Arizona Legislators' Energy Briefing

A Seminar for Arizona State Legislators

A special seminar was held for Arizona State Legislators on the energy challenges during the serious economic times in the state and nation on February 4th in the Arizona State Capitol. TCI has been working with Legislators from both sides of aisle in the House and Senate in organizing the event.

The Institute plans similar seminars around the nation. With a dwindling pool of energy resources available for an expanding number of worldwide consumers, the United States is now competing for energy more actively than any time in history. In the case of Arizona, this corresponds to a significant anticipated increase in Arizona’s energy needs, as up to one million new residents are expected to move to the state within the next ten years.

Featured Speaker:

Joseph P. Kalt, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Economy,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University;
Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Arizona

Dr. Joseph Kalt is an internationally recognized expert on energy, and teaches at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the University of Arizona. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Kalt is an Arizona native, living in both Boston and Tucson.

For a copy of Dr. Kalt's PPT presentation on Arizona's energy future, please click here.

Understanding Energy in Arizona - The seminar also featured the study released last year, Powering Arizona: Choices and Trade-Offs for Electricity Policies, which analyzes the state’s energy future through critical economic analysis. The study was cosponsored by the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. The study research director conducted similar research for the World Bank and the State of Israel. Powering Arizona projects the total electricity needed by the state to support one million new homes and the related infrastructure. It examines the cost and viability of various sources of energy including renewable, fossil fuel, and nuclear power, and outlines multiple future scenarios on electricity demand. Executive Summary.

For more information, please call (818) 349-5555.