EBC Seminar: Land Based Wind Energy in New England ...

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EBC Seminar: Land Based Wind Energy in New England Session One: Projects, Pipelines and Early Siting Issues Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Lenox Hotel, Boston AGENDA 7:30 a.m.

Registration and Networking

8:00 a.m.

Welcome - Daniel K. Moon, President, EBC - Robert Bibbo, Vice President, Normandeau Opening Remarks - Carolyn S. Kaplan, Esq., Nixon Peabody LLP – Program Chair - Phil Giudice, Commissioner Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources

8:10 a.m.

Overview of Wind Energy in New England • Robert C. Grace, President, Sustainable Energy Advantage, LLC

8:30 a.m.

Commercial Scale Wind Energy – Is There a Market in New England? Moderator: Carolyn S. Kaplan, Esq, Nixon Peabody LLP • Edward J. Cherian, Director, New England Development, Ibedrola/PPM Energy • Paul Gaynor, President, UPC Wind • Justin A. Dawe, Project Manager, Horizon Wind Energy • Mark H. Lyons, Vice President and Senior Counsel, Noble Environmental Power

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Distributed Generation in New England – Are Projects Being Built? Moderator: TBA, Navigant Consulting • Brian H. Fairbank, President and CEO, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort and Partner, EOS Ventures, LLC • Robert A. Shatten, Principal, Boreal Renewable Energy Development

11:00 a.m.

Preliminary Phase – Critical Early Steps in Siting a Wind Project? Moderator: Stephen Barrett, Bluewave Strategies, LLC. • Wind Resource Evaluations - David P. DeLuca, Project Manager, AWS Truewind, LLC • AWEA Wind Energy Siting Handbook - Carolyn S. Kaplan, Esq., Nixon Peabody LLP

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12:00

Critical Issues Analysis - Aileen S. Giovanello, Director of Business Development, TetraTech EC

Closing Discussion *************************************