2010 Energy Outlook Conference
February
1-4, 2010
Fairmont
Hotel - 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, DC
Agenda & Presentations
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Monday, February 1
12:00 – 5:00 pm
Conference Registration
3:00 – 6:00 pm
Exhibitor Set up
3:00 – 4:30 pm
ARRA
State Energy Program and Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block
Grant Implementation Forum
(State and Territory Energy Offices
Only)
This discussion-oriented working session
focuses on clarification of key ARRA
procurement and reporting requirements.
NASEO members will be able to discuss
specific issues (e.g., metrics,
Davis-Bacon, Buy American, reporting)
with senior U.S. Department of Energy
staff.
Speakers:
Mark Bailey, Energy Technology Program
Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy
Dan Beckley, Energy Technology Program
Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy
Mark Johnson, Energy Technology Program
Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy
David Posner, Senior Analyst, SENTECH,
Inc.
Moderator: Chuck Clinton (NASEO)
3:30 – 4:30 pm
ASERTTI
Executive Committee Meeting
5:00 – 6:30 pm
NASEO
Board of Directors Meeting
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Conference Sponsors’ Dinner with NASEO
and ASERTTI Executive Committee Members
(Invitation only)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Conference Registration and Exhibit Area
Open
7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by 4tell Solutions,
LLC
8:00 – 8:15 am
Welcome
and Opening Remarks
Speakers:
David Terry, Executive Director, NASEO
/ ASERTTI
Philip Giudice (MA), Chair, National
Association of State Energy Officials
(NASEO)
Frank Murray (NY), Chair, Association
of State Energy Research and Technology
Transfer Institutions (ASERTTI)
8:15 – 8:35 am
Overview of the President’s 2011 Budget
This session will provide a
first look at the Obama Administration’s
proposed FY 2011 Energy
Budget, which is expected to be unveiled
on February 1, 2010. The President’s
funding proposal for
key energy efficiency and renewable
energy programs will set the tone for
change on national
energy policy, technology investment,
and market transformation.
Speaker:
Speaker:
Steve Isakowitz, Chief
Financial Officer, U.S. Department of
Energy
Moderator: Philip Giudice (MA); Chair,
NASEO
8:35 – 8:55 am
DOE
ARRA Implementation – Overall Progress
and Expectations
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) launched a new
era for the nation’s efforts to deliver
renewable energy, energy efficiency
technologies, and green jobs. DOE’s
leadership role across a wide range of
programs from ARPA-e to support for
state and local energy innovation is
delivering results. This session
provides an up-to-the-minute look at
overall energy related ARRA progress and
informs state and local governments
about performance expectations and
goals.
Speaker:
Matt Rogers Senior Advisor to the
Secretary of Energy for Recovery Act
Implementation, U.S. Department of
Energy
Moderator: Frank Murray (NY); Chair,
ASERTTI; Board Member, NASEO
8:55 – 9:15 am
DOE
ARRA Implementation – Discussion on
Davis-Bacon, NEPA, and Buy American
The 2009 Recovery Act
requires compliance with the Davis-Bacon
Act, the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), and Buy American provisions.
This session will provide the most
recent guidance on these requirements.
Speaker:
Scott Blake Harris, General Counsel,
U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Jeff Genzer (NASEO)
9:15 – 9:45 am
Road to
Recovery – A Look at States’ ARRA Funded
Clean Energy Successes (Part 1)
This session provides a fast
paced, region-by-region sampling of
State Energy Offices’ progress and
innovation in creating clean energy jobs
through State Energy Program (SEP)
investments in clean energy and energy
efficiency programs and projects.
Speakers:
Lisa Elledge, Stimulus Program Manager,
Texas State Energy Conservation Office
Amy Butler, Director, Michigan Energy
Office
Cory Plantenberg, Energy Program
Manager, Washington Energy Policy
Division
Susie Marbury, State Energy Program
Manager, New Mexico Energy Conservation
and Management Division
Moderator: Vaughn Clark (OK); Board
Member, NASEO
9:45 – 10:15 am
ARRA
State and Local Energy Assurance
Planning and Implementation
In an effort to meet two main
goals of the Recovery Act: “facilitate
recovery from disruptions to the energy
supply” and “enhanced reliability and
quicker repair of outages,” the
Enhancing State Government Energy
Assurance Capabilities and Planning for
Smart Grid Resiliency Initiative focuses
on updating state energy assurance and
preparedness plans, integrating new
energy portfolios, and enhancing new
applications, such as Smart Grid
technologies. This session will offer
the latest updates on this program.
Speaker:
Alice Lippert, Senior Technical Advisor,
U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: David Gipson (GA); Board
Member, NASEO
10:15 – 10:30 am –
Break
Sponsored by ICF International
10:30 – 11:15 am
EERE
Programs Update
This session will inform
attendees about the overall direction of
DOE’s energy efficiency and renewable
energy programs over the coming year.
Hear in-depth reviews of DOE energy
efficiency and clean energy programs.
Speakers:
Jacques Beaudry-Losique, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Renewable
Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Energy Efficiency, U.S.
Department of Energy
Moderator: Jake Fey, (WSU); Vice Chair,
ASERTTI
11:15 am – 11:45 am
Renewable Biogas – Climate and Energy
Advantages
Increasingly, the advantages
of advancing and expanding the
production and use of renewable biogas
from a variety of sources is seen as a
critical renewable resource with
tremendous climate benefits. This
session looks at new biogas technologies
and federal policy that lead to advances
in pipeline quality renewable biogas.
Speakers:
Dan LeFevers, Executive Director of
Washington Operations, Gas Technology
Institute
Moderator: Joe Kramer, Energy Center of
Wisconsin; ASERTTI Bioenergy Committee
Co-Chair
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Keynote
Luncheon – Energy Technology Policy:
Innovation and the New Economy
Government can serve to
bridge the technologies gap, providing
the much-needed investment to move
technologies to market in a
cost-effective way. This session
provides the latest on legislation
designed to promote the innovation
economy.
Speaker:
Honorable Paul D. Tonko, Member,
Committee on Science and Technology,
U.S. House of Representatives
Moderator: Frank Murray (NY); Chair,
ASERTTI; Board Member, NASEO
1:15 – 2:45 pm (concurrent session)
NASEO
Energy Data and Security Committee
Meeting
With nearly $40 million in
funding from the U.S. Department of
Energy for Energy Assurance and Planning
for Smart Grid Resiliency, State and
Territory Energy Offices are ramping up
planning and implementation efforts.
This committee meeting will focus on
assisting states with the implementation
of this important ARRA funded grant
program, as well as the outlook for
regional energy assurance exercises and
planning that State Energy Offices can
leverage.
- Briefing on the Department of
Homeland Security/Homeland
Infrastructure Threat and Risk
Analysis Center State Data Call on
Critical Infrastructure
- Discussion of State Technical
Assistance Needs in Support of the
Energy Assurance (EA) Grant Program
(States attending the meeting should
be prepared to discuss: (1) the
status of current EA efforts; (2)
any problem areas encountered; and
(3) technical assistance and
training needs.)
- Other Business and Next Steps
1:15 – 2:15 pm (concurrent session)
NASEO –
ASERTTI Industrial Roundtable
This roundtable session will
bring together leading experts from
various segments of the industrial
efficiency community including
representatives of the Industrial
Assessment Centers, Clean Energy
Application Centers, trade associations,
best practices advocates, and policy
experts to discuss how to better
coordinate efforts. Topics will include
aggregating support for funding of
overall industrial efficiency efforts;
increased coordination in industrial
efficiency messages, technical
assistance, and training; and
identification of next steps in
collaboration.
Speakers:
David Terry, Executive Director, NASEO
and ASERTTI
Jeff Harris, Vice President for
Programs, Alliance to Save Energy
R. Neal Elliott, Associate Director for
Research, American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy
Moderators:
Bill Nesmith, Senior Advisor, NASEO
John Cuttica, Director, Energy Resources
Center, University of Illinois at
Chicago; Board Member, ASERTTI
2:15 – 3:00 (concurrent session)
NASEO
Industrial Committee
Recently the U.S. Department
of Energy’s, Industrial Technology
Group, issued 23 new grants to State
Energy Offices and regional groups. The
purpose of these grants is for State
Energy Offices to provide on-the-ground
support for implementing energy
conservation measures. The measures are
identified in energy studies performed
under ITP’s Save Energy Now program.
This session will provide an overview of
what DOE expects from these 23 state
grants, discussion of performance
measures, and information about future
US DOE industrial efforts and State
Energy Office opportunities.
Speaker:
Sandy Glatt, U.S. Department of Energy
Committee Co-Chair: Jake Fey, Director,
Washington State University – Extension
Energy Program
Moderator: Bill Nesmith, Senior Advisor,
NASEO
3:00 – 3:30
Efficiency Best Practices and Innovation
This session examines two
efficiency applications that offer great
potential and are quietly making a big
impact to increase energy efficiency
across a range of sectors and products
from buildings to industry. The first
presentation focuses on the
extraordinary efficiency improvements
and savings offered by mechanical and
specialty insulation. The second
presentation looks at the innovation
occurring in the use of the Ultraviolet
and Electron Beam Process that is
lowering energy costs and increasing
competiveness in the industrial sector.
Speakers:
Michele Jones, Executive Vice
President/Chief Executive Officer,
National Insulation Association
Ron King, Past President and Consultant,
National Insulation Association
Gary M. Cohen, Executive Director, RadTech-The UV & EB Technology
Association
Moderator: Ted Peck (HI); Secretary,
NASEO
3:30 – 3:45 pm - Break
3:30 – 6:00 pm (State Energy Office
Attendees Only)
State
and Territory Energy Office Offsite
Meeting with DOE Officials on ARRA
Implementation
3:45 – 5:00 pm
Update
on Green Jobs Bill
In the wake of the 10.2
percent unemployment rate,
representatives in Congress are taking
up a job-creation bill to boost
employment through loans, rebates and
other incentives. Learn more about the
energy-focused provisions within this
legislation from the experts on this
panel.
Speakers:
Suzanne Watson, Director of Policy,
American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy
Larry Zarker, Chief Executive Officer,
Building Performance Institute
Moderator: Susan Stratton, Energy Center
of Wisconsin; Executive Committee
Member, ASERTTI
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Networking and Refreshments
Sponsored by Johnson Controls
Wednesday, February 3
7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Conference Registration and Exhibit Area
Open
7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Chevron Energy
Solutions
8:00 – 8:30 am
Road to
Recovery – A Look at States’ ARRA Funded
Clean Energy Successes (Part 2)
This session provides a fast
paced, region-by-region sampling of
State Energy Offices progress and
innovation in creating clean energy jobs
through State Energy Program (SEP)
investments in clean energy and energy
efficiency programs and projects.
Speakers:
Joanne O. Morin, Director, New Hampshire
Office of Energy and Planning
Dave Althoff, Director, Pennsylvania
Bureau of Energy, Innovations, and
Technology Deployment
Benjamin Stuart, Deputy Director,
Florida Energy and Climate Commission
Moderator: Ryan Gooch (TN); Treasurer
NASEO
8:30 – 9:15 am
U.S.
Department of the Interior Renewable
Energy Update – Clean Energy Priorities
This session will provide an
overview of U.S. Department of Interior
renewable energy priorities over the
coming year.
Speaker:
Ned Farquhar, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Land and Minerals Management,
U.S. Department of the Interior
Moderator: Larry Shirley (NC)
9:15 – 9:45 am
Combined Heat and Power Program Update
With increased awareness of
Combined Heat and Power as a potential
energy solution to a sustainable future,
this session will discuss recent policy
developments at the federal and state
levels intended to accelerate CHP
implementation.
Speakers:
Rob Thornton, President, International
District Energy Association
Jessica Bridges, Executive Director,
United States Clean Heat & Power
Association
Ted Bronson, President, Power Equipment
Associates (Coordinator, U.S. DOE Clean
Energy Application Centers)
Moderator:
John Cuttica, Energy
Resources Center, University of Illinois
at Chicago; Executive Committee Member,
ASERTTI
9:45 – 10:15 am
ARRA
Appliance Rebate Program Update and
Report
The Recovery Act provided
$300 million to the State Energy Offices
to operate a program to provide rebates
to encourage consumers to purchase
ENERGY STAR appliances. In this session,
hear the latest on the status of the
program and guidance.
Speaker:
Joan Glickman, U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Amy Butler (MI); Board
Member, NASEO
10:15 – 10:30 am –
Break
10:30 – 11:15 am
Vehicle
Electrification – Cars, Infrastructure
Investments, and Consumer Demand
Beginning in 2010, major
automakers around the globe are
introducing production scale, plug-in
electric hybrid and all electric
vehicles. These introductions combined
with rapidly evolving federal and state
policies and investments in vehicle
electrification mean exiting new options
for our states and clean energy
businesses. This session looks at the
schedule for vehicle introduction,
technology milestones, policy and
regulatory gaps, and other issues.
Speaker:
Mark Duvall, Director, Electric
Transportation, Electric Power Research
Institute
Moderator: Ken Dulaney (Advanced Energy)
11:15 – 11:45 am
Home
Performance with ENERGY STAR Update
This session will focus on
the tools and resources available to
states through EPA’s Home Performance
with ENERGY STAR Program.
Speaker:
David Lee, Director of the ENERGY STAR
Residential Program, Climate Protection
Partnerships Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator: John Davies (KY), Co-Chair,
NASEO ENERGY STAR Task Force
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Keynote
Luncheon – Federal Energy Appropriations
Outlook
This session will provide the
latest update from Capitol Hill on
appropriations.
Speaker:
The Honorable Steve Israel, Member,
Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House
of Representatives
Moderator: Frank Murray (NY); Chair,
ASERTTI; Board Member, NASEO
1:00 – 1:30 pm
Realizing America’s Affordable
Low-Carbon Future
This session will discuss the
Electric Power Research Institute’s 2009
Prism and MERGE analyses. These analyses
provide a technically and economically
feasible roadmap for the electricity
sector as it seeks to reduce its
greenhouse gas emissions over the next
few decades, while keeping electricity
affordable.
Speaker:
Ellen Petrill, Director, State
& Regional Relations, Electric Power
Research Institute
Moderator: Claudia Chandler (CA), Board
Member, NASEO
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Transformative Clean Energy Technologies
– Innovation and Market Outlook
The production and use of
renewable energy and other energy
innovations are seen as climate and
economy win-win solutions. What are the
cutting-edge technology advances that
will propel this sector forward? This
session examines the goals of ARPA-E,
what this new program model offers
energy innovators, and how states can
assist DOE in advancing clean energy
innovation.
Speaker:
Arun Majumdar, Director, Advanced
Research Projects Agency-Energy
(ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Ward Lenz (NC)
2:00 – 2:15 pm –
Break
2:15 - 2:30 pm
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Update
This session will focus on
how states can partner with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency on
pollution prevention and greenhouse gas
emissions reductions, as well as the
latest renewable fuel standard.
Speaker: The Honorable Lisa Jackson,
Administrator, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Moderator: Philip Giudice (MA), Chair,
NASEO
2:30 - 4:00 pm
Buildings Committee and ENERGY STAR Task
Force
Buildings Committee
- Zero Energy Commercial Buildings
Consortium (ZECBC) – Working Groups
and Plans
Brad Hollomon, Task Lead, ZECBC
- State Government Building Energy
Rating/Benchmarking Legislation
Initiatives
Cliff Majersik, Executive Director,
Institute for Market Transformation
Andrew Burr, Program Manger,
Institute for Market Transformation
- Building Codes Priorities –
Goals and Actions for 2010
Brian Henderson, Regional
Coordinator, NASEO
ENERGY STAR Task Force
- ENERGY STAR Commercial Buildings
Update
Caterina Hatcher, ENERGY STAR
National Manager, Public Sector,
Climate Partnerships Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Leslie Cook, ENERGY STAR Public
Sector Manager, Climate Partnerships
Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Jayson Antonoff, Sustainable
Infrastructure & Energy / Climate
Change Policy Advisor, City of
Seattle Department of Planning &
Development
Buildings Chair: Janet Streff (MN)
ENERGY STAR Task Force Co-Chairs: Amy
Butler (MI) and John Davies (KY)
4:00 - 5:00 pm
NASEO –
ASERTTI Renewable Task Force
This meeting will focus on a
discussion of the scope of the task
force, including identification of
national policy priorities, development
of multi-state projects and programs,
and exchange of program implementation
results. In addition, there will be two
brief presentations on emerging projects
of interest to NASEO and ASERTTI
members.
Moderators:
David Terry, Executive Director, NASEO
and ASERTTI
Frank Murray (NY), Chair, ASERTTI; Board
Member, NASEO
Larry Shirley (NC)
- Task Force Scope and Initial
Priorities
David Terry, Executive Director,
NASEO and ASERTTI
- Biofuels Development
Opportunities with the Air Force and
NCFAP
Stan Johnson, Chairman of the Board,
National Center for Food and
Agriculture Policy
- DOE Wind Program Update
Michele DesAutels, National
Coordinator, Wind Powering America, U.S.
Department of Energy
- Report on Renewable Energy
Workforce Development Programs in
the Central Region
Jim Ploger, Regional Coordinator,
NASEO
- Hawaii Renewable Energy
Permitting Guidebooks
Ted
Peck, State of Hawaii Energy
Office
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Congressional Reception – Capitol Hill
(Rayburn House Office Building Foyer)
Sponsored by Eaton
Corporation
Thursday, February 4
7:00 am – 12:00 pm
Exhibit
Area Open
7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by SENTECH, Inc.
8:00 – 8:45 am
Advancing and Transferring Emerging
Technologies
Our nation’s National
Laboratories are at the center of
technological progress and are essential
RD&D partners for the states and private
industry. This session provides a new
look at the activities of the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory and examines
potential collaborative approaches with
State Energy Offices and State Energy
Technology Institutions aimed at
speeding technology transfer and
deployment.
Speaker:
Dan Arvizu, Director, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory
Moderator: William Horak, Brookhaven
National Laboratory; Executive Committee
Member, ASERTTI
8:45 – 9:15 am
DOE
Buildings Technologies Program Update
The DOE’s Buildings
Technologies Program funds research and
technology development to reduce energy
use in the residential and commercial
buildings sectors. In this session,
learn more about this program’s latest
initiatives.
Speaker:
Roland J.
Risser, Program Manager,
Office of the Building Technologies
Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Janet Streff (MN); Chair,
NASEO Buildings Committee
9:15 – 9:30 am –
Break
9:30 – 10:00 am
ARRA
State Energy Program and Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
Program
Implementation
Implementation of SEP and
EECBG projects is underway in most
states. This session will provide an
update on the latest guidance, reporting
requirements, and communications
strategies from DOE.
Speaker:
Mark Johnson, Energy Technology Program
Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy
Mark Bailey, Energy Technology Program
Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Malcolm Woolf (MD); Vice
Chair, NASEO
10:00 – 10:45 am
Paid-from-Savings: How to Use Green
Performance Contracting with Existing
Buildings
Many owners want to improve
their existing buildings, but often
perceived the needed improvements to be
cost prohibitive. With the support of
the Energy Services Coalition, the U.S.
Green Building Council recently released
the Paid-from-Savings Guide to Green
Existing Buildings to provide owners,
facility managers, and ESCOs with
detailed information on how to green an
existing building without restrictive
up-front costs. In this session the
presenters will outline how state
agencies, local governmental ARRA
recipients, and private sector owners
alike can utilize Green Performance
Contracting as a project-delivery method
to finance green building retrofits with
the goal of achieving LEED for Existing
Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
certification.
Speakers:
Dale Hahs, President, Energy Services
Coalition
Doug Gatlin, Vice President, Mark
Development, U.S. Green Building Council
Moderator: Tom Plant (CO); Board Member,
NASEO
10:45 – 11:30 am
Eastern
Interconnect States Planning Council (EISPC)
This project of the DOE’s
Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability is intended to result
in an interconnection-based transmission
plan for the entire U.S. This session
will provide an update on this
initiative.
Speakers:
Lauren Azar, Commissioner, Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin
Roya Stanley, Director, Iowa Office of
Energy Independence
Moderator: Al Christopher (VA); Board
Member, NASEO
11:30 – 12:00 pm
Washington Update – Energy
Appropriations and Legislative Outlook
Speaker:
Jeff Genzer, Counsel, NASEO
12:00 pm
Wrap up
and Adjourn
David Terry, NASEO and
ASERTTI Executive Director
Thursday, February 4 – Friday, February
5, 2010
ARRA
Related Energy Code Workshop for State
and Local Officials
For more information contact Sherry
Benzmiller at SBenzmiller@ecw.org.
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