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Business Alliance for Sustainable Energy

BASE SUMMIT 2008
Oregon’s Opportunity to Become Energy Independent

Below is a modified agenda from our BASE Summit allowing you to revisit the event.
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How Do We Get from Where We Are to Energy Independence?
Christopher Dymond, Oregon Department of Energy
Cylvia Hayes, 3EStrategies

Status and Trends of Clean Energy Sectors:
Wind:
Carel DeWinkel, Oregon Department of Energy

Geothermal:
Al Waibel, Davenport Power
Alex Sifford, Ecos Consulting

Biomass:
Patrick King, Marubeni Sustainable Energy
Mark Kendall, Oregon Department of Energy

Small Hydro:
Jan Lee, Northwest Hydro Electric Association

Wave:
Kevin Banister, Finavera Renewables

Biofuels:
Tomas Endicott, Sequential Biofuels

Conservation Technologies:
Stan Price, Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC)

Green Building:
Alan Scott, Green Building Services
Sean Penrith, Earth Advantage

Solar:
Jon Miller, Oregon Solar Industries Association
Tucker Ruberti, PVPowered
Bob Biesner, SolarWorld

Fuel Cells:
Bill Sproull, ClearEdge Power; Erik Simpkins, IdaTech

Keynote:
Dr. John Kitzhaber, former Governor of Oregon

Plenary 4: What the New Oregon Laws Mean to Clean Energy Companies, Communities and Job Seekers
Michael Grainey, Director, Oregon Department of Energy - (audio only)
Margie Harris, Director, Energy Trust of Oregon - (audio only)

Breakout Session A:
How Can Local Governments become Energy Smart and Carbon Neutral?

Tools and Strategies:
Alan Kirn, Johnson Controls, Performance Contracting

Fritz Feiten, Honeywell Energy Solutions, Hosted Systems: a new mechanism to pay for solar electric systems

Ted Bernhard, Stoel Rives, Utilizing incentives including the Business Energy Tax Credit pass-through option

Case Studies:
Dick Wanderschied, City of Ashland, Diverse Strategies to Be Energy Smart

Susan Anderson, Portland Office of Sustainable Development, How Oregon's Largest City Reduced Carbon Emissions to Below 1990 Levels While Growing Its Economy. - (no audio)

 

Breakout Session B:
Oregon's Effort to Develop a Strong Clean Energy Workforce

Cylvia Hayes, 3EStrategies - (audio only)
Barbara Byrd, AFL-CIO - (audio only)
Robert Bass, Oregon Institute of Technology
Susan Wolf, Columbia Gorge Community College

Oregon's Next Steps
Michael Grainey, Director, ODOE - (audio only)
John Miller, President, 3EStrategies - (audio only)