TRIBAL ENERGY


Conference in Detail
Friday • April 23, 2004

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8:30	Introduction and Overview	Karen J. Atkinson, Esq. Program Co-Chair Maurice Richard, Program Co-Chair
8:45	Western Area Power Administration: Its Role in Tribal Energy Projects; Regional Power Allocations	Karen J. Atkinson, Esq. Program Co-Chair Woody Corbine Executive Director Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights Coalition Rapid City, SD Lyle Johnson Western Area Power Administration Salt Lake City, UT
10:15	Break
10:30	Opportunities for Partnership in Energy Development	David Lester Executive Director Council of Energy Resource Tribes Denver, CO
11:15	PUC Perspective on Coordinating and Working with Tribal Utilities	The Hon. Lynda M. Lovejoy Chairwoman District 4 New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Sante Fe, NM
12:00	Lunch (on your own)
1:15	Transmission Issues — Getting Electric Power to Market	Garlyn Bergdale President and CEO Environmental Planning Group Phoenix, AZ Don Mundy, P.E. Project Manager Black & Veatch Denver, CO
2:15	Tribal Self-Sufficiency — Tribal Exploration and Production of Oil, Gas and Energy Minerals	Thomas H. Shipps, Esq. Maynes Bradford Shipps & Sheftel LLP Durango, CO
3:00	Break
3:15	Putting it All Together: How Do We Make it Work?
	• Siting a power plant — the practicalities	Dwight Carey, Ph.D. Environmental Management Services Brea, CA
	• The economics of making a power plant work	Mike King, Ph.D. Vice President National Economic Research Associates San Francisco, CA
	• Tribal cultural distinctions — recognizing, respecting and reinforcing them in the process	J. D. Williams, Esq. Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP Portland, OR
	• Getting to market in this new unregulated environment	Thomas (Tom) M. O’Meara Vice President Henwood Energy Services, Inc. Sacramento, CA
	• An Emerging Opportunity for Tribal Development of Concentrating Solar Power	Thomas R. Mancini, Ph.D. Concentrating Solar Power Program Manager Sandia National Laboratories Albequerque, NM
5:00	Adjourn

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