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Paul Dickerson in The Norman Transcript: Panelists talk alternative energy at OU forum
09/26/2010
During a panel on alternative energy Friday at the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business, Paul Dickerson told OU students that in order to keep the future of alternative energy bright, burgeoning energy fields and traditional energy fields must work together.
"We need Congress to not pit new energy against old energy," said Dickerson, a partner with Haynes and Boone. Dickerson launched a Clean Tech practice group for his company in 2008. Dickerson spoke with panelists Ron Bolen, managing director of HFBE Investment Banking, who has more than 16 years experience in the energy sector, and Michael Skelly, founder of Clean Line Energy Partners. Skelly's business is currently working in Oklahoma to establish transmission solutions to take clean energy from where it is produced to customers. All panelists were there to address the question posed by the business college: "Is alternative energy a fad or business opportunity?"
Excerpted from The Norman Transcript, September 26, 2010. To read the full article, click here.