Renewable Energy Markets 2009

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  SUNDAY
1:00 – 4:00

Renewable Energy 101 Pre-Conference Workshop [link]

4:30 – 6:00 Environmental Tracking Network of North America (ETNNA) In-Person Meeting
6:00 – 8:00 Opening Reception
7:00 – 9:00 Green-e Governance Board Dinner [closed]
  MONDAY 
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Opening Session, Welcome Address
9:00 – 10:00

Executive Roundtable

  • Arthur O'Donnell, CRS
  • Mel Jones, Sterling Planet
  • Oscar Harper, Georgia Power
  • Dan Kalafatas, 3Degrees
  • Nicole Fabri, Clear Energy Brokerage & Consulting LLC
10:00 – 10:30 Networking Break
10:30 – 11:45

State of the Markets

11:45 – 12:30

Implications for Renewable Energy in Emerging Cap-and-Trade Programs

  • Chris Busch, CRS
  • Ed Holt, Ed Holt & Associates, Inc.
12:30 – 1:45 Lunch
12:30 – 1:45 Green-e PMAC/UGPAC meeting [closed]
1:45 – 3:00    Sessions

Fundamentals of Buying Renewable Energy

Customer Trends and Profiles

Utility Green Power Marketing 2.0: Evolution and Reinvention

3:00 – 3:30 Networking Break
3:30 – 4:45 Sessions

Green Power Marketing Costs and Transparency: Finding the Right Balance

  • Barry Friedman, NREL
  • Adam Capage, 3Degrees
  • Thor Hinckley, Portland General Electric
  • Laura Bickel, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
  • David Wright, Ecology Center

Compliance and Voluntary Markets

4:45 – 5:30 

Fundamentals of Markets and Trading

State Leadership in Green Power Markets

5:30 – 6:30 Pre-Banquet Reception
6:30 – 9:00 Green Power Leadership Awards Banquet
  TUESDAY
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45 Sessions

Fundamentals of Marketing and Claims

Regulation Update: State and Federal RPS, Feed-in Tariffs and More

9:45 – 10:15 Networking Break
10:15 – 11:30 Sessions

Messaging and How To Increase Sales

Trading Mechanisms

11:30 – 12:15

Carbon Offsets, Renewable Energy and Additionality

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch
Introduction to Green-e Marketplace
1:30 – 2:45 Sessions

Media and Perception

2:45 – 3:15 Networking Break
3:15 – 4:30 Sessions

New Utility Initiatives

Messaging For Purchasers

4:30 – 5:15 Sessions

Fundamentals of Utilities: Green Pricing Programs

  • Alma Evans, Santee Cooper
  • Bob Long, Palmetto Clean Energy
  • Marty Myers, Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (Georgia EMC)
  • Tess Barton, Community Energy

New Drivers of Renewable Energy

8:00 – Midnight Sterling Planet Reception at the Georgia Aquarium [offsite] [link]
  WEDNESDAY
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:15 Sessions

Fundamentals of Policy

Financing and Developing New Renewables in the Voluntary Market

9:15 – 9:30 Networking Break
9:30 – 10:30  Sessions

Legal and Regulatory Issues in Marketing Claims

Procurement: RECs vs. Energy

10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 – 12:00

The Last Word: A Call to Action

  • Arthur O'Donnell, CRS
  • Gabe Petlin, 3Degrees
1:00 – 3:00 Post-Conference: World of Coca-Cola VIP Tour [offsite] [link]

Host Sponsor


Organizing Sponsor

Green Power Partnership

Organizing Sponsor


Xcel Energy


3Degrees

Georgia Power

Nexant

NextEra

TVA


Community Energy

Neenah Paper

Weaver and Tidwell

SunPower

Sutherland


CSRwire

Argus Media

Sustainable Indistries

Greentech Media

Southeast Green

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