Events

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.

July 11th, 2025 9:30am MT

• Secretary Ernest J. Moniz, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy; Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative
• Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University

Register for the July 11th Power Talk here

June 4th, 2025 1pm MT

• Kathy Anderson, Senior Manager, Transmission and Markets, Idaho Power
• Bear Prairie, General Manager of Idaho Falls Power and Idaho Falls Fiber
• Ben Otto, Energy Consultant, NW Energy Coalition
• Moderator: Dr. Stephanie Lenhart, Senior Research Associate and Associate Research Professor

Register for the Jun. 4th Power Talk here

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

Register for the Apr. 25th Power Talk here

• 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

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

Register for the Feb. 21st Power Talk here

September 12th, 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
• Shanu Mathew, Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager/Analyst, Lazard Asset Management
• Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, Boise State University

Register for the September 12th Power Talk here

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

Register for the Oct. 4th Power Talk here

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

Register for the Dec. 9th Power Talk here

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

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

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.

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

April 4th, 11am MT

• Emily Her, Energy Program Manager at the Idaho Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) 
• Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy

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