Renewable Portfolio Standards Conference: Western US
July 27-28, 2005  Sheraton Mission Valley - San Diego, CA
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Renewable Portfolio Standards have emerged as an effective and popular tool for promoting renewable energy at the state level. To date several states have enacted renewable portfolio standards that require utilities to supply a certain percentage of electricity from specified renewable energy technologies. Some RPSs will specify the technology mix, while others leave it up to the market. Each state, therefore, has a choice of how to fulfill this mandate using a combination of renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, or other renewable sources combined with flexible, market-based mechanisms.

This conference will address the regulatory and policy initiatives undertaken by states in the western United States, key strategies on how industry will approach RPS compliance, verification and tracking and the challenges of integrating renewables into the existing transmission grid system. Register today!!!

Topics Include:

• Regulatory Developments and Policies
• Renewable Energy and the Environmental Portfolio Standard (EPS) in Arizona
• Regulatory Development and Implementation of RPS Programs ? How State Decisions Impact the Success of an RPS Program
• California?s RPS ? How Effective Has SB 1078 Been REALLY?
• The Intersection Between Renewable Portfolio Standards and Green House Gas Reduction Programs
• The Interaction between RPS and Carbon Policies
• Strategies For Implementing and Monitoring RPS
• Implementing the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System
• New Developments in Green Tag Markets
• Use of RECs as an RPS Implementation Tool
• Keeping Your Eye on the Ball(s): Strategies for Negotiation, Ratemaking and Litigation
• Strategies For Integrating Renewables Into The Existing Grid System - Challenges of Integrating Intermittent Resources Into Wholesale Power Markets
• Major Factors to Consider in the Integration of Renewable Resources
• The Basics of Scheduling Renewable Energy Production
• Financing Renewables
• The Intersection of Public and Private Markets ?Opportunities for Harmonization with Public and Private Investors

Speakers Include:

William Mundell, Commissioner, Arizona Corporation Commission
Carol Smoots, Partner, Thelen Reid
Dan Gulino, Ridgewood Power
Steven Kelly, Policy Director, Independent Energy Producers
Jan Hamrin, Executive Director, Center for Resource Solutions
Steve Fine, Director, ICF Consulting
Kate Zocchetti, Energy Commission Specialist II, WREGIS Project Team-Renewable Energy Program, California Energy Commission
Jeremy Weinstein, Senior Counsel, PacifiCorp/PPM, Inc.
Meredith Wingate, Director of Clean Energy Policy Design and Implementation, Center for Resource Solutions
Kirstin S. Dodge, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Henry Chao, Vice President, ABB
William Short, Vice President, Ridgewood Power
Karen B. Wong, Partner, Global Project Finance Group, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Cameron Brooks, Project Director, Clean Energy Group

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