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7:30 AM
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Registration/Settling
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8:30 AM
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Welcome &
Program Overview
Peggy Fowler, Portland General
Electric
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8:40 AM
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Opening Remarks:
The Energy Needs of the Northwest in 2025
Mike Grainey, Oregon Department of Energy
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9:00 AM |
The Pros and
Cons of Our Energy Supply Choices
Ray Stults, National Renewable
Energy Lab.
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9:30 AM |
Where are we now?
Break-out session #1
A: Technology Session - Is the Present Our
Future? This session will discuss the
current challenges facing Hydro-electric,
Nuclear, and Clean-coal power sources.
Moderator
Randy Brogand, VP, Meridian Technology Group
Steve
Wright, BPA Administrator
Jack
Baker, VP Energy/Business Services/PIO, Energy
Northwest
Keith
White, NW Natural
Kyle
Davis, PacifiCorp
B: Policy Session - Economic Realities of
Alternatives: This session focus on the
financial realities of adopting new energy
sources, as well as the difficulty in securing
funding for some promising technologies.
Moderator
Rachel Shimshak, Executive Director, Renewables
NW Project
Ted
Bernhard, Associate, Stoel Rives, LLC
Bill
Nesmith, Assistant Director for Energy
Efficiency, Oregon Department of Energy
Tucker
Ruberti, Director of Marketing, Ida Tech
Dan
Ferman, PPM |
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10:20 AM |
Break |
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10:30 AM |
What are our planning
considerations? Break-out Session #2
A: Technology Session - Finding the
Right Mix: This session will discuss the
pros/cons of Renewable Energy Sources and how
best to fit them into our Energy Portfolios.
Moderator
Will Lutgen, Executive Director, NWPPA
Elliot
Mainzer, Trading Floor Manager, BPA
Tom
Krueger, Generation Project Development Manager,
Energy Northwest
Larry
Gray, Assistant Director, Energy Loan Program
B: Policy Session - To Regulate or
Deregulate: This session will discuss
the pros/cons of government regulation within
the energy industry and how best to stimulate
change.
Moderator
Pam Lesh, VP for Rates & Regulatory Affairs, PGE
Steve
Eldridge, CEO, Umatilla Electric
Jason
Eisdorfer, Staff Attorney, Citizen’s Utility
Board
Marilyn
Showalter, Execitive Director, Public Power
Council |
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11:20 AM |
Lunch
Keynote Speaker
David Garman, U.S. Undersecretary of
Energy
Luncheon Speaker
Ralph Cavanagh, Co-Director of the Energy
Program, Natural
Resource Defense Council |
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1:15 PM |
Hands-On
Demonstrations: New Energy Technologies
(15-minute Demos)
Fuel
Cell - Ida Tech
Ocean
Energy - Ken Rhinefrank, Oregon State
University, Ocean Power Technologies
Solar
- Jon Miller, OR Solar Industry Assoc.
Clean
coal - Susan Capalbo and John Talbot, Montana
State University
Wind
- PGE (Vestas)
Bio
Mass - Pat Ashby, Tillamook PUD
Nuclear
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2:25 PM |
Mid-Day
Remarks: Federal Policy Impacts on the NW:
U.S. Congressman Jay Inslee |
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3:00 PM |
Where will
the future take us? Total Conference
Sessions
Policy Session - The Politics of
Alternative Energy: How
political/public perception and knowledge of
technology may
influence how future energy needs will be met.
Moderator
Scott Corwin, Vice President, PNGC Power
Roderick
Wright, Former Chair of CA Committee on
Utilities
Lee
Beyer, Chair, Oregon Public Utilities Commission
Adam
Davis, Partner, Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall
Leslie
Barbour, Nuclear Energy Institute
Technology Session - Dream or Fantasy:
What are the
technologies of our future?
Moderator
Ray Stults, Associate Director, National
Renewable
Energy Lab
Ed
Baker, Division Director, PNNL
Dr.
Brian Woods, Assistant Professor, Oregon State
University
Department of Nuclear Engineering & Radiation
Health Physics
Jack
Robertson, Chairman, Northwest Hydrogen Alliance |
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4:30 PM |
Closing
Remarks/Reception*: Options and
Impacts: Roderick
Wright, Former Chair, CA State Assembly
Committee on Utilities
and Commerce (1998-2002)
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5:30 PM |
Symposium
Ends |
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* Reception
hosted by the Oregon Rural Electric Cooperatives
Association and Umatilla Electric Cooperative |
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