09/12/2025
USAEE/IAEE Conference Spotlight: Book, Granger, Pugliaresi on Energy Policy
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Featured Panel: Energy Policy at a Crossroads –
Navigating Risks, Flashpoints, and Opportunities
Register NOW for the 2025 USAEE/IAEE North American Conference and join us in Fort Worth in November! Our line-up of top tier speakers includes a featured panel, "Energy Policy at a Crossroads – Navigating Risks, Flashpoints, and Opportunities," comprising a quartet of leading voices in energy economics: Kevin Book, Co-Founder of ClearView Energy Partners; Lynn Granger, President and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association; Lucian Pugliaresi, President of the Energy Policy Research Foundation; and moderator Kunal Patel, Senior Business Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. In addition, more featured speaker announcements are still to come!
42nd USAEE/IAEE North American Conference
Sunday, November 16 through Wednesday, November 19
Fort Worth, Texas
The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel
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In addition to a dynamic speaker line-up, conference highlights include:
- Featured sessions with a strong cross-industry, macroeconomic orientation
- High impact networking and career development opportunities
- Special events — including a reception at the world-famous Joe T. Garcia's
- Concurrent sessions featuring well over 100 research papers from academia and industry
- USAEE's traditional robust student offerings
Don't miss out on this must-attend event for anyone serious about staying ahead in their field — be sure to book your place today if you are not already registered to avoid late registration increases!
Energy Policy at a Crossroads – Navigating Risks, Flashpoints, and Opportunities
Energy policy in the U.S. is being pulled in multiple directions–by competing federal and state agendas, regulatory uncertainty, climate ambitions, and the practical demands of economic growth and energy security. This panel will explore the most pressing energy policy questions shaping today’s investment climate, operational realities, and long-term planning–at both the national and state levels. Moderated by Kunal Patel of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, the discussion will examine where policy may ignite conflict or convergence across key areas: permitting reform, infrastructure siting, emissions regulation, state versus federal jurisdiction, and the energy transition’s pace and priorities. Expect lively, informed insights from seasoned policy analysts and state-level leadership—who bring both deep expertise and on-the-ground perspective to the debate. Whether you're in industry, finance, government, or academia, this session will help you cut through the noise and understand the energy policy flashpoints that matter most.
For more than two decades, Kevin Book has been translating energy policy into actionable strategy for corporate leaders and institutional investors. Kevin and his team excel at distilling key trends and salient issues into accessible frameworks. Their work unpacks moving parts—decision-makers and decision protocols, signposts, and uncertainties—to identify impacts to supply, demand, price, and environmental performance. Clients value Kevin’s succinct, transparent, and witty delivery; his willingness to tackle challenging and hard-to-predict topics; and his Firm’s ability to parse the geopolitical big picture as well as specific details. In his analytical capacity, Kevin covers energy geopolitics and fossil energy policy. MORE
Lynn Granger is the President and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), bringing more than two decades of energy policy and strategic communications leadership experience. Prior to joining COGA, Granger served as Regional Director at the American Petroleum Institute (API) and Executive Director of API Colorado. She previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Colorado Concern, where she led operational and strategic execution supporting statewide policy efforts. Granger's public sector experience includes serving as Communications Director for the Colorado Department of Revenue during former Governor John Hickenlooper's administration, where she was the department's subject matter expert and primary media liaison. MORE
Lucian Pugliaresi is President of the Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRINC), a public policy energy think tank founded in 1944. He has led the organization’s research effort on U.S. energy security, scope and benefits of the North American petroleum renaissance, growing role of LNG in world trade, reform of the U.S. electric power system, among other energy topics. EPRINC’s programs are focused on the intersection of energy economics and public policy. Mr. Pugliaresi has served in a wide range of government posts, including the National Security Council at the White House (Reagan Administration), Departments of State, Energy, and Interior, as well as the EPA. MORE
Kunal Patel is a senior business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. As a member of the Research Department’s energy group, Patel analyzes and investigates developments and topics in the oil and gas sector. He is also heavily involved with the production of the Dallas Fed Energy Survey and is an organizer of the annual Dallas Fed–Kansas City Fed energy conference. Before joining the Dallas Fed in 2017, Patel worked in a variety of energy-related positions at Luminant, McKinsey and Co. and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Patel received a bachelor of business administration from the Business Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA in finance from the University of Texas at Dallas.
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