The Montana Council on Economic Education (MCEE) hosted the Economic Education Summit for teachers on September 27, 2010.  It was designed to bring outstanding presenters to Montana and focused on current energy issues.

MCEE thanks the following sponsors:

    PPL of Montana

    Northwestern Energy

    Cloud Peak Energy

    Montana-Dakota Resources Group

    Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Helena Branch

    MSU Extension:  Holly Fretwell, Mel Lehmann, and Joel Schumacher

In conjunction with the Economic Education Summit, an updated teacher training session for the High School Business Challenge was held from 2:00-5:00 pm at the Holiday Inn, Bozeman, MT.

• Economic Education Summit Agenda

• PowerPoint Presentations (pdf format unless otherwise stated)

  • Holly Fretwell, PERC Research Fellow, and Dan Benjamin, " Recycling: Moral Imperative or Resource Conservation?"

  • John Stumph, VP of Strategic Planning, MDU Resources Group, Inc., "Energy: A Household Perspective, Our Company, Oil and Natural Gas Trends."

  • John Kasperick, Director Financial Planning and Analysis, NorthWestern Energy, "Public Utilities and the Natural Monopoly."

  • Joel Schumacher, Extension Economics Associate Specialist, Department of Ag. Economics and Economics, Montana State University Extension, "Biofuel Economics:  Do they matter?"

  

        John Hoffman, Director External Affairs, PPL of Montana

From left to right:  John Kasperick (MCEE Board Member), Christen Obresley (MCEE Board Member), Tracy Grazley (Reed Point HS Teacher), Todd O'Hair (MCEE Board Member)