Registration:
Private Sector ~ $200 / Public Sector ~ $150
Private Sector ~ $200 / Public Sector ~ $150
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Sun Valley Inn
Call early to reserve your room (1-800-786-8259). Please reference the Center for the New West when making reservations to receive our group rate.
Attendees are responsible for hotel accommodations and transportation.
Sun Valley Inn
For reservations please call: 1-800-786-8259
For reservations please call: 1-800-786-8259
All conference activities will be held at the Sun Valley Inn.
The Sun Valley Inn
Welcome Remarks and Introduction -
The Honorable Larry E. Craig, United States Senator (R-Idaho), Center for the New West Trustee
The Honorable Chris Cannon, Member of Congress (R-Utah), Center for the New West Trustee
Dinner Keynote - The Honorable Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Welcome Remarks and Introduction -
The Honorable Larry E. Craig, United States Senator (R-Idaho), Center for the New West Trustee
The Honorable Chris Cannon, Member of Congress (R-Utah), Center for the New West Trustee
Dinner Keynote - The Honorable Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
The Limelight Salon B
The Limelight Salon B
Introduction - The Honorable Larry E. Craig, United States Senator (R-Idaho), Center for the New West Trustee
Introduction - The Honorable Larry E. Craig, United States Senator (R-Idaho), Center for the New West Trustee
James L. Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality (invited)
Limelight Salon B
With enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress has addressed the state of the electricity industry and its markets for the first time in over a decade. This roundtable will examine the changes to national electricity policy contained in this enactment, with particular attention to the topics which have been discussed in the previous two conferences in Salt Lake City and San Diego. Accordingly, the panelists will address how the energy bill impacts;
- The need to boost investment in critical infrastructure.
- The contentious FERC- State relationship.
- Revitalization of the competitive wholesale power markets.
- The integration of the government owned sector of the utility industry, which constitutes half of the industry in the Western interconnection into a common market with the investor owned sector.
Moderator - Joe Vasapoli, Partner, Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon
Participants:
With enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress has addressed the state of the electricity industry and its markets for the first time in over a decade. This roundtable will examine the changes to national electricity policy contained in this enactment, with particular attention to the topics which have been discussed in the previous two conferences in Salt Lake City and San Diego. Accordingly, the panelists will address how the energy bill impacts;
- The need to boost investment in critical infrastructure.
- The contentious FERC- State relationship.
- Revitalization of the competitive wholesale power markets.
- The integration of the government owned sector of the utility industry, which constitutes half of the industry in the Western interconnection into a common market with the investor owned sector.
Moderator - Joe Vasapoli, Partner, Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon
Participants:
- Steve Wright, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration
- Bud Albright, Chief of Staff, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Lisa Epifani, Majority Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- John Moot, General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Limelight Salon B
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 encouraged domestic development and international deployment of emission free technologies to address concerns about the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Act provided incentives to encourage development of emission free sources such as nuclear energy, by far the largest source of emission free energy today, as well as hydro-power, geothermal and wind. Is it now technically and financially possible for the United States to achieve meaningful emission reductions over the next 20 years by:
- Reducing oil dependence by one-third;
- Cutting carbon emissions by one-third; and
- Developing, deploying and disseminating clean energy technologies to poor undeveloped countries.
What roles can each emission-free sources play, and what are their limits? What follow-on action to the Energy Bill should be considered and when? Will the successful development of new emission-free energy sources have a meaningful impact on mitigating global climate change?
Moderator - John Kane, Senior Vice President Government Affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute
Participants:
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 encouraged domestic development and international deployment of emission free technologies to address concerns about the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Act provided incentives to encourage development of emission free sources such as nuclear energy, by far the largest source of emission free energy today, as well as hydro-power, geothermal and wind. Is it now technically and financially possible for the United States to achieve meaningful emission reductions over the next 20 years by:
- Reducing oil dependence by one-third;
- Cutting carbon emissions by one-third; and
- Developing, deploying and disseminating clean energy technologies to poor undeveloped countries.
What roles can each emission-free sources play, and what are their limits? What follow-on action to the Energy Bill should be considered and when? Will the successful development of new emission-free energy sources have a meaningful impact on mitigating global climate change?
Moderator - John Kane, Senior Vice President Government Affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute
Participants:
- John Peschke, Majority Professional Staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Michael McMurphy, President, AREVA, Inc.
- Dan Keuter, Vice President of Business Development, Entergy
- David Hill, Deputy Director, Idaho National Labratory
Please proceed to the Continental room in the Sun Valley Inn
The Continental Room
Introductions - George O'Connor, Partner, Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon, Center Energy Policy Advisor
Keynotes -
Alex Flint, Majority Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Robert Simon, Minority Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Introductions - George O'Connor, Partner, Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon, Center Energy Policy Advisor
Keynotes -
Alex Flint, Majority Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Robert Simon, Minority Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Please return to the Limelight Salon B in the Sun Valley Inn
Limelight Salon B
Five western states have entered into an agreement to work together to facilitate development of a new transmission line that will connect the coal and renewable electricity production resources of the west to consumers in California and elsewhere. This roundtable will inquire into the progress being made, and issues raised, by this and other similar proposals.
- Can such a transmission line be built given the well known difficulties in siting energy infrastructure?
- Who will invest in such a massive project?
- What are the respective roles of the states and the federal government in approving and regulating such a transmission line?
Moderator - Jim Sims, Executive Director, Western Business Roundtable, Center for the New West Trustee
Participants:
Five western states have entered into an agreement to work together to facilitate development of a new transmission line that will connect the coal and renewable electricity production resources of the west to consumers in California and elsewhere. This roundtable will inquire into the progress being made, and issues raised, by this and other similar proposals.
- Can such a transmission line be built given the well known difficulties in siting energy infrastructure?
- Who will invest in such a massive project?
- What are the respective roles of the states and the federal government in approving and regulating such a transmission line?
Moderator - Jim Sims, Executive Director, Western Business Roundtable, Center for the New West Trustee
Participants:
- Mark Robinson, Director, Office on Energy Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Laura Nelson, Energy Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor of Utah
- Jim Lucier, Senior Analyst, Prudential Equity Group, LLC
- Steven M. Wheeler, Executive Vice President Customer Service and Regulation, Arizona Public Service Company