As energy prices rise to record levels and demand continues to climb, the nation’s Attorneys General will gather in North Idaho May 5-7 week to undertake a comprehensive discussion of their legal roles and responsibilities in the development of this country’s energy sources.

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, who also serves as the President of the National Association of Attorneys General, hosts the energy issues conference Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene.

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden comments

The meeting will address the complex mix of competing values that dominate every part of the energy field: reliability, resource use, emissions, sustainability and long-term environmental impact. Wasden says that every Attorney General’s office fields complaints about gas prices, but the issue is far larger than simply the price of gasoline.

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The summit will include a number of experts and industry representatives, including Shell Oil Company President John Hofmeister, regulators from the U.S. Department of Energy, representatives of the oil, natural gas, coal and automotive sectors, as well as specialists in economic, financial and scientific aspects of energy.