Building Next-Generation AI Tools to Support Hydropower License Applications – An Interactive Workshop

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Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools -- built on regulatory text, environmental data, and structured licensing workflows -- have the potential to reduce drafting time, improve consistency, and ease administrative burden across complex electricity-related permitting and licensing filings.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is beginning to making major investments in the design of these tools and wants to ensure that they are developed to solve real hydropower licensing challenges.

This workshop brings together hydropower permitting practitioners with teams from the DOE and its national laboratories to discuss how these tools could best be applied in real-life licensing and permitting workflows.

Special Feature!
The National Hydropower Association (NHA) has created and is beta testing a new AI-driven tool for use in regulatory/permitting related work. This is your unique opportunity to see a live demo of the new tool!

Presenter(s)

Kyle DeSomberHydropower Advisor and Mechanical EngineerPacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of EnergyFaculty

Aaron LevineSenior Legal And Regulatory Analyst, Strategic Energy Analysis CenterNational Laboratory of the Rockies, U.S. Department of EnergyFaculty

Dana McCoskeyEnvironmental Technologies Manager, Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O)U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)Faculty

Brenda PracheilAquatic Ecologist, Fisheries BiologistPacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of EnergyFaculty

Nick KellyData Scientist, Software EngineerIndependent ContractorFaculty

Connor NelsonManager - Regulatory Affairs and MarketsNational Hydropower Association (NHA)Faculty