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9:00am PDT
Hot Topics at the Bonneville Power Administration
Wednesday May 14, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Speakers 
Attorney & Transmisson Expert, Blue Skies Law, LLC
Sidney Villanueva is a transmission attorney committed to advancing the clean energy transition with a healthy mix of creative ideas and straight talk. She founded Blue Skies Law, a full-service law firm dedicated exclusively to energy and public utility matters and mainly counsels...
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President, Tilghman Associates
Henry is a lawyer by training but prefers consulting. A graduate of Georgetown University and the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, Henry left his litigation practice in 2001 to assist PacifiCorp with Federal regulatory compliance and policy issues. He has served...
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Regulatory Affairs Director, Renewable Northwest
Mike Goetz, our Regulatory Affairs Director, joined Renewable Northwest in January 2025. In his role, Mike is responsible for leading the development of the organization’s state regulatory and markets and transmission strategy in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho. Mike engages...
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Principal, Hardy Energy Consulting
Randy Hardy provides strategic advice to utilities, wind/renewable generators, and other organizations in the current rapidly changing electricity environment. His experience has covered regulatory, legislative and transactional work, including thirteen years as CEO managing two large...
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Wednesday May 14, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am
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Belmont C
11:00am PDT
New Pathways for Siting Solar in Eastern Oregon
Wednesday May 14, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Moderators 
Pine Gate Renewables
Founded in 2016, Pine Gate Renewables is a developer and owner-operator of utility scale solar and energy storage projects across the United States. We are dedicated to the innovative deployment of clean energy and have extensive experience in the development, financing, construction...
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Executive Director, Community Renewables Energy Association
James Williams first ran for office in 2018 at the age of 29 while working as a lumber grader at Collins Pine Sawmill, and took office in January of 2019. He hopes to continue bringing a fresh perspective to the table in all matters we works on, strengthening ties across his county...
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Counsel, Davis Wright Termaine
Olivier Jamin provides legal advice to clients on environmental, energy, land use, and litigation matters. He makes sense of complex regulatory and legal permitting processes for his clients, working with them to identify a practical and sensical path to smart business decisions with...
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miranda@greenlightamerican.org, Greenlight America
Miranda is an accomplished grassroots organizer and team leader with a passion for clean energy. She was previously the Federal Field Director for the Sierra Club, where she led the Sierra Club’s field strategy for the Inflation Reduction Act. Miranda began her career in clean energy...
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Wednesday May 14, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Belmont C
1:00pm PDT
The New (Micro Grid) Frontier: Field Reports from the Wildfire West
Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Moderators 
Principal & CEO, Sol Coast Consulting & Design
Since 1994, Shannon has pursued a career path in Sustainable practices for the PNW from my home base on the Oregon Coast.She began with pollution control, waste minimization, and environmental remediation with Weyerhaeuser Company's corporate office of the Environment, and then as...
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Associate Principle, PAE
Karina is an Associate Principal at PAE, where she leads PAE’s Renewable Energy Systems team and is the regional leader for the Regenerative Design group. She brings a unique perspective to her dual roles in system analysis and engineering at PAE. Passionate about ensuring a transition...
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Chief Executive Officer, 127 Energy
Mark founded (2016) and leads 127 Energy with Pierre Moses the company's President. Mark has a leading role in identifying, planning, executing and financing renewable energy projects, from small commercial and industrial scale microgrids to complex utility scale projects exceeding...
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President & Founder, ProtoGen
As President and Founder of ProtoGen, he is an energy resilience pioneer with nearly 30 years of industry experience. Beginning as an electrician in 1996 and achieving Master Electrician status by 2001, he founded ProtoGen in 2016, motivated by his firsthand experience during Hurricane...
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Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Belmont C
2:30pm PDT
Regulatory Highlights: Public Utility Commission Round-Up
Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Moderators 
Policy and Regulatory Affairs Director, OSSIA
Alyssa grew up in Sacramento, California, then moved to Oregon for college. She graduated with a B.S. in Natural Resource Law and Policy from Oregon State University in 2018. After moving to Portland, Alyssa worked as a claims adjuster for a few years. This experience, along with...
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Attorney, Sanger Greene
Mr. Sanger’s legal and consulting practice focuses on energy, administrative, and public utility law. He represents energy trade associations, municipalities, electric cooperatives, irrigation districts, end-use industrial and commercial consumers, investor owned natural gas and...
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Staff Attorney, Environmental Law Program, Sierra Club
Rose Monahan is a staff attorney with Sierra Club's Environmental Law Program where she covers a wide range of environmental and energy law topics. She has represented Sierra Club in dozens of public utility proceedings in Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Utah, California, and Arizona...
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Energy Policy Analyst, Oregon Public Utility Commission
As an Energy Policy Analyst at the OPUC Ted works on multiple issues facing the utility industry. Topics related to electricity include interconnection modernization, PURPA, resource valuation, reliability, general rate case, as well as gas issues such as purchased gas adjustments...
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Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm
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Belmont C
4:00pm PDT
Legal Ethics in the Energy Industry: Navigating Common Conflicts and Communication Issues for Attorneys
Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Moderators 
Shareholder, Schwabe
Sara Sayles is a real estate lawyer who focuses on utility-scale renewable energy development. She assists clients with all phases of development, beginning with site control, obtaining land use entitlements, and negotiating ancillary agreements. Sara has obtained land use entitlements...
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Associate, Schwabe
An environmental, real estate, and land use lawyer, Ken Pearson, advises on large- and small-scale projects. He helps clients buy, sell, permit, and grow their energy and natural resource operations. Ken grew up on an island in Southeast Alaska, where he acquired his lifelong love...
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Shareholder, Schwabe
Nellie Barnard provides legal ethics and risk management advice to lawyers, law firms, law students, and in-house legal departments. She also represents Oregon and Washington lawyers in attorney discipline matters and character and fitness proceedings, including on appeal. With a...
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Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Windsor AB
4:00pm PDT
The Future of Oregon’s RFP Process
Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Moderators 
Principal, Developer, Sunstone Energy
Amy has a BS in sustainability from Oregon State University that led to 10 years working in Utility Solar Scale development. The focus of this work is in the Northwest with a focus on Oregon. Amy is a Permitting and Stakeholder engagement specialist for solar farm development. Amy...
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Pine Gate Renewables
Founded in 2016, Pine Gate Renewables is a developer and owner-operator of utility scale solar and energy storage projects across the United States. We are dedicated to the innovative deployment of clean energy and have extensive experience in the development, financing, construction...
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Attorney, Sanger Greene
Max Greene is a partner in the law firm Sanger Greene PC, where he represents clients on matters related to the clean energy transition in the Northwest and provides advice to nonprofits, trade associations, and electricity generators, among others. Max previously served as Deputy...
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In-House Counsel, Policy & Regulatory Affairs, NewSun Energy
Marie Barlow is an energy regulatory and policy attorney with deep knowledge in resource planning and procurement, interconnection, transmission, and climate change policy. Marie brings a unique blend of analytical precision and creative problem solving to her work and aims to empower...
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Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Windsor C
4:00pm PDT
Tribal Renewable Energy Transition: Collaborations in Oregon
Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Moderators 
Executive Officer & Tribal Liaison, 7Skyline
David has more than 30 years of experience in Indigenous governance, cultural preservation, and policy development. As an executive officer and Tribal liaison for 7Skyline, he has led Tribal outreach efforts for utility-scale solar and energy storage projects with more than 50 Tribes...
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Executive Director, Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises
Nearly 25 years of executive and senior executive experience in the electric utility industry. Across several positions, Cathy has provided leadership in the development of strategies to achieve broad organizational goals. Cathy's strategic leadership has also advanced specific initiatives...
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Program Officer to Tribal Communities, Meyer Memorial Trust
Stone aims to use his lived experience to make impactful and lasting change within his community.Stone unexpectedly started his career in government and policy. While in that space, he refined his role to focusing on tribal relations and has spent much of his time focusing on creating...
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Corporate Sustainability Distinguished Technologist, HP
Interesting facts about Kevin Lo:• Passionate about sustainability, circular economy, reducing carbon, and social justice opportunities. • Conceptual Car Designer, known for the Local Motors LM3D Swim featured at SEMA.• Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Washing...
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Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Belmont C
