Colorado's 2007 New Energy Economy Conference Presentations
-- The Path Forward
More than 40 state energy leaders discuss Colorado’s energy future at this 2007 conference sponsored jointly by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, the Governor’s Energy Office, the Office of Consumer Counsel, partnering with Energy Outreach Colorado
Welcome: D. Rico Munn, Executive Director, Department of Regulatory Agencies |
Ron Binz, Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission |
Jim Greenwood, Director, Office of Consumer Counsel
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Tom Plant, Director, Governor’s Energy Office |
Moderator: Vincent Matthews, State Geologist & Director of Colorado Geological Survey |
John A. Harpole, President, Mercator Energy |
Rick Smead, Director of Regulatory and Fuels Resources, Navigant Consulting
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Stuart A. Sanderson, President, Colorado Mining Association
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Bruce Driver, Consultant, Western Resource Advocates |
Moderator: Patricia Limerick, Faculty Director & Chair of the Board, Center of the American West at the University of Colorado |
Floyd Ciruli, President, Ciruli Associates
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Jeff Lyng, Commercial Sector Program Manager, Governor’s Energy Office |
Eric Wittenberg, President & CEO, McStain Neighborhoods
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Moderator: Craig Cox, Director, Interwest Energy Alliance
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Douglas J. Arent, Director of Strategic Energy Analysis & Applications Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Steve Jenkins, Vice President of Gasification Services, CH2M Hill |
Moderator: Representative Bernie Buescher, Vice-Chairman, Joint Budget Committee, Colorado Legislature |
Don Elliman, Director, Colorado Economic Development & International Trade |
Paul Jerde, Executive Director of the Robert H. & Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, CU Leeds Business School
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Tucker Hart Adams, Regional Economist of Energy Industries Division, U S Bank |
Chuck Kutscher, Principal Engineer & Manager of the Thermal Systems Group, National Renewal Energy Laboratory
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Break-Out Sessions |
Moderator: Doug Larson, Executive Director, Western Interstate Energy Board
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Joel Bladow, Senior Vice President for Transmission, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association |
Ron Lehr, Attorney, American Wind Energy Association
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Jim Tarpey, of Counsel, Holland & Hart
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Moderator:
Robert Hix, Former Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission |
Thor Nelson, Partner, Holland & Hart
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Howard Geller, Execitive Director, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
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Moderator: Mark Ruzzin, Mayor, City of Boulder |
Heidi VanGenderen, Climate Change & Energy Advisor for Governor Ritter |
Michele Weingarden, Director, Greenprint Denver |
Judy Dorsey, Executive Director, Northern Colorado Clean Energy Cluster |
Dan McClendon, General Manager, Delta-Montrose Electric Association |
Moderator:James van Hemert, President Elect, Colorado American Planning Association |
Marc Smith, Executive Director, Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States |
Tresi Houpt, Commissioner, Garfield County |
Ken Reif, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association |
Mary Ellen Denomy, Representative, Western Colorado Congress |
Moderator:
Harris Sherman, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources |
Jim Sims, Executive Director, Western Business Roundtable |
Matt Baker, Executive Director, Environment Colorado
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Moderator:
Skip Arnold, Director, Energy Outreach Colorado |
Janee Briesemeister, Senior Legislative Representative, State Consumer Issues Team, AARP
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Bernie Neenan, Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute
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Moderator: Doug Dean, Director, Colorado Public Utilities Commission |
Richard Kelly, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Xcel Energy
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