LEADING EXPERTS
discuss
4
Virtual
Symposium
The Prospects and Strategic Challenges Facing B.C.’s Electricity Market
Dr. Judith Sayers President of the Nuu-Chan-nulth Tribal Council. Adjunct professor at the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. Recipient of the Order of Canada.
Ron Monk Principal at Kerr Wood Leidal Consulting Engineers
Markham Hislop MODERATOR Journalist & publisher of Energi.Media
Ed Hirs Lecturer on energy economics at the University of Houston
Ben Kujala Director of Power Planning at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Author of “The New Alberta Advantage: Technology, Policy, and the Future of the Oil Sands.”
Markham has spent the past several months doing a ‘deep dive’ into BC’s electricity market and its implications for the future.
He leads a team of experts planning for an affordable, reliable, and productive electric grid that serves the needs of the citizens of the northwest U.S. states. Earlier, he was a research analyst for the Bonneville Power Administration, where he worked on the long-term adequacy implications of wind generation and electricity market price forecasting.
Ron held a number of senior positions at B.C. Hydro, and has decades of experience with design and construction of hydro projects. He heads KWL’s energy sector, and led the development of their award-winning ‘Rapid Hydro Assessment Model’ and its use in evaluating hydro potential in W. Canada, Mexico and Brunei.
Ed is a frequent contributor on energy issues to global publications including Forbes. Hirs is known for bringing apolitical energy economic analysis – without the hyperbole of political agendas – to the forefront of discussion. He has published opinion pieces on energy markets and corporate governance, and founded and co-chairs an annual energy conference at Yale University.
As Chief of the Hupacasath First Nation in Port Alberni, Dr. Sayers was instrumental in developing a 6.5 MW run-of-river electrical project that went into service in 2005. She has practiced law for 18 years in both Alberta and British Columbia, lobbying governments and other agencies for the protection of First Nations rights and title, and promoting ‘Clean Capitalism.”
JOIN US LIVE
September 18th
10 a.m. Pacific
“Electrification of the B.C. economy is
blowing up. Will B.C. Hydro blow up with it?”
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Virtual
Symposium
The Prospects & Strategic Challenges
Facing B.C.’s Electricity Market
Part of the
Future Power
Series
Today’s massive disruption in global energy production means new winners and losers will emerge. Which will B.C. be?
BC Hydro is in a financial hole just as the government plans to transition the province away from fossil fuels to electricity via its ‘CleanBC’ plan. Where are renewables and independent power producers in the equation? Is B.C. facing a recipe for disaster, or will a new, transformed electricity system continue to be a tremendous asset to the province and people of British Columbia?
Join four leading experts and moderator Markham Hislop for this in-depth discussion of the financial, regulatory, and business model risks and opportunities facing both B.C. Hydro and other power producers in B.C.
WHEN:
Sept. 18th, 2020.
10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern
TICKETS: $139 via
https://futurepower.eventbrite.ca
Full video of the symposium will be provided to ticket holders after the event.
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Attendees can submit q’s in advance or ask during the webinar. Eml: markham@energi.media
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