OSPRI Scholar to Speak at Northeast Energy Conference on Nov. 10
PROVIDENCE, RI – Ken Malloy, fellow for energy policy at the Ocean State Policy Research Institute, will be speaking Nov. 10 at a conference on energy in Boston.
The Energy in the Northeast conference is Nov. 9 and 10 at the Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel. Malloy will be replacing Nora Mead Brownell, a founding partner of ESPY Energy Solutions, LLC, on a panel that will address what energy markets will look like in five to ten years. The panel is at 3 p.m. on Nov. 10
In his presentation, Malloy will contrast a “green” with a “brown” worldview. The latter worldview, for which Malloy will be advocating, is one based on markets, prices, innovation, and a realist perspective on the environment, as opposed to the command-and-control, interventionist approach of government regulators. Malloy will also be speaking about a new methodology he has developed to evaluate climate change proposals.
Malloy is the founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of Carbon and Energy Markets and president of the Virginia Ecoviergy Institute. Malloy was formerly the CEO of the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets, which he founded in 1999.
Malloy is a promoter of “Energy Exceptionalism,” the philosophy that applies market-oriented principles to address national energy policy, global sustainability, and the restoration of America as a global leader on energy.
He is internationally recognized as a bold visionary on energy policy and competitive markets and has been featured on CNN, PBS’s Nightly Business Report, Time Magazine, MSNBC, Business Week, US News and World Report, National Public Radio, National Review, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today. He has given more than 600 presentations over the last two decades to every sector of the energy industry, including the U.S. Senate and House and numerous state commissions.
From 1987 to 1996, he was the U.S. Department of Energy’s lead career official on policies relating to competition, regulatory reform, and industry restructuring over three Administrations. A lawyer by training, he has held positions in the areas of natural gas, electricity, and oil policy. For his achievements, he has been named by Public Utilities Fortnightly as one of five “Energy Innovators: Ringing in an Age of Enlightenment.”
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