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Efficient, Clean, and Green: The New Energy Initiatives

Thursday, November 8, 2007
Best Western Royal Plaza
Marlboro, MA
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Conference Agenda

8:00 – 8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Bill Norton
President
AESP Northeast Chapter

Paul Gromer
Executive Director
Northeast Energy Efficiency Coun
cil

8:45 – 9:15
Keynote Address

Phil Guidice
Commissioner
MA Division of Energy Resources

9:15 – 10:30
ISO-NE Forward Capacity Market’s Impacts on Efficiency Investment
This past year, ISO-New England launched a Forward Capacity Market initiative designed to encourage and reward investment in demand resources that create regional capacity benefits. This panel will provide an update on this FCM initiative and the role of demand resources in regional supply planning, the financial implications of this effort for efficiency investments, and its new measurement and verification requirements.

Brett Feldman - Moderator
Energy Efficiency Program Manager
NSTAR

Dick Oswald
Manager, Conservation and Load Management
Western Massachusetts Electric Company

Carol White
Director, Energy Efficiency Evaluation & Regulatory Affairs
National Grid

Henry Yoshimura
Manager, Demand Response
ISO New England

10:30 - 11:00
Break

11:00 - 12:15
Community-based Initiatives
There is a growing interest in community-based efforts that incorporate and build on utility-directed or administered programs.  This panel will explore the new city-wide Cambridge Energy Alliance and similar efforts being developed, the City of Somerville’s recent performance contracting solicitation, National Grid’s congestion pilot in Everett supported by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, and the U.S. EPA’s Community Energy Challenge.

Matt Dugan - Moderator
Manager, Residential Energy Efficiency Programs
National Grid

Lucy Edmondson
Energy and Transportation Team Leader
U.S. EPA

David Larson
Principal Analyst
National Grid

Peter Mills
Environmental Programs Manager
City of Somerville Mayor’s Office

Stephen Morgan
Vice President
Clean Energy Solutions, Inc.

12:15 - 1:30
Lunch

1:30 - 2:30
Advances in Energy Efficiency Marketing and Behavior Modification
This session will focus on showing the best and brightest in energy efficiency messaging. How are utilities developing effective marketing approaches that convince and encourage customers to adopt more energy efficient practices? We will view some of the best of this messaging and explore why these messages are effective in altering behavior. Research by Opinion Dynamics will help to provide context to the advertising shown.

Brad Kates
President
Opinion Dynamics Corporation

2:30 - 2:45
Break

2:45 - 4:00
Legislative and Policy Initiatives from across New England
This session will provide an overview of important recent and current legislative and policy initiatives in New England that will affect future delivery of demand-side energy services.  Panelists will address proposals to change the administration and use of systems benefit charges, the role of renewables and distributed generation, decoupling and its implications, energy efficiency portfolio standards, and other such initiatives.

Stephen Cowell - Moderator
Chairman & CEO
Conservation Services Group

Sam Krasnow
Policy Advocate & Attorney
Environment Northeast

Shanna Vale
Staff Attorney
Conservation Law Foundation

4:00
Closing Remarks

4:15
Networking Reception, sponsored by ICF International

Sponsors

KeySpan Energy Delivery
National Grid
NSTAR Electric and Gas

Co-Sponsors

Applied Proactive Technologies
Competitive Resources, Inc.

Conservation Services Group
Energy & Resource Solutions, Inc.
GDS Associates, Inc.
ICF International
KEMA
Opinion Dynamics Corporation

Bring a Young Colleague 

AESP and NEEC would like to extend a special invitation for industry newcomers to attend this year's conference. There will be unique opportunities for newcomers to learn more about the energy efficiency industry, including facilitated networking and information sharing.  Please share this announcement with new associates.

About the Hosts

The Association of Energy Services Professionals is an international non-profit organization of nearly 2,000 utility executives, consultants, manufacturers, researchers, regulators, and other energy professionals. The Northeast Energy Efficiency Council is a business association of the energy efficiency industry. Its members are firms that manufacture energy efficient products and provide energy efficiency services. The 2007 AESP-NEEC Conference will be the organizations’ seventh annual co-hosted event.

Registration Fee

For registration through October 26
Conference registration $120
Discounted registration* $95

For registration after October 26
Conference registration $150
Discounted registration* $125

*Discount Registration Eligibility:
- Commercial, industrial or institutional energy customer
- AESP member
- Employee of NEEC member company
- Government or non-profit representative

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