Capacity Building for Energy Assets - Proceedings

Bhima Sastri, Director, Energy Asset Transformation Program, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary, FECM, DOE
Dr. Brian Anderson, Director, Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization
Neva Espinoza, Vice President, Energy Supply and Low-Carbon Resources, Electric Power Research Institute
Mark W. Menezes, President and Chief Executive Officer, United States Energy Association

Moderator: Kate Ringness, Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, DOE

Natalia Saraeva, Lead, Community & Stakeholder Engagement, Office of Communications and Engagement, Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE – Nuclear Energy at DOE.
Sharon Fain, Principal of EnergyComm Consulting – Experiences with TerraPower project in Wyoming.
Eric Murray, Data Center Development Manager, Google – Widow’s Creek data center in Alabama.
Will Payne, Managing Partner of Coalfield Strategies LLC – Data center conversions in Virginia.
Steven Christensen, Team Lead for Commercialization, Xcel Energy – Capacity to change: Transitioning from coal capacity.
Nortey Yeboah, Principal Engineer - Southern Company – Southern Company’s experience with critical minerals development.

Missy Henriksen, Executive Director, Center for Energy Workforce Development – Workforce development program for coal communities.

Moderator – Briggs White

Jon Grosshans, Environmental Protection Agency
Dan Cross-Call, Loan Programs Office, DOE
Davie Nguyen, Office of Policy, DOE
Zack Valdez, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, DOE
Tiffany Mayville, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, DOE
Sara Cawley, Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior and Peter Gallagher, Senior Advisor, Orphan Wells, Department of the Interior