Thursday, April 20
| 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Outside of Classroom 105 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Classroom 105
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Introduction and Conference Overview
David Spence, University of Texas at Austin |
9:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Classroom 105
*Coffee Break from 10:45 a.m -11:00 a.m outside of classroom 105
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Panel 1 Discussion: Deep Decarbonization Plans
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12:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Classroom 103
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Lunch with Keynote Speaker
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1:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Classroom 105
*Coffee Break from 2:45 p.m - 3:00 p.m outside of classroom 105 |
Panel 2 Discussion: Zero-carbon Generation Technology
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4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Amphitheater Patio
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Reception
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Friday, April 21
| 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Outside of Classroom 105 |
Breakfast |
9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Classroom 105
*Coffee Break from 10:00 a.m - 10:15 am. outside of classroom 105 |
Panel 3 Discussion: Managing the Decarbonized Grid
Moderator: Dr. Ross Baldick, The University of Texas at Austin
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| 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Classroom 103 |
Lunch with Keynote Speaker
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1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Classroom 105
*Coffee Break from 2:00 p.m - 2:15 p.m outside of classroom 105 |
Panel 4 Discussion: Decarbonization Policy
Moderator: Dr. David Adelman, The University of Texas at Austin
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| 3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Classroom 105 |
Wrap Up
David Spence, University of Texas at Austin |
Panels
PANEL 1: Deep Decarbonization Plans: This panel will explore the basics contours of some of the more prominent plans for rapid, deep decarbonization of the electricity supply, including those proposed by academic researchers and government policymakers. By providing a deeper understanding of these various plans, this panel will lay the predicate for the discussion to follow in Panels 2-4.
Moderator: Dr. David Spence; David.Spence@mccombs.utexas.edu
PANEL 2: Zero-carbon Generation Technology: This panel will explore the technologies that will comprise zero-carbon grid. This includes not only renewable power, but also storage and behind the meter technologies, such as batteries, pumped storage hydro, demand response, distributed energy resources, etc. Are these technologies ready? How costly are they? Does heavier reliance on these technologies pose issues that we have not fully explored?
Moderator: Dr. Varun Rai; raivarun@gmail.com
PANEL 3: Managing the Decarbonized Grid: This panel explores the operational issues associated with integration of more and more intermittent resources over time. What will a mostly-renewable generation mix require in the way of complementary investment – e.g., new transmission to support utility-scale renewables, more storage, new types of ancillary services to replace the inertia of conventional generation, and/or new distribution investments to support distributed energy resources? What other grid changes will be necessary to provide a reliable electricity supply at reasonable cost when all or most of our power comes from zero-emission sources?
Moderator: Dr. Ross Baldick; baldick@mail.utexas.edu
PANEL 4: Decarbonization Policy: What are the important policy questions posed by deep decarbonization? How can and should legal institutions evolve to manage the transition to a zero-emission electricity supply? Given the necessity to compensate for intermittency in renewable production, what are the policies needed to make sure that the complementary technologies such as storage are in place together with the renewables? How do the answers to those questions change over time as grid operations become more fundamentally different to our current grid dominated by conventional generation?
Moderator: Dr. David Adelman; dadelman@law.utexas.edu
Conference Organizers
David Adelman
UT School of Law
dadelman@law.utexas.edu
Ross Baldick
Cockrell School of Engineering
baldick@mail.utexas.edu
Varun Rai
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs & Cockrell School of Engineering
raivarun@gmail.com
David Spence
Red McCombs School of Business and UT School of Law
David.Spence@McCombs.utexas.edu
Melinda Taylor
UT School of Law
mtaylor@law.utexas.edu
Logistics
Brooks Hanna
Energy@McCombs
512-232-6775
austinelectricityconference@gmail.com
Isabel Anheier
Energy@McCombs
512.232.7077
austinelectricityconference@gmail.com