Program

The PA Power Dialog will be held at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. Please allow ample time for parking and walking to the venue.

9:00 – 9:30      Registration
9:30 – 9:40      Welcome Neil Leary
9:40 – 10:00    Rob Altenburg, Director, PennFuture Energy Center (confirmed)
10:00 – 10:45  Student Panel 1: Strategies for Implementing the Clean Power Plan in PA

• Cristina Frass, Penn State University
  
• Molly McCarron, Penn State University
  
• Derek Burtraw, Ursinus College
  
• Jack Lema, Moravian College
  
• Moderator: Peter Buckland, Penn State University
  

10:45 – 11:00  Break
11:00 – 11:45  Student Panel 2: Effects of the Clean Power Plan in PA

• Ross Traphagen, Moravian College
  
• Cody Wilhelm, Moravian College
  
• David Mest, Moravian College
  
• William Fitzgerald, Penn State University
  
• Moderator: Don Brown, Widener University Commonwealth Law School

11:45 – 12:30  Student Panel 3: Legal and Political Challenges to the Clean Power Plan

• Catherine Buczek, Ursinus College
  
• Abigail Hoelzer, Gettysburg College
  
• Daniel Shussett, Gettysburg College
  
• Mark Wolfe, Gettysburg College
  
• Moderator: John Derbach, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
  

12:30 – 1:15    Lunch
1:15 – 1:45      Keynote address, Secretary John Quigley (confirmed)
1:45 – 3:00      Implementation of the Clean Power Plan in PA: Status, Opportunities and Challenges

• Patrick McDonnell, Director of Policy, PA Department of Environmental Protection
  
• Gladys Brown, Chairman, PA Public Utilities Commission
  
• Kathleen Robertson, Senior Manager, Environment & Fuels Policy, Exelon
  
• Mark Szybist, Senior Program Advocate, Energy and Transportation, Natural Resources Defense Council
  
• Moderator: Neil Leary, Dickinson College
  

3:00 – 3:45        World Café – Interactive Conversations on Climate and the CPP
3:45 – 4:00        Closing Session