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.

SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS

Attendees can submit q’s in advance or ask during the webinar. Eml: markham@energi.media

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