IEEFA’s Energy Finance Training June 17-19, 2019
IEEFA’s Energy Finance Training was held June 17-19 2019.
The agenda and supplemental conference materials can be found here.
About Energy Finance 2019
On June 17-19, 2019, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and Columbia Law School brought together environmental advocates and attorneys from around the world for a 3-day training program in New York City.
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
World Electricity Markets Overview Plenary
Tim Buckley, IEEFA
Laurel Ostfield, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Kimiko Hirata, Kiko Network
Moderator: Vibhuti Garg, IEEFA
World Oil and Gas Markets Overview Plenary
Bruce Robertson, IEEFA
Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA
Moderator: Tzeporah Berman, Stand.earth, Global Gas and Oil Network (GGON)
Energy Transition Campaigns Around the World Plenary
Nicole Horseherder, To Nizhoni Ani
Kuba Gogolewski, Foundation “Development YES- Open-Pit Mines NO” (DY-OPMN)
Adhityani (Dhitri) Putri, Yayasan Indonesia Cerah
Omar Elmawi, deCOALonize Campaign
Moderator: Suzanne Mattei, Lookout Hill Public Policy Associates, IEEFA Board
U.S. Utilities Financial Outlook
Jim Hempstead, Moody’s
Julien Dumoulin-Smith, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML)
Moderator: Liz Stanton, Applied Economics Clinic
Stopping the Coal Plant Pipeline
Christine Shearer, Global Energy Monitor
Simon Nicholas, IEEFA
Heffa Schücking, urgewald
Moderator: Jesse Burton, University of Cape Town; E3G
How Does the Oil and Gas Industry Expand and Contract at the Same Time?
Kathy Hipple, IEEFA
Clark Williams-Derry, Sightline Institute
Lorne Stockman, Oil Change International
Moderator: Sergio Knaebel, Sandler Foundation
The Battle Over Coal Bailouts at the State and Federal Level (CLE) (There were no presentations)
Tyler Comings, Applied Economics Clinic
Kim Smaczniak, Earthjustice
Derf Johnson, Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC)
Moderator: Shannon Fisk, Earthjustice
Asset Managers and Energy Transition— Leaders or Laggards? (no presentations)
Diana Best, The Sunrise Project
Aniket Shah, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Moderator: Melissa Brown, IEEFA
Understanding the Petrochemical Industry (CLE)
Nick Fowler, REXtac
Carroll Muffett, Center for International Environmental Law
Adrienne Bloch, Earthjustice
Moderator: Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA
Fighting Gas Plants Discussion, with David Schlissel, IEEFA
Labor, Natural Gas and Renewable Energy: Lessons from Puerto Rico
Angel Figueroa Jaramillo, UTIER (español)
Ingrid Vila Biaggi, CAMBIO
Ruth Santiago, Environmental Attorney
Moderator: Cathy Kunkel, IEEFA
Perspectives from South East Asia
Elrika Hamdi, IEEFA
Sara Jane Ahmed, IEEFA
Joojin Kim, Solutions for Our Climate
Melissa Brown, IEEFA
Moderator: Lidy Nacpil, Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD)
Transportation Gamechangers—Electric Vehicles and Decarbonizing Aviation and Shipping
Cécile Toubeau, Transport & Environment
Tom Smith, Texas Electric Transportation Resource Alliance
Todd Paglia, Stand.earth
Moderator: Dan Bakal, Ceres
A Gamechanging Technology—Storage Plus Solar
Jonathan Adelman, Xcel
Angelina Galiteva, California ISO
Bernt Bremdal, Smart Innovation Norway
Moderator: Gerard Wynn, IEEFA
Focus on the Permian Basin (CLE)
Sarah Brennan, IEEFA Board
Michael Lazarus, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) US Center
J.D. Newsom, Big Bend Conservation Alliance
Presenter/Moderator: Ilan Levin, Environmental Integrity Project
Practical Strategies for Closing Coal Plants and Replacing Them with Renewable Energy
Sonia Aggarwal, Energy Innovations
Karl Cates, IEEFA
Anna Sommer, Energy Futures Group (EFG)
Moderator: Jennifer Washburn, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana
Influencing Banks and International Financial Institutions
Alison Kirsch, Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
Julien Vincent, Market Forces
Lucie Pinson, The Sunrise Project, Unfriend Coal Campaign
Moderator: Tim Buckley, IEEFA
Canadian Campaigns on the Oil and Gas industry
Nathan Lemphers, Oil Change International
Kathy Hipple, IEEFA
Jen Lash, Sisu Institute
Gillian McEachern, GGON
Moderator: Tzeporah Berman, Stand.earth, GGON
Using Securitization as a Strategy to Retire Coal Plants: Pros and Cons
Uday Varadarajan, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Steve Pomerance, Former Boulder City Councilmember
Jeremy Richardson, Union of Concerned Scientists
Moderator: Mary Anne Hitt, Sierra Club
Roundtable: China’s Influence On Global Energy Issues
Ghee Peh, IEEFA
Irem Kok-Kalayci, European Climate Foundation
Matt Gray, Carbon Tracker Initiative
Yiting Wang, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Marilyn Waite, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Moderator: Melissa Brown, IEEFA
Oil and Gas Campaigns Across the Globe
Martin Norman, Greenpeace
Matt Krogh, Stand.earth
Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch
Melinda Janki, International Legal Consultant
Tomás Torres, Puerto Rico Institute for Competitiveness and Sustainable Economy (ICSE-PR)
María Marta Di Paola, FARN
Moderator: Tom Kruse, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Local Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy
A team of MBA students from the Bard College NYC Lab program has worked with IEEFA over the past year to collect concrete data on the local economic impacts of wind and solar projects, including effects on the tax base and employment.
Moderator: Seth Feaster, IEEFA
Where Divestment Campaigns Are Now Plenary
Bill McKibben, 350.org, Author
Clara Vondrich, Divest Invest
John Hepburn, The Sunrise Project
Moderator: Kathy Hipple, IEEFA
