Changing Climate: 2014 CUB Conference Videos Now Online!

On Friday October 24th, the CUB Policy Center held its fourth annual policy conference, Changing Climate: Adapting to New Regulations, at the University of Oregon’s White Stag building. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s Conduit blog was our media sponsor this year, featuring the conference in their event calendar and posting a recap article written by Clay Norris. Most notably though, Conduit hired a video production company to touch up video footage of the presentations and panels, and has posted them online for everyone in the energy community to enjoy. Thank you Conduit for this valuable service!

The videos can be found at the following links:

- Utility Regulation in an Era of Climate Change

• Speakers: John Savage – Commissioner, Oregon Public Utility Commission; Bob Jenks – Executive Director, Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon

- A Climate of Change: Opportunities for Utility Leadership

• Speakers: Bob Jenks – Executive Director, Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon; Gregg Kantor – President and CEO, NW Natural; Jim Piro – President and CEO, Portland General Electric; Patrick Reiten – President and CEO, Pacific Power
• Moderator: Sara Patton – Executive Director, NW Energy Coalition

- Latest Developments in Climate Science

• Speaker: Dr. Philip W. Mote – Director, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute; Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University

- SB 844: Utility Projects to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Speakers: Dr. Philip H. Carver – Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Energy; Bill Edmonds – Director of Environmental Management and Sustainability, NW Natural; Ann Gravatt – Oregon Director, Climate Solutions; Jason Salmi Klotz – Climate Change Lead, Oregon Public Utility Commission
• Moderator: Sommer Templet – Staff Attorney, Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon

- 111(d): EPA’s Proposed Rule for Existing Coal Plants

• Speakers: Jason Eisdorfer – Utility Program Director, Oregon Public Utility Commission; Dave Robertson – Vice President, Public Policy, Portland General Electric; Gloria Smith – Managing Attorney, Sierra Club; Mary Wiencke – Director, Environmental Policy and Strategy, PacifiCorps
• Moderator: Catriona McCracken – General Counsel/Regulatory Program Director, Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon

- Closing Panel: Least Cost/Least Risk/Least Carbon

• Speakers: Jeff Bissonnette – Policy Director, Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon; Scott Bolton – Vice President, Community and Government Relations, Pacific Power; Jason Eisdorfer – Utility Program Director, Oregon Public Utility Commission; Lisa Schwartz – Energy Efficiency Team Leader, Electricity Policy and Markets Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Gloria Smith – Managing Attorney, Sierra Club
• Moderator: Bill Bradbury – Chair, Northwest Power and Conservation Council

Video footage of the two afternoon sessions that took place in the breakout room (Confronting Carbon: Baseload Fossil Fuels vs. Renewables, and The Appropriate Role of Natural Gas in a Carbon Constrained World) is still being processed and will be made available as soon as possible.

The 2014 conference was hugely successful, with a sold-out crowd, lots of spirited discussion, and panels and presentations featuring accomplished speakers from across the energy industry. We remain grateful to our speakers, attendees, and generous sponsors for ensuring the success of Changing Climate.

CUB is also pleased to announce that we have set the date for the 2015 CUB Policy Conference! Our fifth annual conference will take place on Friday, October 23rd at the downtown Portland Hilton. The venue change is a big shift for us and reflects the steadily growing audience and regional impact of the CUB Policy Conference. We are grateful to the University of Oregon for their partnership in hosting the CUB policy conference for the past 4 years, and are excited to see how the event will evolve in this new space.

So, save the date, watch for news about the theme and speaker lineup in spring 2015, and we’ll see you there!

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