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2006 Wind Powering America Summit Proceedings

June 8, 2006; Pittsburgh, PA

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8:30 a.m.

Welcome & Introductions

Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Wind Powering America
Phil Dougherty, DOE Headquarters, Wind Powering America

8:45 a.m.

Wind Powering America Overview (PDF 616 KB)

Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

9:00 a.m.

Energy Plenary

Sue Tierney (PDF 2.1 MB)

9:30 a.m.

Panel 1: Comparative Economics

Moderator: Ed DeMeo

• Walter Short, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 2.2 MB)
• Chaz Vaughan, Clipper (PDF 3 MB)
• Jeff Ghilardi, General Electric

10:30 a.m.

Panel 2: Economic Development

Moderator: Peggy Beltrone

• Suzanne Tegen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 276 KB)
• Mike Costanti, Matney-Frantz (PDF 225 KB)
• Tom Potter, The New Center (PDF 1 MB)
• John Brown, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 415 KB)

11:15 a.m.

Panel 3: Siting

Moderator: Susan Sloan (PDF 1.9 MB)

• Mitch King, Old Mill Power
• Rich Vander Veen, Mackinaw Power
• Gary Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory (PDF 1.1 MB)
• Jessica Kerns, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (PDF 954 KB)

12:00 p.m.

Awards Luncheon (PDF 316 KB)

1:15 p.m.

Regional Breakouts

Wind Working Group Briefs (remaining challenges)

East

Moderator: Tom Gray

• Steve Clemmer, Carbon Scenarios (PDF 702 KB)
• Liz Salerno, Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) (PDF 890 KB)
• Walt Musial, Offshore Wind (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Trudy Forsyth, Small Wind/PV Collaboration (PDF 504 KB)

Midwest

Moderator: John Dunlop

• John Dunlop, Transmission Update (PDF 463 KB)
• Tom Wind, Community Wind (PDF 2 MB)
• Dennis Elliott, Elevated Wind Resource (PDF 871 KB)
• Tom Acker, Wind-Hydro Integration (PDF 2.1 MB)

West

Moderator: Ron Lehr

• Roger Hamilton, Transmission Update (PDF 180 KB)
• Michael Milligan, Western Governor's Association Clean and Diverse Energy (CDEAC) (PDF 621 KB)
• Ryan Wiser, Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) Policy Opportunities (PDF 282 KB)
• Bob Gough, Native American Wind (PDF 14.6 MB)

3:30 p.m.

Table Topics (6 @ 20 minutes each)

• Avian/Wildlife (Kerns)
• Siting (Gray)
• Transmission (Dunlop/Hamilton)
• Community Wind (Daniels)
• Small Wind (Forsyth)
• Native Americans (Gough)
• Operating Impacts (Parsons)
• Utility Myths (DeMeo)
• Regulators (Anderson)
• Radar (Seifert)
• Wind Energy Works (Sloan)
• Interconnection (Wind)
• Wind Resources/Mapping (Elliott)
• Air Quality/Wind Nexus (Salerno/Jacobson)
• Co-ops (Manion/Putnam)
• Farm Bill (Brown)
• Offshore (Musial/Ram)
• State Policy Options (Wiser)
• Deliberative Polling (Lehr)
• Wind for Schools (Kelly)
• Wind/Hydro Integration (Acker)
• JEDI/Economic Development (Milligan)
• CREBs (Costanti)
• 25x'25 (Beltrone)

5:30-7:30 p.m.

Reception

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