Presentations

Three False Climate Solutions - Small Modular Reactors, Carbon Capture and Burning Hydrogen in Turbines to Generate Electricity

The True Cost of CCS

Public Comments on proposed pro-nuclear legislation in Maine

New York State Legislator Briefing on the Financial Risks of Undertaking New Nuclear Reactors

CCS: Performance & Cost Risks

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

Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Risks & Warning Signs

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

Carbon Capture from Coal Plants: Not Economic, Not Effective, and Not Environmentally Beneficial

Co-presented with Dennis Wamsted

AES U.S. Coal Plant Risks

"Meet the New Market, Same as the Old Market" - the risks to Coal Plants in the Next Four Years

A Bleak Future for Colstrip Units 1 and 2 Has Become Much Bleaker

The Economics of Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants

Presentation at the November 2010 EUCI Conference

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

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

Energy Future: A Green Energy Alternative for Michigan

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

ISO New-England's Generating Unit Availability Study: Where's the Beef?