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Energy Action’s First Annual Energy Summit Northwest 2008 was held on October 23rd at the Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel. The event was a huge success. You can read Executive Director Ed Finklea's opening remarks at Energy Summit Northwest 2008, view the Summit Agenda and Speakers List and watch video footage of Summit presentations posted below.  Stay tuned for more news from Energy Action Northwest! 

 

Intro & Session 1:  The Regional Outlook

Introduction by Ed Finklea. Session 1, Supply and Demand: Regional Outlook for the Next 20 Years. Speakers: Dan Kirschner (NW Gas Association), Leslie Ferron-Jones (TransCanada) and Dick Adams (Pacific NW Utilities Conference Committee)

 

Session 2:  Challenges of a Carbon-constrained World

Challenges of a Carbon-constrained World: The Required Partnership of Electricity and Natural Gas. Speakers: Gregg Kantor (NW Natural), Angus Duncan (Oregon Global Warming Commission), Steve Wright (Bonnneville Power Administration)

 

Session 3:  Transportation Sector and Session 4:  Meeting Energy Needs of Labor & Business

Transportations Sector:  Challenges and Solutions. Speakers: Chris Butler (Clean Energy), Steve Marshall (Discovery Institute) and Patrick Curb (Beaverton Honda) & Session 4, Meeting the Energy Needs of Labor and Business: A Panel Discussion on Policy Inititatives. Speakers: Michael Early (Industrial Customers of NW Gas Utilities), Gaylan Prescott (United Steelworkers), Mike Sullivan (Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers) and Alan Meyer (Weyerhaeuser)

 

Breakout Session:  Renewable Energy Sources

Renewable Energy Sources: From Vision to Reality. Speakers: Tom Grim (Cable Huston) and Clint Kalich (Avista Corp)

 

Session 5:  Accessing New Energy Supplies for the NW

Accessing New Energy Supplies for the Northwest: The Role of LNG Terminals. Speakers: Bill Walker (Alaskan Gasline Port Authority), Joe Desmond (Northernstar Natural Gas), Robert Braddock (Jordan Cove Energy Project LLP)

 

Concluding Session:  A Call to Energy Action

Energy Action NW Energy Summit 2008

 

 

We are still accepting online payments from those who attended Energy Summit Northwest 2008.

 

Individual Registration Rate of $75.

Nonprofit or Public Sector Individual Registration Rate of $50.

Nonprofit or Public Sector Group Rate Registration of $125 for 3 attendees.


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