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 Council
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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