America’s Energy Future: Abundance or Scarcity?

May 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET

The Mayflower Hotel
The District Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.

America’s Energy Future: Abundance or Scarcity?

Thursday, May 2, 2024
The Mayflower Hotel
The District Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.

Opening Remarks by Andrew Wheeler, Former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Andrew Wheeler
Partner, Holland & Hart LLP

Fireside Chat featuring James P. Danly, former Chairman and Commissioner for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

James P. Danly

James P. Danly
Partner, Skadden 

Event Schedule:

Registration
9:30 am – 10:00 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks featuring Andrew Wheeler
10:00 – 10:15 am

Presentation on Electricity Demand
10:15 – 10:45 am

Panel I: Regulatory Obstacles to Grid Reliability
10:45 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch & Fireside Chat featuring James P. Danly and Andrew Wheeler
12:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Break
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm

Panel II: Can We Permit Abundant Energy Infrastructure?
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Closing Remarks
3:15 pm

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Mr. Edward Boling
  • Mr. Michael Buschbacher
  • Prof. James W. Coleman
  • Mr. James Danly
  • Mr. Eli Dourado
  • Mr. Travis Fisher
  • Mr. Louis Finkel
  • Mr. Alex Herrgott
  • Hon. Jeffrey Holmstead
  • Mr. Mario Loyola
  • Hon. Andrew Wheeler

 

10:00 AM ET

Welcome & Opening Remarks

The District Room
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036

Andrew Wheeler

Partner

Holland & Hart LLP


10:15 AM ET

Presentation on Electricity Demand

The District Room
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036

Louis Finkel

Senior Vice President of Government Relations

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association


10:45 AM ET

Panel I: Regulatory Obstacles to Grid Reliability

The District Room
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

Under the Biden administration, the executive branch has issued multiple regulations that have incentivized a transition away from fossil fuels towards a more “Green” electrical grid. How will a transition away from fossil fuels impact the reliability of the grid? With environmental rules that disincentivize internal combustion engines, how will the increase in electrical vehicles affect the grid? Does the grid have the capacity to meet these goals? Will these new demands on the grid impact electricity prices to American consumers? Will these new requirements impact the reliability of the grid?

Edward Boling

Partner

Perkins Coie LLP


Michael Buschbacher

Partner

Boyden Gray PLLC


Jeffrey Holmstead

Partner

Bracewell LLP


Mario Loyola

Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Policy and Regulation, Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment

The Heritage Foundation


12:00 PM ET

Fireside Chat with James Danly and Andrew Wheeler

The District Room
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036

James Danly

Commissioner

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Andrew Wheeler

Partner

Holland & Hart LLP


2:00 PM ET

Panel II: Can We Permit Abundant Energy Infrastructure?

The District Room
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036

The "Inflation Reduction Act" authorized as much as one trillion dollars of new spending to build a new energy system but have policymakers removed the growing obstacles facing new energy infrastructure? What are the key challenges facing new infrastructure projects, such as the new power-lines, mines, and carbon and hydrogen pipelines envisioned by the Inflation Reduction Act? Congress has considered many proposals to make it easier to permit new energy infrastructure. Would any of these proposals be effective in ensuring public and private investments actually result in new energy projects? What are the key reforms that will be necessary to build energy infrastructure to support an abundant energy future?

James W. Coleman

Robert G. Storey Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law


Eli Dourado

Chief Economist

Abundance Institute


Travis Fisher

Director of Energy and Environmental Policy Studies

Cato Institute


Alex Herrgott

President & CEO

The Permitting Institute


Mario Loyola

Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Policy and Regulation, Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment

The Heritage Foundation


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