Pub.1 2019-2020 Issue 3

2020 Annual Meeting - Sundance Resort T his past January, UPA held its annual meeting at the beautiful Sundance Resort, in Provo, Utah. Those that attended enjoyed two days of educa- tional meetings and an opportunity to catch-up with colleagues within our industry. The agenda was packed with break-out sessions and keynote speakers that spoke to the task at hand that we are all faced with: speaking with one voice about the importance of what we do and how critical our mission is. Topics for discussion included energy poverty – what it is – and the consequences to the world, and to our own communities when people do not have access to reliable, low cost energy. We had speakers focus the current and future energy policies and budgets, as well as best practices for us all to follow as we work to further our industry. We want to thank all of our sponsors for supporting our event, and to those that took time out of their schedules to join us. We also want to thank our presenters and speakers who did an exceptional job. Many of the topics were particularly inter- esting, and we are pleased to publish a supporting editorial in this issue of our magazine. For those of you that missed the annual meeting, we hope that you will join us next year. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: PLATINUM: Encana, now known as Ovintiv GOLD: HollyFrontier National Landworks OXY PRAXAIR Pro Industrial, Inc. Rocky Mountain Power SILVER: AFPM BARR UCAIR 13 UP DATE