Presentations
Why Reactors Are The Wrong Tools For Decarbonization
Nuclear proponents make a series of incorrect and/or misleading claims & assumptions that bias economic analyses in favor of new reactors and against renewable & storage options. Renewables and storage could meet projected electricity demands far sooner and at much lower cost than new reactors.
Why New Nuclear Reactors are the Wrong Resources for the 2025 New York State Energy Plan
New Reactors - The Wrong Resources for Colorado's Energy Transition
Carbon Capture at Four Corners: Technical & Financial Risks and Uncertainties
Three False Climate Solutions - Small Modular Reactors, Carbon Capture and Burning Hydrogen in Turbines to Generate Electricity
New York State Legislator Briefing on the Financial Risks of Undertaking New Nuclear Reactors
Carbon Capture & Sequestration Is Not An Effective Tool for Decarbonization
Presentation at the Fifth Meeting of the New Mexico Legislature's Water and Natural Resource Committee
Alternatives to Comanche Unit 3
Presentation at a Town Hall Meeting in Pueblo, Colorado
CCS and Blue Hydrogen: Unproven Technology and Financial Risk
Small Modular Reactors are too unproven, too expensive, too uncertain, and too late
Risks & Warning Signs for Investors in Small Modular Reactors
Presentation at the End of 2023 Forum of the Institute for Private Investors
Debunking Myths About Carbon Capture - a CCS Deep Dive for Journalists
Co-presented with Anika Juhn and Grant Hauber
Blue Hydrogen: Not clean, not low-carbon, not a solution
Co-presented with Anika Juhn
Debunking Myths about Carbon Capture and Blue Hydrogen Being "Clean - Hydrogen Hubs Explained
Presentation at a meeting for journalists organized by the Ohio River Valley Institute
Carbon Capture & Storage: A Harmful Distraction
Presentation at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists
Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Cost Risks
Presentation at the Nuclear-Free Town Hall Meeting in Pueblo, Colorado
Hydrogen as Economic Development: Benefits and Challenges
Presentation to the Third Meeting of the Economic Development and Policy Committee of the New Mexico Legislature
The Risks of Relying on Carbon Capture & Sequestration for Industrial Decarbonization
Presentation to the Louisiana Climate Task Force
Carbon Capture from Coal Plants: Not Economic, Not Effective, and Not Environmentally Beneficial
Co-presented with Dennis Wamsted
Market Forces Will Prevent Coal from Becoming Great Again
Wind and Solar Pose Increasingly Serious Risks for Coal-Fired Generators
"Meet the New Market, Same as the Old Market" - the risks to Coal Plants in the Next Four Years
A Sustained Coal Recovery: "When You Get There, There is No There There"
A Bleak Future for Colstrip Units 1 and 2 Has Become Much Bleaker
Financial Risks of Coal Investments: Stemming the Tide of Imprudent Investments
Public Utility Regulation Without the Public: The Alabama Public Service Commission and Alabama Power
The Need for the Proposed Duke Energy Indiana Edwardsport IGCC Project
Presentation to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on the need for Duke Energy Indiana's Proposed Edwardsport IGCC Project
The Economics of Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants
Presentation at the November 2010 EUCI Conference
Portland General Electric's 2009 Integrated Resource Plan
Presentation to the Oregon Public Utility Commission
Retirement of the Boardman Coal Plant
Presentation at the 2010 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
Nuclear Power and Climate Change
Presentation to Energy Law Class at Golden Gate Law School
New Hampshire Senate Bill 152 - Merrimack Station Scrubber
Presentation to New Hampshire State Senate Committee.
The Risks of Building and Operating Plant Washington
Presentation to the Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable
Don't Get Burned, the Risks of Investing in New Coal-Fired Power Plants
Presentation at the University of California at Berkeley Energy and Resources Group Colloquium
Don't Get Burned: The Risks of Investing in New Coal-Fired Power Plants
Presentation at Georgia Tech University
Don't Get Burned: The Risks of Investing in New Coal-Fired Power Plants
Presentation at the summer 2008 meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Are There Nukes in Our Future
Presentation at the summer 2008 meeting of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates
Kansas is Not Alone: the New Climate for Coal
Presentation to members of the Kansas State Legislature
The Risks of Building New Nuclear Power Plants
Presentation to the Utah State Legislature Public Utilities and Technology Committee
The Risks of Building New Nuclear Power Plants
Presentation to Moody's and Standard & Poor's Rating Agencies
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Costs & Electricity Resource Planning
Presentation at New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Workshop
Power Plant Repowering as a Strategy for Reducing Cooling Water Consumption at Existing Electric Generating Facilities
Co-authored with Cliff Chen