Friday, November 4, 2016
Eighth Annual Climate and Energy Law Symposium
"The Changing Landscape of Energy and Climate Policy in the West"
At the University of San Diego’s Eighth Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium, academic and policy experts will analyze and assess three aspects of this complex issue.
Welcome
- Stephen P. Ferruolo, Dean and Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
- Cassandra Wells, Editor in Chief, San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law
- Scott J. Anders, Director, Energy Policy Initiatives Center, University of San Diego School of Law
Keynote Panel
- Travis Kavulla, Commissioner, Montana Public Service Commission and President and Chairman, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
- DeAnn (Dede) Hapner , Vice President, FERC and ISO Relations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Adrianna Kripke, Senior Environmental Counsel, San Diego Gas & Electric
- Moderator: Scott J. Anders , Director, Energy Policy Initiatives Center, University of San Diego School of Law
Panel One
CAISO Expansion
- Melissa Powers, Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law and Director and Founder of the Green Energy Institute, Lewis and Clark Law School
- John Anders, Senior Counsel, California Independent System Operator
- Matthew Freedman, The Utility Reform Network
- Seth D Hilton, Partner, Stoel Rives
- Moderator: Tim Duane, Visiting Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Panel Two
Regional Approaches to Climate Policy in the West
- Jonas Monast, C. Boyden Gray Distinguished Fellow, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Center on Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics (CE3)
- Danny Cullenward, Research Associate, Near Zero Program, Carnegie Institution for Science
- Craig Segall, Senior Staff Counsel, California Air Resources Board
- Moderator: Carrie Downey, Councilmember City of Coronado, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Panel Three
State Approaches to Climate and Energy Policy in the West
- Jason Eisdorfer, Utility Program Director, Oregon Public Utility Commission
- Steven Ferrey, Professor, Suffolk University Law School
- Mark James, Assistant Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School
- Noah Long, Director, Western Energy Project, NRDC
- Moderator: Nilmini Silva-Send, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC) and Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego School of Law