8:30 AM
Welcome by Noel Bakhtian, Center for Advanced Energy Studies & Kathy Araujo, Energy Policy Institute
9:00- 10:30 AM
Moderator: Ben Kujala, Northwest Power and Conservation Council Kristine Raper, Idaho Public Utilities Commission Ann Rendahl, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Jennifer Gardner, Western Resource Advocates Peter Colussy, California Independent System Operator
10:45- 12:15 PM
PANEL A
Moderator: Holly Taylor, Western Interstate Energy Board
Andrew Kleit, Penn State University; What is Market Manipulation? Lessons from Barclays and Powhatan
David Gattie, University of Georgia; First Principles of US Nuclear Power Policy for 21st Century Geopolitics
Craig Jones, Boise State University; Weaponizing the EPA: Presidential Control and Wicked Problems
Josh Lappen, Stanford University; A Policy History of the Federal Coal Management Program
PANEL B
Moderator: Seth Blumsack, Penn State University
Gabe Chan, University of Minnesota; Sharing Benefits, Costs, and Risk in Community Shared Solar: Evidence from 100 Minnesota Subscription Contracts
Stephanie Lenhart, Boise State University; Opportunities and Challenges of Solar Technology Configurations: Implementation by Municipal Utilities and Electric Cooperatives Gilbert Michaud,
Ohio University; Deploying Solar Energy with Community Choice Aggregation Fees: A Case Study of Athens, Ohio Hanna Breetz, Arizona State University; 100% Renewable Energy Pledges in US Cities
12:30- 1:45 PM
Lunch & Keynote Introduction by Kathy Araujo, Energy Policy Institute
Keynote by Sue Tierney, Analysis Group
2:00- 3:30 PM
PANEL A
Moderator: Robert Godby, University of Wyoming
Rohini Ghosh, University of Wyoming; Valuing Expanded Wind Generation and Geographic Diversity of Wind in the Rocky Mountain West: Market and Non-Market Outcomes
Jacob Tuttle, University of Utah; Analysis of a Thermal Generator’s Participation in the Western Energy Imbalance Market and the Resulting Effects on Overall Performance and Emissions
Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Impacts of Wind and Solar on Wholesale Electricity Prices and Bulk Power System Assets
Wesley Cole, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Impacts of Increasing Penetration of Renewable Energy on the Operation of the Power Sector
PANEL B
Moderator: David Gattie, University of Georgia
Brian Sergi, Carnegie Mellon University; Integrating Climate and Health Objectives to Inform Clean Energy Siting in Capacity Expansion Modeling
Karin Wadsack, Northern Arizona University; Renewable Energy, Climate Change, and Energy Storage: Toward a Multi-pollutant Approach to Air Quality Regulation
Sandra Sattler, Union of Concerned Scientists; Achieving a Clean Energy Transition in Illinois: Economic and Public Health Benefits of Replacing Coal Plants with Local Clean Energy Alternatives
Kathryn Bills Walsh, Montana State University; Stalled Coalbed Methane Reclamation in Sheridan County, Wyoming: A Case of Environmental Cost-Shifting
3:45- 5:15 PM
PANEL A
Moderator: Tammie Borders, Idaho National Laboratory
Grace Relf, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE); Valuing Distributed Energy Resources: Combined Heat and Power and the Modern Grid
Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carbon Abatement Costs with Renewables Accounting for Declining Revenue and Technological Progress
Haeyeon Kim, Colorado School of Mines; Locational Determinants of Wind Equipment Manufacturing Facilities
Michelle Arnold, Utah State University; Biofuel Technology and Innovation in the 21st Century
PANEL B
Moderator: Kathy Araujo, Energy Policy Institute
Roundtable Discussion
Seth Blumsack, Penn State University; The Costly Narrative of Fuel Security
Sarah Parrish Bergquist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Backyard Voices: Community Perceptions of Large-Scale Energy Transmission Infrastructure
Sanya Carley, Indiana University; Examining the Role of NIMBYism in Public Acceptance of Energy Infrastructure
Sarah Mills, University of Michigan; Predicting Opposition to Windfarms Using Census Data
PANEL C
Moderator: Stephen Miller, University of Idaho
Claudia Prempeh, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Will We Ever Be Stable? An Institutional Analysis of Ghana's Electricity Market
Paolo Davide Farah, West Virginia University (USA) & gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development (UK) ; Hydraulic Fracturing: From the United States' Experience to the Legal Framework in the European Union and the Member States
Jongeun You, University of Colorado; Is the Pay for Success Approach Applicable to the Energy Poverty Issue?
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Alexander Nagel, University of Idaho; Analyzing Dam Feasibility in the Willamette River Watershed
Allison Daniel, Oregon State University; Climate Change and the FWE Nexus: Understanding the Influence of Environmental Beliefs on Nexus Policy Preferences
Courtney Hollar, University of Idaho; Thermoelectric Properties of High-Performance and Flexible Cu2Se and Bi2Te3 Thin Films Fabricated by Wet-deposition Methods
Evan Miller, Boise State University; High-throughput Pipeline to Advance Organic Solar Cells
Kelli Roemer, Montana State University; Planning for Local Impacts of Coal Transition in the West
Stefi Mitova, University of Colorado Boulder; Charging Shared Electric Vehicles in San Francisco with Renewables: Transportation, Energy, and Economic Feasibility Analysis
Lauren Berger, University of Colorado Boulder; Strategies for Implementing Nederland, Colorado’s 100% Renewable Energy Pledge
Ujjwall Sai Sunder Uppuluri, London School of Economics and Political Science; Why, and With What Effects, Were There Programs of Fuel and Power Deregulation in the US and Privatization in England and Wales?
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