Conference Presentations
Monday, March 16
Panel 1 – State of International Coal Markets
Tim Buckley – Changing Dynamics for the Global Seaborne Thermal Coal Markets
Panel 2 – Current Developments – Utilities and Energy Markets (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Julien Dumoulin-Smith – 2015 View on Power & The Environment
Panel 3 – Lessons from Failed Coal-Plant Build Out in United States (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
David Schlissel – Why the Proposed U.S.Coal Plant Build-out Failed
Tom Sanzillo – Coal Industry Stakeholder Risks: Financial Decline, Weakening Relations
Betsy Zinser – Prairie State Energy Campus: The One That Got Away
Tuesday, March 17
Panel 4 – Where Are Investors Putting Their Energy Dollars and Why?
Paul Coster- Alt Energy: March Madness
Panel 5 – International expansion of coal plants & mining
Christine Shearer – Boom and Bust: Tracking Global Proposed Coal Plants
Reid Capalino – Carbon Supply Cost Curves:Evaluating Financial Risk to Coal Capital Expenditures
Nicole Ghio – Grassroots Coal Fights Around the World
Panel 6 – Coal Infrastructure Development in China and India (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Asish Fernandes – Coal and Communities: Fighting for Survival
Panel 7 – Economics and policy of grid-scale storage (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Panel 8 – Coal Ash Liabilities (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Eric Schaeffer – The Cost of Coal Ash Mismanagement
Frank Holleman – Cleaning Up the South: The Legacy of Coal Ash
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Part 2
Panel 10 – Economics and Politics of Pricing Distributed Solar (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Karl Rabago – Valuing Clean Distributed Energy
Panel 11 – Energy Efficiency: How Energy Efficiency Can Substitute for New Plants
Tim Buckley – The Global Electricity Market Transition – Energy Efficiency
Panel 12- State of Domestic Coal Mining and Infrastructure
Tom Sanzillo – U.S. Domestic Coal Production, Producers, Outlook
Clark Williams-Derry – Northwest Coal Terminals: Headwinds for Exporters
Kia Ball – Gulf States Coal Exports Campaign Lay of the Land
Wednesday, March 18
Panel 13- Financial Risks for Owners and Ratepayers of Regulated Utilities (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Gudrun Thompson – Financial Risks for Owners and Ratepayer of Regulated Utilities
Bruce Biewald – Electric Utility Risks and Risk Management
Panel 14 – Recent Developments at RTOs/ISOs and Implications for Coal, Legacy Power Plants, Demand Response, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Panel 16- Looking to the Future for Utilities (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Jim Hempstead – US Power & Utilities
Panel 18- Practical Ideas for Communities Losing Plants & Mines
Erin Heaney – Just Transition in Tonawanda, NY
Peter Hille – Practical Ideas for Communities Losing Plants and Mines
Panel 19- The industry counter-attack to save the utility and fossil-fuel industries (CLE 2 APP credits)
Nachy Kanfer – The Industry Counter-Attack: to Save the Utility and Fossil-Fuel Industries
Panel 20- Natural Gas Exports and Their Implications
Brett Vandenheuval – LNG Opposition: A Case Study
Deb Nardone – Our Wild America: Protecting the Places We Love
Panel 21- Dynamics of Unconventional Natural Gas & Oil Industry, and Future Outlook
Deborah Lawrence – Frackonomics
Thursday, March 19
Panel 22- Oil Investment – Industry Direction and Oil Reserves in a Low Price Environment (CLE 2 APP credits)
Mark Lewis – Toil for Oil Spells Danger for Majors
Deborah Gordon – Oil Sector Dynamics and the Impact on Climate Change
Panel 23- Crude by rail & barge, and crude exports
Lorne Stockman – Crude-by-Rail in North America
Eric de Place – What Northwest Crude-by-Rail Terminals Mean for North America
Panel 24- Public Campaigns on Tar Sands: Direction and Financial Impact
Kenny Bruno -President Obama Protect the Sacred
Panel 25- Economics and Finance of Tar Sands Development
Tom Sanzillo – Tar Sands & Canadian Economic Diversity: Stresses & Opportunities
Panel 27- Natural Gas Infrastructure Build-Out (CLE 1.5 APP credits)
Corporate Finance 101
This training covers the basic elements of a corporate balance sheet; sources of capital for project finance; and how investment decisions get made, with a focus on the coal industry. PowerPoint presentation
Electric Utility Industry 101
This training provides an overview of the regulation and deregulation in U.S. power markets; the factors that determine the profitability of power plants in different markets; and the metrics that are common used to assess the financial viability of coal plants. PowerPoint presentation
Natural Gas Industry 101
This training will provide an overview of basic terminology used in the natural gas industry; differences between the different shale plays in the United States; and the structure of the unconventional natural gas industry. Power Point presentation
A training program for environmental advocates and attorneys from around the world. The program is designed to provide advocates and attorneys with the skills to understand and engage in the financial aspects of current debates on fossil fuels.
March 16-19, 2015, NYU School of Law