Jackson Walker partner Michael J. Nasi will serve as the lunch keynote speaker on the first full day of the American Public Power Association Joint Action Conference held on January 11-13, 2026 in Destin, Florida.
The lunch keynote, titled “Keeping Up With Changes at the EPA and Beyond,” will be held on Monday, January 12th at 11:45 a.m., and covers the changes to federal energy and environmental policy impacting the electric grid. Other speakers joining Mike on the agenda include the CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), several CEOs of the nation’s largest public power entities, chief executives of power technology and market/financial firms, and a host of other electricity experts.
Since 1940, The American Public Power Association (APPA) has served as the national industry association representing municipal/public power authorities and agencies across the country.
For more information, visit the conference website.
Meet Michael
Michael J. Nasi is the founder and Chair of Jackson Walker’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) group and Co-chair of the Digital Infrastructure & Data Centers practice. His practice encompasses numerous federal and state environmental and utility regulatory programs, with a focus on environmental and utility regulatory counseling and litigation for the power sector. He has also been active in power-related legislative reforms, power market reforms, and energy and environmental education initiatives, including curriculum development.
Mike has been an expert witness and speaker at hearings, energy policy events, and classrooms across the country, including the White House and the United Nations, and is published in several trade, law, and business journals on environmental and energy law. He participates on advisory boards or as counsel for several state and regional energy research initiatives, including North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Foundation Board, the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB), the Wyoming Energy Authority/Energy Policy Network (EPN), the Energy Council Public Advisory Board (PAB), and the University of Houston Center for Carbon Management in Energy (CCME).