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Thursday, August 14, 2008
5:00 - 6:30 pm Networking
Reception at Train Museum in downtown Durango
Friday, August 15, 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
Greg W. Munro, Chief Executive
Officer, La Plata Electric
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Opening Keynote
Presentation
“Installing the Negawatt: Energy Efficiency and the Governor’s
Energy Office”
Tom Plant, Director, Colorado
Governor’s Energy Office (biography)
Tom Plant, Director of the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO), is
responsible for implementing the Governor Bill Ritter’s New
Energy Economy. Energy efficiency and conservation take a
leading role in the NEE along with renewable energy generation
and expansion of the high voltage transmission system. A major
effort coming out of the GEO is education and outreach that
result in the deployment of energy efficiency (EE) measures at
the customer premises. The presentation will describe EE
programs and the different channels GEO uses to coordinate with
interested utilities in the areas of weatherization, demand side
management and performance contracting. Energy efficiency
measures taken by utilities closely align with the principles of
the New Energy Economy. Tom will describe how the GEO is working
with utilities to design new policies at the state and utility
levels to achieve expanded deployment of EE and RE.
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Energy
Efficiency Program
Snapshots
Five-minute highlights of regional
utility activities
● Ron Ebencamp, Tri-State
Generation and Transmission Association
● Chad Reisenauer, Basin Electric
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Myles Jensen, Poudre Valley
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Refreshment
break
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Partnering with
Manufacturers
Mark Schwantes and Suzy Bynum, La
Plata Electric Association
Case studies of leveraging
time-of-use rate programs to promote energy efficient and cost
effective water and space heating technologies
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Partnering
with Municipalities
Jeff Rice, City of Aspen Utilities
Learn how a progressive municipally-owned electric and water
utilitiy is partnering with its “sister” city government
agencies, neighboring Holy Cross electric cooperative and
renewable energy advocacy groups to delivered area-wide energy
and water efficiency programs
11:30 – 12 noon
Partnering with
Wholesale Power Providers
Doug Sparks,
Empire Electric with
Keith Emerson, Tri-State G&T
Case study of how a distribution
cooperative partners with its wholesale power provider to
deliver innovative energy efficiency programs
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. Energy Efficiency
Program Ally Snapshots
Five-minute highlights of regional
program ally activities.
● John Richards, Marathon Water Heaters
● Lon Garrison, Convectair
●
John Steben, Modeltech
International
●
Rob Kirkpatrick, Service Concepts
●
Katherine Johnson, Market Development Group
●
Michael Rendon, ECOS Consulting
●
Chris Patton, Positive Energy USA
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
What’s up in New
Mexico?
Mac Juarez, Continental Divide Electric
Cooperative
Overview of energy efficiency
activities underway and planned by utilities and others
2:00 - 2:30 p.m.
What’s up in Utah
and Arizona?
Ron Horstman, Western Area Power
Administration
Overview of energy efficiency
activities underway and planned by utilities and others
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Tariffs
and Energy Efficiency Planning
Lara Ratliff, Customer Care Manager, Farmington (NM)
Electric Utility System
Overview of City of Farmington’s energy efficiency plans from a
rate and customer service perspective
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Refreshment
break
3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Integrating
Wind Energy with Storage Heating Systems
Paul Steffes,
President, Steffes
Corporation
Energy Thermal
Storage heaters and domestic water heaters are great options for
storing energy from variable generation sources, such as wind
and solar. Paul Steffes has participated in two national
renewable energy conferences, has met with Utility Commissions
and State Departments of Energy and several G&T's. His work has
focused primarily on wind energy; however, the information
applies the same for solar.
3:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Partnering with Weatherization Agencies
Mutch Usera, Black
Hills Power with Tiger Adolf, Wyoming Energy Council
Case study of how a
dual-fuel utility partners with non-profit agency to deliver
whole house improvements to homeowners at all income levels
4:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Selling Energy
Efficiency At the Kitchen Table
Bruce Matulich,
Electric & Gas Industries Association
Overview of the key
success factors among leading utility and manufacturer sponsored
financing programs that allow contractors to rely on monthly
loan payment vs. monthly energy savings to sell comprehensive
energy efficiency improvements.
 4:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Ron Ebenkamp, Tri-State Generation
and Transmission
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
5:00 - 6:30 pm Networking
Reception at Fort Lewis College
with “sneak preview” of
Home Energy
Makeover Workshop and Expo
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