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 Thursday, October
2, 2008
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Networking Reception at Train Depot Museum.
Friday, October 3,
2008
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration with continental breakfast served and selection of
lunchtime roundtable discussion topics
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
·
Tom Fuller, Wyoming Business Council, State Energy
Office
·
Tiger Adolf, Wyoming Energy Council and Wyoming
Home Performance
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Opening
Keynote Presentation:
What
Homeowners are Telling Us
The Wyoming Public Service Commission recently held a
series of over 30 town meetings around the state to discuss
rising energy costs, conservation measures and incentives, and
energy-related assistance programs. Chairman Cindy Lewis will
share what she and her fellow commissioners have learned
first-hand from consumers.
·
Kathleen "Cindy" Lewis, Chairman, Wyoming Public
Service Commission
Chairman Lewis
earned her law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1984,
after graduating cum laude from the State University of New York
at Buffalo in 1981 with a bachelor of arts in legal studies.
Just prior to her June 2004 appointment to the PSC, she served
as executive director of the Wyoming Board of Parole, and has
practiced law in Wyoming for over 20 years. She was a senior
staff attorney for Legal Services for Southeastern Wyoming,
assistant bar counsel for the Wyoming State Bar, executive
secretary and legal counsel for the state Board of Equalization
and staff attorney for Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Marilyn S.
Kite. Chairman Lewis is a member the Gas Committee and the Task
Force on Climate Change of the National Association of
Regulating Utility Commissioners. She is also Chairman of the
Gas Committee for the Western Conference of Public Service
Commissioners.
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Energy Efficiency Program Snapshots:
Wyoming
Highlights of regional utility activities related to residential
energy efficiency activities being offered now and program
planning underway for implementation in 2009.
·
Rob Morris, Cheyenne Power,
Light & Fuel
·
Scott Peterson, High Plains Power
·
Russell Kirlin, Questar Gas Company
·
James Gilroy, Rocky Mountain Power
·
Verlyn Engler, SourceGas
·
Dennis Herman, Highline Electric Association
·
Shawn Taylor, Wyoming Rural Electric Association
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Refreshment break
11:00 – 12 noon
Energy Efficiency Program Snapshots: Neighboring
States
Highlights of regional
utility activities related to residential energy efficiency
activities being offered now and program planning underway for
implementation in 2009.
·
Chad Reisenauer, Basin Electric
·
Jeff Rice, City of Aspen (CO) Utilities
·
Adam Perry, Platte River Power Authority
·
Jon Beyer, Tri-State Generation & Transmission
Association
12 noon – 1:00 pm Lunch Buffet and Roundtable
Discussion
Most popular discussion topics as determined at morning
registration are posted on lunch tables. Attendees are
invited to participate in the peer-matching discussion that most
interests them. A table representative with will compile
the top 3 “take-away messages” to share with the others in the
online workshop proceedings.
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. The Importance of Contractor
Credentialing
Enforcement of industry and program standards is vital to
ensure the potential to deliver true home performance
improvements. EPA, DOE and HUD have provided a grant to the
Building Performance Institute to minimize program sponsor
liability with independent, third-party quality assurance.
Learn how BPI benchmarks standards and raises the performance
bar for technicians and the companies that employ them.
·
Larry Zarker, Building Performance Institute
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Home Energy Audit Resources for Wyoming
Utilities
Overview of resources available to help
homeowners analyze and improve the energy efficiency of their
homes
·
Eric Shewbridge, Apogee Interactive
·
John McCartney, Performance Systems Development
· Ron Horstman, Western Area Power Administration
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Refreshment break
2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Financing Energy Efficiency
Overview of resources available to finance home energy
efficiency improvements
·
Bruce Matulich, Electric & Gas Industries
Association
3:45 – 4:45 p.m. Energy Efficiency Program Resources for
Utilities
Highlights of best practices and lessons learned from trade
allies supporting programs sponsored by Wyoming and neighboring
utilities.
· Ed
Thomas, Market Development Group
·
Lon Garrison, Convectair
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
·
Tom Fuller, Wyoming Business Council
·
Tiger Adolf, Wyoming Energy Council and Wyoming
Home Performance
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
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