Welcome to the First
Alaska Tidal Energy Conference!
Tuesday January 23rd, 2007
7:30 – 8:00AM Registration Ted Ferry Civic Center
8:30 – 8:45AM Welcoming Remarks
Bob Weinstein, Mayor of Ketchikan
Crystal Alba, Ryan Gray and Alberto Pahang; Ketchikan High School Students
presenting an Alternative Power Generation Resolution
David Lockard, Ocean Energy Program Manager, Alaska Energy Authority
8:45 – 9:15AM Tidal Energy Overview
Roger Bedard, EPRI Ocean Energy Project Manager
9:15 – 10:00AM The Tidal Energy Resource at Selected SE Alaska Sites
Roger Bedard, EPRI Ocean Energy Project Manager
10:00 – 10:25AM Verdant Power
Trey Taylor, President and Co-founder, Verdant Power LLC
10:25 – 10:40AM Break
10:40 – 11:00AM AP&T’s Proposed Yukon River In-stream Hydro Project
Ben Beste, Mechanical Engineer, Alaska Power and Telephone Company
11:00 – 11:20AM Lunar Energy
Presentation and script prepared by Cynthia Rudge, Lunar Energy Ltd.
Presented by Chris Rose, Renewable Energy Alaska Project
11:20 – 11:40AM Marine Current Turbine
Presentation and script prepared by Peter Fraenkel, Marine Current Turbines Ltd.
Presented by David Lockard, Alaska Energy Authority
11:40 – noon EPRI’s Knik Arm Tidal Energy Study
Steve Gilbert, Chugach Electric Association
noon – 1:15PM Lunch
1:15 – 2:00PM The Canadian Perspective on Tidal Energy Development: Status, Sites,
Devices, Barriers, Progress
Jessica Johnson, Ocean Renewable Energy Group
2:00 – 2:30PM AK-BC Intertie Study: Opportunity to Develop Tidal Energy?
Nan Nalder, AK-BC Intertie Project Manager, Hatch-Acres
Jim Strandberg, AK-BC Intertie Project Manager, Alaska Energy Authority
2:30 – 3:00PM Offshore Wind Energy Potential in SE Alaska and the Opportunity to
Combine it with Tidal Energy and Submarine Cable Crossings
Martina Dabo, Wind Energy Program Manager, Alaska Energy Authority
3:00 – 3:15PM Break
3:15 – 3:40PM Low Head Basin Tidal
Peter Ullman, Tidal Electric Ltd.
3:40 – 4:05PM Update on Tidal Energy in Puget Sound and San Francisco Bay
Burt Hamner, Puget Sound Tidal Power
4:05 – 4:30PM Ketchikan’s Manufacturing and Logistics Resources
Doug Ward, Director of Shipyard Development, Alaska Ship and Drydock
6:00 – 8:00PM Reception: Cape Fox Lodge
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
7:00 – 8:00AM Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45AM Tidal Energy Permitting Issues
Michael Murphy- Devine, Tarbell and Associates
8:45 – 9:25AM Verdant Power’s Environmental Study in the East River, NY
Trey Taylor, President and Co-founder, Verdant Power
9:25 – 10:05AM Panel Discussion: Tidal Energy Regulatory Issues
Moderator: Jim Strandberg- Alaska Energy Authority
Ed Perez, Portland Office, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Keven Kleweno, Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Carl Borash, Corps of Engineers
10:05 – 10:20AM Break
10:20 – 10:40AM Proposed Tidal Energy Projects in Cook Inlet and Knik Arm
Chris Sauer, Ocean Renewable Power Company
10:40 - Noon Panel Discussion: Tidal Energy Environmental Permitting Issues
Moderator: Michael Murphy- Devine, Tarbell and Associates
Bill Hanson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tim Hudson, National Park Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Brady Scott, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Jon Kurland, National Marine Fisheries
Terri Stinnett-Herczeg, Corps of Engineers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (invited)
U.S. Forest Service (invited)
Regional Environmental Groups
Noon – 1:15PM Lunch
1:15 – 1:45PM Panel Discussion: Tidal Energy Project Financing
Moderator: Peter Crimp, Alaska Energy Authority
Paul McIntosh, Denali Commission
Burt Hamner, Puget Sound Tidal Power
Chris Sauer, Ocean Renewable Power Company
1:45 – 2:45PM Panel Discussion: Project Development Opportunities and Obstacles
Moderator: Nick Goodman, TDX Power
Jay Hansen, Ketchikan Public Utilities
Trey Taylor, Verdant Power
Burt Hamner, Puget Sound Tidal Power
Bo Wierzbicki, Corps of Engineers
2:45 – 3:00PM Summary and Discussion of the Path Forward
Moderator: David Lockard, Alaska Energy Authority
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