America's Future Natural Gas Economy: Promoting the Next Energy Breakthrough

April 2016

Past Event

America's Future Natural Gas Economy: Promoting the Next Energy Breakthrough

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

April 06, 2016

April 2016

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

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Speakers:

Gov. George Allen

President of George Allen Strategies, LLC and former governor & U.S. senator from Virginia

T. Boone Pickens

Chairman, BP Capital and Founder, Mesa Petroleum

Richard Kruse

Vice President of Regulatory and FERC Compliance Officer, Spectra Energy

Michelle Bloodworth

Executive Director of External Affairs, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

Gal Sitty

Policy Manager, Fuel Freedom Foundation

Timothy Jacobs

Director of the Advanced Engine Research Laboratory, Texas A&M Energy Institute, Texas A&M University

W. David Montgomery

Affiliated Consultant, NERA Economic Consulting

Victoria Zaretskaya

Lead Industry Economist, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Owen Kean

Senior Director of Energy Policy, American Chemistry Council

America’s abundance of shale natural gas represents a historic opportunity for the United States to achieve a burst of clean economic growth—and gives American energy security and independence a new meaning.

Will natural gas serve as an essential bridge in the coming era of clean renewable energy sources? Four panels of experts discussed how the transition to natural gas as a leading power source and industrial feedstock will impact key sectors of the American economy.

George Allen, former governor and U.S. senator from Virginia, keynoted the conference. Energy entrepreneur, financier, and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens took part in a lunchtime dialogue on America’s natural gas future with Hudson Senior Fellow Arthur Herman.

Click here to see Richard Kruse's slides.

Click here to see Michelle Bloodworth's slides.

Click here to see Gal Sitty's slides.

Click here to see Tim Jacob's slides.

Click here to see Owen Kean's slides.

Click here to see Arthur Herman's slides.

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