Final Program |
Schedule-at-a-Glance |
Conference Presentations
Opening Plenary
Claire Fulenwider, Northeast Energy Efficiency Alliance: Energy Efficiency as a Resource
Howard Geller, Southwest Energy Efficiency Partnership: Update on Utility Energy Efficiency Programs in the Southwest
Jeff Guldner, Arizona Public Service Company: Counting on Energy Efficiency as a Resource, Now and in the Future
Duane Larson, Pacific Gas and Electric Company: California Overview
Mandy Mahoney, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance: Latest News on Energy Efficiency as a Resource in Key Regions of the Country
Jim O'Reilly, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships: The Latest News on Energy Efficiency as a Resource in New England
Jay Wrobel, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance: Status of Energy Efficiency in the Midwest
Lunch Presentations
Steve Nadel, Executive Director, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: Tribute to Blair Hamilton
Scott Johnstone, Executive Director, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation: Update on Vermont’s Energy Efficiency Utility
Closing Plenary
Jeff Schlegel, Schlegel & Associates, LLC: Profiles in (EE) Courage: EE Leadership in New England
Tom Eckman, Northwest Power and Conservation Council: In the PNW, We do More than Plan!
Session 1A: Deep Energy Retrofits
Mike Keesee, Sacramento Municipal Utility District: Residential Project Examples and Lessons Learned
Don Becker, Applied Proactive Technologies, Inc. Jim Motta, Connecticut Light & Power Company: Going Broader and Deeper in a Connecticut Commercial Program
Mathias Bell, Rocky Mountain Institute: Commercial Program Design to Drive Deeper Savings
Cathy Higgins, New Buildings Institute: Commercial High Performance Example Results
Session 1B: National Overview of Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS)
Michael Sciortino & Seth Nowak, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: National Review of Early EERS Results and Strategies for Higher SavingsPresenters
Jenny Heeter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Examining Combined Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Standards
Chuck Goldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Future of Ratepayer Funded Energy Efficiency
Session 1C: Current Approaches to Integrated Resource Planning
Mike Voltz, Long Island Power Authority: Long Island Power Example
Julie Michals, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships: New England State Examples and ISO-New England EE Forecasting Developments
Mark Cooper, Vermont Law School: New Conceptual Approaches
Session 1D: Integrating Energy Efficiency into State Clean Air Compliance
Jeff Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Accounting for Energy Efficiency Benefits in State Implementation Plans
Bruce Ray, Johns Manville: Use of Energy Efficiency as a Tool to Offset Air Emissions
Paul Horowitz, PAH Associates: Energy Efficiency as a Resource and Carbon Compliance Strategy
Session 1E: Behavioral Approaches for Energy Efficiency (panel)
Michael Sachse, OPOWER: File
Patricia Thompson, Sageview Associates: File
Chris Dierker, Xcel Energy: File
Session 2A: Industrial Energy Efficiency Approaches (part 1)
Charlie Grist, Northwest Power and Conservation Council & Les Tumidaj, Strategic Energy Group: Pacific Northwest’s 6th Plan and Industrial Program Innovations
Bob Gemmer, U.S. DOE Industrial Technologies Program: SEE Action Industrial/CHP Recommendations
Anna Chittum, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: Review of Industrial 'Self-Direct' Programs
Session 2B: EERS Policy Issues
Keith Hay, Colorado Public Utilities Commission: Looking at Non-Utility Administration
Carl Nelson, Minnesota Center for Energy and Environmnet: Moving Beyond First Year Savings
Danielle Dixon, Northwest Energy Coalition: Washington Statewide Energy Efficiency Requirement
Session 2C: Energy Efficiency as a Core System Resource
David Anderson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Energy Efficiency as a Baseload Resource
Ronald J. Araujo, Connecticut Light & Power Company: Energy Efficiency as an ISO Resource
David Juri Freeman, SERA, Inc.: Comparing Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Generation
Session 2E: Integration of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response
Patty Anderson, McKinstry Co. & Joe Castro, City of Boulder: Achieving Energy Efficiency through Smart Grid
Ingrid Rohmund, Enernoc: A California Example of Integrated Energy Efficiency/Demand Response
Sam Borgeson, UC Berkeley: Targeting Commercial Energy Efficiency and Demand Response
Session 3A: Small Business Direct Install Programs
Alexander Castro & Adam Procell, Lime Energy Co.: New York and New Jersey Programs
Steven Meyers, Enerpath: LADWP and NYSEG
Richard Szydlowski, Minnesota Center for Energy and Environment: The ‘One Stop Efficiency Shop’ Lighting Retrofit Program
Session 3B: The Role of Energy Efficiency as a Utility Resource in the Rocky Mountain Region
Deb Sundin, Xcel Energy: Colorado
Jason Berry, Pacificorp: Utah
Larry Holmes, NV Energy: Nevada
Jim Wontor, Arizona Public Service: Arizona
Session 3C: Energy Efficiency in the Public Power Sector
Carrie LaSeur, Plains Justice: Clean Energy Ambassadors
Sarah Ruen, BCS, Inc.: Energy Efficiency for Public Power
Patrick Keegan, Ecos: South Carolina Co-op Example
Session 3D: Energy Efficiency as a Strategy to Address the Coal Plant Retirement Issue
David Wooley, Energy Foundation: Federal Air Pollution Rules as a Driver for Energy Efficiency Investment by Utilities and Industry
Joe Bryson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: The Benefits of End-Use Energy Efficiency: Impacts under EPA’s Proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Rule
Steven Wishart, Xcel Energy: Coal Retirement vs. Refurbishment – The Role of Energy Efficiency
Session 3E: Emerging Technologies: Electronics
Daniel Harris, New Buildings Institute, & Michael Murray, Lucid Design Group: Commercial Plug Loads
Linda Malik, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships & Ryan Rasmussen, Ecos: Advanced Power Strips
Craig MCDonald, Navigant Consulting, Inc.: Tapping the Data Center Efficiency Opportunity
Session 4A: Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Programs
Zach Brown, Questar Gas: Understanding and Responding to the Market
Kara Rodgers, Consortium for Energy Efficiency: Higher Targets, Lower Prices
Ryan Kerr, Gas Technology Institute: Emerging Technologies: What’s Next for Gas Programs
Session 4B: The Big Picture
Brendan O’Donnell, Rocky Mountain Institute: Reinventing Fire Solutions: Turbocharging Utility Programs
Joe Almaguer, The Dow Chemical Company: The Importance of Energy Efficiency
William Prindle, ICF International: The Big Squeeze, Utility Energy Efficiency in an Era of Codes and Standards
Session 4C: Regulatory Mechanisms to Encourage Energy Efficiency
Phil Mosenthal, Optimal Energy: Shareholder Incentives
Tim Woolf, Synapse: Decoupling as an Element of Climate Response
Rich Sedano, Regulatory Assistance Project: Recent Experiences in Regulatory Policy
Session 4E: The Future of Lighting Programs
Francis Rubinstein, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, et.al.: What to Do with Incandescent Phase-Out
Scott Dimetrosky, Opinion Dynamics: Future after EISA Federal Standards
Gabe Arnold, Optimal Energy: Vermont’s Commercial LED Program
Session 5A: Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs (part 2)
Sandy Glatt, U.S. Department of Energy: State Policy Series: Impacting Industrial Energy
Gena Gerard, Integrative Growth, Inc.: Energy Conservation as an Economic Development Tool: The Story of Trillion Btu
Robert Luneski, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance: Measuring Savings from Behavioral Programs
Doug Baston, North Atlantic Energy Advisors: The Massachusetts Multi-Utility C&I Approach
Session 5B: EERS in New Energy Efficiency States
Nicholas DeDominicis, PECO Energy: Pennsylvania
Teri VanSumeren, Consumers Energy: Michigan
Dylan Sullivan, Natural Resources Defense Council & Jon Williams, American Electric Power: Illinois and Ohio
Session 5C: Energy Efficiency and Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Impacts
Chris Gazze, Con Edison: Forecasting the Geographic Distribution of Demand Reductions from Energy Efficiency
Galen Barbose & Chuck Goldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Incorporating Energy Efficiency into Regional Transmission Planning
TJ Poor, Vermont Department of Public Service: Geo-Targeted Energy Efficiency in Vermont
Jim Lazar, Regulatory Assistance Project: Accurately Assessing Energy Efficiency Effects on Line Losses and Reserve Requirements
Session 5D: Effect of Environmental Benefits on Energy Efficiency Projects
Paul MacGregor & Darrell Sandlin, Nexant: Achieving Significant Carbon Emissions Reductions through New Market-Based Incentives
Omar Siddiqui, Electric Power Research Institute: EPRI CO2Calculator for Impact of Energy Efficiency on CO2Emissions
Lisa Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research: Alternate Screening Criteria for Environmental and Other Characteristics
Session 5E: Emerging Technologies
Jonathan Woolley, UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center: Fostering Development and Commercialization of Climate Optimized Cooling Equipment
Graham Parker, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Why Utilities and Market Transformation Programs Need to Move beyond Lighting and Equipment – A Highly Insulating Windows Case Study
Ellen Petrill, Electric Power Research Institute: EPRI Coordinated Early Deployment Project
For questions about the conference program, please contact Marty Kushler or Dan York.