Conference Schedule
All times are in Mountain Daylight Time.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
| 8:00 AM | Registration and Coffee Social Hour |
| 8:15 AM | Welcome |
| - | Dr. Angie Bos, Dean, School of Public Service, Boise State University |
| - | Emcee: Emily Wakild, Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands, Andrus Center for Public Policy |
| 8:30 AM | Panel: The Changing Energy Landscape of the Western Interconnection |
| - | Moderator: Dr. Kathy Araujo, Energy Policy Institute |
| - | Emily Her, Energy Program Manager, Idaho Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources |
| - | Nancy Hirsh, Executive Director, Northwest Energy Coalition |
| - | Stephanie Lenhart, Senior Research Associate, Energy Policy Institute, Associate Research Professor, Boise State University |
| 9:15 AM | Keynote Address |
| - | Adam Richins, Chief Operating Officer, Idaho Power |
| 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM | Panel: Toward Energy Security and Shared Benefits |
| - | Moderator: Justin Hayes, Idaho Conservation League |
| - | Wyatt Peterson, Tribal Department of Energy Director, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes |
| - | Alana Edmo, Energy Resource Coordinator, Shoshone Bannock Tribes |
| - | Rebecca Wood, Lincoln County Commissioner |
| 11:45 AM | Break |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch & network! |
| 1:30 PM | Panel: Optimizing Siting and Transmission |
| - | Moderator: Tom Michael, Boise State Public Radio |
| - | Peter Gower, Climate and Renewable Energy Program Director, The Nature Conservancy |
| - | June Shoemaker, Idaho Associate State Director, Bureau of Land Management |
| - | Kristine Raper, Vice President of Strategic Engagement & External Affairs, Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) |
| 2:45 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM | Keynote Address |
| - | Janea Scott, senior counselor to Assistant Secretary for Land and Mineral Management, Department of the Interior |
| 4:00 PM | Break |
| 4:15 PM | Closing Remarks |