Power Talks

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Register for the Sep. 20th Power Talk here
November 2nd, 1pm MT
Register for the Nov. 2nd Power Talk here
March 10th, 2023 2pm
March 30th, 2023 1:30pm MT
April 6, 2023 1:30pm MT
Co-hosted with the Idaho Chapter of the Clean Tech Alliance
Moderators: Kathleen Araujo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and
Paul Cooperrider, Idaho Chapter of the Clean Tech Alliance
Panelists
April 27th, 2023 1:30pm MT
Co-hosted with the Idaho Chapter of the Clean Tech Alliance
May 4th, 1pm MT
October 21, 2022 1pm MT
November 4, 2022 1:30pm MT
December 12th 2022, 2pm MT
February 24th, 2022
March 3rd, 2022
April 27, 2022
May 4th, 2022
May 19th, 2022
Co-hosted with the Idaho Chapter of the CleanTech Alliance, Moderators: Kathleen Araujo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute; and Paul Cooperider, Lead, Idaho Chapter of the Clean Tech Alliance
June 2nd 2022
June 15th 2022
September 8th, 2021
October 14th, 2021
Check out the event page HERE
October 15th, 2021
October 28th, 2021
Bill Moomaw, National Advisory Board for the Union of Concerned Scientists; and is Chair of the Board of Climate Group North America, Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy and the Founding Director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at the Fletcher School with Tufts University
November 10th, 2021
November 3rd, 2021
December 14th, 2021
Dr. Kathy Araújo, Director, CAES Energy Policy Institute, and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
July 21st, 2021
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Center for Technology, Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (virtual)
June 16th, 2021
Grand Challenges series, MIT (virtual)
Legal and Environmental Considerations for Small Modular Reactors
June 2, 2021
June 2nd, 2021
The RTOGov research initiative is hosting a conversation with three leading energy market scholars and a top practitioner from the clean tech industry about decisions that affect the cost and type of electricity that powers American homes and businesses.
CAES Energy Policy Institute Director Kathleen Araújo moderates this 2-part event which begins with U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson discussing energy-related priorities, followed by a panel discussion of federal energy policy as it relates to Idaho and the region with public and private sector experts.
February 18th, 2021
Richard Sears, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University, a National Associate of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and a licensed Professional Geoscientist; Formerly Shell Oil Company and Royal Dutch Shell, Scientific and Management roles; Chief Scientist of the National Oil Spill Commission; and co-author of the Commission’s Chief Counsel’s Report on Deepwater Horizon spill; National Academy of Engineering
March 24th, 2021
Temple Stoellinger, Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, and the College of Law; Co-Director of the Center for Law and Energy Resources in the Rockies; Formerly Natural Resource Attorney for the Wyoming County Commissioners Association; Formerly Natural Resource Analyst and advisor to Shell, International B.V. and Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal
April 14th, 2021
Dr. Seth Blumsack, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs at Pennsylvania State University
April 28th, 2021
Dr. Sarah Robey, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in History, Idaho State University
May 5th, 2021
Don Sampson, Chief of the Walla Walla Tribe, head of the climate change program for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, and spokesperson for the Northwest Tribal Salmon Alliance
Congressman Mike Simpson, House of Representatives, Idaho’s Second Congressional District
Monica Hubbard, Assistant Professor, Boise State University Department of Public Policy and Administration
Kurt Miller, Executive Director, Northwest RiverPartners
May 19th, 2021
Veronika Vazhnik, CAES Energy Fellow, Idaho Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Program
December 4th, 2020 – University of Michigan, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Colloquia
Dr. Kathleen Araujo, Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
November 6th, 2020
October 30th, 2020
October 2nd, 2020
Mr. Kipp Coddington, Director, Center for Energy Regulation & Policy; Director, Energy Policy & Economics at the School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming.
October 16th, 2020
September 18th, 2020
Dr. Fereidoon Sioshansi, President, Menlo Energy Economics
September 8th, 2020
Kathy Araujo, Director and Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
September 8th, 2020
Dr. Stephanie Lenhart, Senior Research Associate and Assistant Research Professor
July 16th, 2020
Dr. Stephanie Lenhart, Senior EPI Researcher
July 14th, 2020
Dr. Stephanie Lenhart, Senior EPI Researcher
Co-Hosts Kathy Araújo and Kipp Coddington talk with Marc Chupka of the U.S. Energy Storage Association, John Kotek of the Nuclear Energy Institute, Terry Jester of Solpad, Elise Hunter of Grid Alternatives, and others in this online, half-day Zoom workshop. Sponsored by the CAES Energy Policy Institute, this event is designed for people who are interested in energy policy, in how energy policy informs research, and in collaborative opportunities that bridge research and policy.
May 28, 2020
Pre-workshop event – Energy policy 101/Refresher
Workshop – Energy Policy, Jobs and Industry Conditions during COVID 19 and Economic Challenge
(A) Advanced decarbonization
(B) Nuclear development
(C) Smarter grids and electricity markets
April 8th, 2020
February 27th, 2020 – Santa Fe Institute
Dr. Kathleen Araujo, Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
December 17th, 2019 – Community Library, Kecthum, ID
Dr. Kathleen Araujo, Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
November 8th, 2019 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Kathleen Araujo, Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
November 6th, 2019 – Sloan Foundation Workshop, Boston, MA
Dr. Kathleen Araujo
Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
Location: Boston University
Integrating Electric Mobility Systems with the Grid Infrastructure
September 29th, 2019
A tour of Boise’s historic and currently used geothermal sites is offered by a team of geothermal experts, historians and Idaho National Laboratory. An energy-optimized bus operated by the INL shuttles the group from a historic pump house and Warm Springs-heated homes, to the only geothermally-heated Capitol in the US and a family-run greenhouse heated by geothermal energy.
September 29th, 2019
Boise State University, Student Union Building
Trueblood Room
September 29th, 2019
Bodovino, 404 South 8th Street, Boise, Idaho
“Energy Decision-Making in Times of Disruptive Change”
Boise Centre, 850 W Front Street, Boise, Idaho 83702
September 29th through October 1st
Visit Conference Website
September 2019
Kemal Pasamehmetoglu, INL and Ecologic
August 27th, 2019
Dr. Kathleen Araujo, Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
July 24th, 2019
Dr. Kathleen Araujo, Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
July 8th, 2019
Dr. Kathleen Araujo, Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
March 7th, 2019
Noel Bakhtian, Director, Center for Advanced Energy Studies
February 8th, 2019
Dr. Kathleen Araujo, Director, Energy Policy Institute and Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy
February 24th, 2019