its annual Power Breakfast on the morning of August 15 at the Premier Park Hotel in Madison. For the past four years, Customers First has been producing an energy-focused podcast, the Electric Wire, and this year’s Power Breakfast will feature speakers from some of the top episodes, as the Electric Wire celebrates its 50^th episode.

Speakers will include Laurel Peltier, a consumer advocate from Maryland, who has seen first-hand the perils of energy deregulation, or retail choice, for electric customers in that state. Other topics will include utility-scale energy storage technologies and a panel with Wisconsin’s energy providers. Registration will open in May, with information at www.customersfirst.org/events.