Friday, November 8, 2019
Eleventh Annual Lesley K. McAllister Symposium on Climate and Energy Law
"The Future of Energy in a Changing Climate"
Recent wildfires and power shut-off events throughout California have highlighted the challenge of operating an electric utility in a changing climate. At this year’s Symposium, regulators, utility executives, scholars, and other experts will discuss:
- California’s Public Safety Power Shut-off policy
- Wildfire cost recovery
- Utility fire prevention programs
- Research on future wildfire dangers
- Utility long-term planning
- Social equity implications
Welcome
- Stephen C. Ferruolo, Dean and Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
- Ashley Reddy, Editor-in-Chief, San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law
Keynote Panel
- Moderator: Scott Anders, Director, Energy Policy Initiatives Center, University of San Diego School of Law
- Caroline Choi, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Edison International and Southern California Edison
- Caroline Winn, Chief Operating Officer, San Diego Gas & Electric
Panel One
The Impacts of Wildfires
- Moderator: Lauren Perkins, Associate, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer,
Pembroke, P.C. - Gary Fitts, Chief Technology Officer, Noble Profit; Principal of Greenware Technologies [presentation]
- Brian D’Agostino, Director, Fire Science and Climate Adaptation, San Diego Gas & Electric [presentation]
- Steven Weissman, Lecturer, University of California Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, and Senior Policy Advisor to the Center for Sustainable Energy [presentation]
- Samir Hafez, University of San Diego School of Law [presentation]
Panel Two
Policy and Regulatory Perspectives
- Moderator: Tim Duane, Professor-in-Residence, University of San Diego School of Law
- Michael Wara, Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program, Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
- Liane Randolph, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
- Andrew McAllister, Commissioner, California Energy Commission [presentation]
- Elise Torres, Staff Attorney, The Utility Reform Network [presentation]
Panel Three
Equity Considerations of Climate Impacts and Policies
- Moderator: Nilmini Silva-Send, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Energy Policy Initiatives Center, Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego School of Law
- Lee Paddock, Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies, The George Washington University Law School [presentation]
- Carrie Downey, Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego School of Law [presentation]
- Nadia Ahmad, Associate Professor, Barry University School of Law [presentation]
- Anastasia Telesetsky, Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law [presentation]