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The Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center
  • Summary
  • Agenda
  • Speakers
  • Accommodations
  • Organizers
  • Participants
    • Participant Bios (A–I)
    • Participant Bios: (J–R)
    • Participant Bios (S–Z)
  • 2026 Presentations
    • Panel 1
    • Panel 2 – Local Opposition to Energy Infrastructure
    • Panel 3 – Nature of the Rising Electricity Demand and Insights to Best Address It
    • Panel 4 – The Renewed Importance of Gas Generation & Supplies

Speakers

David Adelman

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Ross Baldick

Professor Emeritus, Cockrell School of Engineering

Dr. Sanya Carley

Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director at the Kleinman Center, University of Pennsylvania

Evan Chapman

Director of Clean Energy and Climate Policy and Strategy, Clean Tomorrow

James Coleman

Professor, University of Minnesota

Jeff Dagle

Chief Electrical Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Madeline Gould Laughlin

Director of Regulatory Affairs at Grid United

Caleb Holland

Power Systems Engineer, ERCOT

Vincent Kaminski

Professor in the Practice of Energy Management, Rice University

Nithish Mahalingam

Partner Engineering Manager, Azure/Microsoft

Jeff Makholm

Senior Managing Director, NERA

Brooke Marcus

Partner, Nossaman

Julia Matevosyan

Associate Director and Chief Engineer, ESIG

Eric Padilla

Director Public Policy, Vistra Corp

Scott Peters

Congressman, California’s 50th Congressional District

Justin Pidot

Professor at University of Arizona and former Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) General Council

Varun Rai

Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Bryan Sams

Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Calpine

David Spence

The Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law Professor, University of Texas School of Law

Maren Taylor

Director of Legislative Affairs at Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Dahvi Wilson

Founder and President at Siting Clean

Ryan Wiser

Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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