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Power Talks
Join us for our virtual Power Talk series that is free and open to the public.
This series brings together energy leaders in practice and ideas with those who are interested in learning more about energy to share insights on policy and decision-making.
Spring 2025 – Special Focus on Permitting and Siting
Engaging Communities when Siting and Permitting Energy Facilities
February 21st, 2025 11am MT
- Larry Susskind, Professor at MIT, Co-founder, Harvard Program on Negotiation, Founder, Consensus Building Institute
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University
Views from Industry on Challenges and Policy Priorities for Permitting and Siting Mining in Idaho
April 3rd, 2025 1pm MT
- Ben Davenport, Executive Vice President, Idaho Mining Association
- McKinsey Lyon, Vice President of Public Relations, Perpetua Resources
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act & Other Rules across Jurisdictions for Siting a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Used Nuclear Fuel
April 25th, 2025 1pm MT
- Temple Stoellinger, Associate Dean and Assoc Professor, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources/University of Wyoming College of Law
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University
Permitting and Siting in the Power Sector
May 16th, 2025 1pm MT
- Adam Richins, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Idaho Power
- Kris Raper, Vice President, Strategic Engagement & External Affairs, Western Electricity Coordinating Council
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University
Day Ahead Markets for Power – Implications for Idaho (regular Power Talk series)
June 4th, 2025 1pm MT
- Bear Prairie, General Manager of Idaho Falls Power and Idaho Falls Fiber
- Ben Otto, Energy Consultant, NW Energy Coalition
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University
Fall 2024 – Special Focus on Permitting and Siting
Decision-making and Engagement for Used Nuclear Fuel/Nuclear Waste
October 4th, 2024 12pm MT
- Dr. Thomas Webler, founding member and Senior Research Fellow, Social and Environmental Research Institute
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University
Views from Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairs on Permitting and Siting for Temporary Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel
December 9th, 2024 1pm MT
- Allison Macfarlane, Professor and Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia; and former Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Richard Meserve, President Emeritus of the Carnegie Institution for Science; and former Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Senior counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Covington and Burling, LLP
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University
Spring 2024
U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap
January 12th, 2024 11:30am MT
- Dr. Sunita Satyapal, Director for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
Critical Minerals Mining, Energy and Public Lands: Policy and Recommendations
February 29th, 1pm MT
- Steven Feldgus, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
Competitiveness, Sustainability and Energy: A View from Industry in a Fireside Chat
March 14th, 11am MT
Power Talk Host Kathy Araújo, Director of the CAES Energy Policy Institute and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation, and Policy will be joined in a fireside chat by Chad Holliday, former Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc, former Chairman of the Board for Bank of America and former Chairman and CEO of DuPont.
Evolving Electricity Developments and the West: Energy Security, Market Change and Policy
March 28th, 12pm MT
- Stephanie Lenhart, Senior Research Associate and Associate Research Professor, CAES Energy Policy Institute and Boise State University
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
Idaho’s Energy Programming: Highlights and Discussion with the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources
April 4th, 11am MT
- Emily Her, Energy Program Manager at the Idaho Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR)Â
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
Idaho’s Competitiveness, Regional Energy Role and Industry-University Partnerships
June 13th, 12:30pm MT
- Latisha Hill, Chief Customer Officer and Vice President of Community Relations, Avista
- Adam Richins, Chief Operating Officer, Idaho Power
- Bryant Jones, Executive Director, Geothermal Rising
- Phil Reppert, Director, Idaho University Collaborations and Director, Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho National Laboratory
- Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy