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Wednesday 2023

UT Energy Week 2023

What Starts Here Energizes the World

Wednesday, March 29

Rowling Hall, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705

9:00 – 9:10

Welcome and Opening Remarks – Rowling Hall Guadalupe Room, RRH 4.208

9:10 – 11:30

Women in Energy Panel & Breakfast Reception, Sponsored by Phillips 66
Rowling Hall Guadalupe Room, RRH 4.208

11:30 – 1:00

Undergraduate Career Engagement Lunch-&-Mingle – Rowling Hall Atrium, RRH 1.300
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1:00 – 1:15

Opening Remarks for Afternoon Sessions – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Brian Korgel, Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

1:15 – 2:00

Energy Careers & the Future Energy Mix, Opening Keynote Address – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Matt Gallagher, President & CEO, Greenlake Energy Ventures

2:00 – 3:15

Panel: The New Promise of Geothermal Energy – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Geothermal energy, green, baseload energy from the heat coming up through the crust of the Earth, has been used for heating for thousand of years (hot baths) and for producing electricity for more than a hundred years. The US is the largest producer of geothermal electricity in the world at ~3 GW, but our grid is so large that this represents less than 1/2% of our total power production. Growth in geothermal power has been slow since an initial boom in the second half of the 20th century – that is changing now due to advances in multiple technologies and the push to decarbonize. Our panel will explore the total picture of the emerging geothermal anywhere paradigm.
Marit Brommer
Executive Director, International Geothermal Association

Rayyan Islam
Co-Founder and General Partner, Industrial Decarbonization, 8090 Industries

Barry Smitherman
Chairman, President, and Co-founder, TXGEA

Cindy Taff
CEO, Sage Geosystems

Ken Wisian (Moderator)
Associate Director: Environmental Division, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin

3:15 – 3:30

Break

3:30 – 4:45

Panel: Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the Grid – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Distributed energy resources (DERs) will play an important role in the future electricity system in such roles as a flexible demand-side resource, producer-consumer, and non-wires alternative to additional transmission and distribution. As part of the ERCOT market reform, a DER pilot has been sponsored by the Texas Public Utility Commission and supported by the new ERCOT board. This panel will discuss the applications and benefits of DERs, describe the technologies with the strongest value proposition in the short and longer terms, and provide an overview of the ADER pilot (PUCT Project# 53911)
 
 
 
 
Andrew (Drew) Higgins
Senior Director | Products & Services
CPS Energy

Lisa Martin
Vice President, Electric System Engineering & Technical Services
Austin Energy

Britton Smith
SVP Electrification & Chief Strategy Officer
Blue Bird Corporation

David Tuttle (Moderator)
Research Associate and Lecturer Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

4:45 – 5:30

Between Two Cacti with Brian Korgel: Luke Bassett on Energy Policy, Jobs and the Transition
In this 30 minute episode of “Between Two Cacti,” Energy Institute Director Brian Korgel will discuss with Luke Bassett, former Senior Professional Staff Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, how the energy transition is shaping and reshaping local economies in various regions of the United States and how our elected officials are responding with innovative policy implementations, such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

5:30 – 7:30

Graduate Student Career Engagement Happy Hour – Rowling Hall Atrium, RRH 1.300
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